Sugar Coated Shots
A golfer labelled American Golf Stars follows through on a drive, sending a shower of dollar signs labelled Red Cross Benefit Tourneys toward the foreground, while behind him in smoke refugees and soldiers move among ruined buildings. The cartoon places the golf stars' fundraising in front of war suffering, so the technique tell is transfer, with the refugees' need attached to the benefit tournaments; the technique fit is approximate.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- June 13, 1940
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 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, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), item 5743118 (NAID 5743118).
Text on the object
RED CROSS BENEFIT TOURNEYS AMERICAN GOLF STARS Jim Berryman
