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Theodore Roosevelt will be very glad to use Cupp if possible. Roosevelt will speak out on the brewers and distiller proposition the first chance he gets.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-04-18
Gifford Pinchot urges Theodore Roosevelt to take the Prohibition side of the liquor question. Pinchot feels it is important to prevent the brewers and distillers from using grain that is needed for food during World War I.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-04-18
Gifford Pinchot provides a forecast to Theodore Roosevelt on an upcoming vote in the United States Senate on the issue of selective service. Henry Cabot Lodge believes that James Wolcott Wadsworth will “vote right” and that only Robert M. La Follette and Asle J. Gronna among the Republicans will fail to do so. The Harding Amendment is expected to pass. Pinchot is trying to arrange a voice for Roosevelt with Jean Jules Jusserand and Joseph Joffre, French officials consulting with Congress on the incorporation of American forces into the war. Lastly, Pinchot is glad that Roosevelt spoke out against the brewers and distillers, as grain is needed for the war effort.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-04-26
Edward G. Uihlein tells Duncan B. Harrison that he enthusiastically supports President Roosevelt’s reelection and that he has been advocating for Roosevelt at a number of associations. Uihlein also asks Harrison to alert the president to the concerns raised by the second attempt to pass the Hepburn bill in the House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-20
John Kremer, the secretary of the Valentin Blatz Brewing Company, tells Fred Pabst that the company and other brewers support the Republican ticket for the upcoming elections.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-18