Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon
| Description: |
Hoodlum-Gangster Dominated Juke-Box Business with Fake Unions Combine with Owners, a man in a plaid suit, stands with his back to the viewer. He is holding an ax, a club, a gun, and another object in one hand. He says that he is grateful for the Supreme Courts ruling that allows him, under the Fifth Amendment, to refuse to answer questions that might force him to incriminate himself. His back is opened up to reveal that he is a machine whose voice is produced by a phonograph record. A hand representing the U.S. Senate Rackets Committee points a finger at him. A sheet of paper in the lower right hand corner of the cartoon indicates that the American Bar Association has accused the Supreme Court of weakening national security through its rulings, which they believe protected Communists and subversives. Image Access WideTEK 25 Thanks to the Supreme Courts ruling---Fifth Amendment--Ise refuse answer--cause Id criminate me!! U.S. Senate Rackets Committee. Hoodlum-Gangster dominated juke-box business with fake unions combine with owners. Youse divy wid us or else. The American Bar Association meeting in Chicago accuses the Supreme Court of weakening nations security by its ruling on cases involving Communists or anti-subversive legislation. [in margins: The One-Record Talking Machine. Evansville, Indiana, Courier 2/26/1959. 7 inch. K.] |
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| Origin: | 2014 |
| Created By: |
Karl Kae Knecht |
| Source: |
http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/3797 |
| Collection: |
Karl K. Knecht Collection |
| Copyright: |
Digital Image Copyright 2014 University of Evansville Libraries. All rights reserved. All other material is open to the public without restrictions. Copyright laws of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) govern the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. |
| Subjects: |
Crime National Affairs Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons Caricatures and cartoons -- United States Communism |
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