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George Westinghouse writes to Jacob H. Schiff regarding appointments to the Equitable Life Assurance Society’s board.
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1905-06-30
Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914
President Roosevelt thanks Jacob H. Schiff for his letter.
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1909-03-02
President Roosevelt thanks Jacob H. Schiff for sending his speech and hopes Congress will agree on what to do about the currency question.
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1907-11-09
President Roosevelt took the liberty of sending Jacob H. Schiff’s letter and Paul D. Cravath’s brief to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte. He previously referred Bonaparte to Attorney General of Illinois William H. Stead’s report regarding the Chicago and Alton matter. Roosevelt has not reviewed the case with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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1907-04-22
President Roosevelt has taken the initiative to set up a meeting between the Interstate Commerce Commission and various railroad presidents.
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1907-03-29
President Roosevelt sends Jacob H. Schiff his last annual message to Congress, asking him to read a particular passage. In light of this and other statements he has made, he does not understand why Wall Street believes him to be a “wild-eyed revolutionist.” He will do everything he can to help every honest businessman, provided; he only seeks to punish those who are dishonest. In addition, he does not seek to address wrongs of the past, only to prevent injustice and establish equity for the future.
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1907-03-25
President Roosevelt quotes a portion of a letter from George von Lengerke Meyer for Jacob H. Schiff’s information, in which Meyer discusses the Russian refusal to discuss the Bialystok massacre. Roosevelt appreciates the horror such massacres provokes, including that of the Armenian people in Turkey, but believes that sending warships to allow the persecuted people to escape would be “a spectacular bit of folly,” as warships are unfit for the purpose. He comments that “if the object was to take away the fugitives and not to do something theatrical,” it would be better to hire ordinary steamships for the purpose.
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1906-07-26
President Roosevelt confidentially tells Jacob H. Schiff that the United States has already “gone up to the very verge of receiving a rebuff that would put us in a very undignified and unpleasant position” in its effort to do as Schiff suggests. Roosevelt does not wish to put the particulars in writing, and would not like to be quoted on the matter.
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1906-06-26
President Roosevelt tells Jacob H. Schiff that he had already begun to discuss the matter with Secretary of State Elihu Root before receiving Schiff’s telegram. Roosevelt does not wish to say exactly what has been done about the matter and on behalf of the Jews in Russia, as “the efficacy of anything that is done depends largely on there being no symptom of offense to the Russian authorities.” He explains the difficulty there is in trying to influence policy in Russia on behalf of the Jewish population there, and says that while the government is doing everything it can do, it “would not only be utterly futile, but would put this nation in an undignified position, and would be a harm instead of a help” for the government to attempt any direct action.
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1906-06-22
President Roosevelt promises to go over the matter with Secretary of State Root. He emphasizes to Jacob H. Schiff how much he sympathizes with him and deplores what has happened in Russia, but reminds Schiff “how well nigh impossible it is to accomplish anything but harm by interfering.”
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1906-06-18
President Roosevelt asks Jacob H. Schiff not to quote him, and tells Schiff he does not think anyone should quote the president.
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1906-01-23
President Roosevelt thanks Jacob H. Schiff for the telegram and wishes him a happy New Year.
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1906-01-02
Although President Roosevelt sympathizes with Jacob H. Schiff’s concerns regarding crimes committed against the Jews in Russia, he does not think it wise or proper for the United States to take any action. He does not believe any diplomatic action will help, and war is not an option.
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1905-12-14
For the upcoming celebration of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Jews in the United States, President Roosevelt praises the citizenship of American Jews, and recounts a number of their greatest contributions to the United States to Jacob H. Schiff.
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1905-11-16
President Roosevelt has made an “ironclad” rule not to write letters like the one Jacob H. Schiff requested. He explains to Schiff that were he to write such letters, he would write so many that it would be an “intolerable burden” and his letters would be “deprived of all significance.” He cannot accede to Schiff’s request without acceding to many others.
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1905-11-04
President Roosevelt tells Jacob H. Schiff that he did not need have sent such a letter, as he had not seen the reports in question. He promises to carefully read any letters Schiff sends.
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1905-07-27
President Roosevelt invites Jacob H. Schiff to take lunch or dinner with him whenever Schiff is down next. Roosevelt believes he can fix the matter pertaining to James H. Hyde.
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1904-12-09
President Roosevelt thanks Jacob H. Schiff for everything that he has done during the recent election, and is grateful for the telegram of congratulations.
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1904-11-09
President Roosevelt has sent Jacob H. Schiff a draft of what he has written about the passport question for his letter of acceptance. Roosevelt has also sent copies to Oscar S. Straus and Nathan Bijur.
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1904-08-05
President Roosevelt is very interested in Jacob H. Schiff’s experience with the passport question.
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1904-08-02