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Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou writes to President Roosevelt to discuss the International Typographical Union and the Post Office investigation regarding William A. Miller.
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1903-07-19
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou encloses a copy of a press statement concerning William A. Miller’s removal from a position in the Government Printing Office and Miller’s subsequent complaint filed with the Civil Service Commission.
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1903-07-20
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou announces the reinstatement of William A. Miller as assistant foreman in the Government Printing Office, Book Binding Department. Cortelyou states that relations with the Bookbinders Union are good and that the press has been kept under control.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-24
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou updates President Roosevelt on the status of an investigation of the U.S. Printing Office wherein William A Miller was dismissed because of pressure from a labor union.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-16
George B. Cortelyou updates President Roosevelt on the status of affairs in the U.S. Printing Office. W. A. Miller has been notified of his reinstatement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-17
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou tells President Roosevelt that he has received Benjamin F. Barnes’s letter, and he is sending additional documents from William A. Miller in connection with the investigation of his case.
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1903-07-18
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou announces his expected time of arrival at Oyster Bay.
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1903-07-10
George B. Cortelyou asks Theodore Roosevelt to review the enclosed documents pertaining to the report of the Public Printer and waits for his decision.
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1903-07-11
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou is elated to inform President Roosevelt that Assistant Postmaster General Robert John Wynne and Postmaster General Henry C. Payne have made amends with each other.
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1903-07-03
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou has met with Public Printer Francis Wayland Palmer and urged him to investigate William A. Miller’s case thoroughly. Since Attorney General Philander C. Knox is away, Cortelyou will ask Palmer to take up the case with Acting Attorney General William A. Day.
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1903-07-05
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou tells President Roosevelt that he has received his instructions regarding the admission of Chinese to the St. Louis Exposition.
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1903-07-06
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou regretfully denies Representative Quigg’s proposition that the State Department purchase his manuscript of “American Made Goods,” with the right reserved to Quigg to make further use of the manuscript on his own behalf.
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1903-06-26
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou alerts President Roosevelt to an issue that was addressed involving one of the President’s “devoted friends.” Cortelyou hopes to visit Roosevelt at Oyster Bay next month.
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1903-06-29
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou informs President Roosevelt that copies of his letters of July 13 and 14 have been forwarded to the Public Printer and to the Civil Service Commission. Progress is also being made in the investigation of Miller’s charges.
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1903-07-16
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou makes William Loeb aware of enclosures and also remarks that he agrees with the statements made in a recent letter from President Roosevelt.
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1903-06-20
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou encloses a letter for President Roosevelt and hopes that William Loeb is enjoying the trip. Cortelyou has been pleased with Assistant Secretary Rudolph Forster’s work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-23
George B. Cortelyou updates President Roosevelt on the progress of his work with the new Department of Commerce and Labor, especially his efforts to have an Assistant Secretary appointed quickly. He also touches on other matters, including the Post Office investigation, New York politics, and the Puerto Rico smuggling cases.
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1903-04-23
George B. Cortelyou does not plan on traveling to New York until the Actuarial Congress in late August. He would be pleased to accept President Roosevelt’s invitation.
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1903-07-03
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou would like to appoint Lawrence O. Murray as Assistant Secretary. He requests that President Roosevelt indicate his support in order to convince the Republican leadership from Illinois to accept the appointment.
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1903-05-12
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou requests the approval of Senator Hopkins for the appointment of Lawrence O. Murray as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-05