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Secretary of the Treasury Shaw sends President Roosevelt copies of correspondence between him and Augustus Saint-Gaudens regarding the design of coins and asks for Roosevelt’s judgment on the matter. Shaw wished for his views to be on the record.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-26
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw tells President Roosevelt that the president still has Ohio Representative Theodore E. Burton’s letter, as well as Shaw’s earlier letter returning it. Shaw asks Roosevelt for the latter and returns a letter to Roosevelt.
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1905-01-05
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw was disappointed with President Roosevelt’s “blue pencil” comments on his speech. He feels Roosevelt is being misrepresented on the tariff question, and it is causing harm. Therefore, he thinks Roosevelt should “set himself squarely” or have a Cabinet member express the opinion. Popularity has never prevented Shaw from saying what should be said. The view that the tariff should be lowered to invite more goods from abroad is unrepublican and vicious. He plans on sending a copy of his speech to Senator Nelson W. Aldrich.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-03
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw sends President Roosevelt a letter he plans to send to Augustus Saint-Gaudens regarding the coin design.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-29
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1905-07-29
Shaw, Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier), 1848-1932
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw hears that many banks are loaning surplus funds through New York brokers at high interest rates, which are then employed for speculation. He recognizes the legal right of banks to make loans knowing they will be used speculatively. However, he is not willing “that Government money shall be enticed away from the locality where it has been deposited” for such use. He advises depository banks to return excess funds to the Treasury.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-07
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw notifies President Roosevelt that call money has been commanding a high rate of interest for nearly two weeks, but it dropped significantly today. Shaw encloses a letter he gave out, and tells Roosevelt that he believes this is evidence of a manipulated market.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-07
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw is leaving for Chicago, Illinois, today. He can be reached through his office or at the Auditorium Hotel.
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1903-08-04
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw provides analysis on the bids for the public building at Cleveland.
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1903-07-07
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has received Senator Lodge’s letter and will expedite the baggage of Colonel Robert Shaw’s widow.
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1903-07-06
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw states that the Treasury Department and the Bureau of Immigration will be liberal with the admission of individuals that may fall under the Chinese Exclusion Laws if they are attending the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. China has been invited to participate and the good faith of their participating citizens should not be questioned. Shaw assumes that the Department of Commerce and Labor will have the same policy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-06
Leslie M. Shaw writes to President Roosevelt to discuss a trade agreement with Germany.
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1905-09-16
Leslie M. Shaw writes to President Roosevelt to discuss a trade agreement with Germany.
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1905-09-16
Transcript of a speech given by Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw to the American Bankers’ Association on trade expansion.
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1905-10-11
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw’s speech on tariff legislation.
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1905-10-02
Manuscript of a campaign speech on tariff law to be given by Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw in Richmond, Virginia.
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1905-09-27
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw discusses historical events in finance and banking in relation to Republican and Democratic policies. He notes that support for the single gold standard has increased within the Republican party. Shaw frames this discussion by asking what conclusions an “intelligent stranger of a philosophical turn of mind” would come to after observing “self-governed and self-governing people.” He argues that “the consensus of mature judgment of the Republican party is usually right, and that the consensus of mature judgment of the Democratic party is usually wrong.”
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1904-07-23
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1916-09-04
Shaw, Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier), 1848-1932
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1916-09-04
Shaw, Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier), 1848-1932
Leslie M. Shaw is glad that President Roosevelt will be meeting with a committee of railroad men. Shaw notes that “at least three-fourths of the accumulated wealth of the United States has been unearned,” referring to value increases of land and real property over time. The difficulty is in how to “adjust matters that every man who has contributed capital or effort toward the development of our country shall have his fair share of the results of American effort.” Shaw identifies the corporate evils in the railroad industry as rooted in granting rebates and special privileges, and corporate control of corporations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-14