Labor unions--Public opinion

N. P. Andresen agrees with President Roosevelt that Charles H. Moyer, “Big Bill” Haywood, and Eugene V. Debs are “undesirable citizens” from the perspective of capitalists. By the same token, the Roosevelts, Rockefellers, and Hearsts are undesirable from the perspective of the working class. Given that there are overwhelmingly more people in the working class than there are capitalists, Andresen says, “it ought not to be difficult for you to form a correct impression as to who really are, and who are not, desirable citizens.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-25

Creator(s)

Andresen, N. P.

Utah Governor Cutler praises President Roosevelt’s letter to William Henry Jackson (Honore Jaxon) and agrees with Roosevelt’s view that everyone who violates the law should be punished – representatives of labor and capital alike. He supports Roosevelt’s criticism of labor representatives as “undesirable citizens,” and his applying the same moniker to capitalists like Edward Henry Harriman who form monopolies. Cutler believes in cooperation between government and capitalists, but when railroad executives abuse their rights, they ought to be censured. He supports Roosevelt’s position on this matter and believes leaders from other states will, as well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-24

Creator(s)

Cutler, John C. (John Christopher), 1846-1928

Timothy L. Woodruff, Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee, updates President Roosevelt on the campaign for the 1906 New York gubernatorial election between Republican Charles Evans Hughes and Democrat William Randolph Hearst. Woodruff agrees with Roosevelt that campaign events should not feature Republicans with national reputations, with the exception of Secretary of State Elihu Root, who is from New York. Woodruff says he attempted to prevent Speaker of the House and Illinois Congressman Joseph Gurney Cannon from campaigning for Republicans in New York and, that having failed, has asked that Cannon avoid discussing national Republican issues like tariffs or labor unions. Woodruff includes a letter from a local Democratic lawyer whom Woodruff feels represents many Democrats who oppose Hearst enough to cross party lines to vote for Hughes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-13

Creator(s)

Woodruff, Timothy L. (Timothy Lester), 1858-1913

The Washington Post reprints selections from Theodore Roosevelt’s Outlook editorial “Murder is Murder,” in which he denounces the labor leaders who came to the defense of the Los Angeles Times dynamiters.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-05

Creator(s)

Unknown

Language

English

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has returned from the Irrigation Congress in Ogden, Utah, where everyone was in “good humor” and “high hopes.” He feels that the public, except unions, supports President Roosevelt’s actions in the Miller case.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-24

Creator(s)

Wilson, James, 1835-1920