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"Graham, you're missing all this. The President has just pushed a button!"
"Graham, you're missing all this. The President has just pushed a button!"

"Graham, you're missing all this. The President has just pushed a button!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1931
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 11 3/8 × 13 3/4 in. (28.9 × 35 cm) Sheet: 11 3/8 × 13 3/4 in. (28.9 × 35 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1836
"The union has just about agreed to a settlement on the basis of the N.L.R.B. formula, but a hitch has developed - they want us to pay for their ads in the "Times".
"The union has just about agreed to a settlement on the basis of the N.L.R.B. formula, but a hitch has developed - they want us to pay for their ads in the "Times".
Alan Dunn
1950
"Excuse me, Mr. President, this button opens Boulder Dam - that button is Mr. McIntyre"
"Excuse me, Mr. President, this button opens Boulder Dam - that button is Mr. McIntyre"
Alan Dunn
1936
"Don't you see, Metcalf, you're missing the best part of the day."
"Don't you see, Metcalf, you're missing the best part of the day."
Alan Dunn
1941
" I have just discovered the army has been experimenting on me."
" I have just discovered the army has been experimenting on me."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Just the same, Ma'am, we must not forget that the nose has a purpose and a place in the scheme of things."
"Just the same, Ma'am, we must not forget that the nose has a purpose and a place in the scheme of things."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Just think of it - the specialist said he has a mental age of ten weeks and he's only a month."
"Just think of it - the specialist said he has a mental age of ten weeks and he's only a month."
Alan Dunn
1928
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
"Siena, elevation 1,050 feet, 52,652 inhabitants, situated on three hills between the Arbia and the Elsa is after Florence, the Tuscan town most rich in works of art and the one which, of all Italian towns, has best conserved the spirit and appearance of the Middle Ages. Siena was first an Etruscan..."
"Siena, elevation 1,050 feet, 52,652 inhabitants, situated on three hills between the Arbia and the Elsa is after Florence, the Tuscan town most rich in works of art and the one which, of all Italian towns, has best conserved the spirit and appearance of the Middle Ages. Siena was first an Etruscan..."
Alan Dunn
1959
“I will volunteer for no more innoculations unless the germ has been tried on an elephant and it has lived.”
“I will volunteer for no more innoculations unless the germ has been tried on an elephant and it has lived.”
Alan Dunn
1942
"There's no point in slamming it just because you're mad."
"There's no point in slamming it just because you're mad."
Alan Dunn
1932
"Comrade, we've just thought of another Russian first. On your fifth orbit of you're to leave the capsule and walk the dog."
"Comrade, we've just thought of another Russian first. On your fifth orbit of you're to leave the capsule and walk the dog."
Alan Dunn
1966
"I got it straight from my hairdresser who has a customer whose husband knows a man who works for the very company in Canada- "
"I got it straight from my hairdresser who has a customer whose husband knows a man who works for the very company in Canada- "
Alan Dunn
1956