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Oscar S. Straus offers to meet with President Roosevelt as he believes it is the right and the duty of one of the powers to take the initiative. He requests that Roosevelt read the treaty.
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1904-02-08
As a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague, Oscar S. Straus recommends exercising mediation articles of the Hague Conventions as a way to avert a potential world war.
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1904-02-08
Oscar S. Straus asks that President Roosevelt’s secretary contact him to set up a time when he can meet with Roosevelt to discuss the Miller case. Straus congratulates Roosevelt on the settlement of the Alaskan boundary dispute.
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1903
Oscar S. Straus encloses a clipping from the New York Herald regarding the “‘Covenant – running with the Land idea.”
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1903-11-11
Oscar S. Straus assures President Roosevelt that he will send data regarding Jewish soldiers in the Spanish-American War and the number of lost lives on the “Maine.” Straus mentions Roosevelt’s reinstatement of William A. Miller as assistant foreman in the United States Government Printing Office, calling attention to his recent speech in Chicago, Illinois.
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1903-10-22
Oscar S. Straus writes regarding an investigation by a committee from the New York Board of Trade and Transportation that Straus wishes to bring to the attention of President Roosevelt.
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1903-09-14
Oscar S. Straus informs President Roosevelt that he executed his commission and sent the paperwork to John Hay.
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1903-07-15
Oscar S. Straus can meet with President Roosevelt whenever it is convenient.
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1903-07-08
Oscar S. Straus encloses a clipping from Paris.
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1903-01-17
Oscar S. Straus suggests invoking the Hague Treaty to force mediation in the Venezuela crisis. Straus mentions that it would be better to invoke the treaty, as opposed to allowing contingencies to call for use of the Monroe Doctrine. He mentions that the treaty can be invoked by three means: direct presidential communication, diplomacy, or joint resolution.
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1902-12-15
Oscar S. Straus, who has experience as a United States diplomat to Muslims in Turkey, cautions against an upcoming American military expedition against the Moros, Filipino Muslims, of the southern Philippines. He argues that diplomacy would be a much better option and would cost much less in terms of life. Straus will be in Washington from April 21 to 25 for a meeting of the American Social Science Association and hopes to call on President Roosevelt at the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-17