JOHN HENRY FAULK - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 03/24/1978 - HFSID 343595

JOHN HENRY FAULK
The notable radio personality and anti-AWARE advocate signs this First Day Cover
Autograph note signed: "For Henry Lohrengeler,/With warm regards,/John Henry Faulk/3/24/78" in black ink. 6½x3½. First Day Cover honoring Harry S. Truman, postmarked Kansas City, Missouri, June 19, 1973. 8c stamp affixed. OPENING DAY ISSUE. John Henry Faulk (1913-1990), was a storyteller and radio show host. While a soldier at Camp Swift in World War II, Faulk began writing his own radio scripts. After an interview at WCBS in New York City, the network executives were sufficiently impressed to offer him his own radio show, Johnny's Front Porch. His radio successes provided opportunity for him to appear as himself on television, in shows like the 1951 Mark Goodson and William Todman game show It's News to Me, hosted by John Charles Daly. He also appeared on Leave It to the Girls in 1953 and The Name's the Same in 1955. Faulk's radio career at CBS ended in 1957, a victim of the Cold War and the blacklisting of the 1950s. An anti-AWARE, non-communist, when Faulk discovered that AWARE was actively keeping radio stations from offering him employment, he sought compensation. On June 28, 1962, the jury awarded him the largest libel judgment in history to that date - $3.5 million, though an appeals court lowered the amount to $500,000. Toned. Corners rounded. Otherwise, fine condition.