Warren G. Harding Typed Letter Signed

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 25, 1922. Letter to Lewis Strauss, in part: "You wrote me early in the month relative to the bestowal of a distinguished service medal upon our good friend Julius Rosenwald. I made acknowledgment of your letter and then submitted the matter to the Secretary of War…In view of the fact that it has been the policy of the War Department throughout this administration to limit the bestowal of service medals to military officers I should be reluctant to change the policy without the approval of Congress. I am rather sorry that such is the case, because I know something of the eminent and useful services which Mr. Rosenwald so patriotically and ably bestowed." In fine condition. Rosenwald was a businessman and philanthropist best known as a part owner of Sears, Roebuck and Company. His philanthropic efforts were devoted primarily to education, including the establishment of the 'Rosenwald Fund' to benefit the education of African-American children, and the funding the foundation of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

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