NORMAN COUSINS - DOCUMENT SIGNED 08/27/1968 CO-SIGNED BY: THERON C. LIDDLE - HFSID 42599

NORMAN COUSINS, CO-SIGNED BY: THERON C. LIDDLE
The editor of the Saturday Review signed this document in 1968 to give the editor and book publisher permission to reprint one of his quotes about war
Document signed "Theron C. Liddle" in blue ink and "Norman Cousins" in black ink. 1 page, 8½x11, on letterhead of the Deseret News. Dated August 27, 1988. Addressed to Mr. Norman Cousins, New York City. This document is part of a letter from Liddle, managing editor of the Deseret News, asking Cousins for his permission to reprint one of his quotes: "It makes little difference how magnificent are our new buildings or how impressive are our private kingdoms. If no answer is found to war, all men will die poor".This quote was to be printed in a collection being prepared by Liddle and his wife. Theron C. Liddle (1912-1977) was a writer who published a series titled A Thought for Today throughout the 1960s, encompassing a total of five volumes. He was managing editor at the Deseret News from 1949-1971. Norman Cousins (1915-1990) was editor of the Saturday Review for nearly forty years (1942-1978), transforming it from a struggling journal to an influential publication with 600,000 subscribers. He wrote dozens of books and hundreds of essays and editorials. President of the United World Federalists and co-founder of SANE (National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy), Cousins crusaded tirelessly to reign in the nuclear arms race and for international peace and social justice. Cousins also believed strongly in the importance of a positive mental attitude in combating disease, a view he promoted in his best-selling book Anatomy of an Illness(1979). President Kennedy thanked Cousins publicly for his role in promoting the test ban treaty (1963), and Pope John XXIII awarded him his personal medallion. After retiring from Saturday Review, Cousins taught medical ethics at UCLA.Lightly soiled, creased and rippled. Purple ink transference, which touches both signatures. Pen skipped while writing Cousin's signature, which is still legible. Folded twice and unfolded. Otherwise, fine condition.