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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George L. Record

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George L. Record

Theodore Roosevelt writes to George L. Record that he read the piece and has sympathy for what Record wrote but takes issue with some of the proposal. Roosevelt recommends that Record read what Richard Ely wrote in his last two volumes about corporations, public utilities, the Georgia Legislature, and other topics. Roosevelt thinks it is “quite hopeless to try to launch any program of this kind at present.” Roosevelt asks if Record can visit next Thursday morning at the Progressive Party Headquarters in New York to speak further on the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John James Jenkins

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John James Jenkins

President Roosevelt sends Representative Jenkins, Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, enclosed documents from Attorney General Bonaparte pertaining to Senate negotiations in the passing of a bill. Roosevelt is disappointed in the Senate’s current estimate of funds but reassures Jenkins that the bill will still be passed.   

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from William T. Hornaday to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William T. Hornaday to Theodore Roosevelt

William T. Hornaday writes to Theodore Roosevelt to advise that Iowa state game warden Elmer Calvin Hinshaw is fighting against bills to give Iowa prairie chickens and quail five year close seasons. It has been reported in the press that Roosevelt is supporting Hinshaw on account of Roosevelt being a member of the Advisory Board of the American Game Protective and Propagation Association.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-03-16

Creator(s)

Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937

Letter from Victor Howard Metcalf to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Victor Howard Metcalf to Theodore Roosevelt

Victor Howard Metcalf updates President Roosevelt about the tense situation growing between Japan and the United States over the segregation of Japanese children in schools. The California Supreme Court’s decision will be based on whether or not the treaty with Japan had a “most favored nation” clause. This will determine what the United States’, and thus California’s, obligation is to educate immigrant Japanese students in the same manner that it educates immigrant children from European descent, who are educated as if they were American children. United States District Attorney Devlin seems to think the clause was not included. This needs to be determined to decide whether or not segregating the students was in violation of the treaty. Metcalf notes hostility to the Chinese that is nearly as bad as towards Chinese immigrants and mentions that both parties are in support of legislation to restrict Japanese immigrants.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-02

Creator(s)

Metcalf, Victor Howard, 1853-1936

Letter from Wayne MacVeagh to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Wayne MacVeagh to Theodore Roosevelt

Wayne MacVeagh writes to President Roosevelt that he hopes Roosevelt was able to find “the act of Congress and its affirmance by the Supreme Court.” It was accepted quietly and approved, hardly a “violent form of anarchy.” Although not well-drafted, MacVeagh believes the idea is there. A few weeks after Roosevelt’s speech on graduated inheritance taxes, H. H. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, announced support to begin graduated income taxes, after experiencing success with inheritance taxes since 1894.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-09

Creator(s)

MacVeagh, Wayne, 1833-1917