Joseph Jacks

Jacks Aged 40

Joseph Jacks, Mr. Jacks, Mr. Prime Minister or even J.J was a Sheaman politician who was Prime Minister from 1926-1940 and once again from 1945-1960 until his death. He was born on the 14th of February 1898 to Jose Jacks and Margaret Swearen-Jacks and was shot dead on the 18th of June 1960 by Lucas Pérez. He had three children, John Mason Jacks (1915-1984), Javier Jacks (1918-1973) and Katherine Jacks (1920-1998). He also had two brothers, Sir Adam Jacks (1903-1994) and Abraham Jacks (1911-2006). He was a member of parliament for Karlington in South Shriel from 1919-1940 and then again from 1945-1960. He is considered one the best Prime Minister's Sheaman ever had, he also was the longest serving prime minister in Sheaman at 29 Years and 7 Months as prime minister compared to the 2nd longest serving prime minister, Lethabo Doema who served 15 years and 28 days as prime minister. Joseph Jacks' death was considered the biggest event of the 20th century in Sheaman by Sheaman National Events and various other websites, newspapers etc. Jacks' life long mission was to help people and in a 1959 interview he said this: "I believe that i haven't finished my lifelong mission for this country yet i know my time is nigh and up and so i have to finish my mission here and now and just accept what I've done, whether that was a lot or a little I've done all i can and all i will." Jacks' is also well known for his contribution to charities and was even a founder of the charity called For a better & brighter future which still exists today. It's said that he reportedly donated around £1.2 million (in GBP) to charities across the world which is about £35.4 million today. Many have praised the man for his charitably and even after his death, in his will he requested that half of all his money would be donated to charities.

## Early life & Homelessness: 1898 - 1919

Joseph Jacks was born on the 14th of February 1898 to Jose Jacks & Margaret Swearen-Jacks in the South City of Shriel. His family was quite poor and Jacks reported that his father would occasionally beat his mother for not cleaning or doing simple chores. Joseph explained how much he hated his father and when Joseph began getting older his father began beating him too. Joseph as a young boy was expected to make as much money as possible for his father being a paper boy and when he didn't work as usually did, his father would beat him and he'd have to stay outside. Joseph was never unhappy about staying outside as he would usually wander the streets at night as there was nothing else to do other than sleep. Joseph had no friends whilst at school and became severely depressed and frequently found himself self-harming and crying. Joseph reflects on that part of his past saying,"I could never found a moment of happiness in my life as a young lad and i found myself completely desperate for a real family look the boys and girls had in school. I was expected to suck it up and just respect my father for who he was but all i could say to those people was fuck you."

### Living on the Streets of South Shriel

At the age of 14 in 1912 Jacks ran away from his parents house and found himself on the streets of South Shriel homeless. He spent the first few months on the streets stealing bread from the local bakery and went without being caught. He made friends with other homeless children who had either refused to go to an orphanage and had ran away, since it was mandatory for children without parents to be housed in an orphanage. Joseph spent most of his time begging for money on the streets but by the time he had turned 15 he began stealing from those who he deemed "wealthy-lookers," deeming them greedy.

on the 15th of March 1913 Joseph stole a loaf of bread from the same bakery that he'd always steal from but being so cocky and strolling in to steal the loaf the baker caught him and alerted the police of the theft. Although Joseph attempted to escape by running into an alleyway, he was eventually caught by two policemen who apprehended him immediately and cuffed him. He was put in a jail cell for the time being and was going to be charged for theft. One morning, however, Oliver Carl Buchanan Sar asked the officer who was overseeing Jacks why he had been imprisoned. Oliver promptly asked if he could pay for Joseph's bailout and take him but the officer refused, stating that without the court's approval or adoption he could not take the boy. Oliver then proceeded to ask for the court's permission and they granted him custody of the child for 6 months and they agreed to a higher payment of bailout.

### Life in Havertonshire: 1913 - 1919

On the 20th of March 1913 Joseph Jacks was released from jail and was taken under custody of Oliver C.B Sar. Oliver would then welcome Jacks into his house in the countryside of Havertonshire where he lived with his brother. Joseph was initially reluctant to interact with Oliver but did thank him for releasing him from jail. Jacks would be taught by both Alexander and Oliver how to read and write as he had only known how to speak. Oliver, whom was a horse rider, taught Joseph how to ride a horse and Joseph rode for hours on the brothers estate and grew avid for horse riding. Jacks would stumble upon the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx which Oliver (whom Oliver was a fond fan of) and he read the book. He did not understand it very well as he had a basic understanding for reading but when he prompted his finding of the book to Oliver he offered to shorten and translate the book for him to read. Alexander who was a christian and conservative (compared to his brother Oliver who was a Socialist and a devoted Liberal) protested to Joseph reading the book which led to an argument between the brothers. Eventually Alexander agreed to him reading the book under the condition that he would read the bible and practice Christianity.

As Oliver's custody of Joseph was coming to an end he decided to apply for the adoption of Joseph and after some trouble being aroused by Oliver's "old age" he was granted adoption for Joseph Jacks.

Soon after Jacks turned 16 in 1914 he started being in a relationship with Susie Mason who was a prostitute at the time. He originally paid her some money to have sex with her as he was of age to do so but he soon grew feeling for her and her the same with him and they both entered a relationship together. Alexander disapproved of their relationship and frequently heard Joseph having sex and argued with both Oliver and Joseph. He claimed it to be against god's will and that they should get married before considering sex but Joseph only hated his arguing and it slowly deteriorated his relationship with Alexander and made Joseph like Oliver more. Around late August 1914 Susie Mason found out that she was pregnant and was expecting a child. Joseph treated this as wonderful news but to the disdain of Alexander who saw this as the last straw and on the 1st of September 1914 he moved out of the house and moved to Boniton in New Traet.

