The movie His Girl Friday (1940) contains the following exchange: See also Black Cabinet, a group of African Americans who served as public policy advisors to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor Roosevelt The Brains Trust, an informational BBC radio and later television programme popular in the United Kingdom during the 1940s and 1950s Kitchen Cabinet, a term used by political opponents of President of the United States Andrew Jackson to describe a collection of unofficial advisors he consulted Think tank, a research institute/center and organization that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. References and sources References Sources Moley, Raymond. (1939). After seven years Tugwell, Rexford. (1968). The Brains Trust Editorial cartoons Rosen, Elliot. (1977). Hoover, Roosevelt, and the Brains Trust. McElvaine, Robert. (1984). The Great Depression: America 1929–1941 United States presidential advisors United States presidential history Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt