Go to Work. Cut Out the Foolishness

In Clifford Berryman’s cartoon, President Harry S. Truman has just gotten off his personal airplane, “Sacred Cow”, after returning from a trip through mostly Southern states. When the United States entered World War II, major labor leaders promised President Roosevelt that they would avoid strikes in any way possible, so that the nation’s defense production would not suffer. Because of this, unions won many fringe benefits and their membership skyrocketed. Therefore, when the war ended in 1945, and defense production was no longer a key issue, strikes began again in mass amounts.In this cartoon, Truman is urging Congress and the Capital to take action in order to resolve labor strikes.