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Charles B. Landis’s letter answered President Roosevelt’s request for information. He has sent a copy to William H. Taft and Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer. Roosevelt does not see how advocating for postal savings banks can do anything but help the Republican party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-29
George Washington Towle asks Theodore Roosevelt if he understands the proposed legislation regarding the country’s banking interests. He discusses the two purposes of commercial banks and the “evil possibilities” of Nelson W. Aldrich’s proposal. Such legislation would put money under the control of a few powerful bankers, just as in Europe. The potential outcome would be worse than the Panic of 1907.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-14
President-Elect Taft explains his positions on the New Mexico and Arizona statehood bills and the postal savings bank bill to President Roosevelt. Assuming that the bills have gone through the proper processes, Taft has no problems signing them into law but does not think it will be possible in such a short session.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-21
Richard F. Pettigrew writes to Theodore Roosevelt to recommend Marion Butler for the position of Secretary of the Interior.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-02
President Roosevelt and William H. Taft carry the “tariff revision” plank from the “Roosevelt saw-mill” run by “the big stick” saw. Beside Roosevelt and Taft are the “anti-injunction plank” and the “postal savings banks” and the “do-somethingism” planks.
It is likely that cartoonist Ralph Wilder of the Chicago Record-Herald meant to favorably suggest that milling the famed Big Stick into sturdy planks would build a commendable new Administration.
Henry Cabot Lodge tells President Roosevelt that he thinks the Postal Savings is safe, but that there is strong opposition to an anti-injunction plank in the Republican Party Platform.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-16