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Howard Metcalf writes to Benjamin F. Barnes acknowledging receipt of a letter from Governor Odell of New York. Metcalf summarizes Odell’s letter. The letter is about friction between officials at Ellis Island and the State Board of Alienists of New York.
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1904-12-21
Judge Gray clarifies why he previously suggested that Charles Patrick Neill would be better equipped than Edgar E. Clark to serve in the Department of Commerce and Labor.
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1904-12-10
Harold Bolce sends a copy of a report on international trade to President Roosevelt.
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1904-12-09
Judge Gray proposes Charles Patrick Neill for Commissioner of Labor. Gray and Neill served together on the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.
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1904-12-08
George Washington Aldridge asks Senator Platt to support William S. Wandby for Commissioner of Labor.
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1904-11-15
Senator Crane writes to President Roosevelt to arrange a visit to discuss the appointment of the replacement for Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright. Crane notes that mutual friends do not want an appointee who is too much for labor or too much for manufacturers.
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1904-11-11
Harold Bolce sends a report he has written on the trade of the United States with Oceania, Asia, and South America. Bolce argues that Pacific region markets are miniscule compared to the possibilities in Argentina and Brazil.
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1904-12-09
Senator Platt forwards a letter from George Washington Aldridge supporting William S. Wandby for Commissioner of Labor. Platt asks President Roosevelt for his reaction to this suggestion.
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1904-12-05
President Roosevelt reports that all the horses are now laid up. He also relates a thank you letter he received from Yick Nam Quan. Quentin’s pet mouse died.
1904-02-10
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou announces to President Roosevelt that he is resigning from the Cabinet to become the chairman of the Republican National Committee. Cortelyou also expresses his respect for Roosevelt and the job he has done.
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1904-06-23
Cartoon depicting several governmental agencies vying for President Roosevelt’s attention.
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1903-03-08
President Roosevelt defends his business policies, including: the creation of the Department of Commerce, the ending of the Anthracite Coal Strike, and bringing suit against the Northern Securities Company. Roosevelt has heard a lot of “dishonest nonsense” from wealthy men that should know that Wall Street’s troubles come from “watering of stocks” and speculation, not any action taken by the government. Roosevelt wants to do what is right for the business world and what is right for the world of labor.
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1903-08-13
President Roosevelt asks George Walbridge Perkins to use his influence with Speaker Henderson for the Department of Commerce bill. Also, Roosevelt thinks Perkins should use his Chicago contacts to ensure that Representative Mann’s report on the bill is sensible.
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1902-12-26
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Commissioner of Immigration Williams regarding complaints made to him about a Department of Commerce and Labor ruling that Jews are to be classified as Hebrews on paperwork for outgoing immigrants. Roosevelt does not understand why religious affiliation should be included on such paperwork and would like to know more about the papers and their purpose.
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1911-07-05
President Roosevelt has placed Senator Newlands’s letter before Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S. Straus with the instructions to follow Newlands’s instructions. Roosevelt is glad Newlands liked his action on the Council of Fine Arts.
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1909-01-18
President Roosevelt is pleased with Herbert Knox Smith’s draft.
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1909-01-18
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus if there is currently, or is likely to be, a vacancy in his department. Roosevelt hopes to transfer Isabella Hagner to a government clerkship position, and is looking for a suitable opening.
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1908-12-29
President Roosevelt directs Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus to send him information relevant to the Aldrich resolution, which relates to the employment of special investigators, so that he may give a comprehensive report to the Senate.
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1908-12-22
President Roosevelt tells Professor Seligman that he recently appointed an interdepartmental statistical committee to examine the methods of preparing statistics in various governmental departments. He asks for Seligman’s assistance in an advisory capacity.
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1908-12-04
President Roosevelt asks Professor Willis if he would be willing to serve on an Interdepartmental Statistical Committee in an advisory role, in light of his prior service on the Committee on Statistical Reorganization of the Department of Commerce and Labor.
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1908-12-04