From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An overweight man dressed in jogging clothes and labeled "Deficit" runs in the Washington City Classic. Behind him struggling to catch up are several men. One has an elephant...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is sitting at a desk looking worried. On his desk is a huge book with several bookmarks, the largest labeled "Deficit." Behind Reagan on the wall, the portrait of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen, dressed as a magician, is reaching deep into his upturned top hat and appears anxious. The hat is on a table, and the setting is a magic show...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards stands beside a sauna where a man labeled "Deficit" is closed up inside. Only his head can be seen, and the facial expression is one of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is dressed as a magician in tie and tails. A huge top hat is upturned and labeled "Deepening fed. deficit" on the inside. Reagan is reaching deep into the hat to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter and a man labeled, "Congress" stand looking at a giant baby labeled "Inflation." The baby is reclining with legs crossed and is drinking with an intent or greedy...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elephant struggles to carry on his back a large box labeled, "Fall elections...Budget deficit...Recession." A donkey stands nearby and says, "And they call me the beast of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher.President Lyndon Johnson is reading a book titled "Budget figures for next fiscal year," with the aid of bifocals. Three bookmarks in the pages are labeled "Deficit." The bifocal...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man driving a car labeled, "Congress" is driving along an unprotected road high on the side of a cliff. A sign pointing to the road ahead reads, "Raise taxes," but it is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A toddler in diapers is sitting on the floor before a huge fish tank. A paper next to the toddler reads, "Future generations." Inside the tank are three huge, angry-looking fish...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. In the background of the cartoon, an ocean liner labeled "Pound" and flying a British flag is sinking. In the foreground, Uncle Sam is swimming with a a heavy round anchor stone...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Lyndon Johnson, dressed as a housepainter, kneels on the floor with a paintbrush in his hand and the paint bucket nearby. Looking back over his shoulder, he sees he has painted...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 9, 1977 with the Honorable Herman B. DeCell in his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. DeCell enrolled at the University of Mississippi but with the start of World War II, he was called to service. After...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan, dressed as a colonial, is labeled "U.S. deficit" on his vest. He stands beside a sign that reads, "Colonial Williamsburg welcomes 7-nation economic summit," and the...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. This cartoon is in two panels. On the left side, Ronald Reagan is dressed as Santa Claus. He rings a bell and says, “Ho, Ho, Ho.” Sound waves from the bell are labeled, “Pledge to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The curtain on a proscenium stage has comedy-tragedy masks and the label "State fiscal theater." The comedy mask labeled "Surplus" resembles Dave Treen, and the tragedy mask...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A nervous Ronald Reagan is being squeezed between a rock labeled "Budget deficit" and a military tank with the barrel of the gun pointed at his face. Reagan is using a handsaw...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan sits at his desk with a worried look on his face. On his desk are two large books, labeled "Tax cuts" and "Budget cuts," a telephone, and papers labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill, labeled "Congress," ride on a Mardi Gras float labeled "Krewe of deficit reduction." A closed chest is on the float, and the men look at each...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Dave Treen (drawn to resemble the Dickens character Bob Cratchit) sits on a stool at a writing desk, making entries with pen and ink into a large book that is open on the desk....
