JOSEPH H. BALL - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 07/31/1945 - HFSID 293597
Price: $140.00
JOSEPH H. BALL
Letter responding to an autograph request, with a newspaper photo
affixed to the mounting page
Typed Letter signed: "Joseph H. Ball" as US Senator, 1
page, 6x8, affixed to an 8½x11 page which also bears a newspaper photo of Ball.
Affixed on verso is a transmittal envelope with Ball's ink stamped frank, and
another news photo showing Ball and other Senators conferring with Secretary of
State George Marshall. Washington, D.C., 1945 July 31. On his personal
Senate letterhead to Ralph E. Ward, Washington, D.C. In full: "In
reply to your letter of July 29, I am happy to send you my autograph for your
collection. Sincerely". JOSEPH HURST BALL (1905-1993), a journalist
and fiction writer, represented Minnesota in the US Senate (1940-1942,
1943-1949). Originally appointed to fill an unexpired term, the Republican
gained re-election to a full term. While opposing Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal
programs, he strongly supported the President's foreign policy. Initially
unpopular at home, his views seemed vindicated by Pearl Harbor. At 35, he was
the first Senator to register under the new Selective Service law he had helped
to draft. He lost his seat in 1948 to Democrat Hubert Humphrey. From the
collection of Ralph Errington Ward (1926-2009) a fighter pilot and
squadron commander in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II. Ward went
on to become President and CEO of Cheseborough-Ponds, Inc., transforming the
cosmetics firm into a major home product conglomerate. Fold crease through
center. Lightly creased from adhesive mounting on verso. Fine condition.
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