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Letter from Charles S. Francis to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Charles S. Francis to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Francis writes to President Roosevelt to explain that normally he does not conduct newspaper interviews but in this circumstance he felt offering a statement in writing was acceptable. He also hopes Roosevelt will approve of his statement, given to a Viennese newspaper and La Rousse of St. Petersburg, Russia. In the copy of his statement, Francis describes Japan and the United States as good friends, and describes Russia as “their old ally and firm friend.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-18

Creator(s)

Francis, Charles S. (Charles Spencer), 1853-1911

Statement about Japanese-U.S. relations

Statement about Japanese-U.S. relations

A statement regarding Japanese-U.S. relations based on an interview with Ambassador Charles S. Francis by an editor of the Vienna newspaper, Neue Freie Presse. Francis does not believe that the barring of Japanese children in San Francisco schools will have a negative impact on the friendly relationship between the United States and Japan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-11

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Norris Gillett

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Norris Gillett

President Roosevelt sent his March 9 letter to Governor Gillett before he learned that the California state legislature had passed a bill discriminating against Japanese in schools. Roosevelt expresses his displeasure with this bill because it undermines the agreement that he and Secretary of State Root had already established with California politicians, San Francisco mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, and the San Francisco Board of Education. The bill will make federal negotiations for excluding Japanese labor class immigrants more difficult.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Victor Howard Metcalf to Charles W. Fairbanks

Letter from Victor Howard Metcalf to Charles W. Fairbanks

Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf responds to a resolution requiring his department to furnish the Senate with all documents related to his investigation of Japanese students attending public schools in San Francisco. Metcalf states that the investigation was undertaken under the authority and as the representative of President Roosevelt and not in his capacity as Secretary of Commerce and Labor. The documents, therefore, are now under the custody and control of Roosevelt, to whom Metcalf has forwarded a copy of this letter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-06

Creator(s)

Metcalf, Victor Howard, 1853-1936