Woodrow Wilson letter to Champ Clark - October 1, 1917
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1 October, 1917 My dear Speaker: I hope that you will read the enclosed letter and let me have it again. It is the result of my conference with Secretary of War about the Missouri regiments. I wish something better could be worked out, but I am sure you will feel as I do that military necessity and efficiency must govern, despite our preferences. In haste Cordially and faithfully yours, Woodrow Wilson enc. Hon. Champ Clark, The Speaker.
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HONORARY CONVENTION COMMITTEE October 31, 1917. Official List The Speaker and Mrs. Champ Clark Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. McAdoo Secretary of War and Mrs. Baker Secretary of the navy and Mrs. Daniels Attorney General and Mrs. Gregory Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Lane Mrs. Albert S. Burleson Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Houston Secretary of Labor and Miss Wilson Senator and Mrs. Charles Curtis Senator and Mrs. Reed Smoot Senator and Mrs. John F. Shafroth Senator and Mrs. Albert R. Cummins Senator Henry F. Hollis Senator and Mrs. Wesley L. Jones Senator and Mrs. Miles Poindexter Senator and Mrs. John B. Kendrick Senator Francis E. Warren Senator and Mrs. Kenneth D. McKellar Senator and Mrs. George E. Chamberlin Senator and Mrs. Robert M. La Follette Senator Morris Sheppard Senator Jacob H. Gallinger Senator and Mrs. Howard Sutherland Senator and Mrs. George W. Morris Senator Joseph I. France Rep. and Mrs. James R. Mann. Howard T. Taylor Representative and Mrs. John E. Raker Representative and Mrs. Luther W. Mott Representative and Mrs. M. Clyde Kelly Representative and Mrs. Clifton N. McArthur Representative and Mrs. Thomas L. Blanton Representative and Mrs. James C. Cantrill Representative and Mrs. Isaac R. Sherwood Representative and Mrs. Mrs. Edward W. Pou Representative and Mrs. Daniel R. Anthony Representative and Mrs. Irvine L. Lenroot Resident Commissioner amd Mme Jaime C. De Veyra Resident Commissioner Felix C. Daviola Representative and Mrs. and Mrs. Burton L. French Representative and Mrs. Everiso Hayes Major General and Mrs. William C. Gorgas. Secretary to the president and Mrs. Joseph P. Tumulty Asst. Secy. of Agriculture and Mrs. Carl Vrooman John Barrett, Director of the Pan American Union Commissioner and Mrs. Louis Brownlow Commissioner and Mrs. W. Gwynn Gardiner Justice and Mrs. Wendall P. Stafford Supreme Court of the District of Columbia Justice and Mrs. Frederick l. Siddons Supreme Court of the District of Columbia U.S. Commissioner of Education and Mrs. Philander P. Claxton Miss Julia Lathrop, Chief of Children’s Bureau Civilian List Mr. and Mrs. H.B.F. McFarland Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell (Inventor of the telephone) Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, (President National Geographical Society) Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, Pres.-Genl. Daughters of the American Revolution Mrs. Cordelai P. Odenheimer, Pers.-Genl. Daughters of teh Confederacy Gen. Julian S. Carr, Commander-in-Chief, United Confederate Veterans Mrs. Mary C.C. Bradford President, National Education Assn. Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, Ex-President, National Education Assn. Rev. and Mrs. U.G.B. Pierce Rev. and Mrs. Shera Mongomery Rabby Abram Simon Mrs. and Mrs. Theodore W. Noyes , Editor of the Washington Star Mr. Arthur Brisbane, Owner and Editor of the Washington Times Me and Mrs. A. Leftwich Sinclair President Washington Chamber of Commerce Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gompers President American Federation of Labor Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood Mr. and Mrs. Christian Hemmick Mr. and Mrs. Simon Wolf
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Title | Woodrow Wilson letter to Champ Clark - October 1, 1917 |
Creator | Wilson, Woodrow |
Source | Wilson, Woodrow. Letter to Champ Clark. 1 October 1917. Clark, Champ (1850-1921) and Bennett Champ (1890-1954), Papers, 1853-1973. C0666. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
Description | In this October 1, 1917 letter to Champ Clark, Woodrow Wilson discussed the reorganization of the Missouri National Guard into the U.S. Army. Champ Clark, a long-time resident of Bowling Green, Missouri, was a politician in the Democratic Party. He served as a representative of Missouri from 1893 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1921. From 1911 to 1919 he served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. |
Subject LCSH | Clark, Champ, 1850-1921; World War, 1914-1918--Political aspects--United States; Missouri. National Guard; Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 |
Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
Site Accession Number | C0666 |
Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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Date Original | October 1, 1917 |
Language | English |