On the 10th of April 1915 Susie Mason gave birth to a boy and Joseph and Susie agreed to name him John. After John was born Oliver C.B Sar practically took on the role of grandfather and ended up spending a lot of time with John as he grew up. Around this time as well, Joseph would become a shopkeeper to make some money for himself as Oliver believed he was well past the age of receiving money from him. Throughout 1916 and 1917 Joseph would become less attentive towards Susie and ended up spending time drinking at a local pub and not returning home for a couple of days after getting very drunk. Around early 1917 Susie took John and left the house after talking to Oliver extensively about her relationship with Joseph. Oliver said that he understood her struggle and wished her well and promised to act as if he had no idea she had left. Susie would thank him and leave the house to not see Joseph for many years to come. When Joseph arrived home a couple days later slightly drunk, he noticed that she wasn't home and asked Oliver where she was and he said he had no idea. Jacks noticed that John was gone as well and found a note from Susie saying that she no longer loved him and needed a proper father to take care of John and so she had left him. Jacks would begin to cry but was comforted by Oliver who tried to assure him that things would be okay. Afterwards Joseph would spend the night playing card games with Oliver and he rode his horse in the country estate until midnight after which he went to sleep.

Only a few months later Joseph would meet Florence and they would soon develop and intimate relationship together and on the 17th of February 1918 they would get married and only a few weeks later Florence would find out she was pregnant and on the 4th of October 1918 she would give birth to a boy whom they called Javier Jacks continuing the J-names in the family.

On the 7th of November 1918, Joseph's father died. Although Joseph had resisted himself to attend his funeral he was convinced by his mum to go and his father was buried on the 5th of December 1918 in the Jameson Memorial Garden which was a originally a cemetery called the Jameson Cemetery but was later refitted into a garden with graves. Joseph remarked this point in his life as a very important moment as he said that his father had just died, the man that was horrible and abusive yet he was still his father. He remarked that after the day was over he went back to the house that he grew up in as a child and just cried of pain and couldn't quite understand why he was crying for a man whom in his opinion was horrible. After his fathers' death as well, he inherited around £10,000 or £727,000 today which he later mostly contributed the money to charity.

## Early Political Career: 1919 - 1926

After 6 years of living with Oliver C.B Sar, Joseph and Florence whom Joseph called Florie, moved out of Oliver's country house taking with them a carriage and Joseph's horse Kim which they rode around the city whilst looking for a place to stay. They ended up finding a small house in the outskirts of South Shriel and they moved in paying for it with almost all of their money. They even built a fence for Kim to stay and living on the outskirts of town meant that Joseph could ride him outside of town quite easily and rid him in the fields.

In late February 1919 an election was announced and Joseph who had been interested by politics ever since his father's death joined ADSP (a political party in Sheaman) and became the candidate for the constituency Karlington in South Shriel. Jacks fought his campaign hard even though he had little money as the seat a had voted LRA since 1912. Although the final results were close, Jacks still managed to beat LRA candidate David Tytle by 1.2%, winning 42.6% of votes whereas Tytle won 41.4% of votes. Jacks was elected on the 11th of March 1919 and was the youngest person at the time to be elected to the Sheaman parliament at the age of 21 and many senior members of parliament were skeptical about such a young person being elected to parliament. Jacks started his career off by proposing a bill titled the "Voting Bill 1919" that intended to allow women to vote at a lower age now of 21 and removing the need for them to be married. Although Jacks did not support the idea of women and men not sharing equal voting requirements he knew that little would support that and so he amended the bill himself to possible make it more successful. The bill was passed in July and was given royal assent in September making it a successful bill.

### Leader of ADSP: 1924 - 1926

Jacks was somewhat negative about the LRA government that was power throughout the early 1920s and he quickly threw himself into the center stage by making bold claims and negative speeches about the government. He however did not object to the Railroad Nationalization bill 1920 and instead supported it even though it was a significantly left-wing bill for the time. Jacks was very notable for being very public about his opinions whilst he was an MP in the early 20s which allowed him to climb up the political ladder and he publicly voiced his disapproval of ADSP's party leader Ewan Hart many times. As well as that in October 1924 Alistair Cameron announced his resignation as party leader of ADSP as the party began splitting in two as many members wanted to take a more right-wing approach rather than a more moderate one which Hart had been suggesting. Jacks pushed for leadership to the party and although he did not have a lot of power he was still very known in the party. Jacks got 32% on the first round of voting and stood at 2nd place and then on the 2nd round he got 38% of votes putting him in the lead, then 40% in the third round and in the final round he won the leadership election with 52% of votes. His success in the leadership election was quite controversial in the party because of his slim victory but Jacks promised to unite the party and move towards a more progressive stance on politics to ensure electoral victory.

