RICHARD L. "DICK" NEUBERGER - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 12/17/1959 CO-SIGNED BY: WALLACE TURNER - HFSID 34669

RICHARD L. "DICK" NEUBERGER and WALLACE TURNER
Notes to TV host George Sanders from Senator Neuberger and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Turner
Autograph Note Signed: "To/George Sanders/With Warm Regards/From/Dick Neuberger/U.S. Senator - Oregon/Dec. 17, 1959- 'Enjoyed very much our/informed discussion!'" and on verso "To Geo Sanders/ Who's a prize winner /himself/Wally Turner" 2p. 7¾x10 front and verso - newspaper clipping and photo of Turner affixed below his note. Richard L. Neuberger (1912-1960) was born in the Portland, Oregon area, was educated at the University of Oregon and became the Northwest correspondent for the New York Times (1939-1954). He was elected to the State house of representatives (1941-1942), served in the US Army (1942-1945) - upon his return home, he was elected to the State senate (1949-1954) and the U.S. Senate (1955-1960) where he served as an outspoken liberal until his death at age 47. His wife, Maurine Neuberger (1907-2000) was elected to replace him serving from 1960-1967. In addition to his work with the New York Times, Neuberger published 5 books; An Army of the Aged (1936), Our Promised Land (1938), The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1951, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (1953) and Adventures in Politics: We Go to the Legislature (1954). Newspaper journalists Wallace Turner (1921-2010) and William Lamber, while working for the Portland Oregonian won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for their expose of vice and corruption in Portland involving municipal officials and officers of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Western Conference. During the investigation, Turner became associated with Bobby Kennedy and ended up working in public relations in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (early 1960s) during the Kennedy administration. Turner worked as a correspondent for the New York Times from the 1960s through the 1980s. Left edge ragged from previous binding. Lightly creased and toned. Otherwise, fine condition.