03133ckm a22005657a 4500 15178202 20250607023239.9 kd bo cr ||||||||||| 080212e19620227xxunnn kneng 15178202 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-printpho qw44 2008-02 LCAP batch update 2025-06-01-04:00: LCAPM-861 2008676748 LC-DIG-ppmsca-17200 DLC (digital file from original drawing) DLC DLC gihc BLOCK, no. 5546 Block, Herbert, 1909-2001, artist. "Isn't there some way to blow the hatch on these things?" [graphic] / Herblock. 1962 February 27. 1 drawing : graphite and ink brush with opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.6 x 36.5 cm (sheet) still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia Digital image computer c rdamedia sheet nb rdacarrier Digital image online resource cr rdacarrier Title from item. Signed "Herblock" lower right. Copyright, 1962, The Washington Post Co. Editorial cartoon shows a despondent President Kennedy leaning over the edge of a small boat watching his social programs, shaped like the Liberty Bell 7 space capsule, flounder; "Urban Affairs Bill" has already slipped beneath the surface and the "Kennedy Education Program" appears on the verge of doing the same, also, due to "Committee Bottlenecks" there seems little hope for salvaging "Medical Aid to Aged." A frustrated passenger, possibly representing John Q. Public, asks if something can't be done "to blow the hatch on these things?" Publication may be restricted. For information see "Herbert Block ("Herblock") Rights and Restrictions," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/271_herb.html Forms part of: Herbert L. Block Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited in: "Herblock's Presidents : Puncturing Pomposity," National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2008. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Grissom, Virgil I. Executive power United States 1960-1970. lctgm Social policy United States 1960-1970. lctgm Drowning 1960-1970. lctgm Space flight American 1960-1970. lctgm Astronauts 1960-1970. lctgm Presidents United States 1960-1970. lctgm Editorial cartoons 1960-1970. gmgpc Drawings 1960-1970. gmgpc Block, Herbert, 1909-2001. Herbert L. Block collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2009632507 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print digital file from original drawing ppmsca 17200 p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.17200 pp/hlb pp/exh L4656 #12 c-P&P (BB size)