Jacks' political opinions about gay people, minorities, immigration, liberalism etc were highly controversial in the early 1920s and was a big reason why people feared Jacks becoming leader of ADSP and becoming more powerful in politics. Many politicians tried using Jacks' progressive opinions against him and throughout the 1920s and he was given many names such as "Gay Josie" for being supportive of gay rights and accepting his brother's friend for being gay. He was heavily criticized for supporting minorities and being respectful to black and Asian people also being given the name "N-Word Josie" by many white politicians and voters. He was instead celebrated and widely respected by black and minority groups who sung in protest in 1925 against the verbal abuse of his name and to show support for him. Jacks reflected back on the 1920s as a time of pain and struggle for him in his 1958 book called "A Montage of Life" which he noted that "Being a white man who loved and respected blacks fully made me the cause for concern in the country and i couldn't stand for that. I was a man who loved all and who respected all, i was a man, a normal man who acted like a human yet that wasn't right to the white folks in charge. I was the evil to them, reincarnated to ravage the land and eliminate the whites. But i wasn't and I'm still not, I'm a man like any other and I'm proud that this nation is so much more accepting of blacks today compared to the 1920s."

Between summer and winter of 1925 ADSP began falling apart and dividing over continuing as a moderate conservative party or progressing into a modern liberal party. The issue eventually led to many members leaving the party in 1925 of those, many of them would end up joining NECO when it split off S&L and was formed in 1932. The party's split and disunity in 1925 led to major amount of members leaving in early December and Jacks and the members held a vote and agreed on disbanding the party. Jacks would then go on to swiftly form S&L which would see many moderate ex-members of ADSP join and in the polls the party shot up as the 1926 general election was called leading to Jacks and his party preparing immensely for the '26 election.

## Prime Minister, Out of Government & WWII: 1926 - 1945

*See Also: Premiership of Sheaman Prime Ministers, Prime Minister, S&L Government (1926 - 1940)*

### 1926 Parliamentary Election & Formation of Cabinet

*See Also:* *1926 Parliamentary Election, 1st Jacks Ministry*

Between January and March 1926 intense campaigning from all sides began as the 1926 general election came closer. Many parties initially attempted to reject the fact that S&L had risen immensely in the polls but by February most parties recognized the success of S&L and directly attacked them. Jacks and his party campaigned hard for this election promising things such as: Improving gay & minority rights, adding more benefits to disabled, old and unemployed people, bringing equality to black and gay people, improving the railroads and rebuilding the country from the great war and the civil war. Jacks also promised to ban orphanages and improve the childcare system, decrease the age of consent, improving voting rights in the country and the party even supported labor unions to a certain degree and labor rights for workers. Although many of his promises were not made between 1926 and 1930 the rest were made in the early 1930s to combat many complaints by voters. His campaign pushed through as strong, bold and progressive compared to any other political party at the time and mostly parties at the time were also crippled and disorganized allowing Jacks' party to take centre stage.

S&L ended up winning the 1926 General Election in march and won 145 out of 210 seats in parliament which was a massive success for the party, much better than anybody could've expected. With the party winning, Joseph Jacks became Prime Minister on the 11th of March 1926 and he formed a cabinet under his name, Jacks I. His cabinet consisted of the deputy Prime Minister Oliver Hail who was a relatively known S&L politician, James J. Jerry Minister for the Treasury, Arthur Clark Minister for Military & Defense, Clara Kirk Minister for Health, Barry Hartman Minister for education, Reginald Ford minister for Foriegn Affairs & Island (also known for being ex-leader of ADSP), Sara Hentely Minister for Welfare and many more. His cabinet was formed the same day he became Prime Minister after extensive meetings throughout the week to form a cabinet. His first cabinet is well known for being the first cabinet in Sheaman to have women in it as well as the first cabinet to have a black person in the cabinet. Many minorities rejoiced this new found era of progressivism and it changed politics entirely after Jacks became Prime Minister. As well as that, Jacks became the youngest Prime Minister ever elected which he remains to this day and was a landmark day for young folk around the country.

### 1920s

Jacks was an avid believer in equality and rights for minorities and in his early years as Prime Minister he was heavily discriminated against for his highly progressive ideals for the time. He fought back against the discrimination countless times throughout his time as Prime Minister and effortlessly doing so but in 1926 it was a major problem. He strived towards a bill that would establish some form of race equality but after proposing two bills in 1926 that both rejected by a majority of parliament including his own party he eventually managed to get somewhere in January 1926 with the Racial Discrimination bill 1927 that sought out to establish a basic form of racial equality. His bill was successful managing to sway 54% of MPs to vote in favour of the bill and it was a widely celebrated bill by minorities, predominantly Black and Asian people and officially became an act in February 1927. Many White folk were furious withe the bill passing which led to the White Day Riots between the 11th to 26th of February 1927.

#### The White Day Riots

*Main Article: White Day Riots*

The White Day Riots were a historic group of riots in Sheaman when on the 11th of February 1927 the Racial Discrimination Act 1927 came into affect and in protest around 1,000 white people took to the streets to riot/protest over the passing of the Racial Discrimination Act. White people broke into shops of black owners, murdered over 500 Black, Hispanic & Asian people, protested with signs including the N-Word and other racial slurs and even a storm on parliament on the 25th of February 1927 a day before the riots ended. Jacks described the riots as "A day to remember why and how many whites still believe in the delusion that your skin colour dictates your motives and your powers. In truth these past few weeks have been useless and irrelevant to the reverse of the Racial Discrimination Act and will never change my mind, black, Asian, Hispanic, whatever, you're still human and you're still loved." His statement was incredibly influential when he addressed it after parliament was stormed whilst in progress and after a major crackdown by police costing a lot of money, the riots ended the following day at the cost of many lives. The riots led to the imprisonment of 1,000s of white people who were directly, indirectly and supportive of the riots and in total around 2,560 arrest were made with around 1,986 of those people were later imprisoned and the rest were released after court trials and suspicions dropped.

