Never a Dull Moment, Uncle
A smiling man marked 'H.S.T.' gestures toward a sweating Uncle Sam, who carries a stack of books labelled 'World War II and Korean War', 'United Nations Founding', 'Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan', '"5-Percenters" ...and "Give-'Em-H---"', '"Fair Deal"' and '"Red Herring"', with a tag reading 'Truman Library'. The cartoon presents a presidency as a library whose volumes mix major policies and controversies. The technique tell is card-stacking: achievements and scandals are selected and set side by side in a single list.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- July 9, 1957
- 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
- Elections and party politics, War and the military
- 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, 5743245 (NAID 5743245).
Text on the object
WORLD WAR II AND KOREAN WAR UNITED NATIONS FOUNDING TRUMAN DOCTRINE & MARSHALL PLAN "5-PERCENTERS" ...AND "GIVE-'EM-H---" "FAIR DEAL" "RED HERRING" TRUMAN LIBRARY H.S.T. JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
