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Letter from Charlemagne Tower to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Tower informs President Roosevelt that he will need to return to the United States next summer and asks that Roosevelt accept his retirement at that time. Although he has enjoyed his time in diplomatic service, he has considerable interests at home that need to be addressed. Tower has three sons growing up and wants to be able to address their development and proper direction.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-19

Creator(s)

Tower, Charlemagne, 1848-1923

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Hial Darling

President Roosevelt is sorry Charles Hial Darling is retiring as assistant secretary of the Navy as he has “been [a] particularly painstaking, hard-working and efficient public servant.” Following Darling’s retirement, Roosevelt wants to appoint him the customs collector of the Port of Burlington, Vermont.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Charles W. Commons to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles W. Commons, a United States Civil Service employee, has been concerned with the “retirement question” recently, and has enclosed an article about the issue for Theodore Roosevelt to read. He hopes that Roosevelt will enjoy the article and “put some of your tremendous force into the question.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-23

Creator(s)

Commons, Charles W. (Charles Wesley), 1854-1919

Letter from Stewart Edward White to Theodore Roosevelt

Stewart Edward White has written to Gifford Pinchot concerning “a reserve matter which should be taken up at once” and notes that affairs have been much better since the retirement of Mr. Newhall. White outlines possible plans for the summer involving Ted.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-26

Creator(s)

White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946

Some thoughts on the retirement question

Charles W. Commons is writing a report on his work on the retirement question in politics “in the hope that those who read it may do likewise and do more and better work.” He looks at retirement from an angle of compensation for civil service, and in the realm of taking care of the country’s working-class.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-23

Creator(s)

Commons, Charles W. (Charles Wesley), 1854-1919