Judge, 1930-12-13 · page 5 of 36
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# "Judging the News" - December 13, 1930 This page satirizes Depression-era news stories through short commentary and a cartoon. The editorial quips mock government inaction ("all a government can do" is "ride the storm"), excess gin consumption in Harlem despite Prohibition, charity football games, and other current events. The main cartoon depicts a businessman at a desk telling a young boy: "No, Johnnie, I can't give you a raise, but I'll give you an interest in the business." This is bleak Depression humor—the businessman offers only false hope (a "share" in the business) instead of actual wage increases, reflecting how employers exploited workers during economic hardship by promising future gains instead of immediate pay.
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Jack Snutriewortu, Editor Grorce Jean Natuan Ricitaro J. Warsi Sioxey S. Lenz, Contributing Editors JUDGING THE NEWS “Rv the wind and direct the storm is all a government can do,” says Ramsay MacDonald. Our gov- ernment’s problem is riding the storm ind directing the wind. R: re aking flig it is possible to have too many gin rickeys in Havana and a bromo seltzer in New York. rout these dis- judges; they never send anybody travel post-cards. +t would certainly be tough for this country if we had to wait for the Wickersham Committee to announce « plan to relieve the present depression, Now that they're playing football games for charity, someone ought to be ly charitable and let the East win an intersectional game. AD? the Fuller people might add to cir line a brush you could use p the wolf off the front porch. Frees what we know about Con- gressmen, we can’t sce why those states that will lose one or two in the reapportionment are considered un lucky. F189 if you don’t see much of a fight 4 in the prize ring, there may be a swell _knock-down-and-drag-out af terwards in the courts. A’? now something has gone wrong with the freezing unit in , our living-room radiator. JUDGE, Votume 99. No. 2563, December 1879. Additional entry at J od copyrighted 1930. "by Su Secretary, 15 East 48th Street, New York, N.Y. On year, Ise 8 copy. ita the U. 8” apd Great Britain: Fred L- ie goo, 3 comicbooks.com