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Civilian Conservation Corps From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia At first glance, this cartoon by Gregor Duncan,
from April 1934, might appear critical of the president, as he casually strews billions of dollars around, but such an interpretation
ignores the necessary role sowing plays in making the harvest possible. Similarly, the belching smokestacks in the background,
which might appear ominous to a twentieth-first-century eye, represent instead a badly needed renewal of economic activity.
(The artistic reference is to the iconic painting The Sower by the nineteenth-century French artist Jean-François Millet.) From article The Great Depression in Cartoons, Part 11: F.D.R. http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2009/03/21/the-great-depression-in-cartoons-part-11-fdr/
Left to right: Paul V. McNutt, Federal Security Administrator; Miss Elise Davison, Assistant Director in Charge of Volunteer Activities, Women's Division, Office of Civilian Defense; Mrs. Roosevelt, Assistant Director, Office of Civilian Defense; Mayor F.H. LaGuardia, Director of Office of Civilian Defense, conferring at a conference on "Women's Activities in Civilian Defense," on November 8, 1941. |
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