Labor movement

Letter from William S. Hoskins to Theodore Roosevelt

William S. Hoskins sends Theodore Roosevelt of the late John S. Kenyon, who was a clerk for the New York State Senate and who Hoskins believes Roosevelt must have known well. Hoskins explains that he was introduced to Roosevelt by former Governor Horace White. Hoskins appreciates Roosevelt’s interest in the labor movement and would like to be of assistance to Roosevelt if he decides to run for president and

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert S. Hadley

Theodore Roosevelt is pleased with the arrangements that Governor Hadley of Missouri has suggested, but mentions that Hadley will not need to furnish any cars because The Outlook will be providing Roosevelt a travel account. Roosevelt is glad that Hadley approves of the action he took in the matter of Senator William Lorimer, and hopes that he saw a recent speech Roosevelt gave about labor riots in Columbus, Ohio.

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Creation Date

1910-09-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Henry Cabot Lodge about his concerns regarding the butchers’ strike and the Colorado matter. Roosevelt acknowledges that Alton Parker made a skillful political maneuver by coming out in favor of the gold standard during the last moments of the Democratic Convention, and Roosevelt reviews his political strategy for the rest of the campaign.

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Creation Date

1904-07-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Edwards

Theodore Roosevelt thanks William H. Edwards for his letter and expresses great sympathy for the situation. Roosevelt says that the city should pay a living wage and he hopes “the poor devil” involved in the situation gets another chance.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-19

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to David Banks Sickels

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs David Banks Sickels that Roosevelt has said all that he wishes regarding the case of James B. McNamara and Joseph J. McNamara. They direct Sickels to Roosevelt’s published work on the subject.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Guy F. Tremelling

Theodore Roosevelt is not able to go to Boston at this time.

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Creation Date

1911-05-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Pope

Theodore Roosevelt regrets to Colonel Pope that he is unable to accept his invitation due to previous commitments. Roosevelt references a letter Pope had sent him and wishes that it and the Emerson quotation he used could be hung in every manufacturer’s office. Roosevelt wishes that laborers would understand that their interests would be best addressed by supporting leaders who agree with Pope and Emerson’s sentiments.

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Creation Date

1916-04-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward J. Gavegan

President Roosevelt is concerned with what Edward J. Gavegan says about Towers. Roosevelt will bring the matter up with New York Representative Herbert Parsons at once.

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Creation Date

1909-01-21

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to United States Department of Justice

President Roosevelt sends the United States Department of Justice telegrams regarding the sentencing of labor leaders Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell, and Frank Morrison. He asks for a full report on the case.

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Creation Date

1908-12-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry L. Stimson

President Roosevelt congratulates Henry L. Stimson on the conviction of Charlie Morse. He also invites Stimson to a dinner he is holding for people interested in labor issues.

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Creation Date

1908-11-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Dunbar Pringle

President Roosevelt thanks John Dunbar Pringle for the letter and copy of the Labor World. He is confident that William H. Taft will be elected and prove to be a friend to labor. He hopes Pringle can come to Washington, because he would like to discuss things with him.

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Creation Date

1908-10-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert J. Beveridge

President Roosevelt has spoken about the bill in its present form with Commissioner of Labor Charles Patrick Neill and believes that Senator Anselm Joseph McLaurin’s amendment is wrong. He urges Senator Beveridge not to vote down the bill simply because it does not go far enough, and points out that having an imperfect bill passed is better than not having any bill at all.

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Creation Date

1908-05-25

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank B. Kellogg

President Roosevelt believes that officials of the Great Western road have not informed Frank B. Kellogg of the effects of their actions, and that representatives of the labor organizations feel the result is a deception. He advises Kellogg to have the action held off until he can investigate further and advises him to meet with Charles Patrick Neill and Martin A. Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

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Creation Date

1908-03-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert Parsons

President Roosevelt does not wish to interfere in New York State judicial politics, but feels the New York State Court of Appeals has been unwise in its treatment of laborers and could benefit from the addition of judges who interpret the law broadly and use it to protect working class people. Roosevelt fears there will be dangerous consequences if corporations continue to control the court, and he does not want the tabloid press to use this opportunity to paint themselves as “champion of the plain man.”

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Creation Date

1907-09-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Bronson Reynolds

President Roosevelt thanks James Bronson Reynolds for admirable work. Roosevelt believes that Reynolds knows “more about the labor people than any of the professional politicians,” and could aid candidate for governor of New York Charles Evans Hughes in the matter.

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Creation Date

1906-10-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. S. Sherman

President Roosevelt wants the opinion of Chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee Sherman about whether Secretary of State Elihu Root would be useful in helping with the campaign of Republican candidate for Governor of New York Charles Evans Hughes. Roosevelt shares his hopes and worries for the upcoming state and congressional elections.

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Creation Date

1906-10-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. S. Sherman

President Roosevelt sends J. S. Sherman a copy of a letter he wrote to Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon for him to make public, and wishes particularly to call attention to what he said about the tariff. Roosevelt does not know that anything can be done about the labor movements at present because of the unreasonable attitude of labor leaders, but hopes to be able to show reasonable labor people that they are “far more genuinely their friends than the frothy and sinister demagogues who are opposed to us.”

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Creation Date

1906-08-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Robert Gooding

President Roosevelt is very pleased by Idaho Governor Gooding’s letter, and believes he is doing exactly the right thing.

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Creation Date

1906-07-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

President Roosevelt hopes that Lyman Abbott makes it clear in his editorial that he disapproves of several corporations acting in the Rocky Mountains, and remarks that people often have difficulty understanding that it is imperative for people to “disprove equally of the murderous lawlessness of labor unions which degenerate into thugism of the Molly McGuire kind, and of the practically as arrogant and greedy lawlessness of quite as noxious a type shown by certain big corporations.” Roosevelt considers it important to be against lawlessness wherever and whenever it is found. He compares his actions with those of several other figures, and says that while former president Grover Cleveland acted both against corporations and labor unions, William Jennings Bryan and Senator Robert M. La Follette refuse to attack labor.

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Creation Date

1906-07-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Grenville M. Dodge

President Roosevelt was delighted to hear from Grenville M. Dodge what Major Hugh J. Gallagher says of affairs in the Philippines. Roosevelt reports he has not gotten far in making appointments to the Interstate Commerce Commission, having appointed Edgar E. Clark most recently.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-29