Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Martin J. Gillen
Theodore Roosevelt tells Martin J. Gillen that his plan is interesting, but that he is not prepared to comment upon it in detail. Roosevelt feels there would have to be efficient governmental supervision of those who worked “on honor,” necessitating a large increase in the governmental force available for such supervision. Roosevelt tells Gillen he has purposely avoided advocating any specific plan in his public speeches, because what is really needed is “the creation of popular sentiment which will insist that the government itself take action.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-10-18