Joseph P. Tumulty to Herbert Hoover
Title
Joseph P. Tumulty to Herbert Hoover
Creator
Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954
Identifier
WWP19441
Date
1918 June 15
Description
Joseph Tumulty asks Herbert Hoover to furnish the Public Printer with an estimate of additional printing needs beyond what is done by the Government Printing Office to see if it is being done efficiently.
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
Dear Mr. Hoover
The President desires me to ask if you will not be kind enough to furnish the Public Printer with samples of the sort of printing which it is necessary for you to have done from time to time, together with a memorandum of the number of copies ordinarily printed and the prices paid for work done outside the Government Printing Office, together with the time ordinarily necessary for delivery of finished work.
He requests me to explain that he is asking this information only for the purpose of ascertaining whether the whole printing of the Government cannot be better, more cheaply, and more speedily done by the Public Printer. The information he is now asking will be used for comparison and calculation.
Sincerely yours,
JP Tumulty
Secretary to the President.
Mr. Herbert Hoover,
Food Administrator.
The President desires me to ask if you will not be kind enough to furnish the Public Printer with samples of the sort of printing which it is necessary for you to have done from time to time, together with a memorandum of the number of copies ordinarily printed and the prices paid for work done outside the Government Printing Office, together with the time ordinarily necessary for delivery of finished work.
He requests me to explain that he is asking this information only for the purpose of ascertaining whether the whole printing of the Government cannot be better, more cheaply, and more speedily done by the Public Printer. The information he is now asking will be used for comparison and calculation.
Sincerely yours,
JP Tumulty
Secretary to the President.
Mr. Herbert Hoover,
Food Administrator.
Original Format
Letter
To
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Citation
Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954, “Joseph P. Tumulty to Herbert Hoover,” 1918 June 15, WWP19441, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.