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Attorney General Moody intends to fully prosecute cases involving naturalization fraud and will discuss the matter with Assistant Attorney General Purdy when Purdy returns to work. Moody also stresses the importance of the Southern District of New York Office and encourages the President to appoint a top lawyer to administer that office.
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1905-01-19
Senator Platt forwards a newspaper article stating that James R. Sheffield is going to be appointed to replace General Henry L. Burnett, but gave it no credibility because Roosevelt told him that no appointment would be made until the fall and after further consulting him.
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1905-01-11
Attorney General Moody requests William Loeb’s opinion regarding a proposal to promote Mr. Lloyd to the Assistant District Attorney position vacated by Henry C. Platt in New York. In the proposal, Lloyd’s former position is eliminated and the salary distributed among the other employees in the office. Moody also asks if William Michael Byrne, who wished to take Platt’s position, would accept a lesser job in the district attorney’s office.
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1904-07-05
Theodore Roosevelt advises that if outside counsel becomes necessary in New York, Attorney General Philander C. Knox should consider Thomas F. Conway.
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1903-09-28
President Roosevelt informs Attorney General Moody of his high opinion of Julius Sternfeld, but tells Moody that he must be the judge of Sternfeld’s qualifications.
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1905-02-18
President Roosevelt would like to further investigate the post office branches in New York and Washington. He requests recommendations for a lawyer to assist in the investigation.
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1904-04-14
President Roosevelt would like to appoint John Garber to the Isthmian Canal Commission.
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1904-02-20
General Benjamin F. Tracy has had success as a criminal prosecutor and President Roosevelt suggests that the government use him as a prosecutor or at least an adviser. Roosevelt has also heard a man named Worthington is a good lawyer.
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1903-11-30
Attorney General Knox has been hampered by the vacancy in the New Jersey district attorneyship. President Roosevelt would like to see the appointment filled and Knox has suggested special counsel Mr. Wilson for the position. Roosevelt requests Senator Dryden’s recommendation as soon as possible.
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1903-10-06
Attorney General Knox has been hampered by the vacancy in the New Jersey district attorneyship. President Roosevelt would like to see the appointment filled and requests Senator Kean’s recommendation as soon as possible.
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1903-10-06
If it becomes necessary, President Roosevelt would like Thomas F. Conway considered as a potential outside counsel in New York.
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1903-09-28
The only appropriation available is under the Attorney General. President Roosevelt suggests that testimony on Mr. Danskin’s legal ability be forwarded.
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1903-03-27
President Roosevelt had no intention of displacing Miller and would like him retained as assistant attorney if possible.
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1902-12-05
Booker T. Washington asks William Loeb to hold the announcement of Samuel Laing Williams’s appointment until Washington meets with President Roosevelt.
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1905-11-14
Judge Gray recommends the appointment of John P. Nields as United States District Attorney for the District of Delaware.
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1903-10-03
Francis C. Travers congratulates President Roosevelt on his handling of the labor delegates. He recommends T. F. Conway as a New York lawyer that can “fight your battle.”
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1903-10-01
After consulting with Henry P. Scott, Benoni Lockwood believes that William S. Hillis would be the ideal candidate for United States District Attorney of Delaware. Hillis has no business connections with John Edward Addicks, and Scott feels that Hillis’s appointment would create the least amount of dissatisfaction among Delaware’s Republican factions.
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1903-09-22
Judge Gray recommends the appointment of John P. Nields as United States District Attorney for the District of Delaware.
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1903-10-03
Acting Attorney General Hoyt appoints William Miller Collier as Special Assistant to the Attorney General for enforcement of antitrust laws.
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1903-03-18
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou encloses a letter from Acting Attorney General Henry Martyn Hoyt appointing William Miller Collier as Special Assistant to the Attorney General.
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1903-03-19