Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder from Herbert Hoover - September 23, 1918
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United States Food Administration Washington 23-September-1918 Dear General Crowder:- I am in receipt of your letter of [September] 21st. I enclose copies of my correspondence with the President upon this subject, which you will observe constitute ample authority for any action of mine. In fact, I think your office being ignorant of the situation here and of the previous discussions between myself and my staff, and between myself and the other department heads of the Government and the President, have totally misunderstood the whole position. That I have a right to intervene in the matter is amply conceded by the regulations, were it not self-evident in common sense and the President
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General Crowder-2 Beyond this, and upon my own understanding and that of the other departmental heads who conferred with the President on this subject, I conceive that any failure of the local board to give effect to such an affidavit I have the right to review. I also imagine from the tone of your letter that your staff have the idea that this intervention is to apply to the working people of the food trades, whereas it applies to the staff of the Food Administration itself, and may perhaps involve five or six hundred men. These five or six hundred men are of first importance to the conduct of the war. The American Food Administration today constitutes not only the basis of supply for Allied Civilians but is in many fundamentals a complete extension of the Quartermaster General
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| Title | Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder from Herbert Hoover - September 23, 1918 |
| Creator | Hoover, Herbert |
| Source | Hoover, Herbert. Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder from Herbert Hoover. 23 September 1918. Crowder, Enoch H. (1859-1932), Papers, 1884-1942. C1046. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | Herbert Hoover wrote to General Enoch H. Crowder about the importance of the workers of the Food Administration and why it was critical that they remain in their positions serving the civil government. This document is part of a collection compiled by Enoch Herbert Crowder, the Edinburg, Grundy County, Missouri native who served as Judge Advocate General. Crowder devised the Selective Service Act in 1917 which drafted America's forces during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | Crowder, E. H. (Enoch Herbert), 1859-1932; Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964; U.S. Food Administration; Draft; Draft--Law and legislation |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; Selective Service Act of 1917; Selective Draft Act |
| Site Accession Number | C1046 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | September 23, 1918 |
| Language | English |