Personal service by the headwaiter himself CD 1 - Berryman (C.K.),...

CALL NUMBER:CD 1 - Berryman (C.K.), no. 246 (A size) <P&P>[P&P]

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SUMMARY:World War II cartoon shows President Roosevelt as the headwaiter serving a large cup of coffee to an enthusiastic Uncle Sam, saying, "Plenty of sugar on the way, sir." Three dissatisfied waiters in the background: Office of Price Administration head Prentiss M. Brown, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau and Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes complain. Brown says, "Look at him -- serving the coffee himself and giving out the sugar. All he lets me do is tell a guest what he can''t have." Morgenthau agrees, "I know how you feel, Bud. He orders the dinner and then makes me collect the bill." Ickes adds, "I''ll bet he''ll be the one who fills up the gas tank, too, and drives him home." Brown, Morgenthau, and Ickes, responsible for many of the restrictions on consumer products and the rise in taxes, necessary for the conduct of the war, were the frequent targets of popular criticism. Many observed that Roosevelt, concerned to protect the personal popularity that he felt was necessary for him to continue to provide war leadership, was not slow to let others take the blame.

MEDIUM:1 drawing.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:1943 Aug. 1.

CREATOR:

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949, artist.

NOTES:

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

(DLC/PP-1945:R2.238)

mm / 860115; ljr / 020524.

SUBJECTS:

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Brown, Prentiss Marsh, 1889-
Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967.
Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952.
World War, 1939-1945--Political aspects--United States.
Consumer rationing--United States--1940-1950.
Waiters--United States--1940-1950.
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--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 2a05950

CONTROL #:acd1996000565/PP

Pop Art Machine Code: acd-2a05000-2a05900-2a05950