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William Tudor writes Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt begging him to reconsider his decision to leave his post as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Tudor believes Roosevelt is better as an administrator than Secretary of the Navy John D. Long because Roosevelt favored war from the start.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-25
William Tudor writes to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt about newspaper reports that the administration plans to overlook the explosion of the USS Maine. Tudor argues that their primary responsibility is to self-protection and that the United States should order the Spaniards to “conduct the war in a civilized war.” He warns that if the government does not respond accordingly “there will be found still greater difficulty in finding men to serve on our ships.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-03-26