Society of Red Tape Cutters

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
 * 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