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Chairman of the Republican National Committee Cortelyou asks William Loeb for advice about the situation at the navy yards, where a protest is underway over employees being deprived of their pay for Saturday half-holidays.
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1904-08-17
President Roosevelt will show George Kibbe Turner’s letter to Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry. Roosevelt believes that he has forced the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs up to two battleships, although he thinks they should really provide for four battleships. Roosevelt reflects on his accomplishment of building up the Navy during his presidency.
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1909-02-10
President Roosevelt has heard from the Washington delegation that the Navy Department has said that it will take six to eight years to finish the Puget Sound Navy Yard drydock. He believes this is “nonsense” and it should be done within two to three years. The drydock should be ready before the battleships for the yard arrive. He asks for a full report on drydocks for the Pacific slope.
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1908-04-10
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Navy Metcalf if it is possible to keep the old house and trees at the New Orleans navy yard. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt likes them.
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1908-04-06
President Roosevelt tells Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry that what he said about the navy yards is “first rate.” In reference to a prior letter from Newberry, Roosevelt does not believe Congress should take action as suggested in a report under the caption, “Tutuila and Guam.”
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1908-04-02
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 asks Speaker of the House Cannon if it would be possible for Congress to discuss the Pearl Harbor matter in conjunction with the naval bill. Roosevelt says that the United States should have three or four battleships, and that Hawaii should be fortified with a dock constructed there as well. Roosevelt has been having a difficult time on Cannon’s behalf in connection with the tariff commission, so he hopes that Cannon will look favorably upon this request.
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1908-03-23
President Roosevelt directs Secretary of War Taft to form a board to investigate the hydraulics of the Mare Island Straits and approaches.
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1908-02-28
President Roosevelt directs Secretary of the Navy Metcalf to form a board with the purpose of investigating the question of the hydraulics of the Mare Island Straits and approaches.
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1908-02-28
President Roosevelt directs the President of the Joint Army and Navy Board that he would like action regarding the fortification of Honolulu and Pearl Harbor, with the aim of establishing a naval base there.
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1908-03-03
President Roosevelt provides a number of details that he would like Representative Burton to bring to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors as they discuss the possibility of turning Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, into a fortified naval station. Roosevelt believes that constructing a naval base at Pearl Harbor is needed, as it would protect Hawaii and the Pacific Coast of the United States, as well as the other possessions of the United States in the Pacific. He mentions the construction that would have to take place in order to fortify Pearl Harbor.
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1908-01-21
President Roosevelt provides a number of details that he would like Representative Smith to bring to the Subcommittee on Fortifications of the Committee on Appropriations as they discuss the possibility of turning Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, into a fortified naval station. Roosevelt believes that constructing a naval base at Pearl Harbor is needed, as it would protect Hawaii and the Pacific Coast of the United States, as well as the other possessions of the United States in the Pacific. He mentions the construction that would have to take place in order to fortify Pearl Harbor.
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1908-01-20
President Roosevelt provides a number of details that he would like Senator Perkins to bring to the Subcommittee on Fortifications of the Committee on Appropriations as they discuss the possibility of turning Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, into a fortified naval station. Roosevelt believes that constructing a naval base at Pearl Harbor is needed, as it would protect Hawaii and the Pacific Coast of the United States, as well as the other possessions of the United States in the Pacific. He mentions the construction that would have to take place in order to fortify Pearl Harbor.
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1908-01-20
President Roosevelt provides a number of details that he would like Senator Warren to bring before the Committee on Military Affairs as they discuss the possibility of turning Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, into a fortified naval station. Roosevelt believes that constructing a naval base at Pearl Harbor is needed, as it would protect Hawaii and the Pacific Coast of the United States, as well as the other possessions of the United States in the Pacific. He mentions the construction that would have to take place in order to fortify Pearl Harbor. Roosevelt also requests that Warren suggest other committees that would benefit from receiving the facts presented in the letter.
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1908-01-17
President Roosevelt provides a number of details that he would like Representative Hull and the Committee on Military Affairs to consider as they discuss the possibility of turning Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, into a fortified naval station. Roosevelt believes that constructing a naval base at Pearl Harbor is needed, as it would protect Hawaii, the Pacific Coast states, and territories of the United States in the Pacific. He mentions the construction that would have to take place in order to fortify Pearl Harbor.
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1908-01-17
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte if there is a warrant for waiving the age requirement for joining the Civil Engineer Corps of the Navy in the case of John H. Larrabee. He has informed Larrabee’s supporters that he does not think anything can be done, but wishes to hear officially from Bonaparte. He encloses a letter from Senator Winthrop Murray Crane introducing Larrabee, and a letter from Rear Admiral Mordecai T. Endicott, head of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, on previous exceptions to the rules.
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1906-04-18
President Roosevelt confirms receipt of Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte’s letter in regards to the difficulties at the Charleston navy yard, and approves of the action he has taken.
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1905-07-13
President Roosevelt is not surprised by the conclusion Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte is coming to in the Charleston navy yard matter. He offers his view regarding the work done in the Washington, D.C., navy yard, saying that while labor people are concerned with making sure work is given to the laborers there, they also demand extra rights and holidays that laborers in exterior shipbuilding yards do not get. Roosevelt feels they should act along the lines they decided on earlier in the summer and see what the result is.
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1905-07-10
President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of War Taft and Secretary of the Navy Morton to investigate complaints about the payment methods to employees in the arsenals and navy yards.
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1904-08-15
President Roosevelt was distressed at Representative Burton’s speech regarding the navy. He argues that a strong navy, including naval fortifications, is required for the United States to maintain its position across the globe.
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1904-02-23