First shot in the 'poster war' between Austrian communists and the American authorities in this placard deriding the European relief programme . The Communist-printed poster shows Uncle Sam pouring supplies into Austria with one hand and grasping a flow of dollars with the other . It reads:: 'American help ...who helps whom?' . Americans countered with a stick-on label showing the grasping hand wearing the hammer and sickle . 9th March 1948