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Mr. and Mrs. Wage Earner!

Paper political advertisement produced by the Democratic State Central Committee of Michigan. One side features a cartoon titled, "Mr. and Mrs. Wage Earner! / Vote Democratic." Six panels depict the changes between 1929 and 1951 in areas such as weekly factory wages, federal old age insurance, unemployment insurance, and passenger cars. The other sider has the title, "Invest Five Minutes / in comparing the 1929 brand of Republican Prosperisty / with the 1951 brand of / Democratic Prosperity." The article that follows is promoting the use of taxes for social welfare programs and wage increased. The flier is printed in black on yellowed paper.