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Title: JM-279: The politicians idea of relieving the distress of unemployment and the burden of over taxation
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam trying to think of a way to give the unemployed jobs. Politician suggests to Uncle Sam that unemployed collect new taxes.

Title: JM-321: The ideal ally
Summary: Editorial cartoon set after WWI. While the spoils are broken up, Uncle Sam wishes for one island, but the spokesperson stepped out. Now Japan holds most strategic islands.

Title: JM-038: Hindered progress when horses are different houses
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting the president and Uncle Sam appearing happy when both horses pulling their carriage along are Republican, signifying a Republican Senate and House. When the Senate is a Democrat horse, the carriage is at a standstill and both the president and Uncle Sam both have annoyed, unhappy expressions on their faces.

Title: JM-043: Wilson expanding the Monroe Doctrine while Uncle Sam worries about America
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting President Wilson standing on a globe and acting as a policeman of the world. Uncle Sam grabs his arm and says, "America first!" All over the globe, signs depict new orders and laws based on Wilson's expansion of the Monroe Doctrine. Wilson is credited with expanding the Doctrine to allow for "Missionary Diplomacy" in locations such as Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Title: JM-296: Problem of conduct
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three American businessmen profiting from WWI. In the next panel, they turn away from promise of wealth and say "Never again" since the costs to nation not worth it.

Title: JM-324: Is peace really as popular as war?
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicts a coffin of "War" carried by Big Four in graveyard of hope.

Title: JM-287: Uncle Sam will soon be alone with his recovery diet and digestion
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam bloated by huge output of legislation by 73rd Congress.

Title: JM-320: Mr. One World Wilkie interrupts
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Willkie interrupting Fourth of July ceremony to introduce "Superstate" to "Columbia."

Title: JM-026: At 70% naval efficiency in the United States
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a man representing Congress in front of a blackboard showing the naval efficiency of Britain, Japan, and the United States. Britain and Japan both have 100% efficiency, but the man crosses out the 100% mark by the United States and replaces it with 70%, remarking on how this will please voters and reduce costs. Uncle Sam and Hughes watch from the window and express shock.

Title: JM-092: Three scenes of government and individual greed
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three sets of panels, with each set containing an individual cartoon. In the first set, Uncle Sam is shown letting the U.S. Natural Resources flow freely from a pipe in the first panel, and then barely letting any resources come through in the second. In the second set, a group of men and women call a man representing "Capital" in a "Special privilege" car greedy; in the next panel, businessmen call a worker demanding more pay greedy and wonder when times will get back to "normal." In the third set of panels, a man running for Congress promises to have a rigid economy, but behind closed doors he expresses doubts about his ability to support a budget system.

Title: JM-239: Filipino independence. 239
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a Filipino man arguing for independence from the U. S., who counters by asking if the Philippines will give independence to the Moro people.

Title: JM-W016: The money question clouds over Fort Knox
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Morgenthau of the Department of Treasury and the International Food Conference both demanding money. Fort Knox is shown heavily guarded, with large question marks floating over the top of the building.

Title: JM-084: Brittania boasts about subsidizing merchant marine, while Uncle Sam stands by unused merchant marine
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting figure representing Britannia standing on a boat with fleet of British ships behind him. He tells Uncle Sam, who is standing on non-moving ships decorated with cobwebs, that he subsidizes his merchant marine. Uncle Sam replies that he does not.

Title: JM-307: The anti-war Americans, being in the great majority, have a right to be heard
Summary: Uncle Sam and majority oppose war, peace rally is held at Soldier Field.

Title: JM-238: World Court Tribunal. 238
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam at the World Court Tribunal.

Title: JM-020: "Which do you love best?"
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a pollster bearing a resemblance to Uncle Sam asking Ohio which of her favorite sons she loves best. A group of other people watch from the other side of a fence.

Title: JM-089: Cartoons of the day
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three panels, each one containing a different cartoon. In the first panel, General Crowder directs men over draft age into either a door marked "U.S. Fighters" or "Useful work." In the second panel, men toss hands and smile at sign with "Commander Pellegrini's raid in the Austrian naval base" displayed. In the last panel, a man representing the U.S. remarks on how the 10,000 tons of ships built each day in the U.S. will beat the U-boats.

Title: JM-W020: Why not cut out the "un" and make it the "written law"?
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam holding a marker and pointing to the cornerstone stating that one should only run for president two terms. Behind him, a group of people from different states wave a banner asking for it to be allowed that a person can run for a third term.

Title: JM-300: In time we may get used to these crises
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam reading about crises occurring in Ethiopia, Spain, etc. He vows non-involvement.

Title: JM-W018: Uncle Sam does the math of war
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam sitting at a table with many sheets of paper, as well as Calculus and Algebra books in front of him. Boxes above his head show the "problems" of troops and demands that he is trying to figure out.

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