Taxes-Willkie, Wendell (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944-[Republican], 1940

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Identifier: P-204-1342

Scope and Contents

In this 1940 political advertisement, there is a collage of film clips depicting people at work and in everyday scenes. The verbal component of the clip is anti-New Deal, attributing the national debt to the funds invested in it and criticizing its reduction of defense spending. It also notes that these expenditures are financed by taxes. Agent: Borah, William Edgar.

Dates

Broadcast: 1940

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

The Political Communication Collection, located in the Carl Albert Center Congressional Research and Studies Center Archives, contains political television and radio commercials from the beginning of the 20th century through the present day.