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Theodore Roosevelt congratulates William J. Williamson on the position he has taken as a “leading minister of the Gospel.” Roosevelt does not believe peace should be put above righteousness.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-12-21
Theodore Roosevelt is happy to receive Mr. Finn’s book Wild Animals of Yesterday and Today. He would also like to have a copy of the Zoologist. Theodore hopes that the war will be over soon, but adds that before their lives will go back to normal, something has to be done to compensate the heavy losses that Belgium has suffered.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-04-02
Theodore Roosevelt explains to French Ambassador Jusserand why he communicated differently with Mr. Reed than he did with Mr. Clark. Roosevelt believes Reed will “act with entire justice and impartiality” and that he should make a personal visit to the French lines.
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1915-03-12
Theodore Roosevelt tells Ferdinand von Stumm that his point about Mexico is “perfectly fair.” If he had to, Roosevelt would choose blood-and-iron over milk-and-water, and he thinks it bad to arouse fear but worse to arouse contempt. Roosevelt thanks Stumm for his frank letter and hopes that he understands that what Roosevelt has said and written was with the intent toward justice, which is what he strove for as President. Roosevelt treated other countries with courtesy to increase friendship between them and the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-01-22
President Roosevelt hopes that Frank B. Kellogg is not moved by the clamor surrounding the injunction plank, as it has been stirred up by the Manufacturers’ Association. The plank will try to call the attention of the courts “to a bad habit into which some judges have fallen,” and Roosevelt expects that they will neither satisfy the extreme labor agitator nor the extreme representatives of the Manufacturers’ Association, but will be seek to be fair to all American citizens.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-16
President Roosevelt shares his thoughts on the relationship between peace and justice and the corrupting influence of wealth with Spectator editor John St. Loe Strachey. He invites Strachey to stay at the White House when visiting the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-07
President Roosevelt sends Attorney General Moody a newspaper clipping about two incarcerated Native American children, and asks him to make an investigation into the matter and offer a report. Roosevelt does not think their sentences are just.
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1906-06-25
President Roosevelt tells Outlook editor Lyman Abbott that “William Dudley Foulke is as good an Outlook man as I am,” and that Foulke was struck by Abbott’s editorial about Roosevelt’s “muck-rake speech.” Roosevelt believes that the Outlook is working for the same goals he is, and was therefore disappointed in the article because “it was hammering just at the moment when it ought to have helped.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-25
President Roosevelt calls Attorney General Moody’s attention to the situation in Idaho relating to the trial of Charles H. Moyer and Big Bill Haywood. Roosevelt emphasizes that justice must be done, and the men must be judged related to the particular facts of the case of the assassination of ex-Governor Frank Steunenberg, regardless of the sort of labor agitation they were involved with elsewhere. Roosevelt also does not wish for there to be errors in their favor, however, and asks Moody to look into agitation on their behalf by labor unions, who are unwilling to consider the possible guilt of Moyer or Haywood. Roosevelt highlights some writings of Eugene V. Debs and Thomas W. Rowe which seem to amount “to an incitement to anarchy and chaos.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-26
President Roosevelt makes it clear to Thomas Cochran that he will only reinstate Walter S. Elvidge as an act of mercy, not an act of justice. He does not want the implication that Elvidge did nothing wrong. (Elvidge had been fired after driving recklessly, causing his automobile to block Roosevelt’s carriage.)
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-03
President Roosevelt acknowledges Hilary A. Herbert’s letter and believes his views are broadly similar to Herbert’s opinions. The president laments he does not know what to do about African Americans in the South and believes only the communities themselves can solve the problem in the long run. Roosevelt promises to treat white people and black people in the South alike with justice.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-12
President Roosevelt believes there is some chance of getting justice from Turkey. They have the right to take the matter before Congress. Roosevelt demanded of Turkey that it treat American citizens and institutions the same way it treats European citizens and institutions.
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1904-08-18
Frances Kellor thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his interest and help with the Shapiro matter.
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1911-10-31
Gifford Pinchot encloses a letter from Dr. Perrin who continues to desire “vindication.” Perrin wants Theodore Roosevelt to deny that he ever “set people on his trail and otherwise persecuted him.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-01
Charles C. Smith thanks President Roosevelt for his arraignment of individuals who were demanding the release of people charged with crimes, regardless of the evidence. Roosevelt’s direct approach is inspiring.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-25
William P. Metcalf criticizes President Roosevelt’s public statement about Charles H. Moyer and Big Bill Haywood. Moyer and Haywood are being caught up in a drag net that has also caught their prosecutor, William Edgar Borah, yet in the latter case the administration has demanded an explanation from the district attorney who brought the indictment. The methods of the administration are unjust and unfair.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-24
Cardinal Gibbons forwards a document upon the wishes of Archbishop J. J. Harty. The document should appeal to President Roosevelt’s sense of fair play and justice. By sustaining the just claims of Harty, Roosevelt will strengthen the authority of the American Government in Manila, while the Church acts as the guardian of peace.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-11
Augustus Saint-Gaudens is working on the models for the new coins. He would like to add the word “Justice” to the composition of the coins, as he believes it will make a stronger impact.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-22
William Kuntz and Martin Vance appeal for justice for Cohen.
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1904-05-14
Israel Frederick Fischer congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on becoming a grandparent and asks if he intends to act on the injustice referred to in the enclosed communication.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-18