Executive advisory bodies

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Jackson Gamble

The enclosed papers show that there should be an investigation by the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, which is led by James Wolcott Wadsworth. President Roosevelt tells Senator Gamble that the incident demonstrates that this sort of executive work should be done by executive departments which answer the President, rather than by legislative bodies.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. L. Capps

President Roosevelt appoints Admiral Capps to represent the Navy Department on a committee that will report on the organization, condition, and needs of the Executive Government.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop

President Roosevelt received Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s letters. He directs Bishop to have George W. Goethals, Chairman and Chief Engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission, telegraph him, and he will arrange for their publication. Roosevelt understands Goethals’s frustration with the commission’s administration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt

Joseph Bucklin Bishop, secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission, reports to President Roosevelt that matters on the Isthmus are in good condition thanks to Chief Engineer and Commission Chairman George W. Goethals’s systematic military organization. Goethals is an effective leader and greatly appreciates Bishop’s help, especially in handling complaints. Bishop compliments Roosevelt’s Provincetown speech and gives an update on his family.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-29

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt

Joseph Bucklin Bishop shares with President Roosevelt that Colonel George W. Goethals, chairman and chief engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission, finds the administrative body “cumbersome and inefficient” and wants it reformed. Bishop is preparing a report on August’s work results for publication.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-19

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. C. Morrow

Theodore Roosevelt directs H. C. Morrow to his article, in which he discusses how a commission, such as Morrow suggests, would be invoked and ultimately control prices. He requests that Morrow keep the letter private and confidential, as he has already spoken on the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Brander Matthews

President Roosevelt informs Brander Matthews that he has already chosen the Board of Visitors for the Naval Academy. He also says that he will do what he can about the situation in Niagara, but as he cannot pass laws, it will be up to Congress to act.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hutchinson Ingham Cone

President Roosevelt is forming an Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials to investigate greater efficiency and safety in fuels, construction materials, and mining. Roosevelt has invited representatives of government offices engaged in construction and engineering, industry experts, and representatives from national engineering and similar organizations to serve as members. Roosevelt has appointed Rear Admiral Cone as a member and representative of the Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John H. Rankin

President Roosevelt is forming an Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials to investigate greater efficiency and safety in fuels, construction materials, and mining. Roosevelt has invited representatives of government offices engaged in construction and engineering, industry experts, and representatives from national engineering and similar organizations to serve as members. Roosevelt has appointed John H. Rankin as a member and representative of the American Institute of Architects in place of William S. Eames who has resigned.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Gifford Pinchot

President Roosevelt appoints Gifford Pinchot to the Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials as a representative of the National Conservation Commission.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. L. Capps

President Roosevelt is forming an Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials to investigate greater efficiency and safety in fuels, construction materials, and mining. Roosevelt has invited representatives of government offices engaged in construction and engineering, industry experts, and representatives from national engineering and similar organizations to serve as members. Roosevelt has appointed Rear Admiral W. L. Capps to serve as an ex-officio member as Chief of the United States Navy Department Bureau of Construction and Repair.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robley D. Evans

President Roosevelt appoints the date for the first meeting of the Navy Reform Commission and asks that they meet in the office of the Secretary of the Navy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William S. Cowles

President Roosevelt appoints a date for the first meeting of the Navy Reform Commission. They are to meet in the office of the Secretary of the Navy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alston Gordon Dayton

President Roosevelt appoints the date for the first meeting of the Navy Reform Commission and requests that they meet in the office of the Secretary of the Navy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Mayhew Folger

President Roosevelt appoints the date for the first meeting of the Navy Reform Commission and requests that they meet in the office of the Secretary of the Navy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to A. T. Mahan

President Roosevelt appoints the date and time for the first meeting of the Navy Reform Commission and requests that they meet in the office of the Secretary of the Navy. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

President Roosevelt appoints the date and time for the first meeting of the Navy Reform Commission and asks that they meet in the office of the Secretary of the Navy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton

President Roosevelt appoints the date and time for the first meeting of the Navy Reform Commission and requests that they meet in the office of the Secretary of the Navy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Stephen Bleecker Luce

President Roosevelt appoints the date for the first meeting of the Navy Reform Commission and requests that they meet in the office of the Secretary of the Navy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Bronson Reynolds

Although President Roosevelt likes James Bronson Reynolds’s idea for an Interstate Industrial Commission, he does not think it would be wise for him to appoint a new commission after his successor has been elected.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919