# Clifford Berryman cartoon, "Oh So Tempting" (10 June 1932)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/nara-6012119-berryman-oh-so-tempting-1932/

A Berryman drawing of 10 June 1932 on the 1932 party platforms: the Republican elephant on a "water wagon" eyes the Democratic donkey in a "wet trough." No copy is stored.

The catalog title is "Oh So Tempting," local identifier I-008, dated 10 June 1932. An elephant stands on a barrel marked "WATER WAGON" with a man labelled "FESS"; a donkey in a "WET TROUGH" calls, "COME ON DOWN KID. THIS IS THE LIFE!"

The National Archives note says the drawing portrays the opposing Republican and Democratic platforms on Prohibition: the Democrats supported "a clear-cut repeal of the 18th Amendment," approved 934-3/4 to 213-3/4, and the Republicans chose "a more ambiguous plank," represented by the water wagon driven by Republican National Committee chairman Simeon Fess, with a minority repeal plank defeated "690-19/36 to 460-2/9." The vote counts are the note's and have not been checked against convention records here.

No image is stored here. The drawing is an editorial cartoon.

## Sources

- National Archives Catalog, Records of the U.S. Senate (RG 46), Berryman Political Cartoon Collection: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6012119
- National Archives series: Berryman Political Cartoon Collection (NAID 306080): https://catalog.archives.gov/id/306080