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Document 17541 CHARLES G. DAWES The former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency recommends a woman for a position in the Treasury Department. TLS: "Charles G. Dawes", 1p, 6½x7¼. Chicago, 1903 December 2. As President of the Central Trust Company of Illinois (1902-1921), Dawes writes to Secretary of the Treasury L.M. Shaw, Washington, D.C. In full: "I understand Mrs. Alice Rossiter Willard, formerly clerk in the Census Bureau, is desirous of obtaining appointment in the Treasury Department. Mrs. Willard I understand has an excellent record in the Census Bureau, and I shall be glad if you can in any way assist her. I do not know what positions are exempt from Civil Service, or whether she could be accorded a special examination for entrance into the Treasury Department, but I hope you can assist her as I believe her a most deserving woman." LESLIE M. SHAW was Theodore Roosevelt's Secretary of the Treasury from February 1, 1902 until March 3, 1907. Dawes had served as President McKinley's Comptroller of the Currency (1898-1901) and was one of those at his bedside when he died on September 14, 1901 after being shot in Buffalo. In World War I, Dawes was Chief of Supply Procurement on General Pershing's staff and, in 1919, received the Distinguished Service Medal of the United States for "exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services" and medals from England, France, Italy and Belgium. In 1923, he was President of the German reparations commission formulating the Dawes Plan, for which he was awarded the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize. Light horizontal stain runs across the page at lower blank area. ¼-inch horizontal tear at blank left margin. Lightly creased at right margin. Overall, fine condition. SEE IF DOCUMENT 17541 IS FOR SALE RIGHT NOW!!
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