A Small Archive of Three Typed Letters Signed on His U. S. Senate Stationery by Senator Richard S. Schweiker - 1969

Washington, D.C.: Senator Richard S. Schweiker, 1969. An archive of three SIGNED typed letters from Schweiker to W. Carl Jackson, one dated 1969, two dated 1970, when Jackson was Director of Libraries at Penn State University. All three letters Fine, folded twice, stamped Received at bottom. Two of the letters are in regard to S.1519, a bill to establish a national commission on libraries and information science, and the third, S.3824, the Postal Service Bill, which had to do with eliminating preferential mailing rates for books, educational materials, library rates, and religious non-profits. Richard S. Schweiker was a Pennsylvania GOP US Senator from 1969-81 and the Secretary of Health and Human Services 1981-83 under President Reagan. When Reagan challenged President Ford for the Republican Party nomination in 1976, before the opening of the GOP Convention, Reagan promised to name Schweiker, who had a moderate-to-liberal Senate voting record, as his candidate for Vice President to balance the ticket. But Ford won the nomination, largely thanks to Reagan's risky move for Schweiker. When Reagan did finally become President, Schweiker was his choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Schweiker was also a pioneer in increasing government spending on diabetes research, through his authoring and sponsoring legislation, passed in 1974, to create the National Commission on Diabetes. SCARCE.. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. One Page,Folded. Fine. 8" x 10 1/2".