Life, 1919-01-23 · page 10 of 42
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This page contains political and social commentary from the Wilson administration era. "The Government-Owned Burleson" criticizes Postmaster-General Burleson's management, arguing that the Wilson administration's policy of government control over public businesses has led to mismanagement of the postoffice, railroad, telegraph, cable and telephone services. The middle cartoon shows a domestic scene captioned "She: I don't know whether I want to go back or not"—likely commentary on postwar uncertainty about returning to peacetime normalcy. "A Dream" is a poem about pastoral peace, while "Compensatory" discusses President Wilson's diplomatic efforts in Rome regarding Italy's peace program. The bottom cartoon depicts crowds awaiting a Red Cross dogs parade, a lighthearted social scene amid serious postwar reconstruction discussions.
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118 The Government-Owned Burleson F Mr. Postmaster-General Burleson could only have the vision to see him- self as others see him he might find in himself the best possible argument against government ownership. The strongest argument against the pet re- form of the Wilson administration is that politics is bound to bring into the management of important public busi- nesses, incompetent and inefficient poli- ticians. We know what one of them has done to the business of the postoffice. Do we want it indefinitely repeated in the mismanagement of the railroad, ex- telegraph, cable and telephone i . . TRE! NIX! THAT'S ALY FATHER—I GUESS 1 GET FIRST SHOT AT HIM! A Dream 'O lie beneath a maple tree And watch the cool clouds fly, To stretch beneath green leaves and see The swallows in the s To pleasure in the things that be Nor seck to ponder why— That is my dream for you, for me, When war is past and by! Dream you, perchance, another dream Another vision blest? For me the lull of lambent stream, A clear wind from the west, The silence of the sun’s first beam— But chief of all I quest The maple tree’s translucent gleam, The maple tree and rest! Ruth Lambert Jones. She: 1 vON’T KNOW WHETHER I WANT TO GO BACK OR NOT Compensatory DISPATCH to the New York IVorld from Paris says that it is thought that President Wilson's presence in Rome will tend to reconcile the various political parties whose views differ in regard to Italy's peace programme. This is a great consolation. It is comforting to know that while political parties in our own home circle are somewhat up in the air about our peace programme, owing to the absence of the head of the nation, other countries are at least getting the henefit of his advice and co-operation. Plutocratic Wat makes you think Bilton is so well off?” “He told me he was living on a milk diet.” WAITING FOR THE PARADE OF THE RED CROSS DOGS