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JM-189: Compromises
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JM-189: Compromises
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The top panel of this cartoon depicts President Woodrow Wilson meeting with other world leaders at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. The Paris Peace Conference began after the armistice agreement for World War I, and it eventually produced the Treaty of Versailles. The four men meeting depict the leaders of the “Big Four” Allied powers of WWI. The Big Four nations were the United States, led by President Woodrow Wilson, England, led by Prime Minister David Lloyd, France, led by Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, and Italy, led by Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando. These men are creating secret treaties, which is in contradiction with Wilson’s “14 Points” speech. The first point in this speech is “Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view”. This point was created to address the practice of secret treaties between nations, which many contributed to the beginning of World War I. The 14 points are conspicuously placed in the garbage at this meeting. The bottom panel depicts Uncle Sam showing Woodrow Wilson ways to protect the United States while signing treaties with other nations. This panel is captioned, “he ought to be able to compromise now to satisfy the interests of his own”. This caption is used to suggest there may have been conflict between President Wilson’s interests and the interests of the United States. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)
JM-109: Well, General, you put up a magnificent fight
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JM-109: Well, General, you put up a magnificent fight. 109
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Editorial cartoon depicting a scene of surrender: Nogi Maresuke gives Anatoly Stoessel peace laurel, receives sword. Stoessel surrendered on January 1st, 1905 after the fall of Wantai to the Japanese; the surrender was accepted on January 2nd, 1905.
JM-224: Cartoons of the day
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JM-224: Cartoons of the day. 224
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Editorial cartoon depicting three different things in three separate panels: a man suggesting Constitution Week and Uncle Sam refusing, the same man imposing limitations of air armament on top of naval limitations in the U. S., and a personification of Germany on trial for—ostensibly—war crimes.
JM-182: The new income tax
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JM-182: The new income tax
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This cartoon depicts a man being irritated with the high income tax rates in the United States. The man suggests the reason for the increased taxes is the fact the the United States is currently fighting in World War I. The man continues to complain about the income tax until he passes a group of soldiers. The man realizes his financial sacrifice is less than that being made by the men serving in the military. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)
JM-072: Wedding vows, now and then
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JM-072: Wedding vows, now and then
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Editorial cartoon depicting six panels comparing and contrasting old fashioned weddings to contemporary ones, where the vows are temporary.
JM-086: The captain and crew of the William P. Frye, which--
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JM-086: The captain and crew of the William P. Frye, which--
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Editorial cartoon depicting a ship labeled the "William P. Frye" being sunk by a ship labeled the "Prinz Eitel Friederich." In the next panel, the crew of the Frye waves the Friederich ship on as it sails to open sea. British cruisers can be seen near the horizon line on the water. The William P. Frye was an American merchant vessel sunk in 1915 after encountering a German ship.
JM-095: It's easy to get help when you don't need it and hard when you do
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JM-095: It's easy to get help when you don't need it and hard when you do
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Editorial cartoon depicting a man who is morose in first two panels; he sits with a notice about rent while four other men stare and talk among themselves. In the last two panels, set several years later, the man is smiling and in new clothes while at a job; the four other men run over to him with arms outstretched.
JM-079: A good New Year's resolution
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JM-079: A good New Year's resolution
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Editorial cartoon depicting a hand writing out a check from the National Bank of Chicago for the "Italian Relief Fund." Behind the hand, figures representing New York, St. Louis, California, and Chicago all carry bags or baskets labeled "Relief for Italy."
