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TitleI've come over to see what this second front looks like, if you'll come home with me ...TypeStill ImageCollectionSubjectStalin, Joseph, 1879-1953 (LCSH)Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955World War, 1939-1945--Diplomacy--American--Soviet UnionWorld War, 1939-1945--Political aspects--United StatesEditorial cartoons--American (GMGPC) SummaryWorld War II cartoon shows Secretary of State Cordell Hull, bundled up against the cold, shaking hands with Stalin and saying, "I've come over to see what this second front looks like. If you'll come home with me, I'll show you the first front in Washington." A memory balloon shows that Hull is thinking of the conflicts taking place inside the US Capitol. Stalin had refused to leave the Soviet Union to meet with the other Allied leaders, but in the fall of 1943, he agreed to a conference of the foreign ministers in Moscow. At this meeting, the Russians primarily emphasized the need for a "Second Front" in Europe to take some of the pressure off the Russians in their battle with the Germans on the Eastern Front. Berryman playfully suggests that the real first front is the one going on between members of Congress who have different ideas about what is necessary to win the war.Authorized Access PointBerryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949 I've come over to see what this second front looks like, if you'll come home with me ..