Herbert Hoover to Joseph P. Tumulty
Title
Herbert Hoover to Joseph P. Tumulty
Creator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Identifier
WWP19326
Date
1918 January 12
Description
In reference to the letter from Mr. Reid, Herbert Hoover tells Tumulty that he would prefer such organizations to support food conservation efforts by excluding items from their menus that they are trying to save.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Food production and natural resources
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
- C O P Y -
Dear Mr. Tumulty
In regard to letter from Mr. Reid on character of banquets.
I have continually refrained from preaching to the American people, except on the one text, and that is to save food, as I do not consider it part of my job to be a gloom aertist. It is my impression that if all of this sort of organizations would exclude from their menus the foodstuffs that we are endeavoring to save, and if they would limit their menus to three or four course, they would be doing a National service. Certainly, simplicity of living is not abstination and is necessary for the successful conduct of the War, in addition to the emphasis we try to lay on the saving of certain commodities.
Faithfully yours,
[Herbert Hoover]
Dear Mr. Tumulty
In regard to letter from Mr. Reid on character of banquets.
I have continually refrained from preaching to the American people, except on the one text, and that is to save food, as I do not consider it part of my job to be a gloom aertist. It is my impression that if all of this sort of organizations would exclude from their menus the foodstuffs that we are endeavoring to save, and if they would limit their menus to three or four course, they would be doing a National service. Certainly, simplicity of living is not abstination and is necessary for the successful conduct of the War, in addition to the emphasis we try to lay on the saving of certain commodities.
Faithfully yours,
[Herbert Hoover]
Original Format
Letter
To
Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954
Files
Citation
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, “Herbert Hoover to Joseph P. Tumulty,” 1918 January 12, WWP19326, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.