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title: I'll be glad to move over, Sherm
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ill-be-glad-to-move-over-sherm-1958/
description: A sweating man in a bow tie recoils from a doorway marked 'White House "Influence" Closet', where a skeleton wearing a tag reading '"The Fair Deal"'
section: Collection
---

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[![I'll be glad to move over, Sherm, 1958 US cartoon: A sweating man in a bow tie recoils from a doorway marked 'White House](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/ill-be-glad-to-move-over-sherm-1958.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/ill-be-glad-to-move-over-sherm-1958.jpg)

# I'll be glad to move over, Sherm

A sweating man in a bow tie recoils from a doorway marked 'White House "Influence" Closet', where a skeleton wearing a tag reading '"The Fair Deal"' reaches toward him; he holds a newspaper headlined 'Adams denies seeking favors for Goldfine'. The cartoon argues that a current influence controversy resembles the skeleton of an earlier administration's. The technique tell is transfer: the stigma of the Fair Deal-era influence stories is attached to the present case.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
WHITE
HOUSE
"INFLUENCE"
CLOSET

"THE
FAIR
DEAL"

ADAMS DENIES
SEEKING FAVORS
FOR GOLDFINE

JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
```

[← Don't you louse up my Act"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-dont-you-louse-up-my-act-1958/) [Roadblock...Or Repair Work Ahead? →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/roadblock-or-repair-work-ahead-1958/)

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