You must tell the Commander in Chief immediately [graphic].
Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949, artist.
still image
Editorial cartoons American. gmgpc
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1944 Sept. 6.
eng
World War II cartoon shows Robert Hannegan, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and President Roosevelt (labeled "Political Candidate") as soldiers in a foxhole. Hannegan holds a message, just received from a carrier pigeon, reading "Dewey Moving on Philadelphia, Plans Flank Attack in Kentucky, Blitzkrieg across Nation." He tells the political candidate, "You must tell the Commander in Chief immediately." The latter responds, "But he said not to bother him." In his compaign for re-election in 1944, Roosevelt generally maintained the stance that as Commander in Chief, he was too busy with important matters to campaign. On September 6, however, his opponent, Thomas E. Dewey, began a campaign journey designed to take him across the country. Roosevelt's worried political advisers urged him to take a more active role.
Probably published in: The Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Hannegan, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1903-1949.
Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971.
World War, 1939-1945--Political aspects--United States.
Trench warfare--1940-1950.
Presidential elections--United States--1940-1950.
Homing pigeons--1940-1950.
Cartoon Drawings (Library of Congress)
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