---
title: 'I am against...: Help Unsell the War congressional cut-out'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/unsell-the-war-i-am-against-skull-1971/
description: Photograph of a human skull wearing a U.S. Army-style helmet among jungle foliage, overlaid with a cut-out form addressed "To [name of your Congressman]…
section: Collection
---

[Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/)

**Content note:** Photograph of a human skull in a U.S.-style helmet among foliage. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![I am against...: Help Unsell the War congressional cut-out](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/unsell-the-war-i-am-against-skull-1971.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/unsell-the-war-i-am-against-skull-1971.jpg)

# I am against...: Help Unsell the War congressional cut-out

Photograph of a human skull wearing a U.S. Army-style helmet among jungle foliage, overlaid with a cut-out form addressed "To [name of your Congressman], House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 20515" headed "I am against..." with eight checkbox claims. It asks the signer to vote to end the war in Indo-China by Dec. 31, 1971. The tells are the skull image and the pre-written list of claims, offered as items to tick.

## Text on the object

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

```
TO ______ (NAME OF YOUR CONGRESSMAN)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
I AM AGAINST...
[ ] FURTHER KILLING AND MAIMING OF AMERICAN MEN
[ ] THE BOMBING AND BURNING OF CIVILIANS
[ ] THE POISONING OF RICE AND OTHER CROPS
[ ] THE FORCED REMOVAL OF PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES
[ ] THE DESTRUCTION OF MILLIONS OF ACRES OF FORESTS
[ ] THE SUPPORT OF A CORRUPT BLACK-MARKET
[ ] THE DIVISION OF AMERICA CAUSED BY THIS WAR
[ ] THE DETERIORATING WORLD IMAGE OF THE U.S.A.
[ ] WASTED BILLIONS THAT SHOULD BE SPENT AT HOME
FOR EACH OF THE REASONS CHECKED I URGE YOU TO VOTE TO END THE WAR IN INDO-CHINA BY DEC. 31, 1971.
NAME
STREET
CITY/TOWN
STATE
SIGNATURE
HELP UNSELL THE WAR, BOX 903, F.D.R. STATION, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022
```

Read from a 1024 px LoC scan; all printed text is legible.

[← Give us this day... our sons: December 31, 1971](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/unsell-the-war-give-us-this-day-our-sons-1971/) [Two more casualties of Viet Nam: is it worth it? →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/unsell-the-war-two-more-casualties-1971/)

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