On the 28th of February in respect for all of the lives taken and destroyed by the White Day Riots a memorial was funded by the government that was placed on the same road where the riots took place which finished construction on the 9th of August 1927. Parliament also voted in favour of a National Warren Day which was named after the (peaceful) counter protest on the 3rd of March 1927 in which Stanley Warren led the protest as a prominent black civil rights activist in Sheaman. The protest was named the Warren Day Protest which was a peaceful protest to remember the death of many minorities in the White Day Riots and to protest against racial discrimination from white people.

The White Day Riots and the counter protest, the Warren Day Protest majorly shifted opinions about Joseph Jacks' leadership and premiership as Prime Minister. Most S&L MPs before the White Day Riots were highly skeptical of Jacks and was even thinking of calling a vote of no confidence in his leadership as Prime Minister but after the White Day Riots and the Warren Day Protest most negative opinions on Jacks shifted and although he didn't become fully respected he still gained a lot of respect and was seen as right for his opinions of equality for minorities. He gained respect after those events which allowed him to continue his policies and ideas.

#### Late 1920s

Throughout the end of the 1920s Jacks strived towards his 1926 General Election manifesto promises by working on banning Orphanages, improving childcare and improving gay rights. He ended up introducing the Orphanage bill 1929 that would force Orphanages to close down by the 1st of January 1930 and replacing Orphanages with Foster Schools that would be a permanent school for minors until they are either adopted or come of age. The foster schools would be government-owned (however private foster schools would still be allowed) and would focus on educating their children rather than just housing them and the schools would also respect the rights of children and feed them adequately compared to orphanages (It also made the adoption of children much easier). The bill passed that year and became an official act of Sheaman. Jacks would also present the Homosexuality bill 1929 that would make being gay legal as long as it's held in private and it even declassified homosexuality and an illness. The new found respect for Jacks allowed this bill to be passed and it became a bill the same year leading further respect from gay communities in Sheaman.

##### Cabinet reshuffle

In February 1929 Jacks noticed that his cabinet was lacking an falling behind, with a few resignations already following Jacks decided that the cabinet needed to be reshuffled. He decided to remove James J. Jerry as Minister for the Treasury as he deemed his term as "inefficient" and his portfolio was given to the Deputy Prime Minister, Oliver Hail. Jacks would remove Sara Hentley as Minister for Welfare and replace her with Cornelius Otto as well as the Minister for Transport and the Minister for Culture, Media & Sports being replaced with Oscar Manson who took both positions. Jacks was happier with the cabinet and although he didn't intend it, he had removed a woman from his cabinet which was praised by some but Jacks denied removing her because she was a woman as well as saying that she was being inefficient in the cabinet. Polling would increase for Jacks as well as S&L as well which contributed to the 1930 Parliamentary Election.

### 1930s

In the early 1930s Jacks continued on the path of progressivism and as the 1930 Parliamentary Election was coming closer he decided that he needed to make a massive effort for his party to be reelected in the next election. He made a very quick decision in early January 1930 with his party to reconfigure the manifesto set for the next election believing that it had no spark to it that would make S&L electable. Jacks decided that he wanted a manifesto that would pop out as big and controversial and so he promised further rights for gay people, voting rights reform, reforming mental health institutions, greatly expanding the national health service, reform abortion law and even reforming divorces in the country. The party agreed that this was a very controversial set of policies that they were putting on their manifesto and Jacks made the final decision to reconstruct the manifesto and included these policies. When the manifesto was released to the public on the 1st of February 1930 and a basic version released the same day many people were taken aback by the manifesto leading to many older people and conservatives to lash out against S&L and the possibility of them being elected. Parties such as ABSIP and LCSP used slander against the party and used their policies in their campaigns against S&L.

When the Election came around S&L won 144 seats out of 248 which was one seat less than the previous election and considering that they had introduced 38 new seats in parliament the party instead lost more than they wanted. Jacks claimed the election as a victory and continued to form his second cabinet and the 2nd Jacks Ministry. His cabinet consisted of similar members of his last including Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Hail who he was proud to continue as Deputy Prime Minister, expressing his admiration for Jacks and how he stood up for black rights. The only change the cabinet had was the introduction of ex Prime Minister Alistair Cameron as Minister for Education after winning his constituency back in the 1930 Parliamentary Election.

The short 1930 to 1932 term led to many reforms such as the Voting Act 1930 that was a massive act in Sheaman as it equalized the voting right for women allowing women to vote at the same age as men with no reasons for women to not be able to vote. The act was massively supported by his party with every S&L MP voting in favour of the bill as well as all LRA MPs voting in favour of the bill with only LCSP and ABSIP voting against the bill. Jacks also passed the Child destruction Act 1931 that allowed the abortion of a baby if it is causing the pregnant person to be at a risk as well as decreasing the age of consent to 16, allowing divorces if given a reasonable argument such as rape, abuse etc. This term was considered very successful but Jacks would call the 1932 Parliamentary Election as a snap election because he wanted "a clear mandate for support" in his government but the resulting election led to a loss of much of the party's seats being reduced to 130 / 248 giving the party a slim majority government. After the election Jacks would form the 3rd Jacks Ministry and his 4th cabinet with only one change to his cabinet which was removing Clara Kirk was Minister for Healthcare and replacing her with Jane Sinat.

