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title: Americans All
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/americans-all-war-manpower-commission-1942/
description: 'Workforce-inclusion poster: workers with different surnames (Nienciewiscz, Du Bois, Cohen, Lazarri, Hrdlicka, Santini, Schmidt, Williams.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Americans All, 1942 US poster: Workforce-inclusion poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/americans-all-war-manpower-commission-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/americans-all-war-manpower-commission-1942.jpg)

# Americans All

Workforce-inclusion poster: workers with different surnames (Nienciewiscz, Du Bois, Cohen, Lazarri, Hrdlicka, Santini, Schmidt, Williams, Kelly) service a tank, above a quotation from Franklin D. Roosevelt on non-discrimination in employment. The named ordinary workers are plain-folks figures, the signed presidential quotation works as a testimonial, and 'Americans All' is a broad unity phrase.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
NIENCIEWISCZ
DU BOIS
COHEN
LAZARRI
HRDLICKA
SANTINI
SCHMIDT
WILLIAMS
KELLY
AMERICANS ALL
"...it is the duty of employers and labor organizers to provide for the full participation of all workers without discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin."
[signature:] Franklin D. Roosevelt
[imprint:] WAR MANPOWER COMMISSION • WASHINGTON, D. C.
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942-O-476311
```

[← American Labor ...Producing for Attack](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/american-labor-producing-for-attack-1942/) [Americans! Share the Meat as a Wartime Necessity →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/americans-share-the-meat-1942/)

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