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KENNEDY, John F. (1917-1963), President . Document signed ("John F. Kennedy"), as President, Washington, 24 December 1962. COUNTERSIGNED BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY ("Robert F. Kennedy"), as Attorney General, Washington, 24 December 1962. 2 pages, folio, gold embossed seal of Justice Department alongside the signatures, with 1953 and 1962 letters from the Justice Department .
KENNEDY, John F. (1917-1963), President . Document signed ("John F. Kennedy"), as President, Washington, 24 December 1962. COUNTERSIGNED BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY ("Robert F. Kennedy"), as Attorney General, Washington, 24 December 1962. 2 pages, folio, gold embossed seal of Justice Department alongside the signatures, with 1953 and 1962 letters from the Justice Department . A CHRISTMAS EVE PARDON FOR JOHN FACTOR, AND A RARE COMBINATION OF JFK'S AND RFK'S SIGNATURE. John Factor (1892-1984) was a rabbi's son, born Iakov Faktorowicz, the youngest of ten children, in Hull, England. His parents took him to Lodz, Poland before his first birthday where he lived until he was 11 years old. The family immigrated to St. Louis before settling in Chicago. Though lacking a formal education, Mr. Factor was highly intelligent and processed a sharp mind. As a young man doing low level jobs he got the moniker "Jake the Barber" which he disliked. By the early 1920s he was a successful confidence man, allegedly receiving a $50,000 loan from Arnold Rothstein and Al Capone to pull off an $8 million swindle of investors and members of the royal family in England. It was then considered the largest stock swindle in European history. In 1933, Mr. Factor was the center of a sensational kidnapping case when--facing deportation to England and a 24-year prison sentence for his stock scam--he was seized by members of the Roger "Terrible" Touhy gang and ransomed for $70,000. Uncertainty still lingers over this episode as to whether it was a genuine or a staged kidnapping, and who, in fact, was responsible for it. (The Beatles included John Factor on the album cover for "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" which featured infamous English personalities.) In 1943, Mr. Factor was convicted of mail fraud and served 10 years in prison. Two years after his release, in 1955, John and Rella Factor purchased the famous Stardust Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas after its creator, Los Angeles gambler and crime figure Tony Cornero, died of a massive heart attack. Mr. Factor was alleged to be a front man for the Chicago mob. He could not get a Gaming License so he was forced to sell his interest in January 1958 to Moe Dalitz, Allard Roen and their Desert Inn associates. Mr. Factor was married four times and fathered two children, Jerome, from his first wife and Alan from his third. He was the half-brother of Max Factor, Sr., the founder of the Max Factor cosmetics firm. In his later years he amassed a fortune from real estate and wise investments, allowing him to devote the last 25 years of his life to philanthropy, helping low income people in the Los Angeles area. He was also a supporter of Israel and numbered David Ben Gurion and Golda Meir among his friends. He died at his home in Beverley Hills in 1984. His funeral was attended by three U.S. senators, L.A. mayor Tom Bradley, and former governor Edmund "Pat" Brown. In 1960, Mr. Factor supported and donated to John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign. On December 24, 1962, President Kennedy granted John Factor this full Presidential Pardon. This Pardon is signed by both President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. It is generally the practice of Presidents to offer pardons and clemency at the end of their term in office. Since President Kennedy did not live to see the end of his term in office makes this document all the more valuable to American History. RARE. Only two other JFK pardons have sold at auction in the last 40 years. (3)