World War I-dated TLS as president, one page, 8 x 9.75, White House letterhead, September 9, 1918. Letter to Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the U.S. Shipping Board, in full: “You are certainly a brick. It is delightful to have dealings with a man who understands perfectly the spirit of everything you say, and just the right answer to give, and I thank you very warmly indeed for your two letters of September 7th about the transit situation and about the, at any rate affected, alarm of the British about the use of our shipping after the war. I am deeply interested to learn that Lord Reading purposes having a conference with you about pooling our shipping with the British after the war. This is an extraordinary proposition, and I think perhaps it would be wise to tell him that we are sure that it will not be possible for us to make special arrangements with any one nation, inasmuch as it is our fixed policy and principle to deal upon the same terms with all. But, of course, I leave that entirely to your discretion and to the developments of the conference.” In fine condition, with a hint of light foxing.
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