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Title: JM-187: Political
Summary: This cartoon depicts various events during the Wilson administration. The top two panels imply a lack of force of the part of President Wilson. After World War I, President Wilson was an outspoken advocate for peace. One of his proposals to accomplish peace was the League of Nations. The League of Nations was an international body, which sought diplomacy and compromise between nations. The United States would never join the League of Nations, because many felt the League would compromise the sovereignty of the United States. The bottom panel of the cartoon shows a woman worrying about meeting the high standards set before her. In 1920, the United States government passed the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. Women had first found a place in politics by engaging with moral and/or social issues such as education, prohibition, and abolition. By continuing to take a role as protectors of morality women were able to gain enough support to win the right to vote. While the federal government did not allow women to vote in elections until 1920, some states allowed women to vote in state elections. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-211: Will Japan want a "no limit" game?
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam threatening a Japanese diplomat over fair naval ratios in a proposal and showing the diplomat how the ratio would look with unlimited naval competition.

Title: JM-091: Museum displays of U.S. wealth
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a museum showing exhibits on U.S. wealth, such as a gold statue of President McKinley and an American flag made from precious gems.

Title: JM-310: Mother's Day in the White House and afterwards
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting FDR pledging not to send draftees overseas; Congress refuses to pass the motion.

Title: JM-294: The deadlock of the stand patterns and the sit downers
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting General Motors and strikers refuse to come to conference table.

Title: JM-018: The honorable mention for president, subject to revision
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a parade of contenders for office, ordered so as to be named alphabetically and in rhyme.

Title: JM-W013: "Say! Is this the old U.S.A.?"
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting two soldiers looking down into a hotel lobby scene. Men and women lounge around while a band plays and different men and women are presented to Fiorello H. La Guardia, the contemporary mayor of New York City.

Title: JM-309: Uncle Sam suggests a national referendum
Summary: Uncle Sam proud of freedoms, suggests national referendums.

Title: JM-031: Nailing it up to stay
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam nailing an American flag to an "Adequate Merchant Marine" ship with a "Ship Subsidy" hammer.

Title: JM-308: Human reasons versus human nature
Summary: League of Nations futile; arms help prosperity; ghost of Edmund Burke.

Title: JM-016: Vote, brother, vote
Date: 1896
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three men drawn in a block style marching toward a mailbox with their "postcard vote" cards. At the bottom, there is a poem urging people to vote.

Title: JM-045: "Babe Ruth's at th' bat!"
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a man in an open roadster vehicle being hit by a baseball from a park where the Giants and Yankees are playing. He exclaims that Babe Ruth must be at the bat.

Title: JM-003: Christmastime and the list of victims in gigantic oil stock swindle
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a man with a long Christmas list expressing his amazement at the size of the "List of Victims in Gigantic Oil Swindle" posted on a wall. Other people on the road also look to the list, including a man dressed up as Santa.

Title: JM-062: Man leaves job on a farm for the growing city and then is surprised by increased grocery bills due to lack of farm labor
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a man leaving his job as a farm laborer to head to the city, which has signs advertising jobs with large pay. In the last panel, he is surprised when the Dairy Bill, Butcher Bill, and Grocery Bill all come in and require all the extra money he made on account of fewer farm laborers and decreased farming production.

Title: JM-052: Waiting for relief
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a woman shielding children from the sun with a tattered cloth. She looks out toward the water.

Title: JM-138: Well, Gentlemen. 138
Summary: This cartoon depicts Richard Achilles Ballinger, the Secretary of Interior, sweating during a cabinet meeting with President Taft. Ballinger was part of a controversial affair in 1910 that went down in history as either the Pinchot-Ballinger Controversy or the Ballinger Affair. The Ballinger Affair began over an investigation into Clarence Cunningham, who was suspected of illegally transferring land ownership in Alaska to commercial third parties. This investigation began under the Roosevelt administration. Ballinger, the General Land Office Commissioner, eventually concluded the investigation without the approval of his the Secretary of Interior, as he was required. Ballinger left his position for private practice as Cunningham’s personal counsel, but he returned to served as Secretary of Interior under President Taft. Ballinger tried to resolve the allegations against Cunningham, but faced great backlash from other members of the administration, including Chief Forester, Gifford Pinchot. Pinchot, among others, accused Ballinger of negligence and endangering public lands. A committee was formed to determine Ballinger’s guilt. With the exception of one Republican, all the Republicans on the committee ruled in favor of Ballinger, and all the Democrats on the committee ruled against Ballinger. The Ballinger Affair led to mass criticism of the Taft administration.The dispute between Ballinger and United States Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot that contributed to the split of the Republican party before the 1912 presidential election. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-W009: The Axis Nations must be quarantined
Summary: Editorial cartoon in three panels. In the first panel, a man is seen speaking to a large crowd about the need for the Axis Nations to be quarantined. In the middle panel, a crowd of New York citizens stand on the banks of the Hudson river with war drums and banners, yelling at the Midwest to get into the war spirit. In the third panel, Uncle Sam is standing on the other bank, yelling back at them to stop the "slurs" against the Midwest and gesturing toward a huge stone plaque showing the numbers of voluntary enlistments and war bonds bought for the Northeast versus the Midwest. The Midwest numbers are larger in every category.

Title: JM-131: Well, I think I am going to have a white Christmas. 131
Summary: This cartoon depicts Richard Achilles Ballinger, the Secretary of Interior, acting smug over the whitewashed Republican majority report that declares him guiltless while the Democratic insurgent minority report declares him guilty and unfit. Ballinger was part of a controversial affair in 1910 that went down in history as either the Pinchot-Ballinger Controversy or the Ballinger Affair. The Ballinger Affair began over an investigation into Clarence Cunningham, who was suspected of illegally transferring land ownership in Alaska to commercial third parties. This investigation began under the Roosevelt administration. Ballinger, the General Land Office Commissioner, eventually concluded the investigation without the approval of his the Secretary of Interior, as he was required. Ballinger left his position for private practice as Cunningham’s personal counsel, but he returned to served as Secretary of Interior under President Taft. Ballinger tried to resolve the allegations against Cunningham, but faced great backlash from other members of the administration, including Chief Forester, Gifford Pinchot. Pinchot, among others, accused Ballinger of negligence and endangering public lands. A committee was formed to determine Ballinger’s guilt. With the exception of one Republican, all the Republicans on the committee ruled in favor of Ballinger, and all the Democrats on the committee ruled against Ballinger. The Ballinger Affair led to mass criticism of the Taft administration.The dispute between Ballinger and United States Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot that contributed to the split of the Republican party before the 1912 presidential election. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-265: So it's Hoover
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting an elephant hearing through a closed door of the Pennsylvania Delegation that "It's Hoover".

Title: JM-032: Stock jugglers hold up panic head to a man with a sword
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three stock jugglers holding up a "panic" head on a stick to attempt to ward off someone seen only as a shadow on the wall, seemingly holding a sword. The shadowy figure appears to be heading toward a sign pointing to "Good government."

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