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President Roosevelt tells Senator Aldrich that there has been a demand for action on asset banking, but now is not the time for radical legislation. Instead, he would like to get though a measure addressing three or four minor points that could offer relief to the currency situation.
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1907-01-20
President Roosevelt tells Senator Aldrich that he has forwarded correspondence to Representative Sereno Elisha Payne about the recently enacted law ‘relating to the fortification of pure sweet wines.’ Roosevelt agrees with the position taken by Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and hopes a new law can be passed that is aligned with his views.
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1907-01-15
President Roosevelt would like to meet with Senator Aldrich to discuss several matters.
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1901-10-16
President Roosevelt would like to talk with Senator Aldrich before he writes his message.
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1901-09-30
President Roosevelt sends Senator Aldrich a copy of Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright’s report on the anthracite coal strike. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody are in agreement that the report should be published, and Roosevelt asks Aldrich to look over the report and respond with his views.
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1902-08-26
President Roosevelt has seen Secretary of War Luke E. Wright since he wrote to Senator Aldrich this morning. Wright is of the opinion that the Brownsville Affair bill would not require the president to allow the reenlistment of eligible men. Roosevelt is relieved, but wants this interpretation to be explicitly outlined in the bill for future reference. He is sure that future presidents will listen to the board, but he does not want his successors to be “compelled” to act on their recommendations.
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1909-02-02
A notable lawyer’s interpretation of the current version of the Brownsville Affair bill compounds the dissatisfaction with the bill’s wording that President Roosevelt has already articulated to Senator Aldrich. Roosevelt worries that the bill will compel the reenlistment of any man found innocent by the board of officers, a measure that he strongly opposes.
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1909-02-02
President Roosevelt approves of the bill Senator Aldrich sent but suggests one change to the wording. Roosevelt proposes saying “five officers not below the rank of colonel” to clarify specifically that the officers need a rank of colonel or higher and not be general officers.
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1909-01-26
President Roosevelt instructs Senator Aldrich that the language of the bill must be clear that it is permissible but not mandatory that the board members may reinstate the members of the 25th Infantry Companies B, C, and D of the United States Army that are innocent of assault and have no criminal knowledge of the Brownsville Affair of 1906. Roosevelt would like Aldrich to show this letter to Senators Henry Cabot Lodge, Francis E. Warren, William Warner, and Joseph Benson Foraker.
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1909-01-27
President Roosevelt encloses a letter for Senator Aldrich and asks if action can be taken, and would like to know his opinion about the financial aspects of the situation and the chance of legislation in the winter.
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1907-01-29
President Roosevelt forwards Senator Aldrich a letter he received from Secretary of State Elihu Root which explains itself. Roosevelt strongly advocates for the change to customs administration recommended by Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, as explained by Root’s letter, and hopes that the current House bill will be amended to cover the two points that Root mentions as currently being omitted.
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1906-06-18
President Roosevelt sends Senator Aldrich a copy of his letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp and his reply. He enjoyed their recent discussion and spoke of it with several men, including Secretary of War Taft, who corrected him about the Philippine sugar schedule. However, he told them that he and Aldrich had not made a definite agreement; rather, the purpose of the conversation was to discuss the potential of a policy that could be generally agreed upon.
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1906-01-26
President Roosevelt asks Senator Aldrich to read the enclosed papers, paying special attention to the letter from Indian Affairs Commissioner Francis E. Leupp. Roosevelt stresses that any allegation implying a bargain has been made on his behalf by Father W. H. Ketcham is entirely false.
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1906-01-21
President Roosevelt is “very anxious to answer Germany at once,” and asks Rhode Island Senator Aldrich if it is possible to send representatives to see if they can reach a compromise.
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1905-09-15
President Roosevelt sends Senator Aldrich some pieces of correspondence from German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg and Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw. He asks for Aldrich’s views on the matter, and, if possible, to get the views of Senator William B. Allison as well. Roosevelt wonders if it would be possible to do as the Germans suggest and send a representative to negotiate with them in November.
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1905-08-31
President Roosevelt would like to speak with Senator Aldrich on tariff matters sometime when it is convenient.
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1905-08-08
President Roosevelt inquires about Senator Aldrich’s availability for the coming month to meet face to face to discuss a “number of things.”
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1904-08-01
President Roosevelt sends Senator Aldrich a letter from Cornelius Newton Bliss and invites Aldrich to dine with him and Bliss.
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1904-04-27
President Roosevelt forwards several letters of support that he has received for the appointment of William Demos Crum. He is displeased with the lack of action on Crum’s nomination and suggests a special Senate session could be called to discuss the matter.
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1904-04-27