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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 We want to cut down on non-essential activities ... CD 1 - Berryman...TITLE:We want to cut down on non-essential activities ...CALL NUMBER:CD 1 - Berryman (C.K.), no. 174 (A size) <P&P>[P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:_ _ _ _ _ SUMMARY:World War II cartoon shows Uncle Sam polling those members of his cabinet not directly concerned with defense, saying, "We want to cut down on non-essential activities. So only those whose work is absolutely essential to the war will raise their hands." All the members raise both hands. Members include: Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones, Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes, Attorney General Francis Biddle, and Postmaster General Frank C. Walker. At his January 30, 1942 press conference, Roosevelt jokingly suggested that in order to relieve overcrowding in Washington, non-defense people, or "parasites," should be asked to leave. MEDIUM:1 drawing. CREATED/PUBLISHED:1942 Feb. 16. CREATOR: Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949, artist. NOTES: Inscribed: "To Esteemed Friend, Jesse Jones. Hoping He''ll Not Have Take[n] the ''Parasite Special.''" Probably published in: The Evening star (Washington, D.C.). (DLC/PP-1945:R2.167) mm / 860115; ljr / 011115. Source: Public papers and addresses of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1942, p. 77 -- ljr. SUBJECTS: Wickard, Claude R. (Claude Raymond), 1893-1967 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 2a05879 CONTROL #:acd1996000493/PP
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