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...Agriculture, he pointed out. was distributing a booklet telling the housewife how to wash dishes. "Now someone whose salary is paid by the taxpayer's money made a remarkable discovery and put it right in the booklet," said Candidate Eisenhower. "He says dishes should be washed in a dishpan, not just any dishpan, either. The Department of Agriculture says you will want a pan large enough to accommodate your dishes. But it must also fit into your sink if that is where you use it . . .*These things are a symbol of the shameful wasting of tax funds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Still in the Sink | 2/22/1954 | See Source »

...Sutton and Ayres offer no cure-all for dishpan hands, but advise their fellow dermatologists: 1) eliminate physical irritants, along with nervousness ("practice amateur psychiatry"), and cut down coffee, tea and cola drinks; 2) eliminate chemical irritants and use only the mildest ointments or dressings. Many a case of dishpan hands, the doctors warn, is made worse by overzealous treatment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Show of Hands | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

...green cups and saucers and the cutlery provided by Dean Cronkhite of Radcliffe are washed in a small, round dishpan as the occasion arises...

Author: By John A. Pope, | Title: Coffee, Cookies, Conversation Flow at Widener Library's Newly-Opened Lounge | 5/6/1953 | See Source »

...than he realized, because "look at what I found out: the Department of Agriculture . . . has already prepared a 32-page booklet on the subject of dishwashing. Now, someone whose salary is paid by the taxpayers' money made a remarkable discovery . . He says dishes should be washed in a dishpan; not just any dishpan, either, [but one] large enough to accommodate your dishes. [The booklet] can be bought from the Superintendent of Documents in Washington for 10?. If you are having any trouble with your dishwashing, ladies, why not take advantage of the bargain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Birthday Week | 10/27/1952 | See Source »

...Whittier College (present enrollment: 1,200), mostly by helping out in the family store as cashier and delivery boy. Occasionally he helped his mother do the dishes. She recalls: "Richard always pulled the blinds down tight so that people wouldn't see him with his hands in a dishpan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Fighting Quaker | 8/25/1952 | See Source »

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