In this witty variation on a traditional Indian totem pole, Kay paid homage to Gerald Ford, who became president of the United States after Richard Nixon's resignation. Ford sits on top of the U.S. Capitol, wearing a University of Michigan football uniform (he played center there in the 1940s). Below him are a grinning Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, the solemn Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and former President Nixon, his lips sealed with a safety pin.