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In the lion's den
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | World War II cartoon shows Rubber Production Board Head William M. Jeffers holding a flag with the word "Rayon," in a prison cell, sternly confronting four senators (Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi, Kenneth McKellar and Arthur Thomas Stewart of Tennessee, and Ellison Smith of South Carolina) who are crouched at his feet. The cartoonist alludes to the Biblical story of Daniel who cowed the lions when he was thrust into their den. In a tumultous hearing on October 12, 1942, Jeffers told a hostile Senate Agricultural Committee made up primarily of Senators from the cotton states, that if the Army preferred tires made of rayon rather than cotton, that is what they would get. Newspaper accounts noted that it had been years since a government official had defied a congressional committee in this way. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Daniel--(Biblical character) |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore,--1877-1947. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | McKellar, Kenneth Douglas,--1869-1957. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Legislators--United States--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Stewart, Tom,--1892-1972. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Jeffers, William Martin,--1876-1953. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Smith, Ellison DuRant,--1866-1944. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
