Judge, 1931-06-06 · page 5 of 36
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# Judge Magazine Commentary, June 4, 1931 This page contains editorial commentary on current events rather than traditional cartoons. The "Judging the News" section offers satirical takes on: **President Hoover's announcement** of 500 federal building projects—criticized as insufficient economic stimulus during the Great Depression. **Chicago gangsters** praised for reforming city government more effectively than legitimate officials. **College boys** who wisely avoided graduating into the Depression economy. **Spanish politics**—the new republic's stability concerns European governments. **Naval disarmament** proposals, mocked as nations preferring battleship scrapping to actual peace. The bottom cartoon depicts a bootlegger's wife showing her husband a well-lit room, sarcastically suggesting Prohibition enforcement has improved their living conditions—dark satire on organized crime's prosperity during the alcohol ban era.
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