Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte
President Roosevelt confirms receipt of Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte’s letter concerning John J. McBrearty, and already had some knowledge of the case. Secretary of War William H. Taft has told Roosevelt that McBrearty was “struck off the list of possible bidders in the War Department, for fraudulent practices,” and suggests that there should be cooperation between the War Department and the Department of the Navy regarding cases of this sort so that one department does not accept a contract from a merchant that another department has ruled out for fraud. He tells Bonaparte to follow his judgement regarding a Marine Corps civil service matter.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-04-05