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President Roosevelt asks Commissioner of Pensions Evans to state the position in clearer terms. He would like to definitively answer people who claim that medical referees should not pass on what legal referees have done.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-19
Walter J. Ladd writes to Theodore Roosevelt on the subject of the recall of judges. Ladd informs Roosevelt that the Rhode Island constitution already allows for the recall of judges, although it is not commonly realized. Ladd encloses clippings from the Providence Sunday Tribune, in which lawyers debate the subject. Generally, Democrats are in favor of recall, but Republicans are firmly opposed to it. The only exception is the Republican, William H. Thornton.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-26
President Roosevelt advises Herbert Knox Smith, Commissioner of Corporations, that if he is asked to produce any papers in the “Steel Corporation inquiry” to state that he is required to report to the President first. After this, the President will give direction as to what should be made public “as the law requires.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-22
Attorney General Bonaparte informs President Roosevelt that he gave Herbert Knox Smith his opinion which will justify his refusal to produce “the papers.” Bonaparte predicts Smith will have no issues in court, and if he does, Smith has been instructed to call Bonaparte’s Boston office.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-22
As Representative Littlefield understands it, the Republican platform declares against legislation requiring notice and hearing before a temporary restraining order or injunction will be issued. However, William H. Taft’s letter of January 6, 1908, to Llewelyn Lewis, President of the Ohio Federation of Labor, is a declaration in favor of such legislation. Littlefield inquires which of these positions Taft stands by.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-15
Secretary of the Navy Long reports that the Navy Department’s Judge Advocate General has found no precedent for an appeal to the President from an action by a court of inquiry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-10