Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Identifier
WWP19102
Date
1917 July 3
Description
Herbert Hoover asks Woodrow Wilson for an additional $50,000 for operating expenses of the Food Commission, and $20,000 for the cost of printing 1 million coies of the Food Administration Bulletin for distribution.
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
My dear Mr. President
I beg to report that the allotments of funds made by you from the appropriation for National Security and Defense, on June 11th and June 21st, of ten thousand dollars and twenty thousand dollars respectively, have been entirely appropriated. I venture to request that a further allotment of fifty thousand dollars be made to permit continuing the immediate work of organizing the Food Commission.
The weekly expenses are now running at the rate of approximately ten thousand dollars, and there will be a rapid increase each week as the organization expands and its activities become greater.
We are anxious to obtain immediately one million copies of a Food Administration Bulletin, which together with a Kitchen Card is to be widely distributed. The cost of printing this bulletin will be about twenty thousand dollars. This amount is included in the above requested allotment.
Very respectfully yours,
[Herbert Hoover]
I beg to report that the allotments of funds made by you from the appropriation for National Security and Defense, on June 11th and June 21st, of ten thousand dollars and twenty thousand dollars respectively, have been entirely appropriated. I venture to request that a further allotment of fifty thousand dollars be made to permit continuing the immediate work of organizing the Food Commission.
The weekly expenses are now running at the rate of approximately ten thousand dollars, and there will be a rapid increase each week as the organization expands and its activities become greater.
We are anxious to obtain immediately one million copies of a Food Administration Bulletin, which together with a Kitchen Card is to be widely distributed. The cost of printing this bulletin will be about twenty thousand dollars. This amount is included in the above requested allotment.
Very respectfully yours,
[Herbert Hoover]
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Citation
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, “Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson,” 1917 July 3, WWP19102, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.