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President Roosevelt asks Oscar S. Straus to reach out to either New York gubernatorial candidate Charles Evans Hughes, Representative Herbert Parsons, or Lieutenant Governor of New York Timothy L. Woodruff. Roosevelt believes Straus can be of assistance in securing votes for Hughes in New York City’s East Side.
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1906-10-09
President Roosevelt congratulates Oscar S. Straus.
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1906-10-13
President Roosevelt compliments Oscar S. Straus for his article responding to attacks on Jews. However, he believes Straus’s appointment to and service in the Cabinet will be the better answer.
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1906-09-06
President Roosevelt thanks Oscar S. Straus for writing.
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1906-05-16
President Roosevelt explains to Oscar S. Straus that the United States government did not want to make Russia sensitive by publishing that the United States was applying pressure to Russia. Roosevelt gives Straus a statement that would be acceptable to publish detailing an interaction between the United States and Russia related to the protection of Jews in Russian territories.
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1906-04-13
President Roosevelt writes to Oscar S. Straus about the international situation, and while Russia has promised to take steps to prevent trouble being done to its Jewish population, Roosevelt also comments on the impossibility of interfering in other countries, such as the Congo Free State or Turkey. Issuing petitions can sometimes be harmful unless the United States is able to back up the petitions with military force, which it is unlikely to do. Roosevelt knows he does not have to convince Straus of this, but some of Straus’s friends “need to have these considerations ever clearly before their eyes.”
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1906-04-10
President Roosevelt is not sure that France and Germany would consent to Oscar S. Straus’s idea. He warns Straus that Carl Schurz’s advice is “absolutely worthless,” because he is “a left-over German of 1848,” with no ideas about how the country currently operates. Roosevelt wants to stay on friendly terms with Germany, but believes that the United States cannot betray any weakness.
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1906-02-27
President Roosevelt cannot say for sure, but he believes that Oscar S. Straus will not be put into his Cabinet until a year from the 4th of March. The reason being the changes have to happen at the same time.
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1906-01-13
President Roosevelt tells Oscar S. Straus he expressed his feelings on the subjects he wrote about. He encloses a copy of his letter to Jacob H. Schiff regarding concerns about the treatment of Jewish people in Russia.
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1905-12-14
President Roosevelt thanks Oscar S. Straus for his telegram.
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1905-09-02
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1905-08-15
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1905-06-15
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President Roosevelt is glad that Oscar S. Straus likes what was done regarding Santo Domingo.
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1905-03-31
President Roosevelt would like to see Oscar S. Straus soon and invites him to lunch on January 12. He also hopes Straus and his wife, Sarah L. Straus, can attend the diplomatic reception and supper later that day.
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1905-01-07
President Roosevelt informs Oscar S. Straus he intends to reappoint Ambassador to Russia Robert Sanderson McCormick for a short period of time. Roosevelt is happy to discuss the person to succeed McCormick with Straus when the time comes.
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1904-12-16
President Roosevelt invites Oscar S. Straus to the White House on Monday night because he would like to discuss several things with him.
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1904-11-11
President Roosevelt enjoyed Lebowich’s article, and wishes he had been amongst the Harvard men in Roosevelt’s regiment. Roosevelt agrees with Lebowich that he attempts to treat Jews and Catholics as he does Protestants; Roosevelt believes that in the future there will inevitably be Jewish and Catholic presidents and, thus, hopes that he treats them as he would want to be treated by a Jewish or Catholic president, i.e., “without regards to the several creeds which they profess or the several lands from which their ancestors have sprung.” Roosevelt tries not to be patronizing or condescending, and appreciates that Lebowich noticed that.
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1904-10-15
President Roosevelt thinks Oscar S. Straus’s suggestions regarding the “Armenian matter” are admirable. Roosevelt will call a second conference at The Hague and all questions and requests regarding Armenia will be brought before that conference.
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1904-09-28
President Roosevelt is glad that Oscar S. Straus liked his letter. Roosevelt asked Secretary of State John Hay and Chairman of the Republican National Committee George B. Cortelyou to communicate with Straus about publishing the State Department dispatches about the passport question. Roosevelt would like Straus’s input on how far to go.
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1904-09-13