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President Roosevelt invites Walter Hines Page to serve on the Country Life Commission, which he is establishing to study and report upon the present conditions for farmers and their families in rural areas, with the goal of making farming life more attractive.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-10
President Roosevelt invites Kenyon L. Butterfield to serve on the Country Life Commission. Roosevelt is establishing this commission to study and report upon the present conditions for farmers and their families in rural areas, with the goal of making farming life more attractive.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-10
President Roosevelt invites L. H. Bailey to serve on the Country Life Commission, which he is establishing to study and report upon the present conditions for farmers and their families in rural areas, with the goal of making farming life more attractive.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-10
Theodore Roosevelt will follow Gifford Pinchot’s suggestion on the letter from Max W. Ball. Roosevelt takes umbrage with Henry Cantwell Wallace’s recommendations on discussing military preparedness in Des Moines, Iowa. He says he will stand behind President Woodrow Wilson “precisely to the degree in which Abraham Lincoln stood behind Polk in the Mexican War…” He will stand behind every public servant to the degree in which they serve the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-02-05
President Roosevelt feels that the success of the country lies in supporting farmers and improving their social conditions where needed. In light of this, he invites Charles Simon Barrett to serve on the Commission of Country Life, which will report on the living conditions on the farm and suggest the means of improving rural life.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-11
President Roosevelt feels that the success of the country lies in supporting farmers and improving their social conditions where needed. In light of this, he invites William A. Beard to serve on the Commission of Country Life, which will report on the living conditions on the farm and suggest the means of improving rural life.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-11
President Roosevelt thanks L. H. Bailey for his work on the Commission of Country Life. He believes farmers and members of the rural community should feel that they are part of the commission. Therefore, Roosevelt suggests Bailey arrange community meetings to discuss such topics as roads, postal facilities, and rural schools. Bailey is to find out what rural conditions are, what farmers can do themselves, and how the government can provide aid.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-09
President Roosevelt instructs Kenyon L. Butterfield to hold meetings in rural areas with farmers and other people who live there and do work related to farming. The aim is to ascertain the general conditions of “the open country” and to figure out how best to represent the people living there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-09
President Roosevelt instructs Walter Hines Page to hold meetings in rural areas with farmers and other people who live there and do work related to farming. The aim is to ascertain the general conditions of “the open country,” and to figure out how best to represent the people living there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-09
President Roosevelt encloses a letter summarizing a discussion he and Secretary of Agriculture Wilson had last winter. Roosevelt believes Henry Cantwell Wallace will make a good second to L. H. Bailey.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-05
Gifford Pinchot writes Theodore Roosevelt that Henry Wallace will not be able to meet Roosevelt in Washington, D.C. Pinchot sends Roosevelt the “very interesting letter” that Wallace sent.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-01-29
Without the support of farmers, the Republican Party cannot carry the next election. Gifford Pinchot outlines for Republican Committee Chairman Will H. Hays a number of strategies for securing the support of the farmers, including that the Vice-Presidential candidate in 1920 should be a farmer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-09-18
President Roosevelt tells the recipient how much he was touched by her letter, and that he understands how hard conditions can be. A mother trying to care for nine children “is not to be blamed for one moment for setting such a dinner as Mr. Arnold describes.” Roosevelt respects the sort of people who work hard to better their conditions, even during adverse times.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-23