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Theodore Roosevelt introduces James Keeley to Charles A. Pinney, who he mentions is the head of the Chicago branch of the
Order of Railway Conductors of America. He praises Pinney’s trustworthiness and explains that he believes it would be useful to Keeley to get in touch. He wishes Keeley would get in touch with Edwin Walter Sims.
President Roosevelt believes Upton Sinclair is more agitated than the facts warrant, and reassures him that there is “no official whitewash or official anything else sent out from Washington,” and suggests that Sinclair’s Chicago correspondent is untrustworthy for suggesting such a thing. Commissioner of Labor Charles Patrick Neill or James Bronson Reynolds are too well known to be able to investigate internal conditions of the meat packing industry as Sinclair describes in The Jungle, and assigning a man to go undercover will likely take months. Roosevelt again admonishes Sinclair that he and his correspondent must “keep [their] heads” for their work to be of value.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-11
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt expresses his disappointment in a correspondent at the Chicago Tribune. Roosevelt provided a report to the correspondent with instructions it was not to be published until Sunday, but the correspondent used the report on Saturday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-08-21
John Callan O’Laughlin encloses clippings pertaining to President William H. Taft from the Chicago Tribune in a letter to Theodore Roosevelt. O’Laughlin states there is a growing consensus among Republicans that it would be hard to re-elect Taft, and that the hearing on William Lorimer is taking a long time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-17
John Callan O’Laughlin seeks news from Theodore Roosevelt, as he has seen information in the Chicago Tribune; however, he states this is not enough for him. O’Laughlin discusses the “Lorimer investigating committee”, and how he considers the testimonies to be irrelevant. He states he may be brought to the witness stand, and asks if he communicated with Roosevelt. O’Laughlin is willing to refuse to answer questions. He goes on to discuss the Canadian reciprocity bill, and the presidency of William H. Taft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-22
James Keeley, manager of the Chicago Tribune, encloses an editorial for Theodore Roosevelt. The article outlines the paper’s view of the current situation concerning the government and trusts, which it believes is the biggest problem since the Civil War. Keeley invites Roosevelt and other public men to express their views on the trust problem and potential solutions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-11
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson regrets that information about the department’s investigation of beef packers in Chicago seems to have been leaked to the press. Wilson assures President Roosevelt that he will ascertain whether any of his employees had anything to do with it, although he also notes that the Chicago Tribune article contains errors and large portions of it may have been based on guess work.
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1906-04-11
Attorney General Knox reports that the $40,000,000 due by the United States to the Panama Canal Company will be deposited with Morgan & Co. and that Morgan & Co. will be responsible for the distribution of those funds to the appropriate parties.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-04