Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, The Paris Peace Conference, 1919, Volume I

Woodrow Wilson Papers

President Wilson to the Secretary of the Treasury ( McAdoo )

[ Washington ,] 25 November, 1918.

My Dear Mac: Of course I realize the force of the recommendation which Mr. William McAdoo urges,²⁹ but I could not think of appointing Mr. Root, because I have had more opportunities than he has had of knowing just how hopeless a reactionary he is. I think his appointment would discourage every liberal element in the world.

In haste,

Affectionately yours,

[ Woodrow Wilson ]

29. See Secretary McAdoo’s letter of Nov. 23, 1918, p. 169.