American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

"Good evening, Mr. LaGuardia."

West 52nd Street, inside Restaurant 21.

Colin took off his hat and greeted LaGuardia in the restaurant.

Then his eyes turned slightly and landed on the wheelchair that seemed a little out of place with the surrounding environment. He smiled and nodded.

"Good evening, Mr. Franklin Roosevelt."

Because he has been sitting in a wheelchair all year round, Roosevelt's face looked paler than ordinary people. When he heard Colin's greeting, he raised his head and looked at the young man, then smiled and nodded in response.

"Good evening, Mr. Colin Looper."

Although Roosevelt is currently running for the party's nomination as a Democratic candidate, in fact there is a deep connection between him and the Republican Party, including the second Roosevelt of the Republican Party, who is Roosevelt's cousin. Even when Roosevelt told President Roosevelt, a Republican, about his decision to enter politics as a Democrat, the other party angrily called him: "You despicable little brat! You traitor..."

Of course, even so, it still did not dissuade Roosevelt from participating in politics.

Especially after being injured and disabled, Roosevelt gained a deeper understanding and understanding of politics.

Although he could not move as freely as other politicians, his life in a wheelchair also had a great impact on Roosevelt, giving him more time to think about the nature of politics.

He had been in a wheelchair long enough and it was time to do something.

This is why, after Roosevelt learned from LaGuardia that Colin wanted to meet with him, he thought about it and agreed.

Among the many presidential nominees of the Democratic Party, he is not a very outstanding figure. On the contrary, the vast majority of Democrats are more optimistic about Al Smith as the nominee. After all, Al Smith has already run for president with Hoover before. experience, and the identity of the other party’s Catholic faith can effectively attract votes from people with religious stances.

It was precisely because of the difficulties in seeking the party's nomination that Roosevelt had to make compromises. Internally, he worked hard to win the support of party members and convince them that he could lead the Democratic Party to victory this time. Externally, he frequently contacts powerful people in society, intending to use their strength to gain support from more social groups.

Originally, Roosevelt's series of efforts did not go smoothly.

Under the impact of the Great Depression, not only did the people lose hope in the government, but even the Democratic Party did not see any possibility of winning.

However, the July crackdown in Washington confirmed that Roosevelt saw an opportunity for change.

Although it is unclear why Hoover would make such a ridiculous order, as a competitor, Roosevelt obviously would not let go of such an opportunity.

By suppressing the incident, he has persuaded a faction of the Democratic Party to support his bid for the nomination.

The meeting with Colin was also preparation for his next campaign after winning the party nomination.

As for LaGuardia, although he was a Republican congressman, he actually disagreed with many policies of the Hoover administration, especially Prohibition and the fiscal policy during the Great Depression.

In addition, he had expressed his intention to run for mayor of New York a long time ago, and Roosevelt, as the governor of New York State, has a very high reputation throughout New York. Once he gets Roosevelt's support, it will have a great influence on LaGuardia's next move. The campaign helped a lot.

This is why LaGuardia was willing to help Colin set up a meeting with Roosevelt.

As for Colin, from the perspective of future history.

Both Roosevelt and LaGuardia left a profound influence on future American politics.

And their rule will last at least ten years, because establishing a relationship with the two of them is a sure-profit deal for Colin.

In Restaurant No. 21, the three of them had their own thoughts, but there was no expression on the surface.

"For some time now, I have been subscribing to the Courier, published by Mr. Colin Looper."

In the wheelchair, Roosevelt spoke first, looking at Colin in front of him and saying something in a meaningful tone.

Obviously, Roosevelt’s purpose of subscribing to the Courier could not be to read the serialization of “Superman”.

Even Roosevelt was affected by the bribery scandal of former New York Mayor Jimmy Walker.

After all, this was a scandal that occurred in New York State under his rule, and Jimmy Walker was a Democrat of the same party as Roosevelt.

But, fortunately.

Roosevelt responded quickly and did not let the Jimmy Walker scandal spread to himself and affect his campaign for the Democratic nomination.

"If you read further, Mr. Roosevelt, you will find that, in fact, the Courier has always been a voice for the people, and has even criticized the president more than once for this purpose."

Hearing Roosevelt's words, Colin first nodded to the waiter in the restaurant to confirm the menu, and then looked back at the wheelchair. This man would later be considered the most popular president in American history.

Although, the reason why the Courier-Journal clung to Hoover was purely to attract attention and sales.

Hearing this, Roosevelt nodded.

He did read some newspapers from The Courier before it serialized "Superman", in which Colin expressed his dissatisfaction with President Hoover in bitter words.

In fact, this is one of the reasons why Roosevelt was willing to meet Colin.

Judging from the previous news reports of the Courier, Colin Luper's position is not biased towards the Democratic Party, but at least he does not like the Republican Party.

Mentioned the Courier's past criticism of Hoover.

As the only Republican among the three and a member of Congress, LaGuardia should have been somewhat embarrassed.

But he showed the mature attitude of a politician, pretending that he heard nothing and continued to taste the food on his plate.

He glanced at LaGuardia who was concentrating on cutting steak and tasting delicious food.

Colin continued to talk to Roosevelt.

"As far as I know, Mr. Roosevelt's nomination in the Democratic Party is not going well?"

"It's not a secret."

Roosevelt did not hide this.

"In fact, not only the party was not optimistic about me, but even the media did not think I could win the nomination this time. They called me a troublemaker and believed that my nomination would only bring greater chaos and trouble to the Democratic Party. These people did not expect that there was anything more troublesome in the United States than the Great Depression."

At this time, no one would have expected Roosevelt's victory.

