Preview
Publisher
Grand Forks Herald
Identification #
OGLMC 390
Creation Date
6-3-1962
Description
Cartoon depicts Premier Nikita Khrushchev fixing a automobile, "Farm Crisis," while President John F. Kennedy fixes an automobile, "Market Crisis." Both the Soviet Union and the United States encounter crisis. The problem in the Soviet Union is the country's lagging agricultural program in the face of food shortages. The problem in the United States is the continued debate over the effects of price fixes on the market economy.
Subject
Cartoons (Commentary); Political cartoons
Places Depicted
Soviet Union; United States
People Depicted
Krushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota
Keywords
Nikita Khrushchev, John F. Kennedy, Farm Crisis in Soviet Union, Market Crisis in United States, Automobiles, Agriculture--Economic aspects, Inflation (Finance), Food supply, Depressions, Automobile mechanics, Free enterprise