Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Identifier
WWP19252
Date
1917 November 12
Description
Herbert Hoover writes to Woodrow Wilson concerning licensing the arsenic industry.
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
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
Dear Mr. President
I enclose a proclamation licensing the arsenic industry. There are only a dozen people to be licensed, and therefore it nneeds no publicity.
The situation is that there is so large demand for our domestic production in the glass and other trades that we are unable to supply the amounts needed for insecticides, and unless the matter is taken in hand, we shall lose a large amount of foodstuffs next year.
We propose to use the licensing power to restrict the use of arsenic to this critical purpose so far as may be necessary.
I am
Your obedient servant,
[Herbert Hoover]
I enclose a proclamation licensing the arsenic industry. There are only a dozen people to be licensed, and therefore it nneeds no publicity.
The situation is that there is so large demand for our domestic production in the glass and other trades that we are unable to supply the amounts needed for insecticides, and unless the matter is taken in hand, we shall lose a large amount of foodstuffs next year.
We propose to use the licensing power to restrict the use of arsenic to this critical purpose so far as may be necessary.
I am
Your obedient servant,
[Herbert Hoover]
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Citation
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, “Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson,” 1917 November 12, WWP19252, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.