I really don’t know how to advise you on your school busing problem- If i want to bus people someplace, I just go ahead and bus em!
Title
I really don’t know how to advise you on your school busing problem- If i want to bus people someplace, I just go ahead and bus em!
Creator
Oliphant, Pat
Description
During his visit to China between February 21 and 28, 1972, the Chinese government held diplomatic talks with President Richard Nixon and encouraged his tour of monuments. This trip coincided with federal court rulings in support of using busing to integrate American schools. Pat Oliphant drew Nixon sitting down, having some tea, and taking some advice from China's Supreme Chairman Mao Zedong about the school busing problem. He humorously presents a democratic son asking his totalitarian, communist father for advice. The cartoonist may be critiquing Nixon’s anti-busing position because he points out that only Nixon faced re-election.
Source
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Format
jpeg
Contributor
Ellis, Ian
Type
cartoon
Date Modified
Fall 2023
Is Part Of
National Political Cartoon Collection, Volume 405
Language
English
Date Copyrighted
February 25, 1972
Collection
Citation
Oliphant, Pat, “I really don’t know how to advise you on your school busing problem- If i want to bus people someplace, I just go ahead and bus em!,” Loras College Digital Collections, accessed October 31, 2025, https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/9024.