Judge, 1932-02-06 · page 5 of 36
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# "Judging the News" - February 6, 1932 This page satirizes contemporary events during the Great Depression. The editorial column comments on Chicago's crime problem (likely Al Capone, recently jailed), Congressional deficit spending for Reconstruction Corporation funding, and labor unrest. The main cartoon depicts a figure being ejected from a barrel labeled "depression," with the caption "Let go, son fool—I am not the guy who caused the depression." This appears to be satirizing how ordinary citizens were blamed or scapegoated for economic collapse, when responsibility lay elsewhere (likely with financiers, politicians, or corporate leaders). The barrel symbolizes the Depression itself—something citizens were trapped within and being expelled from, despite their innocence in causing it.
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