![Untitled [Give 'em H---! technique], 1952 US cartoon: A man in a graduation cap and gown, speaking in an exaggerated formal](../images/us-berryman-untitled-give-em-hell-technique-1952.jpg)
Untitled [Give 'em H---! technique]
A man in a graduation cap and gown, speaking in an exaggerated formal accent, promises to refrain from 'cawsting aspersions of a vulgar nature' while books titled 'Public Speaking' and 'Higher Level Oratory' sit before him and a crumpled sheet marked 'Give 'em H---!' technique lies in the wastebasket; a bald eagle on a shield looks puzzled. The tell is the cartoon's treatment of name-calling: it depicts a campaign speaker dropping insults for decorum.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- August 14, 1952
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Event
- 1952 US Election
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), 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, 5743167 (NAID 5743167).
Text on the object
..SO, ADDRESSING YOU ON BEHAWF OF MY ILLUSTRIOUS COMPATRIOT, I SHALL ENDEAVOR TO REFRAIN FROM INDULGING IN CAWSTING ASPERSIONS OF A VULGAR NATURE... PUBLIC SPEAKING HIGHER LEVEL ORATORY "GIVE 'EM H---!" TECHNIQUE Jim Berryman
