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President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Robert James Lowry to Major Hanson and asks for any information he has on the matter. He asks if Hanson would ask Walter Johnson for his opinion. An attached memorandum states that the enclosure was not included.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-09
Theodore Roosevelt describes Professor Johnson’s talk as “infamous.” Johnson was an economist and prolific author. In October 1915 before the Mills Banking and Tax Committee in New York, Johnson said that overpopulation was to blame for World War I. According to Johnson, marriage or children should not be encouraged. These statements played into Roosevelt’s fears of “race suicide.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-11-27
President Roosevelt agrees with J. F. Hanson regarding Taft Clubs, and will pass his letter on to President-Elect William H. Taft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-17
President Roosevelt provides a letter of introduction to J. F. Hanson for Ernest Hamlin Abbott, son of Lyman Abbott of The Outlook.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-14