Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19.25 x 15.25, November 12, 1946. President Truman appoints Willard L. Thorp "an Assistant Secretary of State…for the time being and until the end of the next session of the Senate of the United States, and no longer." Signed at the conclusion by Truman and countersigned by acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Nicely matted and framed to an overall size of 29 x 25. In fine condition, with some light curling to the intact seal.
Thorp was an economist who worked as an advisor in both domestic and foreign affairs under Truman and his predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Under Truman, he helped develop the Marshall Plan, served as a special advisor at the Paris Peace Conference, and as a representative to the United Nations General Assembly from 1947 to 1948. Under heavy scrutiny during Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigations into alleged Communists in the federal government, he resigned in 1952, ending his distinguished career in a flurry of scandal.
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