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TitleWhat do you think this is all about, Charlie?TypeCollectionClassificationLCC: CD 1 - Berryman (C.K.), no. 156 Could not render: bf:statusSummaryCartoon shows Democratic National Committee Chairman Edward J. Flynn talking to Charles Michelson, the committee's director for publicity. Flynn, holding a paper reading, "Move to Draft Willkie for New York Governorship Gets Underway," says "What do you think this is all about, Charlie? The G.O.P. used to say that drafting political candidates was bad business." Michelson responds, "Well I suppose something's happened to make them change their mind." Behind them is a chest labeled "Democratic Speeches 1940," with drawers full of papers reading, "Draft Roosevelt" and "We Want Roosevelt." President Roosevelt smiles benignly down from a portrait on the wall. Michelson, known for his skill in planting stories in the newspapers favorable to the Democrats, was involved in the carefully orchestrated plan to "Draft Roosevelt" for an unprecedented third term in 1940. Berryman suggests that the movement to "Draft Willkie" for the New York governorship in 1942 may be a similar attempt to place Wendell Willkie, the unsuccessful Republican candidate for the presidency in 1940, in a good position to run for president again. Willkie, who was uninterested in local issues, turned down the draft.Authorized Access PointBerryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949 What do you think this is all about, Charlie?