840.48/1915b: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Commission to Negotiate Peace
107. For the Secretary of State: It is imperative to get some sort of expression from you before question of loan for appropriation for food comes up in House tomorrow. House Committee this morning evenly divided. Sherley cast deciding vote. Situation in Senate possibly even more serious. Have been requested to forward following message to you.
“Considerable opposition in House and Senate to 100 million food appropriation requested. It is imperative we have immediate cable as to the extent of money England and France will now provide. Also information as to Italy. We urge haste in furnishing data. Thomas S. Martin66 and Swagar Sherley.”
- Senator from Virginia, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.↩