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Roosevelt Letter Fights Panama Allegations and Names Figures
The president rebuked Delavan Smith and others for spreading false accusations about the Panama transfer. He stated Robinson and Charles Taft had no involvement, while editor Taft threatened court action and the World called for a congressional probe. The exchange centers on Foulke, a longtime civil service reform figure.
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Roosevelt
William Dudley Foulke
Indiana
Panama Canal
United States
France
Delavan Smith
Indianapolis News
Foulke
Smith
Douglas Robinson
New York
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati Times-Star
Foraker
Senate
Taft
Cincinnati
William M. Laffan
New York Sun
the World
Civil Service
George William Curtis
National Civil Service Reform League
League
Harrison
New York City
Columbia University
Seth Low
Columbia School of Law
Swarthmore College
National Civil Service Commission
Yourke
Oliver P. Morton
Yucatan