HENRY CABOT LODGE JR. - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 01/16/1956 - HFSID 328046

HENRY CABOT LODGE, JR.
His signed letter as US Representative to the United Nations declaring: "God should be openly and audibly invoked at the United Nations."
Type letter signed: "H.C. Lodge Jr", in blue ink 1p, 8x10½. New York City, New York. January 16, 1956. On his letterhead as US Representative to the United Nationsto "Dear Mr. McCullugh" George McCullugh, in full: "Thank you for your letter of January 11, 1956. I am deeply appreciative of your support of my proposal that God should be openly and audibly invoked at the United Nations. Your encouragement is a source of real inspiration. Sincerely yours,"Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985), the grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge, began his political career in the Massachusetts state house of representatives (1933-1936) before serving as a Republican U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1937-1944 and 1947-1952, his terms split due to his service during WWII). Defeated by John F. Kennedy in 1952, Lodge was appointed by President Eisenhower as Chief of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in 1953. Having both the rank of Ambassador and a position on Ike's Cabinet, Lodge became influential in the formulation of U.S. foreign policy.His exposure during frequent televised UN debates led to his selection as Richard Nixon's running mate for Vice President in 1960, but the ticket lost to Democrats JFK and LBJ. Sent to South Vietnam as Ambassador by President Kennedy and again by President Johnson, Lodge was later dispatched by President Nixon as U.S. Representative at the Paris peace talks on Vietnam. In between Vietnam assignments, he was U.S. Ambassador to Germany. Lodge won the Republican Presidential primary in New Hampshire as a write-in candidate in 1964. A strong supporter of peace, Lodge has been famously quoted saying of the United Nations: "This organization is created to prevent you from going to hell. It isn't created to take you to heaven". Normal mailing folds. Lightly creased and toned. Otherwise, fine condition.