The 'New Look' in Politics
A sweating, pince-nez-wearing older politician in a frock coat leans on a lectern before a small crowd and says he has nothing to confess but asks for one more chance. The cartoon uses a stock caricature of the stump orator to mock a candidate's contradictory plea.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- September 30, 1952
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 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, 5743168 (NAID 5743168).
Text on the object
I ADMIT TO YOU, MY CONSTITUENTS.... I HAVE NOTHING TO CONFESS... BUT GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE! JIM BERRYMAN
