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“Make Yourself Comfy in Our Little Lodge”
To accuse Colorado Democat Wayne Aspinall (1896–1983) of the House Interior Committee of killing the 1963 Wilderness Bill, Herblock drew an elderly lodge keeper beckoning a hiker indoors where a certain death awaits him. Because Aspinall challenged the ability of the executive branch to set aside millions of acres of land for public recreation, arguing that it was the right of Congress, Herblock singled him out for caricature. While the measure passed in the Senate, the actions of the House’s Interior Committee effectively ended it.
“Make Yourself Comfy in Our Little Lodge,” 1963. Published in the Washington Post, April 11, 1963. |