Roosevelt Reaffirms Steel Merger Stance During Hearing
Former President Roosevelt voices strong support for government control over big corporations and opposes breaking up United States Steel. He cites past messages to Congress and notes actions by Judge Gary and Frick, insisting anti trust enforcement requires firm federal oversight and possible interlocking director restrictions.
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Steel Corporation
Congress
Germany
Bartlett
Georgia
Roosevelt
Vi Bartlett
Gary
Mia Roosevelt
Gary Sining
United States
Pines
Reil
Roosevelt told of Tennessee coal rescue in 1907 crisis
In a congressional session Roosevelt recalls pressure by Frick and Gary to have United States Steel acquire Tennessee Coal and Iron to avert a nationwide panic. He says the move stabilized New York banks, saved the industry, and proved necessary though politically costly. He denies cooperating with offshore brokers and stresses acting in the public interest.
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Gary
Fritch
White House
Littleton
Mr. Frick
New York
Rosevelt
Department of Justice
Roosevelt
Mr Littletop
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Stanley
Wall Street
Tennessee
Mr Roosevelt
Morgan
United States Steel Corporation
Frick
Tennnessee Coal and Iron Company
Kessler
Grant B. Schley
L. C. Hanna
5. W. Oglebay
Mr. Roosevelt
Schrey
Schley
Col. Roosevelt
Mr. Stanley
Gary and Frick
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
South
Mr. Littleton
Secretary of the Treasury
Steel Corporation
Messrs. Frick
Bonaparte
Baltimore
Root
Messia
Senate
Mr. Morgan
Snickerbocker Trust Company
Tuns
Mesars
Frick and Gary
Tennessea Coal and Iron Company
Stock Exchange
Steel Company
Messrs. Frick and
Birmingham
Alabama
United States
Messrs
Bingham Influenced Japan and Admiral Togo Remembered
Gen Hollingsworth of Cadiz recalls John A. Bingham as a key early force behind Japan's modernization. He notes Bingham served as Minister to Japan from 1873, shaping policy and training, with Japan later honoring the diplomat despite shifting administrations. The piece then surveys narrow congressional margins across several districts, listing multiple lawmakers and close victories.
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Togo
D. H. Hollingsworth
Cadiz
Ohio
John A. Binghem
Japan
Bingham
Far East
John A. Bingham
President Grant
Tokyo
Admiral Toge
Washington
Gen
Holingsworth
Congress
Sondter
Hollingsworth
Banking fears rise over national holding company plan
Officials in the Treasury and Attorney General weigh risks of the National City Company expanding bank control. MacVeagh seeks ways to curb holding firms under current laws and may push new legislation. Western bankers press to reassure him the plan won’t concentrate power, while currency reforms loom as a major factor.
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George Prince
Galesburg
H. Robert Fowler
Elizabethtown
Asher Hinds
Congress
Maine
Frank Guernsey
Thomas Parran
Maryland
D. J Lewis
Fred Gillett
Massachusetts
Apare
John A. Thayer
W. H. Wilder
Robert O. Harris
Taft
Cape Cod
Edwin Sweet
Diekema
Michigan
Lobeck
Nebraska
Henry Clay Loudenslager
New Jersey
Lia Wood
Trenton
Woodrow Wilson
Wood
Frank Wilson
Brooklyn
Theron Akin
Saratoga
Charles B. Smith
Buffalo
Alexander
Robert E. Difenderfer
National Bank- Holding Company
National City Bank of New York
National City Company
Treasury Department
T& Control
Treasury
Banka
Aldrich
Monetary Commission
MacVeagh
George M. Reynolds
National City Company of New York
Taft Portrait: The Hale Jolly President's Hidden Strains
Homer Davenport profiles President Taft noting a genial laugh and distinctive voice. He analyzes facial features and shadows on Taft's forehead as hints of political thought, suggesting a blend of humor and deep deliberation shaping the nation’s leader.
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Taft
Washington
Ohio
Mr. Taft
Homer Davenport
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States Steel Corporation
Jurge Landis
Sterling
Imbola
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Kentucky
Raleigh
N. J
Frem
Wayne County
Lewis McIver
George McDuffie
Theodore Roosevelt
Willars
Mall
Ake Needham
California
Happy Wilson
Os ¢Ago
Wilson
Crowley
Frank Buchanan
Chicago
Lyndon Evans
Bucks County
Robert E. Lee
Pottsville
Gregg
Northumberland
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Thomas Konop
Wisconsin
Gustav [Eastermann
Republican Congressional Committee
Te Og
Gov. Tener
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
House
Tener
Senator Penrose
New Willard
James Francis Burke
Pittsburg
Thomas Spencer Crago
Somerset
State National Guard
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River Committee
Ike
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