Passing the Buck
3/24/1937
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In this classic picture of "passing the buck," cartoonist Clifford Berryman acknowledges his debt to famed 19th century cartoonist, Thomas Nast. In this cartoon, the circle of blame goes from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Supreme Court to the Constitution to Congress to labor leader John L. Lewis to "The Interests" representing corporate wealth to secretary of Labor Frances Perkins to the lower courts and back to Roosevelt.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Senate.
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6012161Full Citation: Untitled [Political Cartoon]; 3/24/1937; (Y-086); Berryman Political Cartoon Collection, 1896 - 1949; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/passing-the-buck, December 6, 2024]