Show RAY STANNARD BAKER GIVEN I TO WRITE LONG LONGA A WAITED WILSON VILSON BIOGRAPHY Wife of Former President Reveals Letter in Which Woodrow Expressed Wish For Author to Make Story From Huge Collection of Documents WASH Jan Tan 17 A 17 W Woodrow IlsOn ons s a life lito and anil letters thc ed R the the long a biography and of oC of o the great Mar ar n toy lay sill 11 be done dono by ay Baker of o Amherst Mass Mas Although tho the work nork nail begin lm m mI mediatelY It mai mey require seven I I years eatO tr before betoi It Is ready Io for lo- pub I Mrs lire W tt on In to her de- de ded dc-cl dc s a former d Son lon as the was pas 1 by too tho knowledge edge that Mr Wilson him him- himself self probably would have s selected Mr Ir Ether Baker for tor tho the worn i nad he be hel ed 1 lied cd long enough Il to ui range O It For among Mr Wilson tUson a 5 papers palen was found the tho last latter THer he wrote rote before betor his hla final Illness came camo upon him and It was as ad addressed addressed dressed to Mr Ir Baker l I t promising him access to the tho papers which the In tid In-tid promising side sidd story stor o ot of the Bleat gleat si or rr the peace at Paris Pads andt and wt t M- M Ions Wilsons was life lIe Itself It-cK The letter lotter never sent It was wes dt dictated l alc on Janu Janu- Januar January ar aril ary 25 19 1924 H hen when Mr nr Wilson already was Bas beginning to fall tall and ana I on February I 8 no am The Th letter leher reid raid as I Every time that you ou your our mind to me you Increase m ml admiration and affection for fOI fo you ou I 1 always 81 dislike to 10 make amke or orI ort cn emen eHn Intimate a until I II ISato Ih I Sato hae e at least leat l ea-l taken some SOlle step to facilitate my keeping It 11 I 1 am lad glad to promise iou sou teat pith lh regard to my corre corre- correspondence correspondence correspondence and similar papers I Ishall Ishall l shall hall regard you ou as my m preferred creditor and anti shall hall expect to at- at atford ord a-ord ford tord you the tho and first first and It If necessary necessary o those sary access exclusive exclusive access 0 papers But I ha halo ha e It on fly ony conscience that you lou ou should know 1 that I Ibe Ibale base e not made the smallest be- be beginning beginning be beginning ginning towards end making accessible the tho papers apers we eln hae In mind I 1 woud d rather have sour our ur interpretation Interpretation of them than n of anybody else elsa 1 know and I trust tru-t you ou will pill not no It unreasonable that I 1 id ask a you ou to keep these promises In lien lIell of othe others would Lo be Lomore bemore l more but Lut which h for forthe or ortho the tho present Would Mould be bo practical salve Pray accept assurances of ot my unqualified confidence and aid affectionate regard The material to be placed In Mr Baker s a handy hand SAid Mrs Mrs ilson contains the intire ate pil sate record In letters and aJ d docu docu- document document documents ment ments ot of o Mr Wilsons Wilson's service a ay president Includes Include two o t 0 of tho greatest c e In the tho war n ar r and She peace Fart Part of othia this record is s the tho Immense private private private vate correspondence correspondence of the presidency presidency dency deney some some somo thirty thousand thou land Jand let let- letters let letters et- et etters and ana other Innumerable le docu documents ments menta There ar are mane main of Mr own memoranda some some- sometimes sometimes times written In short shoat han hand which he ho used In mat mal Ing his notes notts and many written u Iy ly him bliss himon himon on his own typewriter hese hee notes will Indicate the origin oris-In of many of his speeches nil and nato nato nate many ny of his acts A flood of ot light should b ba ha thrown upon the war nar and many obscure points In the diploma y of o the peace Mr Sir Mr Baker will have hav no re- re restrictions re restrictions whatever er upon a full fulland fulland ull ulland and truthful account It will boan bean be bo ben an n unhurried wor ork at eiery o ery point and an J studIed with operation co of ma maLy y ot Mr Ir I Wilsons Wilson's on I friends friend and as aa Since Mr Ir WU n m made e no ro ar arrangements I of ot all his solf self wo ao 0 appeal to the r Hc and 10 to all nil lu his for y scrap of matlon and erry c c N r letter to help In the tho thorough preparation preparation tion llon of his biography Every Iviry con con- contract con contract tract Mith Ith him no m hems 0 brief will 11 be bo of M malue M ue 11 it com com- corn the picture Mr Baker Halter a n distinguished American writer miler Ir first t knew Mr Wilson on while lIe ho wn its go ot of Ne New Neit Jerse Jers but their Intimate 1 began pg ln at Paris during Ih the peace conference lie Ile spent years ear ears there fitter after In lit writ writing h ing ng of I ear wai 11 pm pi works dur dur- durIng during ing which he sin 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