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President Roosevelt agrees with Richard F. Pettigrew’s opinion about Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. Roosevelt could not put Wilson in another department because he is doing such excellent work in his current department. On the other hand, while Roosevelt has a “high regard” for Marion Butler, he cannot give him the position he desires.
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1905-06-03
President Roosevelt provides his opinion on several post office personnel investigations including Christiancy and Warfield in Delaware.
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1903-09-04
Frank H. Hitchcock read a letter by Charles Willis Thompson in the Washington Post that misconstrued the relationship between Hitchcock and Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer. Hitchcock informs Roosevelt that he holds Meyer in high regard and believes him to be qualified and doing well running the department.
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1907-07-07
Postmaster General Payne explains to President Roosevelt the reasons for his removing Huldah B. Todd from her position as postmaster general at Greenwood, Delaware, and appointing Jacob L. Houseman to replace her. Delaware Senator J. Frank Allee spoke with Payne about making the change, on the grounds that under the agreement he and Senator L. Heisler Ball came to regarding referring appointees to office. Allee alleged that Todd had engaged in partisan activity in her office.
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1903-09-08
William H. Taft hands Frank H. Hitchcock a medal labeled “Postmaster General” and pronounces him the winner of the “Great American Road Roller Race,” while an animated President Roosevelt appears jubilant and dances in the background.
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1908-11-28
Charles Willis Thompson writes in the Washington Post that while George von Lengerke Meyer is the nominal Postmaster General of the United States, it is in fact Frank H. Hitchcock, the First Assistant Postmaster General, who runs the Post Office Department.
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1907-07-07
Representative Minor expresses concern over the rumor that the Acting Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, Charles A. Conrard, is a Democrat. Minor recommends that the position be replaced with a Republican.
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1904-03-16
James Bronson Reynolds is concerned whether or not President Roosevelt will be able to carry New York in the fall. He advises addressing the lack of office space for letter carriers in the New York Post Office. Reynolds offers to share the findings of his upcoming visit to Chisinau (Kishinev), Russia, and Romania where he will look into the condition of Romanian Jews.
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1903-12-31
Charles J. Bonaparte shares his views concerning candidates for Postmaster in Baltimore, Maryland, with President Roosevelt.
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1903-12-06
George E. Green protests the negative publicity that his business ventures are receiving in the course of the investigation of the Post Office Department. He urges Postmaster General Payne to ensure a full and thorough investigation of the transactions with International Time Recording Co., Doremus Canceling Machines, Doremus Machine Co., and Bundy Time Recorders, believing that no improprieties will be discovered.
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1903-06-12