Judge, 1932-02-13 · page 7 of 36
Judge — February 13, 1932 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Page This page satirizes the ideological conflict between capitalism and communism, likely from the 1920s-30s Red Scare era. **Top cartoons:** Two panels show a car labeled "Capitalism" (top) versus "Communism" (bottom), each carrying passengers toward different fates—suggesting both systems have dangerous consequences. **"Toss Up" section:** Text mocks various threats to American stability: Siberian wolves, communists infiltrating politics, dangerous exotic birds, movie ushers' power, and business corruption. The tone is deliberately absurd, treating all as equal dangers. **Bottom cartoon:** A man lies exhausted beside a horse, illustrating the text's point about telephone company dial adoption—framed as citizens being exploited by corporate fees. Overall, the page uses exaggeration and dark humor to dismiss communist ideology while simultaneously criticizing American capitalism's excesses.
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“ Toss Up It’s difficult to say which are most dangerous to the public welfare, the Communists with their red + or the gas company crews with the A wolf le 1 hard life in S ia. He never knows when he'll wake up in the morning and find aman howling it his door. Then there's the Scot who joined the Communist Party so he could get into the free-for-all tig A South American explorer has brought to this country a new species of very powerful bird. It is proposed by some that this be given to Presi- dent Hoover, It's 1 thing movie ushers are not inc of our bread line. Think of all the people who would starve to death waiting. And anyone in business can tell you that these days yeu don't have to far as Lake Placid to hit the to n. Unless there's a cha pretty soon £ bookk who don't know there's any ec ink except red. we'll develop a race ers of Capitalism Communism But It’s Worth It TP ue telephone company had the right idea in adopting the dial tele- phone. Now it costs you another nickel to call the operator and com- plain about the service. And practically the only sensible point in’ Cou ism is that it opposes the government we've got now, No wonder the Commun- ists have few followers in this country. We think their banners carry the wrong legends. Instead of “Workers! Unite!", they ought to have something more exciting, like “Help Wanted!"