GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/24/1921 - HFSID 26432

GEORGE WOODWARD WICKERSHAM
George Woodward Wickersham signed this letter, typed in 1921, to Richard Washburn Child, U. S. Ambassador to Italy. In it, he talks about joining National United Americans.
Typed letter signed "Geo W.Wickersham". 1 page, 8¼x10½.March 24, 1921. Addressed to Richard Washburn Child, Esq., Washington, D. C. In full: "Dear Mr. Child: Thank you very much for your note about the Nation-al United Americans. I quite agree with what you say. I do not know whether I am going in to this new organization or not. We have had a meeting today, and discussed it somewhat, and will meet again in two or three days. If I do go in, it will be for the purpose of helping to have the thing organized from the ground up by local organizations in the different States and different large cities, and the central body merely a group of delegates meeting from time to time. Faithfully yours,". Author and diplomat RICHARD WASHBURN CHILD (1881-1935) was a correspondent in Europe and Russia and wrote propaganda for the Treasury Department during World War II before becoming editor of Colliers and The Saturday Evening Post. He was also U. S. Ambassador to Italy (1921-1924) and helped fund Benito Mussolini's March on Rome in 1922. He later became a paid propaganda writer for Mussolini, ghostwriting and serializing his book My Autobiography in The Saturday Evening Post,and was one of the leading American proponents of fascism until his death. GEORGE WOODWARD WICKERSHAM (1858-1936) was a prominent corporation lawyer. As U.S. Attorney General (1909-1913) under President Taft, he successfully prosecuted many corporations under the Sherman Antitrust Act. In 1929, he was appointed by President Hoover to head the National Commission on Law Observance and Law Enforcement, which came to be called the Wickersham Commission. It concluded in its final report of 1931 that the federal machinery for enforcing criminal law in the United States was inadequate. Lightly toned and creased. Discolored along top right corner and on right edge (does not touch signature). Light tear in left and right edges. Random ink stains. Folded in half horizontally and twice vertically. Otherwise in fine condition.