763.72/4673½
President Wilson to the Secretary of State
Washington,
10 May, 1917
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My Dear Mr. Secretary: I think our list is now complete, namely:
- Mr. Elihu Root,
- Mr. Charles R. Crane,
- Dr. John R. Mott,
- Mr. Cyrus H. McCormick,
- Mr. S. R. Bertron,
- Mr. James Duncan, as the representative of labor,
- Mr. Charles Edward Russell.20a
I have only just learned of the willingness of Mr. Russell to serve and am sending him a note today to learn the earliest hour at which he would be ready to leave. I think it would be wise now to give out the names of the Commissioners and supply the Press with as full information as they desire about the several members. I am enclosing the account of Mr. Russell from Who’s Who.20b
Faithfully yours,
Woodrow Wilson
- For the final composition of the Commission, see Foreign Relations, 1918, Russia, vol. i, p. 109.↩
- Not printed.↩