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Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991:"Hello, is that Count Folke Bernadotte..." [1946-1948]
- Date
- 1946 - 1948
- By
- Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991
- Reference
- B-184-054
- Description
Jock Barnes, President of the New Zealand Waterside Workers Union, and Minister of Labour, Angus McLagan, are having a furious fight and have turned the prime minister's office upside-down. Prime Minister, Peter Fraser, has grabbed the phone and now says 'Hello, is that Count Folke Bernadotte...' Context - A clash between the more radical Barnes and Angus McLagan. McLagan clashed with unions who challenged the government's economic programme between 1946 and 1949 and came to see the hand of international communism in union opposition to the stabilisation policies of the war years and after. Count Folke Bernadotte was a United Nations peace negotiator, noted for his negotiation of the release of about 31,000 prisoners from German concentration camps during World War II. After the war, Bernadotte was unanimously chosen to be the United Nations Security Council mediator in the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1947-1948.
Below the cartoon is the title in pencil 'Hello, is that Count Folke Bernadotte'.
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink and blue pencil on paper 355 x 535 mm
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- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink and blue pencil on paper 355 x 535 mm
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