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CONGRATULATING HISVICE-PRESIDENT
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WILSON,WOODROW. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to his Vice-President
Thomas R. Marshall, asserting that his letter to [Senator Oscar W.] Underwood was
intended to praise the Senate as much as the House and sending congratulations. 1 page,
4to, White House stationery, with integral blank; slight fading to signature, small closed
hole at upper left (not affecting text), scattered folds and cockling, minor scattered soiling.
(TFC)
Washington, 19 October 1914
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I am sure that my colleagues in the Senate realize that my recent public letter to Mr.
Underwood was spoken as much in their praise as in praise of the members of the House, for
we all stand together as a single team and my satisfaction in cooperating with the members of
the Senate has been no less keen tha[n] in cooperating with the members of the House.
“
. . .The pleasure of being associated with you grows as the months pass and I want to send
you as the session closes this simple message of congratulation and thanks.”
Wilson’s letter to Underwood was published in pamphlet form as the “Letter of Hon.Woodrow
Wilson President of the United States to Hon. Oscar W. Underwood Saturday, October 17,
1914,”Washington, 1914; in it,Wilson praises Congress for its work on the legislation out-
lined in April and December of 1913, including the Federal Trade Commission bill, which was
enacted in September of 1914.