Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Identifier
WWP19305
Date
1917 December 26
Description
Herbert Hoover writes to Woodrow Wilson about the need for Judge Lindley, Chief Counsel for the Food Administration to step down and only remain as a consultant.
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
Judge Lindley, who has been Chief Counsel for the Food Administration, cannot, I fear, any longer stand the nervous strain of the work and he and I both think that we must consider someone else for the active head and that we continue to enjoy Judlge Lindley’s help in consultative capacity.
I feel that in this peculiar and dominant position in the work I must have someone whose long-established poolitical and personal loyalty to yourself is beyond question and who has had no relations with the associated villanies of the country. Furthermore, some laywer of National importance would no doubt tend to protect the Administration from such wickedly designed plots as this sugar investigation.
The only name suggested to mae so far is Judge Lehman of St. Louis, formerly Solicitor-General. Could you advise me as to the matter or suggest some other men whom I could approach.
Yours faithfully,
[Herbert Hoover]
Judge Lindley, who has been Chief Counsel for the Food Administration, cannot, I fear, any longer stand the nervous strain of the work and he and I both think that we must consider someone else for the active head and that we continue to enjoy Judlge Lindley’s help in consultative capacity.
I feel that in this peculiar and dominant position in the work I must have someone whose long-established poolitical and personal loyalty to yourself is beyond question and who has had no relations with the associated villanies of the country. Furthermore, some laywer of National importance would no doubt tend to protect the Administration from such wickedly designed plots as this sugar investigation.
The only name suggested to mae so far is Judge Lehman of St. Louis, formerly Solicitor-General. Could you advise me as to the matter or suggest some other men whom I could approach.
Yours faithfully,
[Herbert Hoover]
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Citation
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, “Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson,” 1917 December 26, WWP19305, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.