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Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1945
HULL, Cordell (1871-1955). American politician, United States Secretary of State for eleven years. He advised President Roosevelt to reject the S.S. St. Louis, a German ocean liner carrying 936 Jews seeking asylum. Hull’s decision sent the Jews back to Europe on the eve of the Holocaust. It is said that 254 of the passengers were murdered by the Nazi’s. Hull created the Federal Income Tax, he established the United Nations and FDR called him the Father of the U.N. During 1945, he was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Harris & Ewing photograph, 8”x10”, half-length photo, inscribed, signed, and dated. “To Mrs. Thomas A. Wadden, from your father’s old friend and colleague, Cordell Hull, June 1938.” A small section of the middle right margin a bit rough, otherwise very good....$125.00
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