From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Paul Volcker, chair of the Federal Reserve Board, is twisting the wheel of a large press (or vise). Inside the press is Uncle Sam, labeled "The economy." Volcker says, "Good...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Lyndon Johnson, dressed as the captain of a ship, stands at the helm of the "U.S.S. Economy." He is steering the ship between the tips of two icebergs labeled "Recession" and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A rocket, part of which is painted with an American flag, is labeled "Inflation." The body of the rocket is fat and bulging instead of lean, and it is trying to rise from the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. President Jimmy Carter stands next to a table in a book shop with a dismayed look on his face. He has placed one hand on the corner of the table, and the other is propped on his...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Gene Basset. A very short husband, standing between Lyndon Johnson and his large, fierce wife, does a double-take. Johnson's open right hand is extended toward the husband. Johnson's other hand...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon rows a boat down a rapidly moving stream accompanied by an attractive woman whose billowing scarf is labeled "USA." Nixon's eyes are on the woman and not on...
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. Louisiana governor Dave Treen, dressed as a farmer, is standing in his plowed rows. Behind him is a sign in a row labeled "State needs $." Treen is holding a large book labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A fat man labeled "Inflation" is walking along holding a paper labeled "Consumer price increase." The man has brushed against Jimmy Carter, who is labeled "Tight race." Marks...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is dressed as a baseball player with a shirt labeled "Balanced budget team." He is looking upward at a baseball overhead, labeled, "Senate's tax cuts tied 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. 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 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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Paul Volcker, chair of the Federal Reserve Board, is wearing a cap reminiscent of the "little Dutch boy" and holding a briefcase labeled "Fed's Volcker." He stands beside a high...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two graphs are on a wall, and Paul Volcker is on top of them doing a balancing act. One foot is standing on top of a graph labeled, "Pull recovery up," and his hand has hold of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards leans against an open chest labeled, "$1 million war chest," overflowing with money. He is thinking about a futuristic race car labeled, "Races...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter is sweating and wiping his brow under a glaring sun. The sun has at its center an elephant head and a campaign button that reads, "Reagan & Bush '80." Around Carter...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man is running away from ghosts labeled, "Vietnam...Inflation...Crime" and past a sign labeled, "The fabulous '70's." The sign shape includes a direction that is the same as...
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 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...
