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a cable giving the President's approval. This was done according to the
President's letter upon this subject which came this morning. I was careful
to tell Wise that no publicity must be made of the President's cooperation in
this matter with the Entente Governments, because I did not wish it to appear
that he was having any understanding with them upon such subjects. The purpose
of the Zionists I thought might be reached by having the Entente publish their
position upon the question and then have a number of leading Jews ask the Pres-
ident if he concurred, and let his views be known in this way.
Jeff McLemore, Congressman at large from Texas, came from Washington
to see me regarding matters touching upon prohibition. I asked him to submit
his views in writing.
Charles Foster Peabody, William de Leftwich Dodge, the artist, Gifford
Pinchot, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, Sir William Wiseman and Lanier Winslow all ar-
rived at practically the same time. I had to group some of them and got rid
of all of them as soon as practicable. None of them wanted anything of impor-
tance.
Pinchot is still at logger-heads with Hoover and I can see a break im-
minent there. The Ambassador talked of my visit abroad. He says his Gov-
ernment desires that I shall be their guest. My letter to the President and
his to me are parts of the diary. So also is Balfour's cable to me.
October 17, 1917.
I telephoned Nicholas Murray Butler today and asked about Professor
Shotwell as a suitable man to use in our peace data work. Butler gave him an
excellent recommendation and thought we could not do better. I shall therefore
take him on. I knew in advance what Butler would say, and I intended to use
Shotwell, but I thought it would please Butler and make for pleasant relations
| Title | ms_0466_s2_v5_313 |
| Transcript | a cable giving the President's approval. This was done according to the President's letter upon this subject which came this morning. I was careful to tell Wise that no publicity must be made of the President's cooperation in this matter with the Entente Governments, because I did not wish it to appear that he was having any understanding with them upon such subjects. The purpose of the Zionists I thought might be reached by having the Entente publish their position upon the question and then have a number of leading Jews ask the Pres- ident if he concurred, and let his views be known in this way. Jeff McLemore, Congressman at large from Texas, came from Washington to see me regarding matters touching upon prohibition. I asked him to submit his views in writing. Charles Foster Peabody, William de Leftwich Dodge, the artist, Gifford Pinchot, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, Sir William Wiseman and Lanier Winslow all ar- rived at practically the same time. I had to group some of them and got rid of all of them as soon as practicable. None of them wanted anything of impor- tance. Pinchot is still at logger-heads with Hoover and I can see a break im- minent there. The Ambassador talked of my visit abroad. He says his Gov- ernment desires that I shall be their guest. My letter to the President and his to me are parts of the diary. So also is Balfour's cable to me. October 17, 1917. I telephoned Nicholas Murray Butler today and asked about Professor Shotwell as a suitable man to use in our peace data work. Butler gave him an excellent recommendation and thought we could not do better. I shall therefore take him on. I knew in advance what Butler would say, and I intended to use Shotwell, but I thought it would please Butler and make for pleasant relations |
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