Life, 1920-01-29 · page 18 of 38
Life — January 29, 1920 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This page discusses Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, critiquing his wartime leadership and peacetime policies. The cartoons (visible in the left margin) appear to satirize Daniels through caricature, though specific figures are difficult to identify clearly in this reproduction. The text argues that Daniels failed in his naval duties during WWI and now, post-war, is mismanaging Navy finances and administrative matters. The author suggests Daniels should be exposed to public scrutiny before taxpayers support his continued tenure. References include the 18th Amendment (Prohibition), General Grant's famous plea "Let us have peace," and Admiral Sims's wartime disagreements with Daniels over naval strategy against Germany. The satire's point: a military administrator unfit for peacetime governance wastes taxpayer money on questionable priorities rather than sailors' welfare and legitimate naval needs.
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