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President Roosevelt accepts the resignation of Secretary of the Treasury, Leslie M. Shaw, and thanks him for his work.
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1907-03-01
President Roosevelt orders the United States Justice Department to make any government documents requested available to Mark Goode of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to aid his investigation of the corrupt practices of Martin J. Bentley.
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1907-02-16
President Roosevelt complies with New York Senator Platt’s request to renominate Assistant Treasurer Hamilton Fish II for his current position. Roosevelt also extends sympathy to Platt’s son, Frank Hinchman Platt, who is mourning the death of his daughter, Ellen Barstow Platt.
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1907-02-19
President Roosevelt introduces Representative Cocks to John R. Arbuckle, who is interested in starting a charitable enterprise, but requires legislation which Roosevelt hopes Cocks can secure.
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1907-02-14
President Roosevelt appoints Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Keep to the Central Committee of the American Red Cross as a representative of the Department of the Treasury.
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1906-11-30
William Loeb acknowledges the letter Cortez F. Cox addressed to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and says that his request cannot be granted due to tariff acts according to the Department of the Treasury. President Roosevelt also has no power to change the existing laws.
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1906-11-02
President Roosevelt has read the report from Solicitor of the Department of Commerce and Labor Edwin Walter Sims and instructs Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf to carry out his recommendations without involving Congress. Roosevelt directs the Treasury Department to investigate the “dereliction of duty” of the Revenue Cutter Services and believes that more protection from the United States Marines might be necessary to safeguard the Alaskan seal fur fisheries from seal pirates.
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1906-10-09
President Roosevelt asks Augustus Saint-Gaudens if he could send a design for the twenty dollar gold piece before Congress meets, as he is receiving pressure from Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw on the progress of the project. Roosevelt compliments Saint-Gaudens on his work and looks forward to the finished design.
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1906-10-01
President Roosevelt has superficially reviewed the case of George A. Curran, Collector of the Port of Calais. If the reported facts prove true, Curran will be removed. He asks Senator Hale if he or Senator William P. Frye can meet to review the matter with him, as well as Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James Burton Reynolds.
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1906-09-12
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Keep, Comptroller of Currency Murray, and Chief Forester Pinchot provide President Roosevelt with a detailed report of the organization and operations of the Department of the Interior. The report highlights “grave defects” in the structure of the Department such as redundant job functions, an “abuse of letter writing” that impedes public business, and rampant inefficiency. The report recommends the dissolution of several divisions.
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1906-10-22
Keep, Charles Hallam, 1861-1941; Murray, Lawrence O., 1864-1926; Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946
President Roosevelt tells Acting Secretary of State Bacon that because the position of Governor of the territory of Arizona is an appointed position, Bacon should direct Territorial Governor Joseph H. Kibbey to make sure the practice is stopped immediately, rather than request it of him. United States Marshals and Collectors should also be instructed to use any extra force necessary to stop the practice. Roosevelt asks Bacon to communicate with the Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury to make sure this is done.
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1906-07-20
President Roosevelt objects to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw about areas of public service being taken away from the Civil Service Commission, as has been done in the case of the Revenue Cutter Service. According to the bill, examinations will be done under regulations set out by the Secretary of the Treasury, and Roosevelt suggests that Shaw direct that the board of officers grading examinations should do so in conjunction with the Civil Service Commission, and following their rules.
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1906-07-25
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw for his opinion regarding whether the offices of the Treasury Department in Ohio are being managed well.
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1906-07-04
President Roosevelt thanks L. V. McKesson for the nice letter he sent to Secretary of War William H. Taft, and was impressed by what he wrote. He reminds McKesson, however, that he as president only controls the nominating portion of the process appointing people to government positions, and that it is the Senate who confirms them. If he is notified by senators that they will reject a candidate, it is a waste of time for him to nominate them. For local positions, this places a great deal of power in the hands of the senators from the state affected, as most of the senate follow their wishes. Much of Roosevelt’s power, therefore, is that he can “refuse to appoint any unworthy man, and to remove any man of proved unworthiness.” While Roosevelt would not now appoint George P. Waldorf, Internal Revenue Collector for Toledo, Ohio, to his position, the Treasury Department investigated him and did not find anything warranting his removal.
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1906-07-07
Roosevelt asks that, if it is true that Armstrong will need to leave the Isthmian Canal Commission, he be kept until Roosevelt returns to Washington to see what can be done for him. Roosevelt does not have a personal interest in the case apart from the unwarranted hardship that Armstrong seems to suffer by his dismissal, as he was drafted from the Treasury Department where there is not currently an opening for him to return to.
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1906-07-09
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of the Treasury Shaw that he has asked Commissioner of Labor Charles Patrick Neill to look into complaints alleging violations of the eight-hour law, and has directed him to communicate directly with various Departments and Bureaus he needs information from in order to save time and minimize correspondence. Roosevelt directs Shaw to give Neill any information he may request promptly in order to facilitate his work.
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1906-06-28
President Roosevelt confirms receipt of Acting Secretary of the Treasury Taylor’s report on the assistance given by the Revenue Cutter Service to the people of San Francisco and has ordered it to be made public. He thanks Taylor and all the officers and enlisted men of the service for providing “prompt, gallant and efficient work.”
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1906-05-31
Given the similar nature of the work they are engaged in, President Roosevelt suggests that Charles Hallam Keep and the Committee on Department Methods collaborate with Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James Burton Reynolds.
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1906-05-10
Given the similar nature of the work they are engaged in, President Roosevelt suggests that Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Reynolds cooperate with Charles Hallam Keep and the Committee on Department Methods.
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1906-05-10
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw if there is an opening for an auditor in his department. Roosevelt is looking for a position for Abraham L. Lawshe, who has been commended as “one of the most efficient men” working in the Philippines by Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of War William H. Taft, and General Leonard Wood.
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1906-04-27