8th National Convention, Philippine Veterans Legion: Economic Democracy (English poster distributed in Manila, Philippines)
A convention announcement for the Philippine Veterans Legion. A barefoot man in work clothes carries a mallet and a sheaf of rice, flanked by two large blue faces of a capped soldier and a helmeted soldier, with a gear wheel and a farmer with a carabao behind. The banner reads 'Economic Democracy'. The tell is glittering-generalities, an unexplained virtue word, and transfer, in which the soldiers' standing is attached to the slogan.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- March 17, 1953
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Philippine Veterans Legion; distributed by the U.S. Information Agency (Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia series)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, March 17, 1953. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5729946, 306-PPA-46).
Text on the object
8th National Convention APRIL 16-19 1 9 5 3 MANILA PHILIPPINES [seal:] PHILIPPINE VETERANS LEGION * EST * PRO PATRIA * DULCE ET DECORUM EST * MORI PHILIPPINE VETERANS LEGION Economic Democracy [artist signature, illegible]
Seal motto is small and partly unreadable; reproduced as read.
