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Title
News note: two brothers were rescued from floating ice in Niagara River as it neared the falls
Type
Still Image
Collection
Subject
Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937
United States. Congress. House--1920-1930.
Veterans benefits--United States--1920-1930 (LCTGM)
Ice--1920-1930 (LCTGM)
Taxes--United States--1920-1930 (LCTGM)
Lifesaving--1920-1930 (LCTGM)
Genre Form
graphic
Editorial cartoons--American (GMGPC)
Drawings
Language
English
Classification
LCC: CD 1 - Berryman (C.K.), no. 476
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Summary
Cartoon shows a little man labeled "House" on an ice flow, clutching a frail girl labeled "Bonus Bill," floating down a river in the direction of the "Fall Cataract." He stares wonderingly at a rope labeled "Sales Tax" thrown him by President Harding and Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon. Berryman uses a news item to characterize the Bonus Bill controversy. Congress was intent on passing a bill to provide a bonus for World War I veterans, but Mellon opposed it, and Harding threatened to veto it unless the bill included the means to fund it, preferably a general sales tax.
Authorized Access Point
Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949 News note: two brothers were rescued from floating ice in Niagara River as it neared the falls