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Fulbright Resolution and Letters

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Fulbright Resolution and Letters
<B>Original Red-Line Printing of House Resolution 25, the "Fulbright Resolution" Which Led to the Formation of the United Nations.</B></I> One page, 10" x 15", 78th Congress, 1st Session, dated September 21, 1943 and signed by House Clerk, "<I>South Trimble</B></I>", with gilt embossed seal affixed to the lower left margin. The document reads in part: "<I>Resolved by the House of Representatives…That the Congress hereby expresses itself as favoring the creation of appropriate international machinery with power adequate to establish and to maintain a just and lasting peace, among other nations of the world…</B></I>". There are only some minor stains present that don't detract from the overall presentation of this historic document. This may well have been William Fulbright's (1905-1995) copy of the resolution. <BR><BR>Included with the document is a one page typed letter on letterhead, dated January 11, 1945 from Vice President Henry A. Wallace to Fulbright signed "<I>H. A. Wallace</B></I>" that obviously accompanied a copy of William A. "Billy" Bishop's book <I>Winged Peace.</B></I> The letter reads in part: "<I>I am sending you WINGED PEACE because "the rush of rocket and thrust of jet", combined with certain extraordinary types of explosives not yet fully developed, will make necessary a complete re-examination of our air thinking.</B></I>" The letter is in itself historic in that the "<I>extraordinary types of explosives not yet fully developed</B></I>" must surely be an early and potentially careless reference to the atomic bomb used eight months later. A carbon copy of Fulbright's thank you to Vice President Wallace, dated January 15, 1945 is included. Both letters are in fine condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Small Collectibles (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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