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Smash this octopus before it strangles you Sign

2013-3734 (untitled)
Accession Number
2013-3734
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Keywords
International organization
Loyalty investigations
Signs and signboards
HST Keywords
NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Freelance Photographers Guild, Inc.

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Smash this octopus before it strangles you is one sign carried by people in an unidentified parade. The sign mentions the McCarren Act, the Taft Hartley Act, loyalty oaths, lynchings, and the Atlantic War Pact. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.
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