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"Get Mr. Wilson on the wire - I want to find out our unflinching policy in cases like this."
"Get Mr. Wilson on the wire - I want to find out our unflinching policy in cases like this."

"Get Mr. Wilson on the wire - I want to find out our unflinching policy in cases like this."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1931
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 11 3/4 × 11 3/8 in. (29.9 × 28.9 cm) Sheet: 11 3/4 × 11 3/8 in. (29.9 × 28.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1858
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
Alan Dunn
1948
"I'm sorry, madam; I'll do what I can , bu Mr. O'Connor takes cares of cases like you."
"I'm sorry, madam; I'll do what I can , bu Mr. O'Connor takes cares of cases like you."
Mary Petty
n.d.
"They say they'll swap their four rooms for our three if we throw in the automobile, two cases of good Scotch and six pounds of butter."
"They say they'll swap their four rooms for our three if we throw in the automobile, two cases of good Scotch and six pounds of butter."
Alan Dunn
1946
"In ordinary cases I just give them sulfathiazole."
"In ordinary cases I just give them sulfathiazole."
Alan Dunn
1944
"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"
"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"
"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"Well, find out the gentleman's name and ask him what he wants."
"Well, find out the gentleman's name and ask him what he wants."
Alan Dunn
1936
"Well, find out the gentleman's name and ask him what he wants."
"Well, find out the gentleman's name and ask him what he wants."
Alan Dunn
1936
"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."
"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"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
"I finally managed to get a telephone but I still can't find an apartment."
"I finally managed to get a telephone but I still can't find an apartment."
Alan Dunn
1945
"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"
"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"
Alan Dunn
1948