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Judge — April 1933 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Satire Analysis This page contains Depression-era humor (likely early 1930s) satirizing New Deal policies and economic hardship. **Top cartoon**: Shows a man inviting a woman to his apartment—once implying seduction, now just asking help with a jigsaw puzzle. It's a joke about changed courtship in hard times; romance is replaced by innocent domestic activities. **"True Story" section**: A collection of one-liners mocking: - **Prohibition's end**: Breadlines replaced free lunches once offered in saloons—sardonically commenting on ongoing poverty despite alcohol's legalization - **Farmer debt**: Spring planting immediately followed by mortgage foreclosure - **Huey Long reference**: "Huey" (Louisiana politician) associated with populist movements - **Government scrip**: Aunt Tillie plans requesting emergency currency from the government - **RFC lending problem**: The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (New Deal agency) struggles to find funds to lend itself The satire targets government relief programs' inadequacy and the persistence of economic misery despite New Deal interventions.
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