14 bills to be passed before adjournment
A perspiring, rumpled figure labelled 'Congress' stands before the Capitol holding a sheet reading '14 bills to be passed before adjournment', while a 'White House delivery truck' spills rolled bills labelled Social Security, Utilities Bill, Temporary NRA, Labor Bill, Banking Bill, AAA Amendments and Motor Bus Regulation. The cartoon argues that the executive was sending Congress more legislation than it could handle, and uses a pile of selectively named bills to make the point (card-stacking, a weak fit).
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- June 7, 1935
- Period
- Interwar
- 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
- Elections and party politics, Economy and finance
- 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 (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, 5743100 (NAID 5743100).
Text on the object
14 BILLS TO BE PASSED BEFORE ADJOURNMENT WHITE HOUSE DELIVERY TRUCK CONGRESS UTILITIES BILL SOCIAL SECURITY TEMPORARY N R A LABOR BILL AAA AMENDMENTS MOTOR BUS REGULATION BANKING BILL JT Berryman (signature)
