Who let him in? [graphic].
Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949, artist.
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Editorial cartoons American. gmgpc
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1944 Oct. 7.
eng
World War II cartoon shows President Roosevelt making a radio speech saying, "I have never sought and do not welcome Communist support." Listening to him are a group of Democratic leaders, standing in front of a sign reading "Meeting Tonight, Democratic Precinct Workers and looking on in dismay at Communist leader Earl Browder, who claps his hands and cries, "Hear! Hear!" The Democratic leaders include Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert Hannegan, big city bosses Frank Hague, Edward J. Kelly and Edward J. Flynn, and labor leader Sidney Hillman. During the war, the Communists gained a certain measure of respectability because of the alliance with the Soviet Union and Browder even dissolved the old Communist Party of the United States and replaced it with the Communist Political Association independent of Russia. He also endorsed many New Deal policies. The Republicans seized the issue as a weapon in the 1944 presidential campaign. Roosevelt quickly disavowed Communist support.
Probably published in: The Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Browder, Earl, 1891-1973.
Hannegan, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1903-1949.
Hague, Frank, 1876-1956.
Kelly, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1876-1950.
Flynn, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1891-1953.
Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946.
Democratic Party (U.S.)--1940-1950.
World War, 1939-1945--Political aspects--United States.
Communists--United States--1940-1950.
Cartoon Drawings (Library of Congress)
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