In 1909, Glavis was an agent of the Department's United States General Land Office's Field Division in the northwestern United States and was based in Portland, Oregon. He provided Pinchot with information about land deals in Alaska which he, Glavis, believed were illegal. Pinchot, in turn, accused Secretary Ballinger of providing Clarence Cunningham's syndicate of land claims that did not respect Roosevelt's conservation policies; policies Taft claimed to uphold in his administration. These accusations led to the controversy. After a Senate hearing, Ballinger was exonerated and Glavis was fired on the grounds of insubordination by President Taft who supported Ballinger's position.[1]
In 1933, Glavis was rehired by incoming Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes as Chief of the Division of Investigation. This Division was responsible for investigating charges of corruption involving all the Department's many business contracts.[2] However, after three years, Ickes found Glavis to have a generally insubordinate nature. Glavis would conduct unauthorized surveillance of Department employees he felt were disloyal, for example. Ultimately, Glavis resigned from the Department in the summer of 1936 and was transferred to a Senate investigating committee.[3] Later, Ickes wrote in his diary that he felt disappointed in Glavis, whom Ickes had once admired for his honesty; and that he had been unfairly unjust toward Ballinger, someone he had opposed in 1910, as he had also had to act in a similar way with Glavis.[4] In the biographical supplement that came with the Ickes diaries that were published in 1953, it is mentioned that Glavis had returned to a private law practice.
louis, glavis, louis, russell, glavis, 1883, 1971, american, lawyer, employee, united, states, department, interior, prominent, figure, 1910, pinchot, ballinger, controversy, political, dispute, between, president, taft, secretary, interior, richard, ballinger. Louis Russell Glavis 1883 1971 was an American lawyer and an employee of the United States Department of the Interior He was a prominent figure in the 1910 Pinchot Ballinger controversy a political dispute between President Taft s Secretary of Interior Richard Ballinger and conservationist Gifford Pinchot over Governmental conservation policies Glavis in 1934Biography editIn 1909 Glavis was an agent of the Department s United States General Land Office s Field Division in the northwestern United States and was based in Portland Oregon He provided Pinchot with information about land deals in Alaska which he Glavis believed were illegal Pinchot in turn accused Secretary Ballinger of providing Clarence Cunningham s syndicate of land claims that did not respect Roosevelt s conservation policies policies Taft claimed to uphold in his administration These accusations led to the controversy After a Senate hearing Ballinger was exonerated and Glavis was fired on the grounds of insubordination by President Taft who supported Ballinger s position 1 In 1933 Glavis was rehired by incoming Secretary of Interior Harold L Ickes as Chief of the Division of Investigation This Division was responsible for investigating charges of corruption involving all the Department s many business contracts 2 However after three years Ickes found Glavis to have a generally insubordinate nature Glavis would conduct unauthorized surveillance of Department employees he felt were disloyal for example Ultimately Glavis resigned from the Department in the summer of 1936 and was transferred to a Senate investigating committee 3 Later Ickes wrote in his diary that he felt disappointed in Glavis whom Ickes had once admired for his honesty and that he had been unfairly unjust toward Ballinger someone he had opposed in 1910 as he had also had to act in a similar way with Glavis 4 In the biographical supplement that came with the Ickes diaries that were published in 1953 it is mentioned that Glavis had returned to a private law practice References edit Mowry pp 252 255 Watkins pp 332 333 Watkins pp 432 433 Ickes p 550Bibliography editIckes Harold The Secret Diary of Harold L Ickes The First Thousand Days New York Simon and Schuster 1953 Mowry George The Era of Theodore Roosevelt New York Harper amp Row 1958 SBN 06 133022 1 Watkins T H Righteous Pilgrim New York Henry Holt and Co 1990 ISBN 0 8050 2112 4 pbk nbsp nbsp This biographical article about a United States activist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an environmental activist or conservationist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Louis Glavis amp oldid 1201304420, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
