TLS, one page, 6.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, January 1, 1922. Letter to an admirer. In part, “I need hardly say that the support of men like yourself has kept me in heart. With cooperation I confidently expect the people of the country to return to the duties of international cooperation and resume the leadership in the affairs of the world which was lost by our fatuous refusal to enter the League of Nations.” Matted and framed with a photo of Wilson campaigning, to an overall size of 22.5 x 16.5. In fine condition, with a couple trivial creases and light mirroring of text along bottom edge. The Covenant of the League of Nations was drafted by a special commission, and the League was established by Part I of the Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on June 28, 1919. Initially, the Charter was signed by forty-four countries, including thirty-one which had taken part in the war on the side of the Triple Entente or joined it during the conflict. Despite Wilson’s efforts to establish and promote the League, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919, the United States neither ratified the Charter nor joined the League due to opposition in the U.S. Senate, especially influential Republicans Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts and William E. Borah of Idaho, together with Wilson’s refusal to compromise. LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
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