Wilson, Woodrow, as Twenty-eighth President

Typed letter signed, 2 pages on White House letterhead (8  3/4  x 6  7/8  in.; 223 x 175 mm), Washington, 13 March 1918, to Dr. Henry Suzzallo, Olympia, Washington; horizontal fold, few small spots and light marginal soiling.

Typed letter signed, 2 pages on White House letterhead (8 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.; 223 x 175 mm), Washington, 13 March 1918, to Dr. Henry Suzzallo, Olympia, Wash.; horizontal fold, few small spots and light marginal soiling.
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In this letter written shortly after he articulated his Fourteen Points before Congress, Wilson commends Dr. Henry Suzzallo, chairman, and his State Council of Defense, of Washington State, for expanding its organization.  "It will, I believe, result when thoroughly carried out in welding the nation together as no nation of great size has ever been welded before.  It will build up from the bottom an understanding and sympathy and unity of purpose and effort which will no doubt have an immediate and decisive effect upon our great undertaking.  You will find it, I think, not so much a new task as a unification of existing efforts, a fusion of energies now too much scattered and at times somewhat confused into one harmonious and effective power."