From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; LBJ is looking at a phone that reads, "Communist Pressures" and has "CR-ISES 1-1968" on the dial. A caption reads, "Vietnam-Korea."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; Charity Hospital is in a hospital bed while a group of doctors stand around scratch their chins. The "doctors" are McKeithen, the hospital board, the legislative budget...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The shrouded figure of the Grim Reaper stands near a roulette wheel. Segments of the wheel are labeled "Death...Injury...Loss of home...Loss of job...Harm to race relations."...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. At the lower left of the cartoon is a building with a U.S. flag on top, labeled "State's public school system." On the horizon of a hill behind the school, in large block letters, is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A long tractor trailer truck and a short cargo truck are travelling on a road that skirts the base of a cliff wall. The large truck is being driven by Ronald Reagan and is...
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 Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A weatherman labeled "Lake Pontchartrain hurricane protection program" gestures with a pointer at Lake Ponchartrain on a large map that shows the eastern United States. Near Washington...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan and a man labeled "Demos." (Tip O'Neill) are dressed as painters (smock, tie, and beret) in an art gallery where an exhibition of framed paintings hangs. They...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Fidel Castro holds a large compass marked with "Soviet influence" at the north compass point. Behind him, small figures representing "Non-aligned nations" observe him.
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A snail is trying to move along a path between two mounds of lumber debris left by Hurricane Camille. Sweat drops show the snail to be working hard to move, and cobwebs are impeding...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam sits at a table resting his head on the fingertips of his right hand. His left arm is hooked over the back of his chair, and he holds the corner of a newspaper with...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Congress" stands on a dock and looks toward a sinking ship labeled "Social security system." A group of elderly men stand on the rear deck of the ship and shout "S Oh! S"...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men labeled "Sales tax" and "Income tax" shout at each other on a street car in New Orleans. The streetcar is on a street under a night sky. An ornate street light has a sign that...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam holds a paper that reads "Antiwar protests in Washington cost in excess of $1,000,000." He looks angrily at a large graph with a rising expenditure line labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is driving a trolley and ringing the bell. The trolley is labeled "National transit systems" on its side, and the sign on the front is "Budget cut-backs." The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A Monopoly-style board game is labeled "Saints 14-yr. franchise" and has the head of a helmeted player and a football in the center of the board. Around the outside of the board...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletche. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards is pulling on the reins of a donkey that is labeled "Uncommitted slate." The donkey's head is over a fence which has a sign that reads, "Custer's...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man dressed in colonial clothing and labeled, "La." stands beside a table (wheel, platform) that is spinning around. It is labeled "Legislative budget committee" and has a...
