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title: Be Careful what you splatter, boys!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-be-careful-what-you-splatter-boys-1960/
description: Uncle Sam holds a US flag and points a finger at an elephant and a donkey who are flinging black paint from cans labelled 'CAMPAIGN' and 'POLITICS' that
section: Collection
---

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# Be Careful what you splatter, boys!

Uncle Sam holds a US flag and points a finger at an elephant and a donkey who are flinging black paint from cans labelled 'CAMPAIGN' and 'POLITICS' that is spattering his coat; a cloud reads 'Flag Day - 1960......'. The cartoon argues that both parties' campaign attacks soil the nation; the tell is transfer, with the flag and Uncle Sam lending national authority to the rebuke.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Flag Day - 1960......
CAMPAIGN
POLITICS
Jim Berryman Washington Star
```

[← Cooperative farmers watch Ulbricht's Volkskammer statement on television, Höhnstedt](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gdr-hoehnstedt-farmers-watch-ulbricht-broadcast-1960/) [Shadow across the rising sun →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/shadow-across-rising-sun-japan-berryman-1960/)

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