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title: The New Government of the United States (Japanese poster distributed in Asia)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/new-government-of-the-us-japanese-1953/
description: Two photographs, with Japanese text,, a portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower signing at a desk before a flag and the House of Representatives taking the oath.
section: Collection
---

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# The New Government of the United States (Japanese poster distributed in Asia)

Two photographs, with Japanese text,, a portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower signing at a desk before a flag and the House of Representatives taking the oath, sit beside nine cabinet portraits, each with a small icon for his department. The text says voters chose a president, vice-president and Congress, and that Eisenhower then chose his cabinet. The tell is transfer: the authority of the ballot, the flag and the oath is attached to the new administration. The sheet describes it without criticism or comment.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
米国の新政府

ウイルソン 国防長官 C. E. WILSON
ハンフリー 財務長官 G. M. HUMPHREY
ダレス 国務長官 J. F. DULLES
ブラウネル 検事総長 H. BROWNELL, JR.
サマーフィルド 郵政長官 A. E. SUMMERFIELD
マッケイ 内務長官 D. MCKAY
ベンソン 農務長官 E. T. BENSON
ウイークス 商務長官 S. WEEKS
ダーキン 労働長官 M. P. DURKIN

六千万のアメリカ有権者は、最近の選挙において数人の候補者の中から、一人の大統領と一人の副大統領、三十二名の上院議員及び四百三十五名の下院議員を同時に選出した。アイゼンハワー氏は大統領当選後、氏の内閣を構成する閣僚（各省長官）を任命した。ここに掲げられた人々は、即ち全米国民のために政治を担当する責任をもつ各省長官である。

新に選出された下院議員達が1953年度最初の議会において、マーティン議長の下に、忠誠の宣誓を行っている光景。
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
The New Government of the United States

Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury
Dulles, Secretary of State
Brownell, Attorney General
Summerfield, Postmaster General
McKay, Secretary of the Interior
Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Weeks, Secretary of Commerce
Durkin, Secretary of Labor

Sixty million American voters recently, in an election, chose from among several candidates one president and one vice-president, and at the same time thirty-two senators and four hundred and thirty-five representatives. After being elected president, Mr. Eisenhower appointed the cabinet officers (heads of departments) who make up his cabinet. The people shown here are the department heads who bear responsibility for conducting government for all the American people.

A scene of the newly elected representatives taking the oath of loyalty under Speaker Martin at the first session of 1953.
```

Panel text is Japanese katakana surname plus title, with the English surname printed beneath each.

[← The New Government of the United States (Chinese poster distributed in Asia)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/new-government-of-the-us-chinese-1953/) [Defend Your Rights (Burmese-language poster distributed in Burma) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/defend-your-rights-burmese-family-1953/)

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