Max Eastman to William Kent
Title
Max Eastman to William Kent
Creator
Eastman, Max, 1883-1969
Identifier
WWP25056
Date
1918 May 31
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Communism--United States
Socialism--United States--Periodicals
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Contributor
Morgan Willer
Relation
WWI1036
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
Dear Mr. Kent,
Thank you for telling me that the President is concerned over our case, and in doubt about it.
If he is in doubt after hearing only the one side presented by those concerned in the prosecution, his doubts would resolve in my favor if I had an opportunity to present my side to him as it is.
I know he would not swerve for any personal or political reason from his one task and resolution to prosecute the war with relentless vigor toward the high aims he has set before the country. But I believe that if he could feel my attitude and my purposes as they are, he would not think an intervention in this situation altogether apart from those aims.
Is it beyond the possibilities that I should have ten minutes with him?
Yours sincerely,
Max Eastman
Thank you for telling me that the President is concerned over our case, and in doubt about it.
If he is in doubt after hearing only the one side presented by those concerned in the prosecution, his doubts would resolve in my favor if I had an opportunity to present my side to him as it is.
I know he would not swerve for any personal or political reason from his one task and resolution to prosecute the war with relentless vigor toward the high aims he has set before the country. But I believe that if he could feel my attitude and my purposes as they are, he would not think an intervention in this situation altogether apart from those aims.
Is it beyond the possibilities that I should have ten minutes with him?
Yours sincerely,
Max Eastman
Original Format
Letter
To
Kent, William, 1864-1928
Files
Collection
Citation
Eastman, Max, 1883-1969, “Max Eastman to William Kent,” 1918 May 31, WWP25056, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.