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Title	Whip Behind !, between 1937 and 1944
Personal name	Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; Lewis, John Llewellyn, 1880-1969--Caricatures and cartoons
Topical entry	Capital City Politics Political cartoons--United States--20th century Cartoonists--United States Editorial cartoonists--United States Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--Caricatures and cartoons Isolationism--United States--Caricatures and cartoons Government spending policy--United States--Caricatures and cartoons Labor unions--Officials and employees--United States--Caricatures and cartoons Cartoonists Presidents & the Congress Politics & government--United States--Washington, D.C. Economic & political systems Presidents--United States
Geographic entry	United States--Politics and government--20th century--Caricatures and cartoons United States--Defenses--20th century--Caricatures and cartoons
Description	An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. This particular cartoon was probably created during his eleven-year career with the Memphis Commercial Appeal. In the cartoon, President Franklin D. Roosevelt is depicted as a man in a wagon cracking a whip ("Efforts to whip us up on foreign issues") over the horse ("US"). In the wagon, Uncle Sam looks astonished to notice two men trying to stop the wagon ("Congress just going along for the ride?"). The men holding the wheels are a U.S. Congressman and the isolationist labor leader John L. Lewis ("Non-defense pork" and "strike problems"). The Roosevelt-Lewis relationship deteriorated soon after the General Motors and Little Steel strikes of 1937. Later, during the middle of World War II, Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, headed the 1943 labor strike when the rest of labor was observing a policy against strikes. Forms part of the Jack Knox Political Cartoon Collection. 1 original cartoon drawing : b & w ; 16.25 x 24 in.
Creator	Knox, Jack, 1910- (Cartoonist)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Contributors	Knox, Joseph T. (Donor)
Date	between 1937 and 1944
Type	Still Image; Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Editorial cartoons
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Knox NPL-315
Language	English
Relation	Jack Knox Political Cartoon Collection
Coverage	1930-1939; 1940-1949
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks-Knox NPL-315