JM-177: Winning the war
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JM-177: Winning the war
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The cartoon depicts the personified Germany crawling his way across Europe during WWI, representing Germany’s military advances during the war. The top left panel is captioned, “words won’t win the war”. This meant words could not be used to cause the German surrender. The top right panel is captioned, “wishes won’t win the war”. The panel shows Americans watching Germany from across the Atlantic, wishing the German people would overthrow Kaiser Wilhelm II. The middle-left panel shows those same Americans shouting in outrage at the Germans over American deaths from the war. The panel is captioned, “wrath won’t win the war”. The middle-right panel shows Americans displaying the vast wealth available for a war effort. The panel is captioned, “wealth won’t the war”. The bottom panel shows the Germans finally being stopped after being hit with the butt of a gun. The panel is captioned, “But wallops will win the war!”. This cartoon suggests aggressive force was the only way for the United States to defeat Germany in WWI. This cartoon was created in 1917, and the US official participation in WWI was from 1916-1917. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)
JM-217: Next on the program will be a sprightly juggling act
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JM-217: Next on the program will be a sprightly juggling act. 217
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Editorial cartoon depicting two tariff orators--one from the GOP and the other from the Democratic Party--backstage preparing to face off in front of spectators.
JM-198: Congress is all out investigatin'
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JM-198: Congress is all out investigatin', Congress is all out investigating
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Editorial cartoon depicting two men on a porch watching multiple Congressional committees investigating various things, such as a crime wave, railways, the peace plan, the "Tea pot dome oil lease scandal", charges against Bolshevism, and several different propaganda groups.
JM-305: Trying to prove that all things come to him who waits
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JM-305: Trying to prove that all things come to him who waits
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Editorial cartoon depicting nine men waiting outside FDR's door.
JM-060: A political discussion
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JM-060: A political discussion
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Editorial cartoon depicting a man and a woman sitting at a table, seemingly in conversation.
JM-266: Confidence
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JM-266: Confidence
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Editorial cartoon depicting Hoover, holding a "Continued Prosperity" banner, leading the G.O.P. elephant across the "Bridge to the Presidency".
JM-066: How to raise more taxes
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JM-066: How to raise more taxes
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Editorial cartoon depicting three different scenes. In the first panel, women re-entering the United States with Mexican divorce papers are charged a tariff on the divorce. In the middle panel, a nobleman is leaving his wife, an American heiress, at home to go and buy some cigarettes. In the bottom panel, two men discuss going home if the exchange rate gets any worse.
JM-078: Three scenes of Uncle Sam excluding immigrants
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JM-078: Three scenes of Uncle Sam excluding immigrants
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Editorial cartoon depicting three scenes in three different panels. In the top panel, Uncle Sam stands in a garden of Americanism surrounded by crows labeled "Unassimilable Asiatic Immigration" and "Undesirable European Immigration." In the middle panel, Uncle Sam is putting up two signs along the coast: "Exclusion of Chinese" and "Exclusion of Japanese Immigrants" while a figure representing Japan, a country who also has exclusion signs for China and Korea, watches. In the third panel, the same figure from Japan gestures with an angry face and Japanese Emigrants behind him, while Uncle Sam proudly shows off a sign welcoming only particular groups of Japanese people: tourists, students, scientists, etc.
JM-314: Victories and defeat
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JM-314: Victories and defeat
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Editorial cartoon in two panels: U.S. wins battles in Pacific, loses them in Atlantic.
The doings of death
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The doings of death
Date
1901
National sales tax
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National sales tax: Revenue estimates for fiscal year 1987
Date
1986
Summary
A national sales tax has been frequently discussed as a possible new tax source to reduce projected large budgetary deficits. This report contains estimates that a national sales tax with a comprehensive tax base could yield up to $22.44 billion for each 1 percent levied, based on data for fiscal year 1987.
Summary and analysis of the education amendments of 1984, p.l. 98-511
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Summary and analysis of the education amendments of 1984, p.l. 98-511
Date
1984
Summary
The Education Amendments of 1984 extends and amends a variety of Federal education programs and would establish other new Federal education activities. This paper provides a summary and analysis of these amendments including provisions regarding the adult education, bilingual education, impact aid, women's educational equity, Indian education, emergency immigrant education, and higher education student financial assistance programs.

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