JAMES P. MITCHELL - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 10/13/1958 - HFSID 291649
Sale Price $180.00
Reg. $200.00
JAMES P. MITCHELL
Eisenhower's Secretary of Labor responds to an Ohio man expressing
gratitude for sending copies of the "Timely Prayer" and thanking him for his
kind thoughts.
Typed Letter signed: "James Mitchell" as Secretary of
Labor, 1 page, 8x10½. Washington, 1958 October 13. On U.S. Department
of Labor, Office of the Secretary letterhead addressed to Mr. M. T. Lizner,
Norwood 12, Ohio. In full: "Dear Mr. Lizner: I am indeed grateful to
you for sending me copies of the "Timely Prayer". I also want to thank you for
your kind thoughts. Sincerely yours," James Paul Mitchell (1900-1964)
was Director of Industrial Personnel for the War Department during World
War II, continuing to work on Army labor relations through the Korean War.
He was Secretary of Labor in the Eisenhower administration (1953-1961),
where his emphasis on employment discrimination and the status of migrant
workers earned him the nickname "social conscience of the Republican
Party." He lost a close race for Governor of New Jersey in 1961. Multiple
mailing folds. Lightly toned. Otherwise, fine condition.
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