Green’s Dictionary of Slang

an unacceptable or unpleasant situation.

1944		Cab Calloway New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 255: fraughty issue (n.): a very sad message, a deplorable state of affairs.
1944		‘Jiver’s Bible’ in D. Burley Orig. Hbk of Harlem Jive.