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President Roosevelt would like Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor Murray to suggest remarks he might make in his annual message to Congress, regarding the Committee on Department Methods, otherwise known as the Keep Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-23
At their upcoming conference, President Roosevelt would like Captain Mahan to express his critical views on Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry’s plans for reorganizing the Navy Department.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-08
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to which department the Fish Commission should belong.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-09
Secretary of the Navy Newberry proposes a plan to reorganize the administration of the Navy Department. He believes it is within his and President Roosevelt’s authority to make administrative changes and that these changes will be so positive that Congress will make them permanent by law. Newberry suggests changes to the membership of the General Board, the role of the Assistant Secretary, and the organization of the Board on Construction, and details what these changes will entail.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-12
Commander Key is glad that President Roosevelt understands the issues with the Navy administration system and suggests that the future ships to be approved by the coming Congress will be an improvement. Key congratulates Roosevelt on the conference at Newport, which confirmed all his criticisms of the North Dakota and the Delaware except one, which he expands upon. After first-hand experience with the Navy Department, Key suggests the creation of a legal addition to oversee the fleet. He is pleased to hear that Roosevelt plans to create an investigative commission that will be reviewing the current Naval organizational structure.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-18
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson would like to talk to President Roosevelt about the Bureau of Statistics, which is now running smoothly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-26
Secretary of War Taft informs President Roosevelt of Chairman of the Second Isthmian Canal Commission Theodore P. Shonts’s telegram urging reorganization. Taft feels any action should wait until Minister to Panama Charles E. Magoon and Secretary of State Elihu Root return to review the matter. He hopes Roosevelt can delay action until September 22 or 23.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-08
President Roosevelt reviews the second plan on government reorganization which will reorganize the administrative management of the executive branch by “a more logical grouping of existing units and functions and by a further reduction in the number of independent agencies.”
1939-05-09