“You Want Business in this Town or Don’t You?”
Herblock expressed his concern that local government regulation of pollution wouldn’t work through his depiction of a businessman coaxing a local politician to look at payroll and tax numbers, while ignoring the smoke billowing from a factory. In 1967, Lyndon Baines Johnson’s administration provoked an outcry from the leaders of industry when it discussed standards to limit air pollution. Business owners argued that restrictions would be better imposed at the state and local level.
Herblock expressed his concern that local government regulation of pollution wouldn’t work through his depiction of a businessman coaxing a local politician to look at payroll and tax numbers, while ignoring the smoke billowing from a factory. In 1967, Lyndon Baines Johnson’s administration provoked an outcry from the leaders of industry when it discussed standards to limit air pollution. Business owners argued that restrictions would be better imposed at the state and local level.