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Within the next two weeks, President Roosevelt would like to meet with Wayne MacVeagh to discuss several matters, including “the constitutional side of the corporation business” that they had spoken about previously.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-07
President Roosevelt thanks Wayne MacVeagh for the letter. He is in a difficult position after the death of William McKinley but hopes to carry himself “manfully.”
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1901-09-14
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Wayne MacVeagh for his telegram and informs him that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is out of immediate danger after her recent fall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-06
Theodore Roosevelt is a strong believer in being practical and compromising. However, there can be a time when it is impossible to compromise and still do your duty to your country. Roosevelt views the war as a “great world crisis” and has sought to tell the truth about Germany, pacifism, and President Wilson without regard to the effect on himself. He understands that this course likely makes him unsuitable for any political office. Roosevelt hopes his efforts will help prevent Wilson’s reelection and that the Republican Party will nominate someone he can support.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-01-29
President Roosevelt thanks Wayne MacVeagh for his message.
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1907-10-25
President Roosevelt thanks Wayne MacVeagh for the information and will use it in his upcoming speech.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-21
Thanks to Wayne MacVeagh, President Roosevelt “was able to go through both the act and the decision.” Roosevelt is familiar with the idea of H. H. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, to introduce a graduated income tax and thinks it is amusing to see the “yells of fear and rage with which my proposition has been greeted.” Roosevelt plans to mention the possibility of an graduated income tax as well as a graduated inheritance tax in a message to Congress in the coming year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-10
President Roosevelt tells Wayne MacVeagh that the more he has thought about federal control of life insurance, the more he thinks it is an unwise idea to change his opinion on it. However, he is not sure that he will be able to get it and believes it best to not pay attention to either position. He also tells MacVeagh that Andrew Carnegie has offered to give “the last $50,000” if Roosevelt returns all the contributions that were “supposed to be tainted money.”
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1905-10-08
President Roosevelt believes that the best thing to do is remain quiet about any controversy regarding campaign funds. He tells Wayne MacVeagh that he has never accepted funds if he knows that the donor expects favors in return. However, he believes that there is no good way of deciding whether to return contributions, or which ones to return. He also expresses concern about the current state of Federal supervision of insurance companies but does not see a way out of it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-23
President Roosevelt informs Wayne MacVeagh of the House’s strong opinion that he not speak at the presentation of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-28
President Roosevelt congratulates Wayne MacVeagh on his work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-28
President Roosevelt is pleased that Wayne MacVeagh is associated with the Roosevelt administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-22
President Roosevelt thanks Wayne MacVeagh for the letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-27