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Another road that is paved with good intentions
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | Cartoon shows Sidney Hillman blithely walking down "Appeasement Boulevard" on paving stones labeled "Expediency," "Compromise," and "Surrender" in the direction of "To Greater Trouble." He carries a bag labeled "$431,000.00 -- Price Paid for 'Peace' in Building Industry." Meanwhile, three masked thugs carrying cudgels, lurk behind a fence, saying "Here he comes." Hillman, a former labor leader, was co-head of the Office of Production Management, the agency established by President Roosevelt to coordinate the industrial aspects of the national defense effort. Conservatives called him soft on labor and pro-communist. Hillman was criticized for his decision to reject the low bid of the Currier Lumber Company for a defense housing project, a decision he said he made in an effort to avoid "industrial warfare." The caption is an allusion to the popular proverb, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hillman, Sidney,--1887-1946. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Rearmament--United States--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Building materials industry--United States--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Defense industry--United States--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Labor unions--United States--1940-1950. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
