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Secretary of War Taft transmits the annual report of the Isthmian Canal Commission to Congress via letter. Taft supports a personnel change for the commission, citing the current members as ineffective, and also recommends to reduce the number of members to five or three.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-12
Message given by President Roosevelt to Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Fifty-seventh Congress in which Roosevelt describes his legislative priorities for the year.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1902
President Roosevelt writes to the United States Congress to submit a report of the Isthmian Canal Commission on the proposition of the New Panama Canal Company selling their rights, property, and unfinished work. The commission believes the best route is through Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01
On his last day in office, President Roosevelt will sign the Sundry Civil Bill, but he expresses extreme reservations about Section 9 of the bill. The section would prohibit the use of government funds or clerks to help the work of commissions and boards that were not specifically authorized by Congress. Roosevelt is particularly concerned about the effect this would have on bodies appointed by the executive, such as the Conservation Commission and the Country Life Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-03-04
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from the Justice Department stating that existing statutes give the president the authority to prohibit the use of the mail for the commission of crimes or for advocacy of crimes. However, Congress should further legislate this matter. Roosevelt writes that anarchists are the enemy of “all mankind,” and as such, anarchy is “a deeper degree of criminality than any other,” and no papers published anywhere in the United States should be allowed to circulate if they advocate anarchy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-08
President Nixon urges Congress to quickly approve of his endeavor to designate the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Nixon has been accelerating his efforts to preserve more lands as parks and he is not satisfied with the rate in which Congress has acted on these lands. Cooperating in this regard will result in a better-served public.
1972-09-21
President Roosevelt encourages Congress to ratify the commercial treaty with Cuba.
1903-11-10
Acting Secretary of Puerto Rico Gale writes to Congress regarding an amended resolution for a delegate to the House of Representatives from Puerto Rico, and he writes about empowering the Secretary of War to authorize construction on the island.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-26
The Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico requests that no action be taken to lessen the import duties on foreign sugar or tobacco, which will give Puerto Rican products a price advantage.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-21