Edith is believed to have exerted subtle influence over her husband. She and Teddy met privately every day from 8 to 9 am. The President's assistant, William Loeb, often helped sway Teddy to Edith's way of thinking. Edith read several newspapers a day and forwarded clippings she considered important to her husband. In a 1933 article in the "Boston Transcript", Isabelle Hagner reported that the legislation which created the National Portrait Gallery was passed because of Edith's influence. Historians believe her most important historical contribution was acting as an informal liaison between Teddy and British diplomat Cecil Spring Rice which gave Teddy unofficial information about the Russo-Japanese War. As a result of negotiating the treaty which ended that conflict, Teddy won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.