Woodrow Wilson to Bernard M. Baruch
Title
Woodrow Wilson to Bernard M. Baruch
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP25555
Date
1918 November 27
Description
President Wilson tells the chairman of the War Industries Board that he does not want to leave the remaining work to inexperienced hands.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
United States. War Industries Board
Contributor
Mark Edwin Peterson
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 Baruch:
Your letter of yesterday has given me the deepest and keenest pleasure. I hope you have felt how entirely you have won my confidence not only, but my affection, and how I have learned to value your counsel and your assistance. It has been a delightful experience to know you and to work with you, and I have learned to have the highest admiration for your ability and your character.
But your letter sounds too much like a good bye. I do not mean to let you go yet if I can help it, because there is much remaining to be done, and I do not like to feel that I am going away and leaving it to be done by inexperienced hands. We will have a talk about this.
Gratefully and faithfully yours,
[Woodrow Wilson]
Hon. Bernard M. Baruch,
War Industries Board.
Your letter of yesterday has given me the deepest and keenest pleasure. I hope you have felt how entirely you have won my confidence not only, but my affection, and how I have learned to value your counsel and your assistance. It has been a delightful experience to know you and to work with you, and I have learned to have the highest admiration for your ability and your character.
But your letter sounds too much like a good bye. I do not mean to let you go yet if I can help it, because there is much remaining to be done, and I do not like to feel that I am going away and leaving it to be done by inexperienced hands. We will have a talk about this.
Gratefully and faithfully yours,
[Woodrow Wilson]
Hon. Bernard M. Baruch,
War Industries Board.
Original Format
Letter
To
Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965
Files
Collection
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to Bernard M. Baruch,” 1918 November 27, WWP25555, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.