Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge
Subject(s): Anthracite Coal Strike (Pennsylvania : 1902), Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919, Baer, George F. (George Frederick), 1842-1914, Committees, Fish, Stuyvesant, 1851-1923, Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935, Labor disputes, Lodge, Anna Cabot Mills Davis, 1851-1915, Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, Negotiation in business, Perkins, George W. (George Walbridge), 1862-1920, Semantics, Spalding, John Lancaster, 1840-1916, Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining, Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933
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President Roosevelt describes to Senator Lodge the difficulties he has had in negotiating the composition of the commission to examine the Anthracite Coal Strike. The mine operators did not want a representative of labor included. Roosevelt discovered the importance of labeling and perception, however, in that they would protest his appointment of Bishop John Lancaster Spalding as “eminent sociologist” and the addition of a representative of labor, yet they would happily accept the representative of labor being labeled an “eminent sociologist” and the addition of Bishop Spalding.
Collection
Massachusetts Historical Society
Creation Date
1902-10-17
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)
Repository
Massachusetts Historical Society
Page Count
4
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge. [October 17, 1902]. Massachusetts Historical Society.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o294210. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge. [17 Oct. 1902]. Multi-image.
Massachusetts Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o294210.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1902, October 17]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge.
Massachusetts Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o294210.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Massachusetts Historical Society. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/massachusetts-historical-society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Massachusetts Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/massachusetts-historical-society.
APA:
Massachusetts Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/massachusetts-historical-society.