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President Roosevelt is sorry that Earl M. Cranston is leaving public service. Roosevelt says that during Cranston’s term of service, he has had complete confidence in his integrity and purpose in administering the law impartially.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-27
President Roosevelt has received Joseph Wilcox Jenkins Lee’s letter of resignation, and is sorry that he will be leaving the service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-27
Theodore Roosevelt previously helped Charles M. Henley get a position as a laborer with the Customs department, and Henley hopes he can assist him again. While he does not wish to complain about his job, he finds himself doing many things that would typically be done by a skilled laborer position, and he would accordingly like to earn more money. He asks Roosevelt if he knows of any such opportunities.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-04
German Ambassador Sternburg explains that he wrote to Morris K. Jesup regarding President Roosevelt’s opinion of Jesup’s desire to enter public service and encloses Jesup’s response.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-11
Two men labeled “Political Boss” and “Public Service Corporation,” with shotguns, hide in tall reeds near decoys labeled “Respectable Candidates” trying to lure a flock of ducks or geese labeled “Votes.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-10-20
Fagin from the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, labeled “Corporation Lawyer,” watches as his protégé, Oliver Twist, labeled “Public Service Corporation,” picks the pocket of Uncle Sam on a city sidewalk. Caption: Instructor in the art of stealing and getting away with it.
Public Service Commissions sprang up through the United States in 1907, the result of enabling and supportive measures included in reform legislation passed by Congress in 1906; and successful programs in states like Wisconsin.
Theodore Roosevelt, as Cincinnatus, looks old and weary. He is standing at a plow labeled “The Outlook,” left hand at forehead, searching the distance for the call to serve his country again.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-08-23
Postmaster General Payne returns a letter from William Loeb and includes a memorandum which gives the record of George W. Beavers in government service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-08