I stumbled across an eBay item tonight (which I won) that was the original printing plate for this cartoon, done by Harold "Tom" Carlisle for the Des Moines Register in January, 1945. A very dynamic cartoon, it comments on the legal action taken against Sewell Avery, the head of the Montgomery Ward catalogue and store chain, for defiance of orders promulgated by the War Labor Board, actions that included the seizure of Montgomery Ward facilities. Meanwhile, two recalcitrant labour leaders, James Caesar Petrillo (of the American Federation of Musicians) and John L. Lewis (of the United Mine Workers) are not touched by the wrath of God. All three had defied various War Labor Board orders, but only Avery, as of the time of this cartoon, got zapped. Petrillo is a forgotten figure today, but in the 1940s, he virtually tied up the recording and television industries with his industrial actions (which were largely successful); Lewis instigated quite a few major coal strikes in the 1940s, in an era when coal was still a major fuel for home and factory. Petrillo, it may be recalled, is referenced at the very end of "Hurdy Gurdy Hare," a notable Bugs Bunny cartoon of the early McKimson era.