Oyster Bay, N. Y.
July 13, 1903
My dear Secretary Cortelyou:
In accordance with the letter of the Civil Service Commission of July 6th, the Public Printer will reinstate Mr. W. A. Miller in his position. Meanwhile I will withhold my final decision of the whole case until I have received the report of the investigation on Miller’s second communication, which you notify me has been begun to-day, July 13th.
On the face of the papers presented, Miller would appear to have been removed in violation of law. There is no objection to the employees of the Government Printing Office constituting themselves into a union if they so desire; but no rules or resolutions of that union can be permitted to over-ride the laws of the United States, which it is my sworn duty to enforce.
Please communicate a copy of this letter to the Public Printer for his information and that of his subordinates.
Very truly yours,
Theodore Roosevelt.
Hon. George B. Cortelyou,
Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.
July 14, 1903
My dear Mr. Cortelyou:
In connection with my letter of yesterday I call attention to this judgment and award by the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission in its report to me of March 18th last: