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President Roosevelt tells Secretary of the Treasury Shaw that he has just read a brief on Treasury operations since Shaw took office five years prior. Roosevelt congratulates Shaw on a job well done, noting that many forget that “the Secretary of the Treasury stands between” the American people “and business disaster.”
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1906-12-07
Cartoon depicts President Roosevelt as Santa Claus delivering gifts to various stockings labeled after Cabinet departments. Caption: Santa Claus Roosevelt – Perhaps the little Crane boy would rather have this
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1901-12
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to send a representative to meet with the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials to discuss more equitable and efficient means to purchase and use coal within government buildings.
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1907-04-06
President Roosevelt asks Charles D. Walcott to send a representative to meet with the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials to discuss more equitable and efficient means to purchase and use coal within government buildings.
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1907-04-06
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus to send a representative to meet with the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials to discuss more equitable and efficient means to purchase and use coal within government buildings.
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1907-04-06
President Roosevelt asks Public Printer Stillings to send a representative to meet with the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials to discuss more equitable and efficient means to purchase and use coal within government buildings.
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1907-04-06
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Root to send a representative to meet with the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials to discuss more equitable and efficient means to purchase and use coal within government buildings.
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1907-04-06
President Roosevelt asks acting Secretary of War Oliver to send a representative to meet with the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials to discuss more equitable and efficient means to purchase and use coal within government buildings.
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1907-04-06
President Roosevelt asks Postmaster General Meyer to send a representative to meet with the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials to discuss more equitable and efficient means to purchase and use coal within government buildings.
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1907-04-06
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Navy Metcalf to send a representative to meet with the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials to discuss more equitable and efficient means to purchase and use coal within government buildings.
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1907-04-06
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Interior Garfield to send a representative to meet with the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials to discuss more equitable and efficient means to purchase and use coal within government buildings.
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1907-04-06
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou to send a representative to meet with the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials to discuss more equitable and efficient means to purchase and use coal within government buildings.
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1907-04-06
President Roosevelt asks the Civil Service Commission to meet with the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials to discuss more equitable and efficient means to purchase and use coal within government buildings.
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1907-04-06
President-elect Taft describes his pleasant journey to Colón to inspect the construction of the Panama Canal. He informs President Roosevelt that changes among the engineering staff have resulted in clear improvements. The committee is not inclined to change the plans for the canal’s locks and dams. They worry that too much money is being spent on safety precautions, but Taft disagrees. He approves of Roosevelt’s decision to widen the canal, and is optimistic that it will be finished before the projected completion date. Additionally, Taft discusses cabinet and diplomatic appointments he is considering.
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1909-02-01
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw sends President Roosevelt letters from James N. Brown and Ludwig Nissen, as well as an editorial from the Chicago Tribune. He also states Raymond Patterson wrote a criticism column. Shaw recommends Roosevelt find complimentary letters and publish extracts from them to counter the criticism he is receiving to protect the next Secretary of the Treasury.
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1906-10-28
John E. Wilkie suggests appointing an attorney to represent a United State Treasury Department employee in a court case against a photographer. Wilkie will remove the employee if President Roosevelt feels his continued employment reflects poorly on the government.
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1906-07-08
John E. Wilkie suggests hiring an attorney for a battery case against a United States Treasury Department employee. Wilkie states the victim, a photographer, has a history of “obnoxious” behavior.
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1906-07-06
John E. Wilkie assures William Loeb that the accusation of anarchists operating in the Portland, Oregon, chapter of the Polish National Alliance are false.
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1906-06-30
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw writes to President Roosevelt reversing his previous decision not to grant the request of Governor John Sparks of Nevada to designate the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Reno, Nevada, as a public repository.
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1906-02-01
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw makes recommendations to President Roosevelt regarding the administration of the Panama Canal. The government had bought steamships to use the canal, but Shaw recommends selling them to private companies and taking sealed bids for contracts to operate the canal routes. He also suggests that the government should use private contractors on building and operating the isthmian railroad the government owns as well, as this will prevent red tape and potential scandals. He does recommend hiring many civil and sanitary engineers to oversee the work, however. Shaw uses examples of government projects using private contractors in Albany and New York City, New York, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to strengthen his argument.
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1905-10-17