Judge, 1932-06-18 · page 3 of 36
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# "Judging the News" - June 14, 1932 This page satirizes early 1930s Depression-era politics and urban life. The editorial snippets mock Senate budget debates and Mayor Walker's financial troubles (likely referring to New York's Jimmy Walker, who faced corruption charges in the early 1930s). The main cartoon depicts a chaotic "hobo camp" scene labeled "Camp Mohawk," showing homeless encampments that became common during the Great Depression. The officer's caption—"But we couldn't afford to go away, officer"—sarcastically comments on economic hardship forcing people into vagrancy. The illustration critiques both poverty conditions and law enforcement's role in managing homelessness, while the surrounding text ridicules government officials' failure to address these crises effectively. The cartoon reflects Depression-era anxieties about unemployment and urban disorder.
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JUN 14 1832 Senate seems to have the budy: balanced, it hasn't been able to do with the Senator from Wee. the gotten even if same jana, T was a Chicago yangster who complained that his apartn hadn't room enough to swinger a grat. ClB 156966 aarp J. Watsit Siwwey S. Lenz, Contributing Editor JUDGING THE NEWS “Tas look pretty bad for Mayor Walker, About his only hope is to have Mooney come East and make a special plea for him. Aw’ then there’s the locomotive engineer who got so reckless that he tried to beat a bus to the crossing. IMES are so hard this year that lots of men are wearing their last year’s straw hats even after cleaning them. ND, while we like to see the Gov- ernment balancing its budget, we hate to see it doing it by un- balancing ours,