A test he can't abandon!
A wide-eyed man in a striped tie clings to the nose of a rocket-shaped bomb marked 'H-bomb issue' and bearing an atom symbol, as it hurtles through clouds. The cartoon argues that the candidate who raised the issue is now carried along by it; the tell is fear-appeal imagery (the bomb as a runaway vehicle), though the fit is partial.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- October 30, 1956
- 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
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Science and technology, Elections and party politics
- Event
- 1956 US Election
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, 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, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons, 5743235 (NAID 5743235).
Text on the object
H-BOMB ISSUE JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
