Draft of Letter for Committee Members
Title
Draft of Letter for Committee Members
Creator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Identifier
WWP19041
Date
1915 May 1
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
Draft.
Mr. Hoover, the Chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, has approached me with regard to difficulties which have arisen in the conduct of that great humanitarian work in which he feels he needs the support of a an enlarged Committee iof gentlemen of large experience to co-operate with him in settling and conducting the Administration of the Branch of the Commission for Relief in Belgium of in this country the United States.
I am impressed with the imposrtance of this institution, on which the lioves of so many people are dependent and I would be glad if you could see your way to joint such a Committee.
The other gentlemen with whom I am communicating in this particular are Messrs. Alexander Hemphill, Otto T Bannard, S. Reading Bertron, O.scar Strauss, Melville Stone Robert Bacon, Herbert S. Eldridge and John Beaver White. Of course, your may wish yto add others to your number either from the Officers of the Commission or otherwise.
Handwritten text: Original of draft handed President of the USA. For him to write members of the Ny Committee in May 1915.
Mr. Hoover, the Chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, has approached me with regard to difficulties which have arisen in the conduct of that great humanitarian work in which he feels he needs the support of a an enlarged Committee iof gentlemen of large experience to co-operate with him in settling and conducting the Administration of the Branch of the Commission for Relief in Belgium of in this country the United States.
I am impressed with the imposrtance of this institution, on which the lioves of so many people are dependent and I would be glad if you could see your way to joint such a Committee.
The other gentlemen with whom I am communicating in this particular are Messrs. Alexander Hemphill, Otto T Bannard, S. Reading Bertron, O.scar Strauss, Melville Stone Robert Bacon, Herbert S. Eldridge and John Beaver White. Of course, your may wish yto add others to your number either from the Officers of the Commission or otherwise.
Handwritten text: Original of draft handed President of the USA. For him to write members of the Ny Committee in May 1915.
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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, “Draft of Letter for Committee Members,” 1915 May 1, WWP19041, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.