On November 30, 1914 Colonel Roosevelt Wrote to Lane Saying
“That’s a mighty fine poem on Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving! I wish you would give me a chance to see you sometime.
“I do not know Mr. Garrison and perhaps he would resent my saying that I think he has managed his Department excellently; but if you think he would not resent it, pray tell him so. I hear nothing but good of you—but if I did hear anything else I should not pay any heed to it. …”