Lot 164
Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower gives Anslinger full power and authority to negotiate and sign a protocol with authorized representatives of various governments with the intent to limit the production of opium. The Harrison Act, a group of laws passed in 1914, greatly reduced the opiate addiction problem in the US, however, addiction to opiates, particular heroin, began to increase in the late 1940s, and it may have been in reaction to this increase that the conference was held (opiates such as morphine, codeine and paregoric however, are legal for medicinal purposes).
Signed in brown ink by President Eisenhower and by John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State (a position once held by Dulles' grandfather, John Watson Foster, who served under Benjamin Harrison from June 1892 to February 1893). Large embossed paper seal of the US at lower left. Beautifully matted together with a bust engraving of Eisenhower and a bronze Presidential medallion, and framed to an overall size of 32 x 18". 34th President of the United States, 1953-1961.
Typed Document Signed As President. One page, Folio, Washington DC, June 8, 1953. President Eisenhower addresses the drug trade problem.
Important document names "…Harry J. Anslinger, United States Delegate to the United Nations International Opium Conference, which convened at New York May 11, 1953…"
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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