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President Roosevelt calls attention to an article by Booker T. Washington on “Cruelty in the Congo Country” in the Outlook to be considered in connection with recent protests by Edmund Dene Morel. Roosevelt asks if there is anything that would warrant an investigation, and notes that he would like a report about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-11
President Roosevelt will see E. D. Morel, but will not be able to do anything about the Congo when it is six weeks before a national election. Roosevelt has been rereading Thomas Babington Macaulay’s histories and is struck by the importance of moderation in bringing about progress. Roosevelt discusses his position on race relations and labor issues as being moderate compared to extremists on either side.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-16
Secretary of State John Hay follows up with President Theodore Roosevelt about an article President Roosevelt sent him written by Booker T. Washington relating to issues in the Congo.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-13
The British journalist John St. Loe Strachey writes to Roosevelt on behalf of Edmund D. Morel, secretary of the Congo Reform Association, who would like to meet with Roosevelt in late September in order to discuss atrocities committed against the people of the Congo. Strachey adds that he feels certain of a victory for Roosevelt in the upcoming election and mentions that he has heard good news concerning Cecil Spring Rice.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-03