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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-W017: "I'll have to tighten your belt, Uncle"
Summary: A figure labeled "New Deal" severely tightens Uncle Sam's belt, while Uncle Sam protests. A portrait of the "New Deal" on the wall behind the two figures has the label: "God's Gift to Britain."

Title: JM-W006: U.S. Flag Day in every continent and on every ocean
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Franklin D. Roosevelt sitting in front of a map and pointing to all of the United States flags positioned displayed. Uncle Sam is also with him.

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-078: Three scenes of Uncle Sam excluding immigrants
Summary: 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.

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

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-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.

Title: JM-W022: After you, my dear Air Force
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam staring at a map of Italian islands where a U.S. soldier is stepping. He says to wait for the bombers to "soften it up."

Title: JM-275: The rich farm and the spreading thistles
Summary: Uncle Sam complacent as "dishonesty" grows in "U.S." fields

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-288: Cartoons of the day
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three panels containing different cartoons. In the first panel, Cardinal Mundelein is shown; in the second panel, a man beams at a newspaper claiming economic recovery; in the third panel, DuPont explosives manufacturers supports munitions control.

Title: JM-289: Dancing to the spring song
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting men representing nations dancing around "war" organ grinder. The League of Nations watches from a window.

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

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.

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