"Reagan's idea for deterring chemical warfare makes sense to me"

Description:

Political cartoon by Etta Hulme. This cartoon appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The image depicts two firefighters playing checkers. In the "Fire Dept". The firefighter #1 says "Reagan's idea for deterring chemical warfare makes sense to me". The other replies "Me too". On the second panel The first firefighter says " They have awful beastly inhumane chemical weapons!". The other says "So we need more and worse awful beastly inhumane chemical weapons!". On the third panel the alarm goes off". The first firefighter yells "Fight fire with fire!". The other says "There's the alarm!". On the fourth panel they both run puting on their uniforms. Both yell "All out! All out! man the flame throers!!!"

Collection:
Etta Hulme Papers
Date Created:
1984-04-09
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Identifier:
20107330
Special Collections Identifier:
AR717-OS818-11
Original Format:
Editorial cartoon
Publisher:
University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder:
University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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