Pul-leez clarify that the Wiz of Oz had political overtones and was meant to be a statement about the US decision on gold or silver standard.. settle a debate for me.

the book or the movie?

Beachy- found this on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz
Scroll down to the outline of the allegory. Interesting read.

Yeah, looked at Wiki first, but drunkenly needed verification last night, thanks I told my wife, "yeah, watched this in Gov class back in college," and she could not understand (drunk too, you see) why.