Just how long is this going to last? CD 1 - Berryman (C.K.), no. 142...

CALL NUMBER:CD 1 - Berryman (C.K.), no. 142 (A size) <P&P>[P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:_ _ _ _ _

SUMMARY:Three-panel cartoon shows John Q. Public reacting to conflicting warnings about a gasoline shortage. In the first panel, Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes cries, "Wolf, Wolf," causing John Q. to race off with a gasoline can. In the second, he returns when Senator Francis Maloney says, "He was only fooling. Aint no wolf!" In the third, he races off again when acting Federal Petroleum Coordinator Ralph K. Davies cries out, "Wolf." The cartoon refers to the story of the boy who falsely cried "Wolf" to tease his neighbors. When a wolf finally appeared, they no longer believed him. In the summer of 1941, as the United States strove to provide Great Britain with the supplies necessary to continue her war against Germany, Ickes called for a voluntary reduction in the use of gas and warned that rationing might be necessary. The public was confused when prominent senators, such as Maloney and administration officials disagreed as to whether there was actually a gasoline shortage.

MEDIUM:1 drawing.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:1941 Sept. 10.

CREATOR:

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949, artist.

NOTES:

Probably published in: The Evening star (Washington, D.C.).

(DLC/PP-1945:R2.136)

mm / 860114; ljr / 010830.

Sources: Britannica book of the year, 1941, p. 518; New York times, Aug. 14, p. 9; Sept. 10, p. 1 -- ljr

SUBJECTS:

Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952.
Maloney, Francis Thomas, 1894-1945.
Davies, Ralph K. (Ralph Kenneth), 1897-1971.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--United States.
Consumer rationing--United States--1940-1950.
Gasoline--United States--1940-1950.
John Q. Public--1940-1950.

FORMAT:

Editorial cartoons American.
Drawings.

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 2a05848

CONTROL #:acd1996000459/PP

Pop Art Machine Code: acd-2a05000-2a05800-2a05848