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Theodore Roosevelt has asked his secretary to forward the official labor record prepared by Commissioner of Labor John Williams.
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1912-08-09
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs W. D. Jackson that the Compensation Bill has been approved by the United States Senate.
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1912-05-13
Theodore Roosevelt is delighted with the clear information in Charles Dwight Willard’s letter and wishes he could reply at length. He wants to quote Willard in an article about women’s rights and duties. Roosevelt congratulates Willard on his overwhelming victory in the municipal contest. Recalling his article on James B. McNamara’s trial, Roosevelt wishes that leaders would remember, as Willard does, that true progressives stand against brutal wrongdoing done by labor as much as that done by capital.
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1911-12-11
Theodore Roosevelt will bring the article to the Outlook‘s attention. He agrees with Secretary of War Stimson that the opposition to laboring men stems from scientific exponents’ disregard for human features.
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1911-11-04
President Roosevelt agrees with Lyman Abbott’s position, and says that he went as far as he thought he could go in his public criticism of Judge Daniel Thew Wright. Roosevelt thinks that Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis helped corporations by imposing excessive fines, and that Wright did the same service for the worst labor leaders.
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1908-12-29
President Roosevelt forwards to Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National Committee, a letter written by John Williams, labor commissioner of New York. Roosevelt agrees with most of what Williams has written regarding labor organization. Roosevelt believes that rather than sending political literature, which is a waste of money, states need organizations of the sort that New York has been trying to establish. He asks Hitchcock to see Williams about this.
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1908-07-15
President Roosevelt thanks James Bronson Reynolds for the kind letter. Roosevelt agrees that there is an uphill fight regarding labor, and hopes that Reynolds will get in contact with William H. Taft.
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1908-07-01
President Roosevelt telegraphs Albert Shaw that he will urge John Mitchell to accept a position for the National Civic Federation, as he believes he could do good service, both for the workers, as well as for the United States more broadly.
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1908-06-18
President Roosevelt is pleased to hear that Otto Gresham supports William H. Taft’s nomination as Republican candidate for President. Roosevelt thinks that Otto’s observations about the labor man are important, and has forwarded them to Taft.
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1908-06-22
President Roosevelt thanks Colonel John J. McCook for the letter and clippings. He personally favors the Canadian Disputes Act and finds it strange that the “labor people” have been against it.
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1908-05-11
President Roosevelt tells Seth Low that he wishes to strengthen the power of the executive branch to handle business matters like those that Low refers to, as he does not wish to allow the “chaos and inefficiency” of using the courts to administer such a law.
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1908-03-28
President Roosevelt expresses concern that government employees are working both at the navy yard, while also reportedly working two shifts a day at the Firth-Sterling plant. This is bad both from a public policy standpoint, but also because of the ongoing presidential campaign, which is happening in the context of an industrial depression. Roosevelt instructs Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry to to see Labor Commissioner Charles Patrick Neill about the matter.
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1908-04-02
President Roosevelt thanks Charles A. Goddard for the letter, and comments on several passages that Goddard used that he is in agreement with. He has taken up the matter with Commissioner Charles Patrick Neill, of the Bureau of Labor.
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1908-02-07
President Roosevelt tells his son, Kermit Roosevelt, about playing tennis, and while he enjoyed it he will keep to walking for the time being for exercise due to the cold weather. Roosevelt had delivered a speech on trusts and labor to Congress. With the election coming closer, the public are beginning to pay more attention to what the candidates are saying rather than himself, and Roosevelt relished one of his last opportunities to speak before Congress.
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1908-02-02
President Roosevelt thanks Arthur Twining Hadley for his recommendation of John K. Beach for judicial nomination. Roosevelt likes what Hadley wrote him about John K. Beach’s views on labor.
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1907-06-15
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1907-05-02
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
President Roosevelt received Secretary of War Taft’s letter and report on labor issues on the Isthmus of Panama. He approves the recommendations and directs they take effect as of May 1.
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1907-05-05
President Roosevelt comments on and advises Kermit Roosevelt on his athletic abilities and pursuits. He is “up to my ears in work,” which includes dictating speeches. Archibald “Archie” Roosevelt commented that it seems Roosevelt is currently under attack more than at previous times. Roosevelt felt it best to “attack aggressively and fearlessly” in his letter to the Moyer-Haywood Defense Association. He finds comfort in having Secretary of War William H. Taft and Secretary of State Elihu Root with him and hopes Taft will be nominated for president.
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1907-04-23
President Roosevelt thanks Thomas J. Dolan for his letter and states his strong support not only for labor but for labor unions. He is committed to standing against lawlessness and violence, whether the perpetrators represent labor or capital.
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1907-04-29
President Roosevelt informs Census Director S. N. D. North that despite North’s protests, the Census Bureau will investigate the labor of women and children. Roosevelt claims that this is revenge for the investigation of the packing houses in Chicago.
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1907-03-02