Creator

Stuart McDonald

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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

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