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"I'm telling you for the last time, Harwick. It's none of your business how much it costs the taxpayers. Your job is to find that gun."
"I'm telling you for the last time, Harwick. It's none of your business how much it costs the taxpayers. Your job is to find that gun."

"I'm telling you for the last time, Harwick. It's none of your business how much it costs the taxpayers. Your job is to find that gun."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1941
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 10 3/4 × 16 1/2 in. (27.3 × 41.9 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 1/2 in. (27.3 × 41.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0790
"Mrs. Dodsworth, I'm happy to report .... Everybody's added costs really are passed on to you."
"Mrs. Dodsworth, I'm happy to report .... Everybody's added costs really are passed on to you."
Alan Dunn
1974
"Your job will be to stand here and pull this lever every time the bell rings. Any previous experience in the baking business?"
"Your job will be to stand here and pull this lever every time the bell rings. Any previous experience in the baking business?"
Alan Dunn
1931
"He pointed out how it's our depression, not just yours and mine."
"He pointed out how it's our depression, not just yours and mine."
Alan Dunn
1933
"Of course, it's none of my business."
"Of course, it's none of my business."
Mary Petty
1933
"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
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
Alan Dunn
1959
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
Alan Dunn
1959
"Do you suppose it's a job action?"
"Do you suppose it's a job action?"
Alan Dunn
1971
"See here, you! When did you last wash your hands?"
"See here, you! When did you last wash your hands?"
Alan Dunn
1930
"For heaven's sake fix your hair! It's a sight."
"For heaven's sake fix your hair! It's a sight."
Alan Dunn
c 1928
"It's sheer, unadulterated sex, and we're all for it. Now to make our lawyers happy, would it cramp your style to work in a little material of redeeming social importance?"
"It's sheer, unadulterated sex, and we're all for it. Now to make our lawyers happy, would it cramp your style to work in a little material of redeeming social importance?"
Alan Dunn
1966
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
Alan Dunn
c 1966