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"Now you don't want to let Hoover's Message lull you into a false sense of security."
"Now you don't want to let Hoover's Message lull you into a false sense of security."

"Now you don't want to let Hoover's Message lull you into a false sense of security."

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 number1979.2012
"You mustn't let a mouth wash lull you into a false sense of security -"
"You mustn't let a mouth wash lull you into a false sense of security -"
Alan Dunn
1948
"You can do what you want, but I'm socking mine away in gilt-edged securities. Crime waves don't last forever."
"You can do what you want, but I'm socking mine away in gilt-edged securities. Crime waves don't last forever."
Alan Dunn
1946
"Now you don't want to concentrate all the interest in the front, you know."
"Now you don't want to concentrate all the interest in the front, you know."
Alan Dunn
1931
"That is the official message, sir, but wait - you don't know the half of it!"
"That is the official message, sir, but wait - you don't know the half of it!"
Alan Dunn
1944
"You don't want medallion d'agneau du printemps sauce au porto, do you? Don't you think you'd btter wait until you've seen more of the world."
"You don't want medallion d'agneau du printemps sauce au porto, do you? Don't you think you'd btter wait until you've seen more of the world."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
Alan Dunn
1957
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
Alan Dunn
1945
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"You can sense the change of Mayors in the soup."
"You can sense the change of Mayors in the soup."
Alan Dunn
1932
"Let me get this straight. You want me to confess I was in error when I confessed I was in error before."
"Let me get this straight. You want me to confess I was in error when I confessed I was in error before."
Alan Dunn
1955
"First I want to caution you fellows that Army life may be something of a let-down after these modern war novels."
"First I want to caution you fellows that Army life may be something of a let-down after these modern war novels."
Alan Dunn
1951
"You are sure the U-shaped decollete is the new mode? I don't want to be conspicuous in a bad way, you know."
"You are sure the U-shaped decollete is the new mode? I don't want to be conspicuous in a bad way, you know."
Alan Dunn
1928