The black and white caricatures in this book, illustrated by Will H. Chandlee, with their not-so-subtle references to FDR and the New Deal are often dense with the names of specific people and events in that administration. Most of the verses are rewritten versions of the old rhymes in which, for instance, "Old King Cole," now obviously Franklin Delano Roosevelt, becomes Old King Dole.

"The Three Blind Mice," in the illustration for that rhyme, are labeled with the names of key administration officials.

Three Blind Mice

Three blind Mice,
	See how they run!
In wavering circles to no good end;
	Sniffing for millions
Of cheeses to spend.
	Oh, when in the world
Will some rat trap end
	Three blind Mice?

The text and image for "Who Killed Cock Robin?" refer to a Supreme Court decision.

"Who killed cock robin?"
	"Who made the incision?"
"I," said the Judge,
	"With my chicken decision."

Who buried the bird?
	No one, they say;
He hasn't been buried--
	He's just rotting away.

Thus, once again, Mother Goose serves as the vehicle for the common folk to ridicule those in power.