From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam fires a shotgun labeled "War on anything and everything" into a cloud of currency and coins labeled "Billions in $pending [spending] as a cure." Uncle Sam has his eyes...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Jim Ivey. In one panel, a cow labeled "Fla. [Florida] milk prices highest in U.S." jumps over the moon, followed by an Apollo spacecraft labeled "FTC" carrying a detective reminiscent of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Richard Nixon is exercising on the floor of the gym, using a small wheel to do abdominal exercises (modified pushups). He looks over his shoulder at a bloated man labeled "Economy"...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A mirror is labeled, "1968 issues magic mirror," reminiscent of the mirror in the Snow White fairy tale. In the mirror are the images of three men labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. President Jimmy Carter is shown lying in bed thinking (or worrying) about Senator Edward Kennedy dumping a freezer labeled "Wage and price freeze" on him.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam is driving a car labeled "U.S." at high speed down the unprotected road that is descending around a cliff. He passes a sign with "Caution" and a sharply curving arrow....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jack Jurden. In the background of the cartoon, Richard Nixon leans out through the front of a television set and holds an ink pen labeled "Veto." In the foreground is an overstuffed cloth sack...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground of the cartoon a large Lyndon Johnson, dressed as a cowboy, wears a big campaign button with the words, "You never had it so good." In the background, a woman...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Roy Carless. Richard Nixon, dressed in safari clothing, wears two bandoleers of ammunition criss-crossed on his chest and a belt of ammunition around his waist. Holding a double-barreled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man holding a picket sign labeled "Bring down imports" sits on one end of the lever of a see-saw, holding his end down on the ground. The other end of the see-saw has a box labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The Louisiana capitol building has instead of a door the mouth of a cave. A man sitting at the entrance wears skins and has a club nearby. He holds a sign that reads, "Problems...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter is sitting behind his desk in the Oval Office, and he appears confused. An aide stands nearby. Three men are in the office to see Carter. The tallest man is dressed...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisana Governor Dave Treen christens a cement block labeled "New bridge cornerstone" and "Cost estimate $575 million." A large man wearing a construction helmet and labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men are on a girder that is suspended from above by a wire and large hook. The girder is labeled, "State building programs" and is not flat but tilted up on one end. The man...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. Charles de Gaulle stands at the base of a stack of giant coins labeled "Franc." His hands are on the stack, and he is pushing with all his might. The stack has begun to curve and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon stands in a corridor just outside the partially open door of a room. He holds a doctor's bag with monogrammed RMN (Richard Milhous Nixon) in his left hand. In...
Report of the Committee on Finance: On the Bill (H. R. 18) To lay taxes for the common defense, and carry on the Government of the Confederate States. Three hundred copies ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America...
Report on the Committee on Finance: On the Bill (H. R. 92) To tax, fund, and limit the currency. By Mr. Semmes; Two hundred and fifty copies ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 25 January 1864.
A Bill: Declaring the mode of ascertaining the value of the deliverable to the Government under existing laws. By Mr Semmes, from the Committee on Finance; Read first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the calendar and printed by the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam is riding a Ferris wheel at a circus. The wheel is labeled, "High interest rates...Recession...Low interest rates...Inflation." The wheel operator stands nearby, his...
