Hoover Herbert Herbert Hoover TLS Regarding "a rather important speech on the question of peace"1p typed letter signed by former 31st U.S. President Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) as "Herbert Hoover"at the bottom right. Written on October 12, 1943 at the Waldorf Astoria Towers hotel in New York City. On watermarked cream stationery with "Herbert Hoover" embossed in black at top. Expected light paper folds and a few paperclip impressions at upper left. Else near fine. 7.25" x 10.5". Accompanied by ten other pieces related to this chain of correspondence, further discussed below.Ex-President Herbert Hoover wrote to Dr. Robert Alway Peers of Colfax, California about obtaining his help. Hoover wanted to reserve local radio time slots in which to broadcast his "rather important speech on the question of peace" scheduled to take place two weeks later, on October 28, 1943.In part:"On Thursday, October 28th, I am delivering what I think is a rather important speech on the question of peace. It will be a continuation of some ideas I presented at Minneapolis and will be from an American point of view. I think it desirable to get as much distribution as possible…"On September 3, 1943 in Minneapolis, Hoover had delivered an address entitled "New Approaches to Peace". This was just the latest iteration of Hoover's ambitious peace settlement ideas; in 1942, he, along with career U.S. diplomat Hugh Gibson (1883-1954), co-authored a monograph entitled The Problems of Lasting Peace (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran). In the spring of 1943, Europe had been at war for over three and a half years, and the United States had been involved in the international conflict for seventeen months. While everyone's immediate focus remained winning the war, the question of peace terms was not far behind. The idea of drafting a peace while the war was still on-going was novel; historically, peace treaties were composed by the victors after the war had ended.The lot also includes ten carbon copies of Dr. Peers's correspondence, either to Hoover or to the heads of local radio stations and news agencies regarding their distribution of Hoover's broadcast. The carbon copies date from a four-week-long period between October 18, 1943 and November 13, 1943. Most of the carbons are clean and crisp. A few scattered paperclip impressions throughout or chipped edges, else near fine.Hoover's correspondent, Dr. Robert Alway Peers (1875-1970), was a Canadian émigré who relocated to Colfax, a town in northern California located about halfway in between Sacramento and Carson City, Nevada, in the early twentieth-century. Dr. Peers became a world-renowned specialist in tuberculosis treatment. He also served as the mayor of Colfax between 1922-1945.LOA from JSA