List of Candidates for Food Administrator
Title
List of Candidates for Food Administrator
Creator
Unknown
Identifier
WWP19226
Date
1917 October 22
Description
This documents lists the names and qualifications for nominations to the post of Federal Food Administrator for the District of Columbia, Hawaiian Islands, New York State, and New York City.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
United States Food Administration
Language
English
Text
C O P Y
SUGGESTED FOR FEDERAL FOOD ADMINISTRATORS
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Clarence R. Wilson Washington
Lawyer: member of the firm of Wilson, Huidekoper & Lesh, the senior member of which is Mr. Nathaniel Wilson.
U. S. District Attorney for four years.
Recommended as the best available man for this position by many leading citizens, including: Judge Hitz, Commision Brownlow, John Joy Edson, Corcoran Thom, Elliot H. Goodwin (Secretary, Chamber of Commerce of the United States), Assistant Secretary of State Williams Phillips.
Passed by Mr. McCormick.
(Mr. Wilson has consented to act as Federal Food Administrator for the District, if appointed.)
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
JF Childs Honolulu
The active member of the Terriotorial Food Commission.
Recommended by Governor Pinkham and many others.
Passed by Mr. McCormick.
NEWYORK
STATE
Walter P. Cooke Buffalo
A leading lawyer of Buffalo and conspicuous for many years as a piublic-spirited citizen.
Recommended by Governor Whitman, Dr. Schurmann of Cornell, John Mitchell (Head of the Food Commission of New York State) and many others.
Passed by Mr. McCormick.
NEW YORK CITY
Arthur Williams New York City
Vice-President and General Manager of the New York Edison Company.
Mr. Williams is Chairman of the New York Household Enrollment Campaign Committee and has shown remarkable ability as an organizer.
Recommended by Mayor Mitchell and many others.
Passed by Mr. McCormick.(Mr. McCormick has already spoken to the President regarding both Mr. Cooke and Mr. Williams.
SUGGESTED FOR FEDERAL FOOD ADMINISTRATORS
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Clarence R. Wilson Washington
Lawyer: member of the firm of Wilson, Huidekoper & Lesh, the senior member of which is Mr. Nathaniel Wilson.
U. S. District Attorney for four years.
Recommended as the best available man for this position by many leading citizens, including: Judge Hitz, Commision Brownlow, John Joy Edson, Corcoran Thom, Elliot H. Goodwin (Secretary, Chamber of Commerce of the United States), Assistant Secretary of State Williams Phillips.
Passed by Mr. McCormick.
(Mr. Wilson has consented to act as Federal Food Administrator for the District, if appointed.)
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
JF Childs Honolulu
The active member of the Terriotorial Food Commission.
Recommended by Governor Pinkham and many others.
Passed by Mr. McCormick.
NEWYORK
STATE
Walter P. Cooke Buffalo
A leading lawyer of Buffalo and conspicuous for many years as a piublic-spirited citizen.
Recommended by Governor Whitman, Dr. Schurmann of Cornell, John Mitchell (Head of the Food Commission of New York State) and many others.
Passed by Mr. McCormick.
NEW YORK CITY
Arthur Williams New York City
Vice-President and General Manager of the New York Edison Company.
Mr. Williams is Chairman of the New York Household Enrollment Campaign Committee and has shown remarkable ability as an organizer.
Recommended by Mayor Mitchell and many others.
Passed by Mr. McCormick.(Mr. McCormick has already spoken to the President regarding both Mr. Cooke and Mr. Williams.
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Unknown, “List of Candidates for Food Administrator,” 1917 October 22, WWP19226, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.