Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Identifier
WWP19220
Date
1917 October 18
Description
Herbert Hoover asks Woodrow Wilson for a further allotment of $110,000 to fulfill contracts for the Food Administration.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
United States Food Administration
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
C O P Y
My dear Mr. President
The allotment made from the National Security and Defense Fund for preliminary expenses of the Food Administration is practically exhausted, and there are at present, outstanding obligations approximately $100,000.
Our preliminary expense covers chiefly contracts for pledge cards, posters and numerous other printing orders and the heavy postage expense involved before we received the franking privilege. Many of these contracts have only just been completed. We also equipped and moved into the Gordon Hotel before the Food Bill was passed.
In order to provide for these preliminary expenses, and close this phase of our financial history, I venture to suggest that a further allotment of $110,000 be made from the National Security and Defense Fund.
Faithfully yours,
(Signed) Herbert Hoover
My dear Mr. President
The allotment made from the National Security and Defense Fund for preliminary expenses of the Food Administration is practically exhausted, and there are at present, outstanding obligations approximately $100,000.
Our preliminary expense covers chiefly contracts for pledge cards, posters and numerous other printing orders and the heavy postage expense involved before we received the franking privilege. Many of these contracts have only just been completed. We also equipped and moved into the Gordon Hotel before the Food Bill was passed.
In order to provide for these preliminary expenses, and close this phase of our financial history, I venture to suggest that a further allotment of $110,000 be made from the National Security and Defense Fund.
Faithfully yours,
(Signed) Herbert Hoover
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Citation
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, “Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson,” 1917 October 18, WWP19220, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.