TYPED LETTER SIGNED by Media Mogul RUPERT MURDOCH to U.S. Congressman SEYMOUR HALPERN mentioning the allegations about JOHN MCGOFF.

New York: December 1, 1978., 1978. Very good. - Over 80 words typed on his 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide "New York Post / Office of the Publisher" stationery. Replying to U.S. Congressman's note, media mogul Rupert Murdoch writes, "I was probably being a little over-sensitive when I wrote to you, but I had just read the allegations that were being made in South Africa about John McGoff." He concludes by suggesting they make a "lunch date sometime in early January, if that suits you." Signed "Rupert Murdoch". Folded twice for mailing with light diagonal creases and a paperclip stain at top left and a couple of ink lines at the bottom. Very good.John McGoff, who owned seventy newspapers was a competitor of Murdoch's. He was accused of using South African government money to try and buy the Washington Star - which Murdoch also tried to buy.The Queens, New York Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) started his political career as a campaign aide to New York's powerful mayor Fiorella La Guardia and first served in New York's State Senate for 14 years before seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress. In Albany Halpern sponsored 279 bills that became law, including measures on schools, housing, civil rights, nutrition and mental health. A Liberal, he was something of an anomaly as the lone Republican representative from New York City, and generally garnered support from Labor Unions and endorsement from the Liberal Party. Yet he never even considered switching parties as he considered membership in the Republican Party a family tradition and commitment. While he found ample time for his private pursuits, including painting and collecting autographs, he took his legislative duties very seriously. Of these, he was proudest of his co-sponsorship of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of the original 1965 Medicare legislation.…