Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Identifier
WWP19083
Date
1917 June 19
Description
Herbert Hoover asks Woodrow Wilson for an additional $20,000 to cover preparatory work expenses for the Food Administration.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
Dear Mr. President
In order to meet necessary expenses of preparatory work pending legislation regarding food administration I venture to ask that you be good enough to place at my disposal an additional sum of $20,000 from the appropriation of $100,000,000 for the National Security and Defense.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) Herbert Hoover.
In order to meet necessary expenses of preparatory work pending legislation regarding food administration I venture to ask that you be good enough to place at my disposal an additional sum of $20,000 from the appropriation of $100,000,000 for the National Security and Defense.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) Herbert Hoover.
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Citation
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, “Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson,” 1917 June 19, WWP19083, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.