Judge — May 1936 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Champions of Chaos" - Judge Magazine Cartoon This political cartoon satirizes opponents of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs. The chaotic courtroom scene depicts various figures—likely business leaders, politicians, and critics—as disruptive "champions of chaos" literally throwing money around and causing mayhem while a judge (representing authority/law) presides overhead. The caption explains the cartoon targets "the Hearst cartoonist who made a drawing without showing the New Deal throwing away the taxpayers' money"—suggesting this is a response to criticism from William Randolph Hearst's media empire, which opposed New Deal spending. The satire reverses the usual critique: instead of the New Deal wasting money, its *opponents* are portrayed as the real chaos agents, undermining stability and fiscal responsibility through their opposition and obstruction.