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Publisher
Grand Forks Herald
Identification #
OGLMC 390
Creation Date
2-18-1962
Description
Cartoon depicts Uncle Sam with the word "Deficit" in his back pocket, handing the school teacher an apple, labeled as aid, as the words "Foreign Aid" and "Farm Bill" fall to the ground. President John F. Kennedy told Congress that a crisis in American education makes it imperative that a five year $5.7 billion aid to education program be enacted in 1962.
Subject
Cartoons (Commentary); Political cartoons
Places Depicted
United States
People Depicted
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota
Keywords
School Aid, Deficit, John F. Kennedy, Education, Educational assistance, Agriculture--Law and legislation, Budget deficits, Uncle Sam (Symbolic character), Teachers, Apples, Education