Timely advice...Though Given A century Ago!
A stern, arms-folded Uncle Sam sits at a desk on which lies a paper reading 'We will bury you!! N.K.', while a standing portrait of Abraham Lincoln looms behind him beside a quotation: 'the necessity of being READY increases ... LOOK TO IT!' signed A. Lincoln, 1861. The cartoon argues that a Lincoln quotation on readiness applies to the Soviet challenge.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- February 12, 1962
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Kennedy Administration
- Leader
- John F. Kennedy
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Security and surveillance
- Event
- Cold War 1962
- 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, 5743294 (NAID 5743294).
Text on the object
"....the necessity of being READY increases ......LOOK TO IT!" A. Lincoln 1861 WE WILL BURY YOU!! N.K. JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
