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Melville Elijah Stone apologizes to William Loeb that some newspapers printed a speech of President Roosevelt’s prematurely. He assures Loeb the matter has been handled.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-04
The board of directors of the Associated Press have withdrawn the report of the President’s message, as it was prematurely released by the Arkansas Democrat.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-15
Melville Elijah Stone has received William Loeb’s letter from Mr. Geringer of the Czech-language newspaper The Daily Svornost and plans to meet with him about arranging for President Roosevelt’s message to be published there. Stone believes Geringer to be of good character.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-25
Melville Elijah Stone apologizes to President Roosevelt for the misunderstanding that occurred when Roosevelt was quoted by Bishop Henry Gabriels in an interview without his consent. Roosevelt objected to the quote being printed, but the press did not understand the objection at the time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-02
Melville Elijah Stone apologizes to President Roosevelt for the error in transmitting William Loeb’s statement and assures him that he will deal with the person responsible, Elijah Prentiss Bailey. Stone wants to correct the situation in a way that will not further damage Roosevelt’s reputation, and awaits advice from him before acting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-04
Melville Elijah Stone of the Associated Press informs President Roosevelt’s secretary, William Loeb, that his organization did not receive a copy of Roosevelt’s speech on disaster relief for San Francisco until nearly two hours after it had been given to other news organizations. While he assumes it was unintentional, Stone tells Loeb that it was “pretty severe on us.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-05
Melville Elijah Stone explains why an Associated Press reporter was removed from his assignment to the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-09
Melville Elijah Stone has recieved President Roosevelt’s letter. Stone is willing to wait on “Paine’s matter” if immediate change is likely to embarrass either of them. Stone thought it would be a kindness to make the change now, but will defer to Roosevelt’s judgment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-11
Melville Elijah Stone believes that, while the New York American’s actions were dishonorable, they did not violate the rule about advance matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-13
Melville Elijah Stone encloses an interesting letter from Hosea Ballou Morse, who has been assisting Robert Hart in the Chinese customs service for almost thirty years.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-10