Letter from Theodore P. Shonts to William H. Taft
Theodore P. Shonts, Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission (ICC), tells Secretary of War Taft that he has written to Executive Secretary of the ICC directing him to respond to the charges Poultney Bigelow made in a September article. Shonts asks that Taft tell Lady Townley that they have tried employing Jamaicans as foremen and that Shonts will revisit the matter with Chief Engineer of the ICC Stevens.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-08-25