Judge, 1930-05-31 · page 3 of 36
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page (May 27, 1930) This page features editorial commentary titled "Judging the News" addressing three contemporary issues: 1. **Naval spending**: Critiques a House Naval Committee proposal for a billion-dollar battleship program, questioning whether such expenditure makes strategic sense. 2. **Colonial governance**: References India's relationship to the British Empire, sarcastically comparing British rule to condiments (goose sauce/Gandhi), suggesting India faces unfair treatment. 3. **Agricultural crisis**: Notes farmers have shifted from prayer for rain to washing their cars—a joke about changing practices during economic hardship (the Depression era). The large cartoon below titled "The First" depicts a chaotic industrial/urban scene with numerous figures, machinery, and activity. Its exact satirical target is unclear from the visible context, though it likely comments on modern American industrial society or economic conditions circa 1930.
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y j Pete “OO tr ron Sata haa t Jack Suurrewortn, Editor Grorce Jess Natuan Riciarp J. Watsit Swwsey S. Lenz, Contributing Editors | JUDGING THE NEWS The House Naval Committee an- “India.” nounces a bat ays a London authority, The Gulf Stream, s ship building program “must accept the same laws as the says, is gradually drawing near to dollars, Our ex- rest of the empire.” What's sauce New York. Just let Grover Whalen nd many naval re- for the goose ix sauce for the Gandhi. know the date and he'll be down at ra_captain to cost a chequer won't duction campaigns like this. the Battery to welcome it. Maybe the market would stop tak And the trouble with college boat ing these sickening tumbles if the big In the old days farmers used to | races is that we usually collapse be- guns would stop assuring us that con- pray for rain. Now they just go out the winning crew docs. ditions are fundamentally sound. and polish their cars. The First fn 20, Entered as Second-Class Matter, October 21. IS81. at the Post OMice at New York City, N. Y_. under act of Mareh 3, .¥. $5.00 1Se a copy, Published weekly by Judge Publishing Co.. Inc., 18 East 4th street, N.Y. Hitt red L. Rogan, President; Sidney X. Lena, Vice President; Vernal W. Bates, Treasurer, J: “ooney. i . Particular attention is called to the fact that every article and picture appearing in JUDGE is protected under the pro- | visions of Section 3 of the Copyright Law of the U. 3. 1