The Washington times., 1925-02-19
+TUNULTY SAYS
WHITE BOOK
IS WRONG
Secretary to Wilson Believes
Author Gives Incorrect
Impression of Him.
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makes necessary this request that III
another edition we take care that
my literal words be used.
This is the chief thing about 1t
that is serious. A merely amusing
aspec of (which perhaps l
should overlook because. of the
quantity of fun some OF my friencs
may get out OF it's the use OF
some words alien to my normal
vocabulary. It just happens that
papa" for example, is a WORD
which my family recognizes aA one
! that / dislike and forbid them to
your book of my using this word
for my own father, they laugh quite
a bit.
Some of my friends also talk to
me and white to me about empha-
sis not only in this part OF the
book, but at several other points
in 1t, on what is described as his
(my) training and the environment
from which he G) came It Is
the juxtaposition in which this
phrase appears in your book which
seems to give it meaning I am
sure you do not intend. You
merely mean to carry out the dra,
lmatic contrast which runs through
the book, in order to emphasize
the austerity and scholastic quality
of woodrow Wilson's background;
but, do to this ,and to the context
/ in. which the phrase appears, as
applying to me, 1t takes on implica-
tions which cause grief to some Of
my friends who call my attention
to the fact that am duly-authen-
ticated Master Of Arts.
However. as to that, it is all
within your discretion and make
no suggestion. But I really think
1t would be better, considering that
the reader assumes that the. inter.
view with. me was literal twas
taken down by a shorthand re.
porter, II you would give me an
opportunity, in the event Of a Sec
ond edition, to make the words
| literally my own.
You will understand, I know, that
realize fully your intention was
to be generous to me-that, in fact.
your book is excessively generous
/ to me-so much so that 1 hesitate
even to mention to you the desira-
billy of letting me make the
| changes in that interview which
will make it not a matter Of recof-
lection, but literally my own words.
Sincerely yours,
JOSEPH p. TUMULTY'' "
To this letter, Mr.. White replied
lows:
MY dear Joe Tumulty:
You may be assured that I. shall
make whatever corrections you ,sug.
gest. I had no thought that your
remark about zone Roman Cath.
Ollie" would be interpreted as see
now that it might be interpreted
That will be changed in the next
edition. I had already changed the
word papa" to pop" My own
ear was at fault there.
Sincerely yours.
wv. A. WHITE"
And in another letter written at
the same time, Mr.. White says:
You may be interested in know,
ing that I have had more beauti-
full letters commencing me for
printing your side of the Cox story
than for anything else in the book -
Mr.. White also notified me that
the second edition of his book would
contain the following footnote:
Footnote, bottom of page 473,
asterisk after the word answer at
the end of the first paragraph.
Footnote: This is not a stenographic
report of Mr.. Tumulty's remarks.
It was written without notes an
hour or so after the interview by
the author and naturally is full of
human errors. Probably some
words have been ascribed to Mr.
Tumulty which are not in his vo-
cabulary, but the spirit Of the con-
versation is accurately transcribed"