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President Roosevelt encloses the letters from Acting Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry and Representative John W. Weeks for Edmonia Mason McClurg. Although Roosevelt agrees with the Navy Department’s decision, he acknowledges that they should never have agreed to put in the window.
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1908-10-03
President Roosevelt updates Senator Lodge on the Windsor ships. He initially gave the order that Lodge wishes him to give now, but discovered that there were certain procedures that he had to follow before he could do so.
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1908-09-09
President Roosevelt has forwarded Senator Lodge’s letter to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry. Roosevelt thinks the USS Constitution should be at Annapolis rather than taken out of commission. The media campaign regarding the fleet’s trip to the Pacific will likely have no effect, as Roosevelt feels there is public support for the action. Senator Eugene Hale of the Committee on Naval Affairs has been trying to negatively influence Newberry, but Roosevelt has told Newberry to ignore the sentiments.
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1907-09-02
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of War Taft that his endorsement by the Republican Party of Ohio is already having an effect on the New York newspapers, which previously had been supporting New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes for president in the upcoming election. Roosevelt advises Taft to not hurry election matters too much, but after his return from the Philippines he should make an attack on Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker. Roosevelt complains about Senator Eugene Hale’s efforts to curtail the navy’s attempts to repair battleships, saying Hale thinks that by keeping the United States unfit for war with Japan, war will therefore be averted. In a handwritten postscript Roosevelt tells Taft to avoid talking about tariff matters for the time being.
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1907-08-03
Senator Lodge informs President Roosevelt of the rumored attacks against sending the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific. With the upcoming presidential campaign, Lodge feels these attacks are an attempt to “get in a blow at the Administration.” He advises they “ought not leave any loophole” for the opposition, such as the role of the coastwise law, which he details. As a separate matter, Lodge mentions the contentious relocation of the USS Constitution from Boston to Annapolis.
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1907-08-30
Acting Secretary of State Adee forwards William Loeb a message from Lientent Commander James H. Glennon from Acajutla, El Salvador, that the American armed steamer President will be transferred to El Salvador. Additionally, President Fernando Figueroa of El Salvador greatly desires American intervention. Adee suggests that while material aid is impracticable, a moral intervention would achieve the same goal.
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1907-08-20
Admiral Brownson, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, sends President Roosevelt a letter from Admiral Robley D. Evans with information about the Great White Fleet. Brownson comments on Evans’s points about fleet movements, maneuvers, and supplies. He feels it best to have just one journalist accompany the fleet.
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1907-08-19
Samuel Montgomery Roosevelt asks President Roosevelt to assist with Henry L. Roosevelt receiving a leave of absence for a year. Samuel hopes that Archibald B. Roosevelt is well.
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1907-03-15
Theodore Roosevelt congratulates Senator Dixon on the birth of his child. Roosevelt will soon be announcing his willingness to accept the presidential nomination and reviews his initial organization, including Dixon’s role.
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1912-02-23
During the 1908 presidential election and after William H. Taft’s election, Theodore Roosevelt worked with Taft to prepare the Cabinet and other prominent positions for the new administration. Taft was consulted regarding appointments and he stated his intention to keep the majority of Roosevelt’s Cabinet. Roosevelt made no requests for appointments or for the retention of certain officials. After Taft became president, he apparently changed his mind and did not make many of the appointments. Taft never discussed this change with Roosevelt.
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1915-01-08
William Loeb encloses an unrestricted letter, wherein President Roosevelt accepts the resignation of Rear Admiral Bradford. Bradford resigned so that he may accept command of the Illinois. Roosevelt praises the career of Bradford.
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1909-03-01
President Roosevelt explains his concerns with the naval bill to Representative Foss of Illinois, chairman of the committee on naval affairs in the House of Representatives. Roosevelt thinks that having marines on fighting ships is unnecessary, but does not think this is the most problematic part of the bill. Rather, Roosevelt argues that provisions preventing the purchase of torpedoes and gunpowder inhibit the Navy’s ability to prepare for war. Roosevelt concludes by urging the speedy construction of a new dock at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and stresses the importance of keeping the fleet together to best protect the United States.
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1909-02-18
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 tells Mrs. Evans that he will intervene in the court-martial of her son, Lieutenant Franck Taylor Evans. Roosevelt knows Lt. Evans to be a good person and good officer, and will therefore attempt to lighten his penalty. He advises that the Evanses should not proclaim innocence, for it weakens their case.
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1909-02-06
President Roosevelt sent William Hooper’s letter about Belknap to Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry. Roosevelt states that they wanted to send the Italian government money, but they preferred timber.
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1909-01-30
President Roosevelt will be passing the letter from Professor Thomas Augustus Jaggar to Secretary of Navy Truman Handy Newberry. Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Bishop Lawrence and Julia Cunningham Lawrence.
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1909-01-20
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry to demonstrate how well Newberry has carried out Secretary of State Root’s suggestions.
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1909-01-16
At their upcoming conference, President Roosevelt would like Captain Mahan to express his critical views on Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry’s plans for reorganizing the Navy Department.
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1909-01-08
President Roosevelt has recently spoken with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, following Lodge’s conversations with President-Elect Taft, and thanks Taft for the consideration he shows in appointing William Loeb to the collectorship of the port of New York. Lodge also informed Roosevelt of Taft’s thoughts regarding appointments in his cabinet, and Roosevelt advises Taft to inform several members of the current cabinet that they will not be reappointed. Roosevelt is sure, however, that Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer will serve Taft well in his planned position as Secretary of the Navy.
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1909-01-04
President Roosevelt thanks Charles L. Freer and Philip H. McMillan for the invitation to join the Yondotega Club, which he received through Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry. Roosevelt praises the Yondotega Club as the best club in America, and would be pleased to take advantage of its hospitality sometime after he returns from Africa.
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1909-01-02