Herbert Hoover to Joseph P. Tumulty
Title
Herbert Hoover to Joseph P. Tumulty
Creator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Identifier
WWP19241
Date
1917 November 1
Description
Herbert Hoover tells Joseph Tumulty of the need to reassure the public of the abundance of food in order to prevent panic and hoarding of food that would results in a shortage to distribute to the Allies.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
United States Food Administration
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
My dear Tumulty
I have a letter from Mr. Edmonds and note his views on the actual shortage in production being a better reason for conservation than the necessity of supplying our Allies.
We have, of course, realized all this, but if we want to start nhousehold hoarding in this country, that cry would do it over-night. We are having a frantic time to stop it, and now our only weapon is to preach an abundance for our own need and a surplus for the Allies, if we save.
The public attitude on food is a delicate thing when there is a breath of shortage, and no matter what the argument on shortage may be, it is bound to start a panic.
Yours faithfully,
[Hoover]
I have a letter from Mr. Edmonds and note his views on the actual shortage in production being a better reason for conservation than the necessity of supplying our Allies.
We have, of course, realized all this, but if we want to start nhousehold hoarding in this country, that cry would do it over-night. We are having a frantic time to stop it, and now our only weapon is to preach an abundance for our own need and a surplus for the Allies, if we save.
The public attitude on food is a delicate thing when there is a breath of shortage, and no matter what the argument on shortage may be, it is bound to start a panic.
Yours faithfully,
[Hoover]
Original Format
Letter
To
Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954
Files
Citation
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, “Herbert Hoover to Joseph P. Tumulty,” 1917 November 1, WWP19241, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.