Judge, 1934-05 · page 6 of 36
Judge — May 1934 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **Top Cartoon:** A figure labeled "FIRED" sits amid tangled wires and mechanical parts, referencing New Deal employment programs. The text describes someone's contributions during the "Great Emergency" (the Depression/WWII era), including work with the CVA (Civilian Works Administration) and pinochle tables for firehouses. The narrator boasts of recognition from the White House—satirizing how Depression-era workers claimed credit for relief work and New Deal projects. **Bottom Cartoon:** Captioned "Oh, that's all right, lady—I'm a fatalist," shows a fender-bender accident. The joke mocks fatalism as an excuse for poor driving—a social commentary on personal responsibility versus accepting misfortune passively, typical of 1950s humor. Both reflect post-war American attitudes toward Depression nostalgia and contemporary social behavior.
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Judge In 1950 i ADDY, what did you do during the Great Emergency ?” “Well, my boy, I don't want to brag, but the men in our family have always gone right to the front. They never waited to be drafted. So when our country’s call came, I kissed your Mother and said, ‘I must do my duty by the flag.’ So I walked right downtown and borrowed seven thousand dollars from the U. S. Government on my house.” es, Daddy; and then what “It was only two months after that when our great and good President asked for men to go to their banks and get their money which had been locked up there. As I recall, I was the first man in line at the window. My picture was in the paper.” Yes, Daddy, go on.” “Well, all through the campaign of 1934 I was assistant to the assistant to the Administrator of the CWA in our city. When the country needed men to fill the ranks, I was the first to offer myself. It was my business to think up things for the assistant to recom to the Administrator. My triumph, my great contribution v pinochle tables built for the fire of our county. They gave twenty-seven men six weeks’ work. “My service was recognized in Wash- ington. I have a letter that you shall have when you are twenty-one. It is directly from the White House and it says, ‘Your letter concerning the Win- ‘o County pinochle tables has been called to the attention of the President.’ —McCreapy Huston “Oh, that's all right, lady—I'm a fatalist.” 4 comicbooks.com