Herbert Hoover to Joseph P. Tumulty

Title

Herbert Hoover to Joseph P. Tumulty

Creator

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Identifier

WWP19206

Date

1917 October 2

Description

Herbert Hoover tells Tumulty that he believes the President cannot give in to the request by J. A. Hall without opening himself up to many other such requests.

Source

Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

United States--Politics and government--1913-1921
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence

Language

English

Text

COPY

My dear Mr. Tumulty

In reply to your note of October 1st enclosing the letter from Mr. JA Hall, Chicago, herewith returned, I feel, that the President could not accede to Hall without laying himself open to scores of similar requests.

Yours faithfully,
[Hoover]

Original Format

Letter

To

Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/D09224.pdf

Citation

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, “Herbert Hoover to Joseph P. Tumulty,” 1917 October 2, WWP19206, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.