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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
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 addresses three issues with Treasury Secretary Cortelyou. Roosevelt asks if it is necessary to appoint civil servants to the Assay Office without examination; registers his concern regarding the construction company Woodbury & Leighton in the matter of a new courthouse in Portland, Maine; and asks if laborers in the auction house in New York can be given a raise. He invites Cortelyou to join him for lunch to talk these matters over.
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1908-08-14
President Roosevelt has telegraphed Cecil Andrew Lyon about District Attorney William Hawley Atwell. In the matter of John W. Vann, Roosevelt has directed Treasury Secretary George B. Cortelyou to appoint an independent investigator and will send the results before making a decision.
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1908-08-10
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 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 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 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 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
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 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 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
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 authorizes Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou to sell vessels of the United States Revenue Cutter Service that are deemed unfit for further service.
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1907-09-27
President Roosevelt has received Thomas L. Elder’s letter and resolutions, and will call for a report from Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou. Roosevelt informs Elder that new coinage is being designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, an American artist of exceptional ability.
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1907-08-01