Excerpt, The Use of Presidential Power, 1789-1943 by George Fort Milton
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OCR Page 1 of 5THE USE OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER
1789-1943
By
George Fort Milton (1944)
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"The most far-reaching extension of presidential power Theodore
Roosevelt ever undertook to employ was his plan to occupy and operate
Pennsylvania's anthracite coal mines, under his authority as Commander
in Chief. In the issue, he found other means than force to end the 1902
hard-coal strike, but he had made detailed plans to use his power as
Commander in Chief to wrest the mines from the stubborn operators,
so that coal production would begin again. In view of his direct action
in such matters as Panama, there seems little reason to doubt that he
would have carried out his occupational plans.
"This strike, covering the whole anthracite field, began early in
the spring of 1902, and resulted in virtual paralysis of coal production.
The ensuing coal famine became increasingly disastrous to the populous
industrial States from Ohio east. As it went into the fall, the specter of
great public disorder disturbed ordinarily conservative men; the Gover-
nor of Massachusetts, the Mayor of New York and other officials warned
the President that if the famine continued, the consequences would be
frightful. T. R. believed the situation before Pennsylvania, New York
and New England, by October, 'was quite as serious as if they had been
threatened by the invasion of a hostile army of overwhelming force'.
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