The Block Plan for Civilian War Services
Black and white organisation chart: a Local Defense Council at a round table, a row of committees (salvage, transportation, nutrition, recreation and others), a Chief of Block Leader Service, zone and sector leaders, and block leaders linked to drawings of neighbourhood blocks and farms. The technique is faint: the chart presents neighbourhood participation as an organised, universal structure (bandwagon).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Issuer not printed (U.S. Government Printing Office imprint)
- 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
- Theme
- Home front
- 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)
Issuer not printed (U.S. Government Printing Office imprint). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-170 (NAID 513616).
Text on the object
THE BLOCK PLAN FOR CIVILIAN WAR SERVICES The Defense Council has two major functions - Civilian Protection and Civilian War Services. This chart shows the organization of the block plan for Civilian War Services. It does NOT show the organi- zation for Civilian Protection. LOCAL DEFENSE COUNCIL CIVILIAN PROTECTION (Not shown on this chart) CIVILIAN WAR SERVICES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SALVAGE COMMITTEE / TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE / NUTRITION COMMITTEE / RECREATION COMMITTEE / CONSUMER COMMITTEE / SERVICES FOR SERVICE MEN / HEALTH & MEDICAL COMMITTEE / WELFARE & CHILD CARE COMMITTEE / HOUSING COMMITTEE / EDUCATION COMMITTEE / WAR SAVINGS COMMITTEE / AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE / PLANT UTILIZATION COMMITTEE / LABOR SUPPLY & TRAINING COMMITTEE CHIEF, BLOCK LEADER SERVICE ZONE LEADER 4-15 SECTORS (Not shown on this chart) ZONE LEADER 4-15 SECTORS ZONE LEADER 4-15 SECTORS (Not shown on this chart) SECTOR LEADER SECTOR LEADER SECTOR LEADER BLOCK LEADER (repeated) / BLOCK LEADERS [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1942 O - [illegible]
