Content note: A caricatured cartoon of two named labour union leaders, one seated on a bench holding a money bag, as published in the Washington Evening Star. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Can you make room for two...in a pinch
A heavy man in a hat labelled 'BECK' sits on a park bench holding a money bag labelled 'PENSION', while a sweating man holding a hat labelled 'HOFFA' stands beside him next to a sign reading 'RESERVED FOR FORMER TEAMSTER BIG SHOTS'. The cartoon argues that Teamsters leaders face disgrace and retire on union pensions; the labelled caricature is a form of name-calling aimed at named individuals.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- September 29, 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Labor, Economy and finance
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743252 (NAID 5743252).
Text on the object
BECK PENSION HOFFA RESERVED FOR FORMER TEAMSTER BIG SHOTS JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
