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President Roosevelt writes to Edgar E. Clark regarding the re-election of Speaker of the House Cannon. He considers Cannon a strong supporter of his administration and sees that various constituents in Cannon’s district are against his re-election. Roosevelt asks Clark if there is anything he can do to help Cannon in his district.
1906-09-05
President Roosevelt asks Edgar E. Clark about his thoughts regarding the enclosed letter about telegraphers.
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1908-08-08
President Roosevelt asks Edgar E. Clark of the Interstate Commerce Commission to please consider serving as arbitrator of the railway wage dispute, at the urging of Robert H. Ingram and Patrick H. Morrissey.
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1907-08-31
President Roosevelt requests that Edgar E. Clark serve on Carroll D. Wright’s commission investigating the Anthracite Coal Strike.
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1902-10-11
George B. Cortelyou informs Edgar E. Clark that President Roosevelt has called a meeting of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission for October 24 and hopes that Clark can attend.
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1902-10-21
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1913-05-14
Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Edgar E. Clark for writing and invites him to stop by the office for lunch.
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1911-12-02
Theodore Roosevelt asks Edgar E. Clark for his opinion of the enclosed. He will treat it confidentially.
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1911-11-23
President Roosevelt has received Edgar E. Clark’s letter regarding Midshipman Edward H. Connor. Roosevelt does not believe anything can be done in the matter, because Connor got drunk in Australia while “the whole fleet was on honor.” Roosevelt fears that pardoning Connor would be a “grave blow at the discipline of the navy.”
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1908-10-21
President Roosevelt thanks Edgar E. Clark of the Interstate Commerce Commission for his letter and expresses his interest in the bill.
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1907-03-01
President Roosevelt thanks Edgar E. Clark, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, for his letter about the hours of telegraphers and notes that this kind of information is why Clark was put at the head of the commission.
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1907-03-02
President Roosevelt strongly believes his administration “has had no stouter friend” than Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon. In response to the movement to prevent Cannon’s reelection in his district, Roosevelt asks Edgar E. Clark if he can help.
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1906-09-05
President Roosevelt tells Edgar E. Clark, “Few things gave me more pleasure than our success in that suit.”
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1904-12-27
President Roosevelt sends his sympathy to Edgar E. Clark and is shocked and grieved.
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1903-11-07