![[TRUMAN, Harry S.] BERRYMAN, C. K. Printed cartoon signed ("Harry S. Truman"), Presented "To the President with Cordial and Hearty Good Wishes of C. K. Berryman, Washington Star, March 14, 1948." 1 page (11 x 13¾ in.), on artists matt paper, signed along lower edge.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2006/NYR/2006_NYR_01636_0215_000(120836).jpg?w=1)
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[TRUMAN, Harry S.] BERRYMAN, C. K. Printed cartoon signed ("Harry S. Truman"), Presented "To the President with Cordial and Hearty Good Wishes of C. K. Berryman, Washington Star, March 14, 1948." 1 page (11 x 13¾ in.), on artists matt paper, signed along lower edge.
TRUMAN VERSUS THE DIXIECRATS A stiff-backed Truman stands on the ground marked "Civil Rights" facing a flouncy old spinster-"Miss Democracy"-who's horrified by Truman's comment: "I stand pat!" on civil rights. Miss Democracy has dropped her parasol in astonishment and is anxiously pulling at her petticoat as she says: "You mean you'd rather be right than President?" Berryman is praising Truman for standing up to the archaic "Dixiecrat" wing of his party, which favored segregation and Federal non-interference with discriminatory state legislation. Meanwhile Truman went ahead with the desegregation of the Armed Forces and insisted that a strong pro-Civil Rights plank be inserted in the party platform crafted in Philadelphia in July. The Dixicrats, led by Strom Thurmond, bolted the convention and staged their own "States Right Party" conclave, tapping Thurmond and Mississippi Governor Fielding L. Wright as their candidates. They took away only 2 of Truman's popular vote total, but they did amass 39 electoral votes by winning Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina and Louisiana.
TRUMAN VERSUS THE DIXIECRATS A stiff-backed Truman stands on the ground marked "Civil Rights" facing a flouncy old spinster-"Miss Democracy"-who's horrified by Truman's comment: "I stand pat!" on civil rights. Miss Democracy has dropped her parasol in astonishment and is anxiously pulling at her petticoat as she says: "You mean you'd rather be right than President?" Berryman is praising Truman for standing up to the archaic "Dixiecrat" wing of his party, which favored segregation and Federal non-interference with discriminatory state legislation. Meanwhile Truman went ahead with the desegregation of the Armed Forces and insisted that a strong pro-Civil Rights plank be inserted in the party platform crafted in Philadelphia in July. The Dixicrats, led by Strom Thurmond, bolted the convention and staged their own "States Right Party" conclave, tapping Thurmond and Mississippi Governor Fielding L. Wright as their candidates. They took away only 2 of Truman's popular vote total, but they did amass 39 electoral votes by winning Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina and Louisiana.