TLS as president, one page, 6.25 x 7, White House letterhead, May 10, 1923. Letter to Ernest Havier. In part, 'I will not venture upon a reply to any of the suggestions made therein, but I will postpone reply until you call upon me in Washington. I know concerning General Daugherty's appraisal of you and the things you did in 1920. He has commended you to me very cordially. I would prefer to talk over the political situation with him and you at the same time. General Daugherty is leaving for Ohio on Friday and will probably be absent for ten days or two weeks. Upon his return I shall be glad to have you call, and I am satisfied that it will be as pleasing to him as it will be to me to have a joint conference.' This letter was written at a time when Harding's administration was rapidly plunging into deep difficulty. The Republican party had lost a great deal of ground in the previous election and knowledge of certain scandals about to reach the public. The most serious of them came to be known as the Teapot Dome Scandal, in which oil reserves were leased to private corporations for exploitation. Cloth matted and framed with a color portrait of Harding, to an overall size of 20 x 14. In fine condition, with an even shade of toning and a small hole to one letter of text of letter. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
