Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-08


confidence in any action the
government may take hereafter
which depends for its execution
on the voluntary cooperation of
the people. Again, it seems to
me unjust that all industries are
put on the same footing. tits
difficult thing, I know, to dis
tinguish between the essential
and nonessential industries, but
I am sure the country will I'M
derstand If such distinction
is made Of, for instance, institu-
tons that make pianos and talk
ing machines and candy and ar
'ticles that are not Immediately
necessary for our life, were cut
: down altogether and things nee
eSSary to our sustenance kept.
Sincerely yours,
TUMULTY.
The President.
The presidents reply, written on
his own typewriter, is as follows:
Dear Tumulty:
OF course, this is tremendous
matter and has given me the
deepest concern, but I really
think this direct road is the road
out Of difficulties which never
would have been entirely rem
edied if we had not taken some
such action. We must just bow
our heads and let the storm beat.
WOODROW WILSON.
Attitude toward Beck
Even to James M. Beck, a promi-
nent Republican lawyer of the coun-
try and one of his bitterest oppon-
ents and critics. he showed a toler-
ance and magnanimity that was
worthy Of the man himself. 1t ap-
pears that Mr.. Beck was invited to
confer at the White House on a mat.
ter having to do with the war, and
the question was presented to the
president by Mr.. Creel as to whether
the president considered Mr.. Beck
persona non grata. The president
at once sent me the following note:
Dear Tumulty:
Mr.. James M. Beck expressed
some hesitation about coming
with the committee which Creel
has organized and which is COM
ing to see me on Monday after
noon, because he was not suffici-
emily persona grata at the White
House. I think his criticism
and his whole attitude before
we went into the war were
abonlinable and inexcusable, but
I "ain't harboring no ill-will'
just now, and I hope that you
will have the intimation con-
veyed to him through Mr.. CreeI
or otherwise that he will be well
come.
WOODROW WILSON.
While the president was busily en-
gagged in France in laying the foun'
dation stones of peace, his partisan
enemies were industriously destroy
ing the things he held so dear, and
had circulated the story that the
mission to France was a mere polit
ical one, and that the purpose back
of it was personal exploitation, OF
an attempt on the part of the presi
dent to thrust himself into the coun
ellis Of the Democratic party as ar
active and aggressive candidate fol
a third term. The presidents atti
tude in this matter, his fear that
talk of this kind would embarrasS
the League of Nations, is disclosed
by the following correspondence:
Received at the White House.
June 2, 1919.
Paris.
Tumulty, White House, Wash
ington:
Have just read the editorial in
the Springfield Republican, dis
cussing "Wilson, the Third term
and the Treaty." and would very
much value your opinion with
regard to the situation as it
analyses it. Please talk with
Glass, Secretary Baker, Secre-
tary Wilson and Cummings and
let me know what your opinion
is and what theirs is. We must
let nothing stand in the way Of
the treaty and the adoption of
the league. I will, of course,
form no resolution until I reach
home, but wish to think the mat
ter out in plenty of time.
WOODROW WILSON.