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President Roosevelt sends Public Printer Stillings the Manual of Style, Government Printing Office, Secretary of State. The binding style is uncalled for and he demands that except for any specific requests from Congress, it will no longer be used for such “routine” books.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-02
President Roosevelt requests the resignation of Charles A. Stillings as head of the Government Printing Office, following an examination of reports from George C. Havenner and William Sidney Rossiter and comments from John S. Leech. Roosevelt is satisfied with Stillings’s zeal and integrity, but not with how his work has been done.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-14
President Roosevelt accepts the letter of resignation from Public Printer Charles A. Stillings.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-16
President Roosevelt encloses two letters to Charles A. Stillings, and notifies him that, pending the investigation, he is suspended from the duties of Public Printer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-05
President Roosevelt asks Public Printer Stillings to send a representative to meet with the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials to discuss more equitable and efficient means to purchase and use coal within government buildings.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-06
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-27
Stillings, Charles A., 1871-1917
English
President Roosevelt tells Public Printer Stillings to direct that all government publications use the simplified spellings of three hundred words provided by the Simplified Spelling Board. Roosevelt explains his advocacy for simplified spelling, stating that he believes that it is important for the government to advance ahead of popular sentiment, rather than lag behind. If the changes meet with popular approval, they will naturally become permanent. Roosevelt maintains that the simplified spelling movement is a continuation of former simplifications and alterations of English spelling, and believes that it will make certain spellings “a little less foolish and fantastic.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-27
William Loeb encloses a letter from President Roosevelt, informing Public Printer Charles A. Stillings he has also sent copies to three news agencies to be published on Monday, September 3.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-29
President Roosevelt asks Public Printer Stillings to contact Brander Matthews for a pamphlet on the topic of spelling reform, and to implement the recommended changes in all government documents.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-20
President Roosevelt advises Public Printer Stillings that he may wish to inform his employees that Roosevelt would look extremely unfavorably on any sort of strike in the government printing offices.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-21
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-24
Stillings, Charles A., 1871-1917
English
President Roosevelt introduces Public Printer Charles A. Stillings to William U. Mackey, the former mayor of Carson City, Nevada. Mackey will show him a letter from Nevada governor John Sparks. Roosevelt does not know about Mackey’s merits as a printer, but he has a good reputation in Nevada and treated Roosevelt well when he was in Carson City. Roosevelt would like Stillings to let him know if it is possible to give him a promotion and permanent appointment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-13