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Attorney General Bonaparte’s report from January 27 leads President Roosevelt to conclude that they will have to proceed with the suit against the “Anaconda smelter people.” Roosevelt will withhold his final judgement until he sees the additional reports Bonaparte mentioned.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-04
Attorney General Bonaparte reports that, as President Roosevelt instructed, the lawsuit against Amalgamated Company will not be instituted until Roosevelt directs. However, such a suit could not compel the smelters to shut down until a final verdict was given. It would be a voluntary action on the company’s part to shut down the smelters at the beginning of the case. While Roosevelt wants the Department of Justice to investigate some alternative propositions concerning the situation in Anaconda, Montana, Bonaparte notes that the Department of Justice has no facilities for handling such scientific questions. Nevertheless, he promises that the department will investigate “as actively as possible.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-08