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Title"You see the trouble he's got you in? We used to call this hole 'Ike's Peak' "TypeStill ImageCollectionNoteForms part of: Herbert L. Block collection (Library of Congress).SummaryEditorial cartoon showing President John F. Kennedy standing in a crater and pounding a sign into the ground which reads "Recession Valley." Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen watches with dismay and says to John Q. Public, Herblock's symbol of the American people, "You see the trouble he's got you in? We used to call this hole Ike's Peak." In his first State of the Union speech, Kennedy stated, "We take off ice in the wake of seven months of recession, 3 1/2 years of slack, 7 years of diminished economic growth and 9 years of falling farm income." He said economic growth would be a first priority of his administration. Republican Party stalwart Dirksen's remark represented the Eisenhower administration's comfort with the status quo.Authorized Access PointBlock, Herbert, 1909-2001 "You see the trouble he's got you in? We used to call this hole 'Ike's Peak' "