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Publisher
Grand Forks Herald
Identification #
OGLMC 390
Creation Date
2-10-1963
Description
Cartoon depicts Uncle Sam looking at the scale "The Budget" as "Defense Spending" outweighs "All Other Programs." President John F. Kennedy asked Congress for $5 billion in foreign aid to bolster United States security.
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
Defense Spending, Budget, Congress, John F. Kennedy, Budget, Swords, Scales (Weighing instruments), Defense spending, Balance of payments, International relations, Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)