WILSON, WOODROW, President. Typed letter signed ("Woodrow Wilson") as PResident, to Congressman Edward Hurley, Chairman, U.S. Shipping Board; Washington, D.C., 9 Deptember 1918. 1 page, 4to, on White House stationery, typed note at top left hand corner. An interesting letter regarding confidential negotiation with Great Britain: "You are certainly a brick. It is delightful to have dealings with a man who understands perfectly the spirit of everything you say, and just the right answer to give, and I thank you very warmly indeed for [writing]...about the transit situation and about the affected alarm of the British about the use of our shipping after the war. I am deeply interested to hear that Lord Reading proposes...pooling our shipping with the British after the war. This is an extraordinary propostion, and I think perhaps it would be wise to tell him that...it will not be possible for us to make special arrangements with any one nation...as it is our fixed policy and principle to deal upon the same terms with all...."