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What's inconsistent about this?
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | Cartoon shows Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion head John R. Steelman who has just forced the Wage Stabilization Board to walk the plank. Behind him Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace is preparing to make Secretary of State James Byrnes walk another plank. In the foreground, President Truman asks, "What's inconsistent about this?" In September 1946, Steelman overruled the Wage Stabilization Board's decision to reject wage increases for long-shoremen. Meanwhile, Wallace made a speech in Madison Square Garden advocating a soft placatory line toward the Russians, a view in direct opposition to the tough line being taken by Byrnes. Berryman suggests that President Truman, who had been in office less than a year, was allowing members of his administration to undercut established government policy. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Government officials--United States--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Truman Harry S.,--1884-1972. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Wallace, Henry Agard,--1888-1965. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Byrnes, James F.--(James Francis), d1882-1972. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Wage-price policy--United States--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Walking the plank--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | International relations--United States--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States.--National Wage Stabilization Board--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Steelman, John Roy,--1900- |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
