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President Roosevelt has looked up the Miss Lee mentioned by Alastair Penrose Gordon-Cumming and finds that she is one of nine or ten excellent employees. All of them have the exact same standing, so Roosevelt cannot take action on one case without doing the same for the others.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-10
President Roosevelt would consider the government fortunate to have Ernest Ingersoll in its service, but the new Country Life Commission is only a volunteer group at the moment. Roosevelt has contacted Director of the Census S. N. D. North to see if any positions will open there soon, and will let Ingersoll know when he hears from him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-10
President Roosevelt follows up on several issues with Attorney General Bonaparte, including United States District Attorney Marsden C. Burch’s devotion to United States District Attorney N. M. Ruick, hiring Tracy C. Becker at the Department of Justice, the appointments of David J. Leahy and Ira A. Abbott, and the situation in Oklahoma.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-29
Census Bureau Chief Clerk Rossiter updates Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus on the Oklahoma and Indian Territory census’s expected completion.
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1907-08-30
Emperor William II thanks President Roosevelt for a letter which had confirmed William’s assumption that Roosevelt had not believed lies about the Germans which had been told to Andrew Carnegie in London. William states that the rapid rise of Germany and the United States should inevitably cause envy and create enemies among other nations, but that this should bring the two countries closer together. He expresses pleasure that his ambassador to America, Baron Hermann Speck von Sternburg, found favor from the Roosevelt Administration, and expressed his own pleasure with the delegates of America’s recent tariff commission to Germany. He introduces two German officials soon visiting America, and tells Roosevelt that he is sending him a volume of water color paintings of Frederick the Great by German painter Adoph Menzel.
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1907-02-06
Ambassador Tower passes along Christmas wishes from Kaiser Wilhelm II to President Roosevelt. Tower also provides an update on the progress of the Tariff Commission investigating economic relations between the United States and Germany.
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1907-01-04
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus that he has been told that the Census Bureau has a large amount of information that would be useful to the work the National Conservation Commission, especially regarding water power, irrigation, lumber, and resources. Roosevelt requests that the S. N. D. North, Director of the Census, be instructed to compile this information, as well as anything else that may be useful to the commission.
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1908-07-02
Secretary of War William H. Taft has informed President Roosevelt that the results of the 1907 Cuban Census must be tabulated in the United States, as the work can only be properly done by the Census Bureau. He asks Secretary Straus to direct Census Bureau Director S. N. D. North to tabulate the returns and reform them in whatever form the director of the Cuban census, Victor H. Olmsted, requests.
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1908-01-13
President Roosevelt thanks Vice President of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company Brown for his letter and notes that will remove the sentence from his upcoming speech that Brown refers to in a previous letter. Roosevelt also notes that Census Bureau Director S. N. D. North has already corrected him on the proper use of Census information.
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1907-05-01
President Roosevelt appreciates the statistics that W. C. Brown has sent him, but is unsure in what manner he will use them. He invites Brown to use the figures however he sees fit.
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1907-05-04
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.
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1907-02-20
President Roosevelt asks Representative Williams to let him know of “good places carrying snug salaries outside of the classified service.” He will have Census Director S. N. D. North review Thomas H. Herndon’s case.
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1905-05-30
President Roosevelt would like to have Ludwick C. Young restored to his position of clerk. Census director S. N. D. North vouches for him. Mrs. Young also does sewing for Edith Roosevelt. Even in the midst of poverty, the Young family tries to help others.
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1904-08-05
Attorney General Bonaparte updates President Roosevelt on several matters before him. Assistant Attorney General Alford Warriner Cooley has been investigating the situation in Alabama, where Bonaparte deems it necessary for Roosevelt to “call down” several politicians who are complicating judicial confirmations and the workings of the attorney general’s office with concerns over political patronage. In Arkansas, Cooley reports that there are many well qualified men to replace Assistant District Attorney Ulysses S. Bratton, who has been involved in improper conduct in a case involving postal inspectors. Bonaparte has recently met with Census Director S. N. D. North and explains the problems he has encountered with obtaining an accurate census of Oklahoma Territory, resulting in problems with representation of citizens there, and makes recommendations to solve the problem. Bonaparte has requested summaries for the injunction regarding the picketing of the Allis Chalmers company in Wisconsin, and is appointing a special counsel to take charge of litigation against a prominent official there. Bonaparte is ready to move against the Tobacco Trust and James Buchanan Duke.
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1907-06-18
Summary of the formation of the new Department of Commerce and Labor. Speeches were delivered by Secretary of Commerce and Labor George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody, and Director of the Census Bureau S. N. D. North. A congratulatory telegram from President Roosevelt was read by Cortelyou.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-03