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Options: 1) Download Source Image from Library of Congress 2) If link above doesn't work, try alternate LOC link 3) Report broken link Eternal vigilance is the price of national defense CD 1 - Berryman...TITLE:Eternal vigilance is the price of national defenseCALL NUMBER:CD 1 - Berryman (C.K.), no. 117 (A size) <P&P>[P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:_ _ _ _ _ SUMMARY:Cartoon shows Uncle Sam as a weary shipbuilder mopping his brow. Behind him, a thug labeled "Saboteur" prepares to hit him with a sledge hammer. The caption is a variant on the popular phrase, "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." As the threat of the spread of the war in Europe loomed, the United States mounted a massive rearmament program. In May 1941, the FBI received reports that a wide-spread sabotage effort was planned for the Memorial Day weekend. Guards were increased at defense plants and shipyards, but the attacks never materialized. MEDIUM:1 drawing. CREATED/PUBLISHED:1941 June 1. CREATOR: Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949, artist. NOTES: Probably published in: The Evening star (Washington, D.C.). (DLC/PP-1945:R2.111) mm / 860113; ljr / 010607. Source: Facts on file, 1941, p. 243 -- ljr SUBJECTS: Sabotage--United States--1940-1950. FORMAT: Editorial cartoons American. PART OF:Cartoon Drawings (Library of Congress) REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:(digital file from intermediary roll film copy) acd 2a05823 CONTROL #:acd1996000434/PP
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