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President Roosevelt tells Speaker Cannon that he thinks that Congress must pass the enclosed bill to continue the Inland Waterways Commission with a $20,000 appropriation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-13
President Roosevelt tells Speaker Cannon that only appropriating $50,000 to the Interstate Commerce Commission instead of the asked-for $350,000 effectively repeals the twentieth section of the Hepburn Act. He also disagrees with provisions in the sundry bill limiting wages on the Panama Canal and regarding the secret service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-30
President Roosevelt informs Cardinal Gibbons that the only thing that can be done at present about the Apostolic Delegates’s letter is to try to get Congress to appropriate the amount that was rewarded, and to include language that will not stop the United States from requesting further appropriations later.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-03
An act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907. The act stipulates funding for salaries of ambassadors and ministers, salaries of secretaries of embassies and legations, contingent expenses, foreign missions, and a number of international bureaus and commissions among other things.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-28
Ambassador to France Henry White expresses regret that President Roosevelt was unable to secure funding from Congress for the construction of four battleships. He praises Roosevelt’s handling of the controversy surrounding German Emperor William II’s dislike of the new American Ambassador to Germany, David Jayne Hill. White also offers his assessment of H. H. Asquith, the new British Prime Minister, and updates Roosevelt on the Trevelyans, with whom he recently dined. Includes handwritten original and typed copy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-19
Senator Lodge encloses a memorandum regarding the matter William Loeb spoke with him about. It explains why Special Agent T. Aubrey Byrne was not called before the General Board of Appraisers. Lodge also asks Loeb to tell President Roosevelt to see Representatives George Edmund Foss and Henry C. Loudenslager about the naval bill to avoid a protracted fight over funding.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-23