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"We think Marcel Breuer really has it licked now."
"We think Marcel Breuer really has it licked now."

"We think Marcel Breuer really has it licked now."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1968
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 3/16 × 10 7/8 in. (25.8 × 27.6 cm) Sheet: 10 3/16 × 10 7/8 in. (25.8 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1610
"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
"Now here's a fireplace that really works--it takes AC or DC and has a built in radio."
"Now here's a fireplace that really works--it takes AC or DC and has a built in radio."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Well, I think we've got it licked now."
"Well, I think we've got it licked now."
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
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966
"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
"Sir, I think Corporal Smith here has a suggestion which might facilitate our retreat."
"Sir, I think Corporal Smith here has a suggestion which might facilitate our retreat."
Alan Dunn
1940
"Now would that be the Ohio Valley?" [small WPA sign that has come loose]
"Now would that be the Ohio Valley?" [small WPA sign that has come loose]
Alan Dunn
1939
"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
"We give him a key to the city, and he goes and has a duplicate made for a Miss Pomeroy."
"We give him a key to the city, and he goes and has a duplicate made for a Miss Pomeroy."
Alan Dunn
1936
"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
“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