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"He's a pretty f[s]ly customer, chief - no obvious tieups with any of the Communist front organizations - but we finally hung it on him. From November, 1944, until April, 1946, he was in the State Department."
"He's a pretty f[s]ly customer, chief - no obvious tieups with any of the Communist front organizations - but we finally hung it on him. From November, 1944, until April, 1946, he was in the State Department."

"He's a pretty f[s]ly customer, chief - no obvious tieups with any of the Communist front organizations - but we finally hung it on him. From November, 1944, until April, 1946, he was in the State Department."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1950
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 6 15/16 × 9 in. (17.6 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 6 15/16 × 9 in. (17.6 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1947
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
Alan Dunn
1947
"Lester doesn't give a damn about his title as long as he's chief executive officer."
"Lester doesn't give a damn about his title as long as he's chief executive officer."
Alan Dunn
1954
"He's out parking the car. He says not to wait dinner for him."
"He's out parking the car. He says not to wait dinner for him."
Alan Dunn
1947
"I don't know whether this has any bearing on the case, Doctor, but he's allergic to Philadelphia scrapple."
"I don't know whether this has any bearing on the case, Doctor, but he's allergic to Philadelphia scrapple."
Mary Petty
1937
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
Alan Dunn
1948
"I located him. He's been stuck in the traffic on Thirty-fourth Street for two hours."
"I located him. He's been stuck in the traffic on Thirty-fourth Street for two hours."
Alan Dunn
1936
"Oh, let him stay! He's a piece of furniture."
"Oh, let him stay! He's a piece of furniture."
Mary Petty
1947
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
Alan Dunn
1970
“Here’s a good buy. It was returned by a customer who found he had nothing to say.”
“Here’s a good buy. It was returned by a customer who found he had nothing to say.”
Alan Dunn
1954
Oath for Johnson on Air Force One: President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as president by Judge Sarah T. Hughes as his wife and Mrs. John F. Kennedy flank him in cabin of the presidential plane -- Air Force One, November 22, 1963
Oath for Johnson on Air Force One: President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as president by Judge Sarah T. Hughes as his wife and Mrs. John F. Kennedy flank him in cabin of the presidential plane -- Air Force One, November 22, 1963
Cecil Stoughton
1963, printed 1967
“It’s against his principles to fight, but he’s going to tell them he’s willing to combat erosion.”
“It’s against his principles to fight, but he’s going to tell them he’s willing to combat erosion.”
Alan Dunn
1940
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
Alan Dunn
1969