And for the people who were still deeply trapped in the Great Depression, they no longer expected any president to save them from all this.

Choosing Roosevelt was not because they had high expectations for him, but purely because the previous president Hoover was so bad.

"The Great Depression."

Roosevelt's words made the three people present fall into a brief silence, and even LaGuardia's steak-cutting action became a little heavier.

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Although, later generations generally evaluated Roosevelt as the president who led the United States out of the Great Depression.

But in fact, the entire Great Depression lasted for nearly ten years, and even during Roosevelt's New Deal, the unemployment rate had never been lower than 15%. If World War II had not occurred, the war would have started in Europe, and it would have been hard to say whether the United States could really get out of the Great Depression.

Of course, history only remembers the results, so Roosevelt helped the United States get out of the Great Depression and became the best president in American history.

"Perhaps, we should discuss something more practical, such as the views on the 18th Amendment currently in effect..."

Feeling the silence in the restaurant, LaGuardia led the topic to the issue of Prohibition.

Since the three of them came to Restaurant No. 21, they were obviously not strong supporters of Prohibition.

"The 18th Amendment is a mistake!"

Roosevelt strongly advocated the abolition of Prohibition, which can be seen from his policy platform for the presidential election.

In fact, the impact of Prohibition on American society far exceeded the original intention of the law. Perhaps the original purpose of the Prohibition law was to solve problems such as alcoholism, domestic violence, crime, prison overcrowding, litigation backlogs, and poor public health.

However, during the 13 years of the implementation of the Prohibition, the law not only failed to achieve this, but also forever changed the face of society at that time, and this influence has continued to this day.

A large number of crimes and corruption were born because of the Prohibition, including Luciano and Capone, who were mafia families that rose because of the Prohibition. At the same time, the Tammany Association obtained a lot of money by sheltering the bootlegging group, and used the money obtained from the bootlegging to fund political campaigns. These bootlegging activities completely changed the American government system, and corruption spread from then on.

"Because 'Jack' has more than thousands of victims with hand and foot disabilities, and most of them are irreversibly paralyzed."

On the side, Colin spoke at the right time and expressed his position on the Prohibition.

Jack, also known as Jamaican ginger (Jamaiger).

It was a common medical remedy during the Great Depression. Because it contained a relatively high amount of alcohol, it was often consumed by some people who circumvented the Prohibition. After being investigated by the Prohibition agents, the U.S. Treasury Department ordered the formula to be changed to make it undrinkable. However, there were still some unscrupulous shops that were blinded by greed and added industrial plasticizers to "Jack" to deceive government testing, and then sold it to those who suffered from the "Prohibition".

And this also resulted in the emergence of a large number of victims.

Roosevelt was obviously very sensitive to the word paralysis. Although he himself was not disabled because of "Jack", he also felt empathy for those victims.

"Perhaps, Mr. Roosevelt, you can use the "Prohibition" as your campaign platform."

Of course, Colin's reason for taking "Jack" as an example obviously had his own purpose. After arousing Roosevelt's empathy through the victims, he immediately made a proposal to Roosevelt.

"I believe that the vast majority of the public will support this approach."

Faced with Colin's suggestion, Roosevelt's expression was somewhat moved, but he did not show it immediately. On the contrary, he was somewhat restrained.

Although Roosevelt admired Colin's proposal in his heart, it was not so easy to decide on campaign policies.

Once you make a wrong decision, you will lose not only your personal gains and losses, but also a large number of potential supporters.

The existence of the Prohibition has certainly caused a lot of dissatisfaction among the people, but there are also many supporters.

Including a large number of women and Puritans who are firm supporters of the Prohibition. Once Roosevelt decides to take a stand on the bill, he will undoubtedly lose these votes.

From Roosevelt's eyes, Colin saw the other party's hesitation.

He was not surprised.

Every choice in politics is extremely important. If you are not careful, you may fall into an irreversible situation.

For example, Hoover, his various practices in Washington, including the recent order to suppress veterans. It has laid the groundwork for his later defeat.

Colin originally thought that it would take some time to persuade Roosevelt to make the decision to repeal the Prohibition, or simply wait until the other party passes the nomination to run for election before making a decision.

However, opportunities always appear inadvertently.

The weakened version of [Super Hearing] heard some noises outside the restaurant.

Then, a waiter dressed as a waiter appeared in the restaurant and reminded the dining guests in English with a unique Viennese Long Island accent.

"Don't be nervous, it's just a routine inspection by the Prohibition Agents."

As the waiter finished speaking, several Prohibition Agents wearing windbreakers and expressionless faces came to Restaurant No. 21.

Although the federal agents had previously returned in defeat at Restaurant No. 21 and did not find any business related to bootleg liquor. However, it is clear that the Prohibition Agents have not given up the investigation of Restaurant No. 21, and attempted to find possible clues in the restaurant through a surprise operation.

Under the gaze of Colin and others, the Prohibition Agents launched a series of search operations throughout the restaurant.

The result did not change at all. The place they investigated was the restaurant on the first floor of the restaurant, which was itself a place open to the public at Restaurant No. 21, so it was naturally impossible to leave obvious flaws.

Therefore, after the search, several Prohibition Agents shook their heads at each other and left the restaurant with ugly expressions.

As the Prohibition agents returned home in defeat, a lot of cheers and applause suddenly broke out in Restaurant No. 21.

"Maybe you are right, Mr. Colin Looper."

Amid the cheers, Roosevelt, who was watching everything in his wheelchair, suddenly had an idea.

"Prohibition is indeed a bad law and should be repealed."

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