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President Roosevelt tells Theodore P. Shonts that figures show the steam shovel operators in the United States and in Panama are paid comparable wages. Thomas J. Dolan will provide figures to back up this claim.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-14
Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal, John F. Stevens, asks Secretary of War Taft if he should give permission for a group of steam shovel operators looking for increased wages to visit Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-06
James Bronson Reynolds, Samuel B. Donnelly, and Henry Beach Needham submit a supplemental report on conditions in the Panama Canal construction zone to President Roosevelt, because the matters are either too trivial to mention in the main report they submitted, or potentially too controversial. They make recommendations regarding the sale of alcohol, the provision of fresh vegetables for the hospitals, considerations for foreign workers in the employ of the United States Government, wage increases and worker supervision, administrative courts, and worker safety.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-06
Reynolds, James Bronson, 1861-1924; Donnelly, Samuel B., 1866-1946; Needham, Henry Beach, 1871-1915