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"YOU GOT YOUR READING MATTER, SONNY BOY, AND I GOT MINE"
The House and the Justice Department, under the Federal Corrupt Practices Act of 1925, investigated several Nixon-Agnew election committees for failing to file the names of contributors and the amounts they donated prior to the presidential election as required by law. Herblock reacted to the lack of disclosure—as well as Nixon's record-breaking campaign fundraising—by showing a bag full of money dismissive of Ramsay Clark's Department of Justice investigation, arguing that the election returns were a show of support.
"You Got Your Reading Matter, Sonny Boy, and I Got Mine," 1968. Published in the Washington Post, November 24, 1968. |