Well, Sam, What do We Try Next?
Two caricatured men face each other in a committee room: a standing man with a sash reading 'Chairman Butler' holds up a sheet headlined 'Senate Finance Committee Rejects $20 Tax Cut Plan by 9-6', while a seated, bald man with a gavel looks on. The cartoon argues, through the caption and the pairing, that the rejection leaves the party sponsoring the plan looking for another approach; the technique is a weak fit for card-stacking, as only one side of the tax dispute is shown.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- March 3, 1955
- 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
- Economy and finance, Elections and party politics
- 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, NAID 5743200 (NAID 5743200).
Text on the object
CHAIRMAN BUTLER SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE REJECTS $20 TAX CUT PLAN BY 9-6 JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
