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title: 'A war message: Fight waste!'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/a-war-message-fight-waste-1944/
description: 'Narrow red, white and blue sheet: a dark eagle with a banner reading ''Fight waste!'' above four numbered rules, ''Conserve everything you use''.'
section: Collection
---

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# A war message: Fight waste!

Narrow red, white and blue sheet: a dark eagle with a banner reading 'Fight waste!' above four numbered rules, 'Conserve everything you use', 'Buy only what is necessary', 'Salvage what you don't need', 'Share what you have'. The technique is faint here; the eagle emblem lends national weight to a plain list of requests.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
A WAR MESSAGE
FIGHT WASTE!
1 Conserve everything you use
2 Buy only what is necessary
3 Salvage what you don't need
4 Share what you have
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944--O--597492]
```

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