George Edward Creel to Woodrow Wilson
Title
George Edward Creel to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Creel, George, 1876-1953
Identifier
WWP25514
Date
1918 November 20
Description
Chairman of the Committee of Public Information passes along a cable sent to Italy by a correspondent.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Contributor
Morgan Willer
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
My dear Mr. President,
I share in the view most of the foreign representatives took; I am enclosing a cable sent to Italy the day after election by Captain Bevione, head of the Italian Information Bureau:
“The elections resulted as follows: Senate, Republicans, 49 places out of 96, House of Representatives, Republicans 239 places out of 435. The political struggle was very hard fought but was developed on internal questions rather than on the greater questions of war and peace.
Wilson’s assured position in Europe cannot be considered injured by the result of the elections because his attitude during the war and regarding peace did not form an essential platform of the voting, in the second place because the President’s thought remains firmly turned toward the democratization of the world on the foundation of self-determination of nations and the league of nations, Germany included.” BEVIONE.
Respectfully,
George Creel
Chairman.
The President,
The White House,
Washington, DC
I share in the view most of the foreign representatives took; I am enclosing a cable sent to Italy the day after election by Captain Bevione, head of the Italian Information Bureau:
“The elections resulted as follows: Senate, Republicans, 49 places out of 96, House of Representatives, Republicans 239 places out of 435. The political struggle was very hard fought but was developed on internal questions rather than on the greater questions of war and peace.
Wilson’s assured position in Europe cannot be considered injured by the result of the elections because his attitude during the war and regarding peace did not form an essential platform of the voting, in the second place because the President’s thought remains firmly turned toward the democratization of the world on the foundation of self-determination of nations and the league of nations, Germany included.” BEVIONE.
Respectfully,
George Creel
Chairman.
The President,
The White House,
Washington, DC
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Collection
Citation
Creel, George, 1876-1953, “George Edward Creel to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 November 20, WWP25514, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.