PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON - DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT SIGNED 09/15/1965 CO-SIGNED BY: GEORGE W. BALL - HFSID 285923
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LYNDON B. JOHNSON and GEORGE W. BALL
LBJ as President, and Ball as Acting Secretary of State, sign the official
appointment of Arthur Goldberg, formerly Supreme Court Justice, as US ambassador
to the United Nations.
Historic Partly Printed DS: "Lyndon B. Johnson" as President
and "George W. Ball" as Acting Secretary of State, 1 page,
21½x17½. Washington, 1965 September 15. Appointment of Arthur J. Goldberg to
the General Assembly of the United Nations to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Adlai E. Stevenson. In full: "Know Ye, that reposing special
trust and confidence in the Integrity and Ability of Arthur J. Goldberg, of
Illinois, I have nominated, and by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, do designate him as a Representative of the United States of America to
the Twentieth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and do
authorize and empower him to execute and fulfill the duties of this commission,
according to law, with all the powers and privileges thereunto of right
appertaining during the pleasure of the President of the United States."
On July 14, 1965, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson
died suddenly in London at the age of 65. ARTHUR J. GOLDBERG, President
Kennedy's Secretary of Labor, had been appointed an Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court on October 1, 1962.President JOHNSON
convinced Goldberg to resign his lifetime appointment to the court to serve his
country at the United Nations.When Goldberg resigned from his post at
the United Nations in 1968, he was succeeded by GEORGE WILDMAN BALL, who
signed this appointment. At the time of this document, Ball was Acting Secretary
of State in the absence of Secretary of State Dean Rusk, who served under
Kennedy and Johnson. George Ball (1909-1994) was Under-Secretary of State in
the Kennedy and Johnson administrations (1961-1966). The highest administration
official to oppose US military involvement in Vietnam, Ball resigned his office
in 1966, his advice unheeded. However, Ball never openly criticized President
Johnson, and he accepted appointment as Goldberg's replacement in June 1968,
after LBJ had agreed to peace talks aimed at ending the conflict. Only with the
unauthorized publication of the Pentagon Papers in 1971 did Ball's
longstanding and consistent opposition to the Vietnam War become publicly
known.3½-inch diameter Presidential seal affixed to left of Ball's
signature. Fine condition.
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