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[Congress being dressed as an angel by Senators Johnson and Connally while Uncle Sam grumbles]
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | Cartoon shows Senators Hiram Johnson and Tom Connally dressing Congress as an angel, complete with robe, halo, wings, and sword labelled "Defender of Peace." Outside the door, Uncle Sam, standing next to a woodpile, labelled "Wagner Act Amendment," "Tax Relief," and "Neutrality Amendments," holds a pair of overalls and grumbles, "Humph! He ought to put these on and get to work on that woodpile." In the late 1930's, Congress tried to keep the United States out of war through the passage of neutrality legislation. Johnson, an isolationist, supported these measures, while Connally, an internationalist opposed them. The significance of the cartoon is not clear. This may have been published around the same time as the passage of the Neutrality Act of 1939, which Johnson rejected and Connally supported. James Berryman (1902-1971) followed in his father's footsteps and became a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist at the Washington Star. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Angels--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Neutrality--United States--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Johnson, Hiram,--1866-1945. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Connally, Tom,--1877-1963. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States.--Congress--1930-1940. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
