'Cracker Barrel Caravan' in Columbus parade   Save
Columbus Citizen-Journal Photograph Collection
Description: Photograph of a man in a parade car speaking to two men standing nearby on the sidewalk. The car, which features patriotic stars and stripes, reads "Cracker Barrel Caravan" and "Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report." A caption typed on the back of the picture states that it was taken during a parade on South High Street in Columbus, Ohio, and was taken from the corner of State and High Streets looking south. The Citizens Commission for the Hoover Report was a bipartisan group of Americans that sponsored the "Cracker Barrel Caravan," which traveled the United States informing the public of the reorganization program and other recommendations to improve government efficiency that were the outcome of the work done by the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (known as the Hoover Commission). Appointed by President Truman in 1947, the Commission was meant to review and recommend changes to operations in the federal government. Recommendations were incorporated into the Reorganization Act of 1949 and later legislation. This photograph comes from the Columbus Citizen-Journal Photograph Collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B03F01_01_01
Subjects: Parades; Downtowns; Federal government; Legislation;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)