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President Roosevelt instructs Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry to ensure there is enough coal for the Great White Fleet’s trip, and says the Bureau of Equipment is “on trial in this matter.” He likes the idea of “having one first-class man. . .represent all the newspapers.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-17
President Roosevelt tells Republican National Committee Chairman Hitchcock about the steps that are being taken to counteract the bigotry that the American Protective Association is threatening. The Association is attacking William H. Taft for being a Unitarian and supporting Catholics and is also bringing up old accusations that Puerto Rico Governor Regis Henri Post was pro-Catholic.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-23
President Roosevelt thanks Michael Walsh for his actions but wishes he had received more assistance. He has sent Walsh’s letter to Richard V. Oulahan, chairman of the literary committee for the Republican National Committee, and urged him to do everything he can. Walsh’s work should be encouraged, not neglected.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-13
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt liked Richard V. Oulahan but “feel[s] like breaking his head” now that he stands between Roosevelt and Jacob A. Riis. He is glad Seth Low has been nominated but agrees with Riis that some of the Citizens’ Union need common sense. Roosevelt advises Riis on purchasing a gun for his son.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-09-04
Theodore Roosevelt informs David S. Barry he provided information to the Associated Press through Edwin Milton Hood, but Roosevelt is unsure how other papers got the information. Roosevelt praises Richard V. Oulahan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-08-12
Ralph M. Easley informs President Roosevelt that labor leader John Mitchell will be publishing a letter in the Mine Workers’ Journal next week which will repudiate the hand bill and telegram that are being circulated with an interview he did not endorse. Easley believes that this will lead to attacks on Samuel Gompers for violating instructions. Easley also reports that he has been given information that William H. Taft is being criticized on Catholic and Unitarian matters, although he is being defended by Homer C. Stuntz, who was in the Philippines during the Taft administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-16
Ralph M. Easley informs President Roosevelt that labor leader John Mitchell has mailed his letter, which will be distributed from Indianapolis on Wednesday morning. Easley clarifies that Mitchell does not want his letter distributed through the Republican campaign committee. Easley is sending a confidential copy of Mitchell’s revised article, and notes that the two sources who told Mitchell about Roosevelt’s “perturbation” were himself and Daniel J. Keefe.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-17