Society of Red Tape Cutters

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The Society of Red Tape Cutters was a series of small articles published by newspapers during World War II to give recognition to military and political figures for keeping bureaucracy from hindering the war effort. Each announcement included a boilerplate "certificate" illustrated by Dr. Seuss and a synopsis of the inductee's actions.

Recipients

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Vice President Harry S. Truman

Admiral Chester Nimitz

Russian Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov

Secretary of State Cordell Hull

Admiral Ernest King

Elmer Davis, director of the United States Office of War Information

Fiorello H. LaGuardia, mayor of New York City

Claire Lee Chennault, commander of the Flying Tigers

References

Society of Red Tape Cutters Wikipedia

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