Metcalf, Victor Howard, 1853-1936

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt has read the report from Solicitor of the Department of Commerce and Labor Edwin Walter Sims and instructs Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf to carry out his recommendations without involving Congress. Roosevelt directs the Treasury Department to investigate the “dereliction of duty” of the Revenue Cutter Services and believes that more protection from the United States Marines might be necessary to safeguard the Alaskan seal fur fisheries from seal pirates. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt sends Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf a letter on behalf of Rudolph B. Scott, who was recently discharged from his position as Chinese inspector. Roosevelt does not feel that it is right for Scott to be discharged, as it appears in the record that as though he was discharged for carrying out Roosevelt’s policy of making sure that Chinese merchants and students were not harassed, and asks if he can be reinstated. He would like Metcalf to look into this matter personally.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-09

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt consents to Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf appointing Charles Earl as solicitor of the Department of Commerce and Labor, and similarly agrees with the appointment of Richard K. Campbell as the head of the Naturalization Bureau. Roosevelt would like to do something for Clarence V. C. Van Deusen, and asks Metcalf to bring the matter up with Campbell to see if Van Deusen’s request can be granted.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-09

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt informs Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf that he has instructed Commissioner-General of Immigration Frank P. Sargent and Commissioner of Labor Charles Patrick Neill to conduct an investigation into the subject of immigration in Europe and the United States. Roosevelt hopes for the subject to be covered thoroughly, and for this investigation to be done without undue publicity. He directs Metcalf to give Sargent and Neill any assistance they request.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-28

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt asks Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf what he thinks of Richard K. Campbell as a possible replacement for Edwin Walter Sims as solicitor of the Department of Commerce and Labor, when the time comes to make such an appointment.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-29

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt asks Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf to direct the Bureau of Immigration to make a report regarding the actions of the Austro-Hungarian Government regarding immigration to the United States. Roosevelt has been approached on behalf of some American steamship companies regarding the situation and wonders whether there is any action that needs to be taken. He additionally asks Metcalf about a report by Marcus Braun, former Inspector of Immigration in New York.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-28

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf that he not only wants the departments of government to cooperate, but also the bureaus within departments. Roosevelt has recommended that the Bureau of Labor undertake an investigation of the conditions of labor of women and children, but has heard of resistance to the idea coming from the Census Bureau. Roosevelt asks Metcalf to investigate which employees, if any, have expressed this resistance to Members of Congress, as he wishes to know the facts.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt gives Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf a list of people to meet with in San Francisco, California, once he arrives.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-22

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt is pleased by Secretary of Commerce & Labor Metcalf’s report, and will recommend that Congress follow his suggestions.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-27

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

Several members of Congress have spoken with President Roosevelt about the ship subsidy bill, which is evidently in the hands of Navigation Commissioner Eugene Tyler Chamberlain. Roosevelt asks Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf to have a thorough conversation with Chamberlain about the matter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-17

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt asks Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf to make a personal report about the enclosed matter regarding immigration. In particular, he would like a report about Ellis Island regarding a method of improving the examination of immigrants by doctors.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-22

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf to send a team to Seattle, Washington, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the wreck of the steamship Valencia.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-07

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf that he would like a thorough investigation into the wreck of the steamship Valencia. The investigation should be done by “disinterested men” who were appointed to do it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-31

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt asks Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf if it is proper for the Bureau of Fisheries to comment on Dr. Jordan’s letter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-01

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt informs Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf that the Committee on Department Methods plans to undertake a large-scale, detailed investigation of business methods and practice throughout the executive departments. The work will be aided by a sub-committee formed by men who are already working for the government.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-19

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf that in light of the enclosed opinion by Supreme Court Justice McKenna, it seems that the offense of the inspectors in question was more serious than Roosevelt had previously thought. He would like them to give statements showing why they should not be removed from their positions.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf seems to have established a conclusive case regarding “Na Lay,” and President Roosevelt has sent his letter to Senator Thomas Henry Carter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-30

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt encloses a letter that he wrote to Thomas Cochran regarding the reinstatement of Walter S. Elvidge, who was fired after his reckless driving caused his automobile to block Roosevelt’s carriage. Roosevelt makes it clear to Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf that he does not accept the explanation that Elvidge acted as he did because he was not aware that it was the President’s carriage; his conduct would have been just as bad regardless of whose carriage it was. If Elvidge behaves this way again, he will be dismissed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from William Loeb to Victor Howard Metcalf

William Loeb advises Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf that by noon tomorrow, President Roosevelt would like a report on the situation referenced in the enclosed dispatch.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-16

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf to dismiss messenger Walter S. Elvidge, who was driving dangerously and was exceedingly impertinent, qualities “wholly unfit” for his position.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919