The Presidency of Theodore RooseveltUniversity Press of Kansas, 1991 - 355 pages Theodore Roosevelt was hearty, frank, freindly, and bold - a president so popular that many Americans believed they knew him personally. Through the force of his personality and excitement of his adventuring, he wove the presidency into the fabric of daily life as no other president had done. Nearly a century later he is remembered as the most colourful chief executive. |
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Page 67
... asked the commis- sioner of labor , Carroll D. Wright , to report to him about the cir- cumstances of the strike . Wright's assessment , submitted two weeks later , stressed the depth of suspicion between management and labor and made ...
... asked the commis- sioner of labor , Carroll D. Wright , to report to him about the cir- cumstances of the strike . Wright's assessment , submitted two weeks later , stressed the depth of suspicion between management and labor and made ...
Page 68
... asking us to deal with a set of out- laws ? " was how one owner put it . The operators read their statement , asked Roosevelt to dissolve the United Mine Workers as a trust , and urged him to use troops " to at once squelch the ...
... asking us to deal with a set of out- laws ? " was how one owner put it . The operators read their statement , asked Roosevelt to dissolve the United Mine Workers as a trust , and urged him to use troops " to at once squelch the ...
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... asked Garfield to investigate why meat prices had risen at a time when the returns to western cattle raisers had de- clined . How much was the notorious " beef trust " responsible for this development ? Garfield went out to Chicago and ...
... asked Garfield to investigate why meat prices had risen at a time when the returns to western cattle raisers had de- clined . How much was the notorious " beef trust " responsible for this development ? Garfield went out to Chicago and ...
Contents
Keeping the Left Center Together | 225 |
We Were at Absolute Peace | 251 |
There Is No One Like Theodore | 271 |
Copyright | |
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