[ Autographs ] LAZAR KAGANOVICH Soviet politician who served the government from Lenin to Khruschev, he was the #3 man under Stalin and the only Jew to serve on Stalin's cabinet and in the Council of Ministers. Scarce T.L.S. on his ministerial letterhead as head of the Soviet railway system, 1p. 4to., Moscow, Feb. 12, 1948 to the Ministerof Foreign Trade requesting the purchase of some heavy metal presses.Torn file holes at blank left margin, otherwise very good.