Bibframe Work
TitleIn Lafayette ParkTypeStill ImageCollectionSubjectBaruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--United StatesRubber industry--United States--1940-1950 (LCTGM)Lafayette Park (Washington, D.C.)--1940-1950Editorial cartoons--American (GMGPC) SummaryWorld War II cartoon shows Harvard President James B. Conant, financier Barnard Baruch, and M.I.T. President Karl T. Compton, sitting on a park bench in Lafayette Park across from the White House, looking very worried. Baruch holds a paper reading, "Dear Barney: I don't know where you will find it, but you've got to get us some rubber -- F.D.R." A squirrel holding two nuts says, "Looks like a hard winter, boys -- you'd better get going." Because Japan had gained control of 90% of the crude rubber sources in the Far East, rubber was one of the first raw materials to be in short supply. President Roosevelt appointed Baruch, Conant and Compton to a committee to recommend solutions to the problem. Baruch, a long-time advisor to Presidents, claimed that his only office was a park bench in Lafayette SquareAuthorized Access PointBerryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949 In Lafayette Park