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President Roosevelt tells New York Governor Higgins that John McMackin, Commissioner of Labor, is a good man, and recommends him for reappointment in case there is any trouble.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-18
Michael L. Manson opens this edition of “Book Notes” with a review of H. Paul Jeffers’s look at Theodore Roosevelt’s role in starting and prosecuting the Spanish-American War. Manson writes that Colonel Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt Goes to War, 1897-1898 portrays Roosevelt as the driving force behind American entry into the war. The section also promotes three books written by two members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, and it praises recent works on Roosevelt by Joan Paterson Kerr and Joseph R. Ornig. The section also contains a text box with information about a poster and booklet honoring Roosevelt produced by the New York State Department of Labor.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1996
William Barnes informs President Roosevelt that many people are in favor of William S. Waudby of Rochester succeeding Carroll D. Wright, the current commissioner of labor, and he asks Roosevelt’s advice on this matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-25