Might as well remove that sign.
A brick gate pillar reading 'WALTER REED' and a sign reading 'QUIET! HOSPITAL ZONE' stand in front of a domed hospital building, while the words 'MEDICAL STATEMENTS' in large letters burst across the sky above. The cartoon argues that a heavy flow of medical announcements contradicts the hospital's quiet zone.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- June 21, 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
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Health, Media and information
- 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, 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, 5743223 (NAID 5743223).
Text on the object
WALTER REED QUIET! HOSPITAL ZONE MEDICAL STATEMENTS JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
