2021-05 Raynors HCA Live
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Original Political Cartoon Artboard signed by the Political Cartoonist.
Carl Mortison (1889-1963), was best known for his politically influenced cartoons featured in the Waterbury Republican and the American for over 5 decades. Some of his cartoons are on display in Yale's Sterling Memorial Library, as well as in the Libraries of President's Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. He was honored for his work in 1957 by the American Civil Liberties Union. Large format political cartoon art titled PROPER TREATMENT, shows President Eisenhower, in defense of General Marshall, throwing cold water on Senator McCarthy and former Secretary of War Woodring. VG, 15" x 22". McCarthy grabbed headlines in 1950 with his claim that he held a list of 205 State Department employees who were "known Communists." When McCarthy delivered a blistering attack against former Secretary of State George C. Marshall, calling him "a man steeped in falsehood," then candidate Eisenhower was faced with a dilemma. A popular member of his own party was publicly disparaging a man Ike considered a valued mentor. By 1953, McCarthy, armed with little more than hearsay and innuendo, set out to expose communists within the U.S. Army, Eisenhower decided enough was enough. He instructed his staff to present information that would discredit McCarthy. Eisenhower quietly exerted pressure on Republican senators to go forward with a censure of McCarthy. In December 1954, the Wisconsin senator was condemned for conduct unbecoming a Senator.
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