St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1914-06-05
Chicago, Ill, May I, 1014..

Chicago, III. May 7,1914..
The President, washington, y. g.
DR.. Georg Brandes, literary critic,
coming to America guest Of Danish.
American association, May q, brief
stay. Gives three lectures, English,
Danish, German, Directors would.
greatly appreciate II you would
write a 500 to 1.OOO-word apprecia-
ton Of his literary work and coming
to America. Any appropriate atten-
ton shown Brandes while here also
appreciated. Kindly wire.
&C. A. sQUIST,
President Danish-American Assn.
To this Secretary Tumulty an
swered that it would be impossible
to comply with the request, mean
ing to write the appreciation. Mr..
Onist wrote from Omaha as follows:
Omaha, Neb., May IA, 1914,
]. p: Tumulty Secretary to the Pres
ident, Washington, d. @.
Ny Dear Mr.. Tumulty: Received
your wire, Telegram received; re-
greet that pressure on the presidents
time makes it impossible to comply
with your request" I trust this does
not mean that the president would
not be able to- see DR.. Georg Bran
des, in case he should make a call
in the forenoon Of May %. I will
be in Washington Monday next and
desire to call upon the president,
which you will kindly arrange for.
l also desire a few minutes of your
time. Thanking you in advance, I am
yours very truly, G. A. QUIST.
MI. Quist came to Washington and
visited the White House on the 18th
and again on the 10th, He did not
see the president, who was very
busy on both days, the 10Th being
a cabinet day, when the president
makes no engagements, except those
that are official and pressing. MI.
Tumulty arranged for DR.. Brandes
to meet the president on Thursday
morning, the 21st, as the following
letter shows:
"May 10, 1914.
:Mr. G. A. Quist, The New Willard,
Washington, D. G.
Dear Sir: Referring to your call
at the executive office. this morning
and your letter Of today, I beg to
say that 1 have made engagement
for DR.. Georg Brandes to pay his
respects to the president at 1925
o'clock, Thursday morning, May q.
I regret to say that it is impossible
to make an engagement for DR..
Brandes to see the president on
Friday, as that is cabinet day, and
the presidents engagements are
such that it is impossible to make
any additions to his calendar. Very
truly yours. 81. P. Tumulty,
Secretary to the President
Mr.. Quist on the same day replied
to this note as follows:
s.The New Willard, washington, D. G.
May 19.-Mr. j. P. Tumulty, Sec
rotary to the President, White
House, Washington, D G.
"Dear Sir: Replying to yours of
this date stating that you have made
an engagement for DR.. Georg Bran
DIES to pay his respects to the Pre-
sident at 1925 O'Clock Thursday
morning, May 81, beg to state that
this would be impossible for the
reason that DR.. Brandes arrives at
that hour. Moreover, since meeting
you this morning I have changed
the plans so that it is now doubt
full whether Dr.. Georg Brandes
will visit Washington, That part of
the matter is a closed incident with
me, but I desire to know if the
president has seen the kilograms
that passed between us and also
my letter of this morning. An early
answer to that will please me very
much.
you are at liberty to make pub
lie any and all correspondence had
concerning the matter, and unless I
get better evidence than at hand
that the president has personally
seen III correspondence l will use
my judgement as to when and where
to make this matter public, as it is
a matter Of great public interest.
Respectfully yours. &C, A. Quist."
Mr.. Tumulty wrote the following
note in reply:
May 20, 1914.-My Dear Mr..
Quist:
Il beg to acknowledge the re-
ceipt Of your letter Of the 10th inst.
advising me that it will be impossi-
bic for DR.. Georg Brandes to keep
the engagement which I made for
him to see the president at 1925 to-
morrow rhursday) morning. OF
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