Judge, 1931-10-17 · page 3 of 36
Judge — October 17, 1931 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This is not satirical content but rather a **public service appeal** from 1931. The confident male figure represents an unemployed worker making a direct appeal to readers during the Great Depression. The message asks Americans to support unemployment relief—not through money donations, but by: - Giving generously to local unemployment committees - Supporting established welfare and charity organizations - Helping mobilize relief resources in their communities The quote "I'll see it through if you will!" frames relief as a shared civic responsibility. The appeal is signed by Walter S. Gifford, Chairman of the President's Organization on Unemployment Relief (established under Hoover), emphasizing this was an official government-endorsed campaign to encourage private charitable giving and community action during the economic crisis.
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ibd Pl see it f throug if you will! “They tell me there's five or six million of us out of jobs “I know that’s not your fault, any more than was mine. “But that doesn’t change the fact that some of us right now are in a pretty tough spot—with families to worry about—and a workless win- ter ahead. “Understand, we're not begging. We'd rather have a job than anything else you can give us. “We're not scared, either. If you think the good old U.S.A, is in a bad way more than temporarily, just try to figure out some other place you'd rather be. “But, until times do loosen up, we've got to have a little help. So I'm asking you to give us a lift, just as I would give one to you if 1 stood in your shoes and you in mine. “Now don’t send me any money—that isn’t the idea. Don’t even send any to the Committee which signs this appeal. “The best way to help us is to give as gener- ously as you can now to the Unemployed Emergency Committee i your own town, as well as to the established welfare, charity and relief organizations there. “That’s my story, the rest is up to you. “Tl see it through—if you will!” —Unemployed, 1931. THE PRESIDENT’S ORGANIZATION ON UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF Wart s- Chairman COMMITTI F. Rell nerce Building Mi assist incl Chairman Edward 1. Ryerson, 24 S58 West 16th St Chicago, HL Myron C. Taylor New York City C. Teagle Its purpose is to : national program, comicbooks.com