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Taft appoints new White House staff shaping a modern Bureaucracy
The article details Taft's White House overhaul with William H. Taft as head, appointing Fred W. Carpenter secretary to the president and naming Wendell W. Mischler Rudolph Forster Maurice Latta and Col. William B. Crook among key aides. It describes their backgrounds from law, war service, and long White House tenure, and notes the staff of about 43 with civil service fixtures. It highlights Carpenter as a trusted, tireless aide and outlines the system aimed at prompt letter replies and orderly public business.
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