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President Roosevelt encloses a memorandum from Fowler to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte, which shows a “very unsatisfactory” state of affairs. He asks Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou to arrange a joint investigation into the matter with the Department of Justice.
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1908-10-23
President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou that all government departments are to “cooperate heartily in the enforcement” of the Pure Food and Drug Act, which he considers to be one of the most important acts of his administration.
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1908-07-28
William Loeb informs Dora Reick that the Treasure Department has declined to redeem the part of the bill she forwarded to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1908-05-05
President Roosevelt tells William Barret Ridgely that he has received his letter resigning from the position of Comptroller of the Currency, and thanks Ridgely for staying in the office for as long as he has.
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1908-03-28
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou to investigate the Treasury Department to ensure that no work is being done on Sundays unless it is unavoidable.
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1908-03-25
President Roosevelt thanks John H. Edwards for the work he has done while serving as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Roosevelt has heard nothing but praise for Edwards’s work and wishes him well in his new job.
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1908-03-17
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou if it would be possible to employ Francis C. Travers, son of their late friend Francis C. Travers, at the Treasury Department.
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1908-03-19
President Roosevelt praises William Dudley Foulke and Lucius B. Swift, and says that he does not have any objection to an investigation of whether he has influenced local civil service appointments, so long as the investigation is conducted honestly. He suggests that whoever does the investigation cooperate with the Department of Justice, as Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte is familiar with the topic. Roosevelt also suggests several departments where it may be profitable to begin such an investigation.
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1908-02-25
President Roosevelt congratulates the Department of the Treasury on the conviction of John R. Walsh. Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou if they can recognize the work of Edward P. Moxey, a bank examiner who was particularly involved in the case, and worked to continue investigating when then-Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw and Comptroller of the Currency William Barret Ridgely wanted to defend Walsh.
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1908-01-20
President Roosevelt responds to Secretary of War Taft regarding a recent letter from Charles Phelps Taft. Roosevelt appointed Bernhard Bettmann to the position of Ohio Collector of Internal Revenue, first district, on the suggestions of Charles and Ohio Insurance Commissioner Arthur I. Vorys, against the wishes of Ohio Senators Joseph Benson Foraker and Charles Dick. If the Taft people cannot control Bettmann, then actions against Commissioner of Internal Revenue John G. Capers will not solve it. Roosevelt admired Taft’s speech, even if it could not reach the crowd affiliated with the morning’s editorial in The Sun.
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1907-12-31
President Roosevelt appoints Benjamin F. Harrah to a special committee with the purpose of examining government contracts and making any corrections deemed necessary.
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1907-11-21
President Roosevelt appoints Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Winthrop as the representative of the Treasury Department on the Central Committee of the newly incorporated American National Red Cross.
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1907-11-27
In the draft of a letter marked “Canceled” at the top, President Roosevelt tells Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou he approves the issuing of currency and Panama bonds as proposed. Roosevelt has also received word of a currency bill being considered in Congress that would help settle the situation. He emphasizes, however, that business conditions in the United States are still fundamentally sound, and that citizens should not panic and stop trusting banks, or start hoarding savings. As long as people go about their business as usual, everything will be fine and circulation will return to normal.
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1907-11-16
President Roosevelt has considered Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou’s proposal and approves the issuing of currency and Panama bonds. He has also received word of a currency bill being considered in Congress that would help settle the situation. Roosevelt emphasizes, however, that business conditions in the United States are still fundamentally sound, and that citizens should not panic, stop trusting banks, or start hoarding savings. As long as people go about their business as usual, everything will be fine and circulation will return to normal.
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1907-11-17
President Roosevelt has heard that some officers of Department of the Treasury plan to renominate Roosevelt for a third term during the Republican National Convention. Roosevelt impresses upon Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou how important it is that this is avoided and requests that Cortelyou inform any members of his department who plan to do so that such an action will be seen as violating their professional obligations and will be treated accordingly.
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1907-11-19
President Roosevelt appoints Walter W. Warwick to a special committee to study the contracts used in the various departments and bureaus of the government in order to “remedy any defects” found. The recommendations of the committee will be approved by the legal officers of each department, and ultimately by the Attorney General of the United States.
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1907-06-18
President Roosevelt has received data from the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials on the coal supplied to the government. He requests Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte set up a conference with a representative from that advisory board, the departments dealing with coal purchasing, and larger coal operators. Roosevelt wants a better deal on government coal and higher efficiency for its use in heating government buildings. This meeting is to be held in the office of the Chief Clerk of the Treasury Department at a given time.
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1907-04-06
President Roosevelt informs Attorney General Bonaparte that he wishes to appoint African American Ralph W. Tyler to an auditor position at the Treasury for the Navy Department. Roosevelt wishes to promote the current auditor, William W. Brown, to the position Brown wants as special counsel in the Department of Justice, with equal or more pay.
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1907-04-09
President Roosevelt explains to architect C. Grant La Farge that it is difficult to keep his private life and public acts separate. To avoid impropriety, Roosevelt will give La Farge’s letter to Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou and let him decide if the project will be open to competition or to give it to La Farge.
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1907-03-08
President Roosevelt requests a thorough investigation of the recent loses in the sub-treasury offices in St. Louis and Chicago. He directs that if there is a defect in the system, the system is to be changed.
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1907-02-26