The 1932 to 1936 term was a largely quite term with little acts passed except from acts such as the Countryside Freedom Act 1933 which allowed the Sheaman government to buy large amounts of land (which they did) and it all became legal to visit/walk on: Before most large plots of land were controlled by rich people and they could legaly kill anybody on their land but with the new law you could legally trespass on private property. Another law called the National parks Act 1935 established the first national parks every in Sheaman with five being created including: Cantan Peak, Hampton, Jaecksan, Conute, and Yant upon Yuks. On the 14th of February 1935 Oliver Hail gave a speech over racial equality and his intention to put forward a bill in parliament to promote racial equality but as his speech was coming to an end a man called Jason Hucks ran up to Hail and stabbed him three times before being tackled by the police and shot after he managed to stab a police officer. Hail was rushed to the hospital but he had been stabbed below the rib cage and was bleeding out and by the time doctors tried to help stop the bleeding he had been pronounced dead by the doctors. Jacks would visit his body in the hospital and he reportedly prayed for his family kneeling down by the bed to give his prayer. Jacks would make a speech in front of the crowd that remained stating "My friend felt no pain and had faith to carry his last breath" calling for people to leave the scene as it had been pronounced a crime scene. Jacks would push for the Racial Equality bill in May 1935 for the bill be passed with an overwhelming support with every MP voting in favor of the bill which then came into effect on the 15th of September 1935. Jacks would replace Oliver Hail with Samuel Anderson Polis who took the position "with a heavy heart" on the 1st of May 1935.

#### 1936 Parliamentary Election & 4th and 5th term

The 1936 Parliamentary Election would be a very significant election as it was expected that Jacks' government would be voted out by older conservative and socialist voters so LRA campaigned for workers' rights, the further nationalization of industries, improved human rights and improvement to the healthcare system. LRA were but under scrutiny for not addressing the rising threat in Europe and when asked about it Oliver C.B Sar responded by saying "Sheaman is a country of Australasia, Oceania not of Europe and if we were to involve ourselves in a conflict outside our continent then there is no need to start one." Adolf Hitler would respond to Sar's statement in 1937 claiming his statement as pro-Nazi and that Sar was "making a smart decision" but Sar would refuse to accept Hitler's claim and later remarked that he had no intention to support the Nazis and was fanatically against them. NECO was a relatively new party in Sheaman that had been established in the early 1930s and the party said that they intended to promote "moderately conservative values" which included the removal of many nationalized industries, raising the age of consent and reversing the Divorce Reformation Act 1932. Jacks would promote the furthering of human rights, revamping pension laws, protecting minorities from being fired from their job and most importantly opposing the Nazi regime and supporting the United Kingdom if a war broke out. S&L woulds receive a large majority of 150 seats in parliament which was completely unexpected but Jacks considered the election a "massive victory for liberals and the progress of Sheaman" after the results were announced. Jacks would change his cabinet massively by removing Cornelius Otto, Alistair Cameron (swapping his ministerial role), Arthur Clark, and Arthur Baultan. He would replace Cornelius Otto with Alistair Cameron as the new Minister for Welfare, Alistair Cameron with Sigmund Kyle as Minister for Education, Arthur Clark with Garret Hail as Minister for Military & Defense, and Arthur Baultan with Fraser Yutuke as Minister for Housing & Infrastructure.

Jacks Ministry would see major opinion polling success in 1936 and 1937 and Jacks would engage in diplomatic meetings with Stanley Baldwin (then Chamberlain), Leon Blum, and sometimes even Franklin D. Roosevelt about the rise of the Nazis and how to combat them. Chamberlain pushed for the idea of appeasement and refused to pressure the Nazis but Joseph Jacks saw it as a bad idea a pushed for pressuring the Nazis and stopping the gains and growth. Eventually the talks would end by late 1937 and Jacks had a lowered opinion of Neville Chamberlain and calling him a "British Poser" and a "weak conservative." Jacks would pass the Nazi Propaganda Act 1938 that banned any person having a toothbrush moustache, doing the Nazi salute and expressing support in the Nazis and any of those actions could lead to up to 5 years in prison. Jacks was fiercely against Hitler and banned him from entering Sheaman after Hitler tried to hold a meeting with Joseph Jacks in Winter 1938 leading to Hitler to publicly condemn Jacks as a "Jew" for not supporting the Nazi regime. on the 1st of September 1939 World War Two would begin and because of this Jacks called the 1939 Parliamentary Election to receive a mandate for calling the election as a way to show support for joining the Allies. The election led to S&L losing 68 seats decreasing their seat count to only 82 being a devastating defeat for the party. LRA would increase their seat count to 116, LCSP from 5 to 2 seats, and NECO from 28 to 48. "Joseph Jacks underestimated the fact that our people don't want war, we want peace, so why did you call this election? Just to lose it?" said political commentator Hans Highman after the election results were announced. Jacks decided to form a coalition with NECO after LRA refused to govern a minority and Jacks formed his first coalition cabinet.

Jacks' cabinet consisted of:

* Prime Minister - Joseph Jacks (S&L)
* Deputy PM and Minister for the Treasury - Samuel A. Polis (S&L)
* Minister for Foreign Affairs & Islands - Reginald Ford (S&L)
* Minister for Welfare - Alistair Cameron (S&L)
* Minister for Education - Maxwell Hurst (NECO)
* Minister for Military & Defense - Garret Hail (S&L)
* Minister for Transport and Minister for Culture, Media & Sports - Harvey Matan (NECO)
* Minister for Business, Trade & Tourism - James Eargelton (NECO)
* Minister for Housing & Infrastructure - Fraser Yutuke (S&L)
* Minister for Business, Energy & Industry - Gerald Gandathan (S&L)
* Minister for Rural Affairs, Agriculture & Food - Sir Edward K.L Arthur (NECO)
* Minister for Work & Pensions - Andy Wellington (NECO)
* Minister for Immigration & Emigration - Larry Jas (NECO)

