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Theodore Roosevelt tells John Callan O’Laughlin that he has nothing to fear about Congress investigating the “Steel Corporation matter,” the Sugar Trust, or the Panama Canal because every action was made public knowledge from the beginning. Roosevelt expected some public uproar about the Steel Corporation once the danger had passed.
1911-06-02
Theodore Roosevelt encloses a letter and asks William Loeb if anything can be done regarding the writer and her “poor devil of a husband.” Roosevelt has been told that Congress wants to investigate his actions on “the Tennessee Coal and Iron matter, the Sugar Trust matter, and the Panama affair.” He asks Loeb if he knows where he may obtain the letter he wrote to Charles J. Bonaparte about Tennessee Coal and Iron.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-02
Theodore Roosevelt tells John Callan O’Laughlin that he has nothing to fear about Congress investigating the “Steel Corporation matter,” the Sugar Trust, or the Panama Canal because every action was made public knowledge from the beginning. Roosevelt expected some public uproar about the Steel Corporation once the danger was past.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-02
President Roosevelt asks Attorney General Bonaparte to finish a report regarding the conduct of secret service agent James O. Brzezinski during the trial of Oliver Spitzer, superintendent of the docks at the American Sugar Refining Company who had attempted to bribe agents. Brzezinski’s testimony was inconsistent before the Grand Jury.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-16
F. H. Cowles asks Theodore Roosevelt if he would like to see correspondence between Cowles and Governor Dix. This correspondence has led Cowles to believe favoritism is abundant through attempts to get Brooklyn Cooperage Company to utilize oil as fuel throughout the Adirondacks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-17
Resolution calling on Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to send to the Senate copies of all correspondence relating to the alleged violation of the Sherman Act by the American Sugar Refining Company and Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-22