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President Roosevelt appoints Medical Director Wise to be the Navy Department’s representative on the Central Committee of the American National Red Cross.
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1908-12-03
President Roosevelt will not take any action regarding the Internal Revenue Collectorship until he speaks with Senator Frye. He does not know whether the current man out to be removed.
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1908-11-23
President Roosevelt encloses a letter summarizing a discussion he and Secretary of Agriculture Wilson had last winter. Roosevelt believes Henry Cantwell Wallace will make a good second to L. H. Bailey.
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1908-08-05
Through a series of excerpts from personal letters, President Roosevelt refutes reports in The New York Sun and Harper’s Weekly that Grover Cleveland had never been offered a position on the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission. President Roosevelt argues that in fact Cleveland was offered the position and accepted it, and describes the details of the incident.
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1908-08-06
President Roosevelt thinks Attorney General Bonaparte’s letter was satisfactory. Roosevelt asks Bonaparte to find some special work for Pliny L. Soper.
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1908-08-07
President Roosevelt values any recommendation from General Grant and will carefully consider Colonel John Van Rensslaer Hoff for Surgeon General.
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1908-08-04
President Roosevelt tells Charles Hopkins Clark that, upon receiving his letter, Roosevelt had Robert O. Eaton carefully looked into and, as he expected, he was able to appoint Eaton as Collector of Internal Revenue.
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1908-01-31
President Roosevelt encourages Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou to have the currency plan ready soon, so they can work to get it approved. He also asks Cortelyou to send him the nomination of George W. Wanamaker for appraiser of merchandise in New York so his name can be announced when the Senate returns.
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1908-01-02
Richard Achilles Ballinger has resigned as Commissioner of the General Land Office and, upon the recommendation of Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, President Roosevelt has sent Assistant Commissioner Fred Dennett’s name to the Senate as Ballinger’s successor. Roosevelt understands that Dennett is a friend of Senator Hansbrough and that Hansbrough is willing to endorse Dennett.
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1908-01-06
President Roosevelt apologizes to Judge Brawley. Roosevelt had an understanding with Colonel Ariosto A. Wiley that if the position of Commissioner for Locating and Marking Confederate Graves became vacant, he would appoint Wiley’s candidate, William C. Oates.
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1907-12-13
President Roosevelt asks writer Winston Churchill for his opinion of Representative Frank D. Currier’s remarks that appointing “Massachusetts man” Charles Fairbanks, as pension agent of New Hampshire would be an insult to the state. Roosevelt additionally comments that Currier thought Churchill would recommend Frank Abbott Musgrove for the appointment.
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1907-12-06
After listening to the different arguments, it is clear that no one is going to agree. President Roosevelt finds the situation a bit absurd, but has decided to nominate Charles Fairbanks as pension agent on the advice of Frank S. Streeter.
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1907-12-12
After listening to the different arguments, it is clear that no one is going to agree. President Roosevelt finds the situation a bit absurd, but has decided to nominate Charles Fairbanks as pension agent on the advice of Frank S. Streeter.
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1907-12-12
President Roosevelt informs Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Winthrop that he is impressed by Edwin Grant Dexter and is in favor of selecting him as the commissioner of education for Puerto Rico. Roosevelt urges Winthrop to consult with different university presidents before he commits to his decision.
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1907-06-08
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of War Taft that he wants to fill the position of Quartermaster General before July 1 as he wants significant reforms in the department before his term ends. He feels either William Penn Duvall or James Buchanan Aleshire should be appointed and leaves the decision to Taft’s judgment.
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1907-06-09
President Roosevelt informs Representative Longworth that he has given Longworth’s letter to Secretary of War William H. Taft. He warns Longworth to consider the consequences before deciding to get in the fight over the collectorship. Roosevelt directs Longworth to tell his daughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, that he never received the letter. He asks if Aunt Ia (Maria Longworth Storer) has published a fresh collection of correspondence. In a post-script, Roosevelt relays that Taft thinks that changing the collectorship “would cause more harm than good.”
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1907-05-14
President Roosevelt is glad that Jeremiah Whipple Jenks can serve. He notes that Henry Cabot Lodge had already suggested Morton Crane for Secretary of the Immigration Commission.
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1907-03-14
President Roosevelt invites William R. Wheeler to join a panel of scholars who will research the immigration question. Roosevelt wants a Californian to examine this issue.
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1907-03-19
President Roosevelt tells John Campbell Greenway that he believes Richard Achilles Ballinger is a good choice for Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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1907-01-30
President Roosevelt provides Secretary of War Taft with the names of individuals that have been appointed as members of the Board of Visitors to West Point for 1907.
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1907-01-30