The Cabinet had not changed so much since Joseph Jacks became Prime Minister and Jacks feared that the new government may lead to the general public losing faith in S&L and voting for LRA. Jacks would enter into the war against Adolf Hitler on the 1st of October 1939 as an allied power and Joseph Jacks would deploy the military with some taking defence of ports in Sheaman and other sent off to fight in France, and others to be stationed in the United Kingdom. The coalition soon broke down with the Kankov letter being sent in on the 3rd of January 1940 which included a plan to overthrow the government as well as many slurs used against Joseph Jacks and his government by a NECO MP called Klaskov Kankov. The letter was only known to exist by Joseph Jacks, Maxell Hurst, and Klaskov Kankov who sent the letter. Jacks decided to call an election in early January 1940 with the results of the election coming out on the 12th of February 1940. The 1940 Parliamentary Election led to a majority for LRA with the party winning 234 seats in parliament, S&L winning 148 seats, and NECO winning 36 seats. Oliver C.B Sar would become Prime Minister on the 12th of February and he would form the 5th Sar Ministry.

### Out of Government: 1940 - 1945

The 1940 Sheaman Parliamentary Election was a historic election that led to the end of the 14-year control of S&L. Oliver C.B Sar returned as Prime Minister with victorious election, winning 234 out of the 418 seats in parliament, a majority. Sar was much older when he became Prime Minister for the third time, being in his early 70s when he became Prime Minister. Jacks congratulated his father-in-law for his victory and during Sar's opening speech for parliament, Jacks stood beside him and congratulated him for another LRA government.

During Jacks' time in the opposition the public expected that he would be reelected after the war due to a multitude of issues which was the sole reason he remained leader of S&L during his time in opposition. Jacks apposed many policies that were being implemented under the premiership of Oliver C.B Sar such as: the Energy Nationalization Act 1940, Pensions Increase Act 1940, and the Iron & Steel Act 1943. In January 1944, as Nazi Germany began to fall and the Soviets were pushing back, Sar was urged to call an election as many deemed it "safe" to call an election. Sar, however, did not call an election, instead deeming it "unsafe" to call an election during the "largest conflict in history." Jacks warned Oliver C.B Sar that is was a bad idea and during the month of March 1944, Jacks had frequent meetings to discuss the possibility of an election. Jacks revisited Sar during a time where his health seemed to be deteriorating around September and urged him to step down as Prime Minister. Oliver C.B Sar refused to do so saying "I cannot step down in a world war, I cannot, and I will not, no matter my age and health." In Jacks' diary during the late 1950s as his health was deteriorating as well, he noted that Oliver's words were important to him and that he valued serving his country over resigning.

Later, in later summer 1945, Oliver C.B Sar finally agreed to calling an election after passing a bill previously that allowed his government to extend the date of the election. Oliver C.B Sar also announced that he would not remain as leader of LRA, resigning in August, and that he intended to stand for President in the 1945 Presidential Election. Ultimately, he never resigned until after the election and so instead stood for both the Parliamentary and Presidential Election.

## Prime Minister & Death: 1945 - 1960

### 1945 Parliamentary Election

The 1945 Parliamentary Election was initially intended to take place in March 1944 but was delayed by Oliver C.B Sar who decided to postpone the election via a government act only two months earlier in January. Sar intended to hold the election on the 20th of October if the war had ended, if not, he intended to hold the election in April 1945, and if the wasn't over he would agree to call an election by January 1946 no matter if world war two was still going on. Jacks criticised Sar for his decision to postpone the election by calling it "undemocratic" and "inconsiderate of the people's power" but Sar assured people via a news interview in April 1944 that it was "necessary" for the "stability of the government." Eventually, in May, after the end of the war in Europe it was expected that the election would be called so Sar began preparations to call an election. He designated the date for the election to be the 1st of October 1945 but eventually pushed it forwards to the 9th of October as to ensure the highest voter turnout as most states would begin their October holidays at that time. Election campaigning began around late May/early June 1945 and immediately a poll came out in July showing that 47% of people intended to vote for S&L, 21% of people intended to vote for LRA, 14% of people intended to vote for LCSP, 12% intended to vote for OL, and 6% for other parties. Sar's campaign intended to ignore that loss of support but Jacks decided to not be "harsh on Mr. Sar" as Edward Eggen described Joseph Jacks' approach on the election. Jacks pursued goals such as: reforming divorces, reforming the education system, reviewing immigration laws (most likely meant that Jacks wanted to ease immigration into the country), and increasing temporarily increasing and then majorly decreasing taxes. Jacks' campaign was very successful and hid campaigning team showed him off as a "god-like figure" thus cementing his post-war popularity and martyr-like personification.

The 1945 Parliamentary Election led to S&L winning a landslide majority of 277 seats out of 465 seats in parliament. The victory was seen as the best since 1926 but 1945 was the best election ever in terms of seats but in proportion it was not the best election the party ever had. LRA won only 97 seats which was immensely disappointing for Oliver C.B Sar who resigned only two days after the election on the 11th of October in the hopes that new leadership would help the party. The other parties together won just a bit less than what LRA won; LCSP won 44 seats, OL won 34 seats, ADSP won 7 seats, and ABSIP won 6 seats.

