ROOSEVELT, THEODORE, President. Typed letter signed ("Theodore Roosevelt") to Willis C. Cook, New York, 23 January 1918. 1 page, 4to, on Metropolitan magazine stationery, with a nine-word autograph insertion by TR and bold notation: "Private." A strongly worded letter speculating on President Wilson's overtures to former Roosevelt Progressives and clarifying his own policies: "There is not one word of truth in that statement. It has never entered my head to make any such offer; I never have thought of making such a campaign. My opinion of Mr. Townley remains entirely unchanged by what you tell me. Will you get my book called 'The Foes of Our Own Household' and read the chapter on the farmer? I think it will satisfy you. I quite agree with you that President Wilson is doubtless trying to secure the friendship of Mr. Townley...,[Senator Robert] La Follette and other...[Progressives] of the same type..." Robert La Follette (1855-1925), Republican, served as Governor of Wisconsin, as Senator and was the Progressive Party candidate for the Presidency in 1924.