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President Roosevelt meets with his cabinet in a room filled with snakes: “Harriman interests,” “panic,” “tobacco trust,” “powder trust,” “beef trust,” “railroad trust,” “Standard Oil,” “immunity,” “Japanese war scare,” and “telegrapher’s strike.” The chairs for Secretary of State and Secretary of War are empty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-27
President Roosevelt thanks Edgar E. Clark, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, for his letter about the hours of telegraphers and notes that this kind of information is why Clark was put at the head of the commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-02
Assistant Secretary of State Adee explains an enclosed modified cipher to William Loeb. As the cipher will be used specifically for Russian and American diplomatic telegraphic correspondence, Adee requests that it be kept separate from the regular cipher.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-16