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President Roosevelt wants a new document circulated that makes clear that federal employees are under no obligation to contribute funds to Republican political campaigns, thus negating a circular distributed previously by Republican officials.
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1902-09-11
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw for information on a clerk in the Department of the Treasury, Smith D. Fry, who is making attacks on the Republican party.
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1902-06-04
President Roosevelt would like to give “a first-class white man from North Carolina” a position of at least $3000.
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1902-06-05
Citizens National Bank of Saratoga Springs, New York, commends Edward Ridgely for his work, and hopes he will continue to advance in the Treasury Department.
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1904-07-18
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to arrange plans for him to stay at the Bishop’s or with one of his aunts. He says Kermit will then be with William Loeb in Boston and get to hear Roosevelt’s speech at Memorial Hall. He also reports that Edwin Arlington Robinson has been given a position in the Treasury Department. Finally, Roosevelt asks if Kermit would accompany him to visit Bishop Lawrence.
1905-06-01
Director of the Boston Museum of Art Edward Robinson writes a letter to the editor of the Herald where he criticizes the United States Treasury Department’s recent decision to tax the frames of imported paintings.
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1904-10-11
On behalf of President Roosevelt, George B. Cortelyou asks Leslie M. Shaw for the results of the Treasury Department investigation into Ralph Izard, Chinese Inspector at Brooklyn, New York (called Frank in the letter).
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1903-01-12
Unless Senator Allison objects, President Roosevelt is going to appoint Iowa governor Leslie M. Shaw as Secretary of the Treasury. George B. Cortelyou asks Allison to telegraph his consent as soon as possible.
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1901-12-23
Theodore Roosevelt encloses notes concerning Oscar S. Straus and his suspected arrangement of a trade agreement. Roosevelt explains that Straus exercised not the slightest influence on the agreement.
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1912-04-03
Theodore Roosevelt suggests William Beebe write to the Secretary of the Interior about lighthouse jurisdiction, and offers to write another letter if necessary. He also remarks on Beebe’s note about dark tiger beetles and later considers that lighthouses may fall under the Treasury Department.
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1911-09-08
Theodore Roosevelt used an extensive quotation from Charles J. Bonaparte in his recently published book, America and the World War. Roosevelt believes the president is responsible for his officials and relates his actions that forced Leslie M. Shaw out of the Treasury Department to avoid a scandal. He compares that situation to Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan’s letter to Mr. Vick, noting that the ultimate responsibility lies with President Wilson. Roosevelt believes the spoils system is a “capital crime” when dealing with non-American people as the honor of the United States is at stake. Bryan’s letter invites corruption and Roosevelt believes the Wilson administration is “debauching” overseas territories.
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1915-01-22
President Roosevelt informs Judge Speer that his letter has been received. The question of whether the Merchants National Bank should continue to be a depository of national funds has been brought to the attention of the Treasury Department.
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1909-01-21
President Roosevelt recommends that Patric Devlin, an unclassified laborer, be promoted a classified laborer’s position in order to be given lighter work. Devlin injured his hand working at the Public Stores, and Roosevelt believes this is “one way” of approaching employer’s liability in government service.
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1909-01-22
President Roosevelt submits to Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou a list of men to serve as commissioners on the 1909 Annual Assay Commission.
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1909-01-23
President Roosevelt is happy that E. W. Bloomingdale has seen Representative Herbert Parsons. After a few matters where Roosevelt has “had to disappoint him,” Roosevelt has followed Parsons’s suggestion to submit George S. Terry’s name for appointment as Assistant Treasurer of the United States. In the event that Terry is rejected, Roosevelt hopes Bloomingdale can be selected instead, but Roosevelt must speak to Parsons before making any promises.
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1909-01-09
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou if there is, or is likely to be, a vacancy open in the Department of the Treasury. Roosevelt would like to transfer Isabella Hagner, current White House Social Secretary, to a suitable position.
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1908-12-29
President Roosevelt directs Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou to send him information relevant to the Aldrich resolution, which related 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 sends Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou a copy of an executive order he has signed to carry out a resolution of Congress titled, “To provide for the remission of a portion of the Chinese Indemnity.” Roosevelt directs Cortelyou to bring the order to the notice of officers concerned.
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1908-12-28
President Roosevelt appoints Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Winthrop to be the Treasury Department’s representative on the Central Committee of the American National Red Cross.
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1908-12-03
President Roosevelt has received Judge Brown’s letter on behalf of collector Robert Winston Dowe. While he does not doubt that the motives for bringing charges against Dowe might be corrupt, if the charges prove true then they must be acted upon. Roosevelt has asked for a “full and fair investigation” of the case by the Treasury Department.
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1908-11-27