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Oscar S. Straus thanks President Roosevelt for selecting him as Secretary of Commerce and Labor. He has been receiving messages of congratulations from around the world, including from missionaries in Turkey and Baron Rothschild in London, as well as from large labor employers and labor leaders.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-25
F. Norton Goddard received William Loeb’s telegram advising Goddard that President Roosevelt would like Goddard to go see Frank Wayland Higgins. Higgins is in favor of the appointment of Marcus M. Marks as Postmaster of New York, but does not want to openly recommend him for fear of displeasing Benjamin B. Odell. There is some hesitation among Republicans to nominate Marks due to his being Jewish. Goddard asks for the intervention of Roosevelt into this matter by entering into the conversation via telegram, and discusses the possible involvement of Jacob H. Schiff and Thomas Collier Platt as well. He believes the appointment of Marks would be politically beneficial to the Republican Party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-27