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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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-267: Uncle Sam asks the country questions about defense
Summary: Uncle Sam is shown asking a crowd representing the American people three questions about opposition to war, if the country ought to defend itself, and if it should be prepared to defend itself. The crowd stands in support of the first two questions, but a small group sits down when he asks the third.

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-278: Sure he can!
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Hoover asking Uncle Sam if he can lick unemployment hardships.

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

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

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-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.

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