One of the men involved in this episode was fired after having Jonathan Dolliver read an inflammatory letter he wrote on the Senate floor.
One of the men involved in this episode was fired after having Jonathan Dolliver read an inflammatory letter he wrote on the Senate floor. In the work Not Guilty, Harold Ickes investigated its occurrence and tried to clear the name of the other main figure involved, a former holder of his office. It gained national attention after an article in Collier's publicized accusations made by Louis Glavis that corrupt practices were giving powerful figures like the Guggenheims illegal access to Alaskan coal fields. Causing a split in the Republican Party between Roosevelt and Taft and leading to the firing of the author of The Fight for Conservation, FTP, what was this 1909-1910 conflict between the Secretary of the Interior and the head of the Forest Service?
One of the men involved in this episode was fired after having Jonathan Dolliver read an inflammatory letter he wrote on the Senate floor.
{Ballinger-Pinchot} Affair