Society of Red Tape Cutters

The illustrated certificate for Franklin D. Roosevelt

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^[1]
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

↑ "Documents relating to Admiral Nimitz's naval career". Navy Department Library.

Dr. Seuss

Characters

Bibliography

Adaptations

Television	The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show (1956–57) Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) Horton Hears a Who! (1970) The Cat in the Hat (1971) The Lorax (1972) Dr. Seuss on the Loose (1973) The Hoober-Bloob Highway (1975) Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977) Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? (1980) The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982) The Butter Battle Book (1989) In Search of Dr. Seuss (1994) Daisy-Head Mayzie (1995) The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996–98) Gerald McBoing-Boing (2005–07) The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (2010–15) Green Eggs and Ham (2018)

Film	Horton Hatches the Egg (short; 1942) Gerald McBoing-Boing (short; 1950) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) The Cat in the Hat (2003) Horton Hears a Who! (2008) The Lorax (2012) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2018)

Other media	Welcome (Russian short film) Seussical (musical) Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical The Grinch (video game) Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (video game) "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" (song)

Other works

¹ as "Theo. LeSieg". ² Posthumous.

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