Answer honestly
Text poster with a pale V and an eagle, framed by a red and blue dotted border: three quoted lines from Donald M. Nelson ask workers whether they are doing everything to arm 'our fighting men' and pair 'sweat and action' on the production line with 'blood and action' on the battleline. The tell is the chairman's name as testimonial and the link of worker and soldier into one effort.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Production Board
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
War Production Board. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-413 (NAID 513864).
Text on the object
ANSWER HONESTLY "Are YOU doing everything within your power today to put more weapons into the hands of our fighting men?" "There must be SWEAT and ACTION on the Production line to match the BLOOD and ACTION on the battleline." "The men of the PRODUCTION LINE dare not do less than the men of THE BATTLELINE." Donald M. Nelson Chairman of The War Production Board
