JAMES A. FARLEY - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/19/1945 - HFSID 293506

JAMES A. FARLEY
TLS on letterhead of the Coca-Cola Export Corporation
Typed Letter signed: "James A. Farley", 1 page, 8x10. Affixed at top to an 8½x11 page. New York, N.Y., 1945 November 19. On letterhead of the Coca-Cola Export Corporation, James A. Farley, Chairman of the Board, to Captain Ralph E. Ward, Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C. In full: "This is the first opportunity I have had to acknowledge your letter of November 13th, and to comply with your request and to comply with your request for my autograph. You have a very fascinating hobby and I'm sure you find it interesting to observe the different signatures. I am delighted to know that you are improving and sincerely hope your recovery will be rapid and that things will go well with you in the days to follow. With my very kind regards, Sincerely yours". James Aloysius Farley (1888-1976) was Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (1932-1940) and Postmaster General (1933-1940) under Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose presidential campaigns he had managed in 1932 and 1936. He held both posts until disagreeing with FDR about running for a third term in 1940, leading to his resigning from both positions that year (Farley remained Chairman of the Democratic Party in New York state, a position in which he served from 1930-1944). After leaving FDR's administration, Farley served as Chairman of the Board of the Coca-Cola Export Corporation of New York until his retirement in 1973. From the collection of Frank Errington Ward (1926-2009). Ward, a fighter pilot and squadron commander in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II, who went on to become President and CEO of Cheseborough-Ponds, Inc., transforming the cosmetics firm into a major home product conglomerate. Adhesive on verso (affixing letter to the page). Paperclip indentation at top left. Normal mailing folds. Lightly creased. Otherwise, fine condition.