Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson
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New York City.
The President,
The White House,
Washington, DC
Dear Mr. President:-I saw Primus today and had quite a talk with him.
He brought up the currency question and I am very much afraid that he is a long way afield from your views. He would like to talk to you but he wants the initiative to come from you.
I think it would be wise to discuss the question with him as soon as possible for there is no use letting it go further without some sort of understanding.
Curiously enough, Untermyer told me that he, himself, believed in the Government exercising the functions of issuing currency but he did not elaborate as fully as Primus. he said, however, that he and Primus intended to discuss the question today.Primus also told me that he and Senator Owen were in accord. I can hardly credit this because Owen and Glass are not very far apart.
I should be very unhappy if anything should prevent your carrying through your currency legislation at this extra session but I am now less hopeful of it than at any time heretofore.
If you think it safe and would care to do so you might call me over the telephone tomorrow night so that I could give you more detail. Referring to something more pleasant I am pleased to tell you that Brandeis and Hapgood are busy today drawing up some sort of plan to take over Harper's Weekly.
This is very confidential because there are one or two small snags with may prevent the consummation of the deal.
EM House
May 15th, 1913.
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