Life — April 25, 1930 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Life in Washington" - Political Satire, circa 1928 This page contains two editorial cartoons mocking Washington politics and Prohibition enforcement. The top cartoon shows someone arriving at a house with a motorcycle, captioned "Well, Davenport, you'd get a portable garage!" — likely satirizing ineffective Prohibition enforcement or political hypocrisy. The bottom cartoon, "Git outa my house!" depicts someone being forcibly removed, possibly commenting on political upheaval or Congressional conflicts. The accompanying text discusses real 1928 events: oil scandals (Oklahoma), Senate politics, the London Naval Conference, Prohibition's failures (Philadelphia and other cities mentioned), Congressional corruption charges, and census-taking controversies. The final paragraph attributes commentary to "J.F." and notes Hoover's claim to have been an engineer—suggesting the author views the current political situation as absurd or incompetent.