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HERBLOCK, Washington Post
As president-elect Dwight David Eisenhower prepared to steam ahead into office early in 1953, Herblock portrayed members of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), sliding back into the past. Herblock and other journalists feared that Eisenhower would not be able to control a right-wing Congress determined to root out communists from government. In looking out for the "little guy," Herblock targeted politicians whose sense of power endangered fellow Americans accused of being subversives.
Herblock (1909–2001). [Eisenhower on campaign train; proposed investigations into past], 1953. Published in the Washington Post, January 2, 1953. India ink, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection. |