The victory led to Jacks forming the 6th Jacks Ministry and the 2nd S&L government on the 9th of October 1945. His cabinet was quite different from his previous cabinet in 1940 by appointing the first Australian-Sheaman Deputy Prime Minister called Samuel Anderson Polis. He appointed other roles with firsts but generally that was unimportant to voters who were mostly positive about the new cabinet and government.

### 1945 - 1951

Jacks new cabinet was considered "ready to go" as well as "one of the first well-liked cabinets in Sheaman" by Edward Eggen. The first major act he passed was the Reconstruction of Sheaman Act 1945 that was passed very quickly that invested £1,000,000 (£55,000,000 today) in rebuilding Sheaman's cities, communities, aiding localities, majorly increasing welfare programs, and paying for immigrants from Europe who were affected by the war. Jacks was mostly praised for the act which did not go in vain as many cities, localities, and individuals remarked the benefits that they received from the act.

### Later Years & Diagnoses: 1958 - 1960

On the 1st of February 1958 Jacks reported to his personal doctor that he had peed 6 times in the last couple hours, he'd been feeling very thirsty and that he reported significant weight loss in the past 6 months. His doctor reported this and advised Jacks to try to sleep for the rest of the night but he found himself frequently urinating and unable to properly sleep. His doctor reacted by taking tests and confirming hours later that he had diabetes. Jacks explained his family history of diabetes and it was confirmed that Jacks had type 1 diabetes and his doctor set up a healthy eating schedule, exercise routine and frequent blood tests. Jacks was horrified with the diagnoses but reportedly told his doctor that he vowed to serve the country and not resign even in his condition. Joseph's situation was worsened however when he was diagnosed with lung cancer only months later on the 15th of April 1958. Jacks thought about resigning and pondered the question throughout the month but ultimately decided against it and also decided against opening up about his condition. When Jacks asked his doctor how long he would live, his doctor gave him around 1-3 years of survival which made Jacks worrisome.

On the 13th of March 1960 the votes for the 1960 general election were counted up and the results were announced. Jacks' party had won with 248 seats out of 383 seats giving his party a very comfortable majority government and once again making another victory for the party. Jacks however announced after the election that he intended to not to remain prime minister after the next election, announcing that he had lung cancer and diabetes and would soon no longer be able to run a country. This announcement led to masses of media attention pointed towards Joseph and a lot of the public were upset to hear of his conditions and that he would soon not be the prime minister.

### Death

*Main Article: Assassination of Joseph Jacks*

On the 18th of June 1960 not long after Jacks success of the 1960 general election Jacks made a professional visit to Sator for a speech on the Parental Abuse bill 1960 that intended to criminalize parents hitting or laying hands on their children. Jacks made his way to the Memorial Square Gardens in central Sator where he would make his speech. He was greeted by his followers/voters who stuck out their hands near the barriers as he drove into Memorial Square. Once he had reached his destination near his podium, he stepped outside his car and greeted some of his voters who expressed admiration for him. He was also greeted by news reporters who challenged his bill and asked questions on how it would help the public in any way. He answered many questions including how it would help people by stating "I see your understanding that this will disallow parents to discipline their children and make them learn a lesson yet it is an act of abuse and violence against a small man and woman. It should never be permitted for an adult to abuse their child or children in any such way and i would rather parents ignore the idea of hitting their child and instead take other verbal ways to discipline their child." Jacks then proceeded to make his way to the podium where he would further answer questions from both news reporters and the general public. Many reported that at the time he managed to fend off negative opinions of the bill and even persuaded minds. As the speech came closer to an end Joseph would thank everybody for their questions but before he could step off the podium a man screamed "para mi hermano" (which translates to for my brother in Spanish) and then three shots were fired directly hitting Joseph Jacks just below the shoulder all three times. Joseph fell backwards from the podium but was caught by his security guards and both the police and the ambulance were called. The ambulance soon came and transported Joseph to the nearby Jamison hospital where he was treated but only 15 minutes later he was pronounced dead at 2:19 PM on the 18th of June 1960. Deputy Prime Minister, Ruth Paula, who was there at the time, addressed the public announcing the death of Joseph jacks but also announced that the shooter had been caught and apprehended in a police car.

The shooter, Lucas Pérez, was tackled by people watching the speech after he had shot three times and when the police arrived they took him and pushed him out of the crowd into a police car. Whilst being interrogated the interrogator brought up "para mi hermano" and Lucas explained as best he could in English that it meant for my brother in Spanish and that his brother had been sentenced to prison for assault only a couple years ago. When prompted the question of why Jacks was his target he said that he hated the government and wanted to do something noticeable for his brother rather then killing a bystander or a lower-ranked government official. Since the death penalty had been abolished only 4 years ago Lucas could not be sentenced to death and instead was sentenced to prison for life. The succeeding Prime Minister, Sophie White, would permit a new court case for the death of Pérez in 1962 after it was made legal again

## Legacy

### Fashion Legacy

Joseph Jacks among many of his influences to modern day Sheaman one of his influences was his fashion. Jacks was very much into fashion for a person involved in politics and in his younger years frequently changed the way he looked until finally settling on his idea of fashion by the mid 1930s. His sense of fashion inspired a clothing line called the Jacks Legacy clothing line that was popularized in the mid 60s and 70s but declined in popularity in the 80s and 90s until relieving some attention in the early to mid 2000s for it to then become obsolete for future generations.

