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Neill, Charles Patrick, 1865-1942

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt has called in Charles Patrick Neill regarding the employers’ liability bill and tells Attorney General Bonaparte that Congress may have to recall the bill to avoid it being ruled unconstitutional. Roosevelt thought that suit was going to be brought regarding “the trolley line business,” as he thought it was a clear violation of the law.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-17

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt believes that Secretary of War Taft should “severely rap over the knuckles” the person who prepared a letter for him to sign regarding the case of an employee at Fort Totten. If Taft had signed it, it would have done him a lot of damage. The letter would have been a “frank avowal of the starvation wage theory” and would have asserted that the government should cut wages.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Truman Handy Newberry

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Truman Handy Newberry

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-02

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank B. Kellogg

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank B. Kellogg

President Roosevelt believes that officials of the Great Western road have not informed Frank B. Kellogg of the effects of their actions, and that representatives of the labor organizations feel the result is a deception. He advises Kellogg to have the action held off until he can investigate further and advises him to meet with Charles Patrick Neill and Martin A. Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Hitchcock Sherrill

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Hitchcock Sherrill

President Roosevelt tells Charles Hitchcock Sherrill that he wishes he could attend the Delta Kappa Epsilon dinner with him, but is not able to. Roosevelt is glad that Sherrill was able to speak with Secretary of War William H. Taft and Commissioner of Labor Charles Patrick Neill, and is pleased that Sherrill liked his message. He wishes he had mentioned a point that Sherrill had raised.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edgar J. Rich

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edgar J. Rich

President Roosevelt had already read both articles that Edgar J. Rich sent him, and was struck by what they said. Roosevelt wrote a memorandum concerning the second of the articles, and encloses a copy for Rich to read, although he asks that Rich send it back, as he is not sure how he will use it. Roosevelt asks if Rich knows the address of James O. Fagan, and wonders if he could get him to come to Washington D.C. for an interview. If Fagan is willing, Roosevelt would work with Representative Charles Patrick Neill to pay Fagan’s expenses.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Sparks

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Sparks

During the recent unrest in Goldfield, Nevada, President Roosevelt dispatched federal troops to maintain order at the request of Governor Sparks. Now that Sparks has summoned the state legislature, the troops will stay for three weeks. However, three federal officials have found after investigation that Sparks’s original action of calling for federal troops was not warranted, as it is the responsibility of Nevada to maintain the order. Troops in Nevada would have been capable of maintaining order.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Oscar S. Straus

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Oscar S. Straus

President Roosevelt advises Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus that any investigation into labor conditions should be conducted by the Bureau of Labor over the Census Bureau, as this is not “merely a statistical investigation.” Citing the Labor Bureau’s effective investigation into the meat-packing industry, Roosevelt states that the Bureau of Labor should not be punished for its previous efforts and that any investigation put forward is to yield positive results that would persuade Congress to enact legislation if need be. Roosevelt has not witnessed any “dereliction of duty” from the Bureau or the Commissioner of Labor Charles Patrick Neill.   

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

President Roosevelt tells Attorney General Moody that he would like to appoint J. Ellen Foster to the position of her late husband, Elijah Caleb Foster, assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice. Roosevelt believes that Mrs. Foster’s experience with child labor will be useful to “make a preliminary investigation along the lines of my last message.” 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-05