In Joseph's 20s after he was elected into parliament as the youngest MP to be elected in the Sheaman parliament he was noticed by some for his style. He tended to wear a hairstyle that reached just above his shoulders that was swept back and he had dyed hair at the ends that was a peachy-like color. He wore a beige shirt with a collar with one button undone, he wore blue jean shorts well above his knees and he wore a pair of big outdoor boots that were black and orange. Although he wore other clothes in his 20s he tended to wear outfits like this or similar. Around Jacks' late 20s he started wearing a brown coat that hung down below his blue jean shorts and he fashioned himself a walrus-like moustache. Instead of swept back hair he tended to tie his hair on the top of his head to the back of his head and let the rest flow at the back. Other than that he stayed quite similar until his mid to late 30s when he changed his style up completely.

On the 1st of April 1936 Jacks' private secretary advised Jacks' after he had not showered in a couple of days and had become lethargic and completely withdraw sometimes that he'd change his style completely before a speech. After Jacks had a shower he went to a barber and asked him for a mullet which he received, then he went to a Taylor and pick out Beige Chinos, a new beige shirt, a black and silver belt and dull black shoes. He then attended his speech with many questions about his outfit and hair and was happy to hear that people were invested in his new style. Jack's would continue to preserve this style throughout the 1930s and all the way up until his death in 1960. Throughout that time he had some changes such as his hair changed color to blonde and dirty blonde where his sides met his top hair with some even being strawberry blonde. This however became iconic to his look and after World War II Jacks noticed that his vision soon started to get worse and in 1946 he started wearing thin-framed sunglasses with either dark lenses or orange lenses. After 1946 as well, Jacks noticed graying in his moustache as well as some graying in his back hairs but he decide to not dye his hair and instead accepted the graying. After 1950 Jacks started to sometimes wear thin black gloves, especially in winter, although not iconic to his look, he still wore then frequently. By the time he reached 60 his hair had almost completely gone gray with only the roots at the front of his head being slightly brown.

After His death his outfit became legendary in Sheaman and was very popular in the 60s and 70s. As mentioned earlier a clothing line called the Jacks legacy clothing line was popularized in the 60s and 70s and many people wore clothes that were directly inspired by Joseph. He remarked in a 1956 interview about his image that he understood after that day in 1936 that his image, whether it was how he acted, presented or even dressed was important and that the way he dressed was iconic to him only and unique to him only giving him an image to be presented. He said after that day he never looked back on the outfit and some people later remarked how his consistency in outfits is similar to those like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. The way he dressed has always been important and by some had been described as one of the big reasons for his success and his status in the modern world and that his choices have stood the test of time.

## Family, Relationships & Personal Problems

### Family & Relationships

Jacks had a very bad relationship with his father and frequently would get beaten by his father but he usually had to see his father beat his mother for no apparent reason. Joseph despised his father and had no regret when he left from his father's house yet he did have a lot of regret leaving his mother. He very much loved his mother and was the last person his mother saw before she died. He was in a relationship with Susie Mason between 1914 and 1917 and had a child called John Mason in 1915 but she then left him in 1917 because of his inattentiveness and lack of care for her as he got drunk. Jacks then married Florence Ford, who then became Florence Jacks in 1918 and they had a child called Javier Jacks later on the 4th of October 1918. He went on to a have a girl in 1920 who he called Kathrine Jacks but later in life she would call herself Kathy because she didn't particularly like the name Katherine. He also had two brothers called Sir Adam Jacks and Abraham Jacks which he had a very good relationship with, especially Adam Jacks who he spent a lot of time with. All in all he had a good relationship with his family expect from his father but he loved his children, grandchildren etc and spent a lot of time with them even though he worked a lot.

### Drug Problems, Diabetes & Cancer

Throughout Jacks' early and late life he had drug problems in his life. When living on the streets as a teenager in South Shriel he struggled to keep a focused mind and be positive which led him to taking drugs like Cannabis and Opium usually smoking them as a teenager. In his diary he said that smoking Marijuana and Opium made him feel incredibly worse and whenever he didn't have enough money to buy it he would have horrible withdraw symptoms that hurt his brain and unfocused him. He was very dependent on drugs and needed them constantly to "survive," even his street "friends" were concerned about his growing need to smoke marijuana and opium and tried stopping him from smoking it. Eventually when Jacks' was thrown in jail and then taken and adopted by Oliver C.B Sar, he was taught by his adoptive father how to control it as best as possible. Jack's remarked in his diary that Oliver gave Jacks' both Marijuana and opium when he needed it but as time went on he gave him less and less and spent more and more time with him and trying to have as much fun with him as possible until he started to feel better. Jack's said that by 1915/1916 that he had completely give up on his addiction and was focusing on having a family and spending time with his own.

In the mid 1950s as Jacks' had a lot of time to himself he would occasionally smoke marijuana as it had been made legal once again since 1950 with major restrictions however. Jacks' soon regained an addiction to marijuana and would smoke it excessively throughout the day and many people who knew Joseph would recall his significant stench of marijuana wherever he went. His addiction got a little better around 1957 but son deteriorated around 1958 again when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and lung cancer which led to him once again excessively taking marijuana. He usually used the drug to try and relax after a stressful day. On the 5th of June 1959 Jacks' was admitted to the hospital after an alcohol overdose and with his current medical complications it wasn't sure if he would live. After nearly being pronounced dead they managed to get his heart beating again after a lot of injections and rushing around he lived. He spent around a week in hospital with the deputy Prime Minister taking his jobs and responsibilities for the time being until he was released from hospital. His doctor advised him to attend rehab but Jacks' denied to request and told the doctor that he only had a year or so left besides so he didn't see the point. Jacks' never admitted to giving up on life after his diagnoses and that day he almost died but he said that he understood that he was ready to go and was prepared to died any day.