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title: 'Roll out the rubber: every ounce of scrap rubber is needed for our mobile forces. Get in the scrap'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-roll-out-the-rubber-get-in-the-scrap-wbw-1941/
description: 'A red capital R drawn as a helmeted soldier with a rifle leads the headline ''Roll out the Rubber'', inside a border of household rubber goods: hose.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Roll out the rubber: every ounce of scrap rubber is needed for our mobile forces. Get in the scrap, 1941 Canada poster: A red](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-roll-out-the-rubber-get-in-the-scrap-wbw-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-roll-out-the-rubber-get-in-the-scrap-wbw-1941.jpg)

# Roll out the rubber: every ounce of scrap rubber is needed for our mobile forces. Get in the scrap

A red capital R drawn as a helmeted soldier with a rifle leads the headline 'Roll out the Rubber', inside a border of household rubber goods: hose, galoshes, gloves, a hot-water bottle, tyres, a toy pig and a doormat. The soldier-letter ties each household object to the armed forces (transfer), and the closing pun 'Get in the scrap' states the request.

## 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

```
Roll out
the Rubber
Every ounce of
SCRAP RUBBER
IS NEEDED FOR
OUR MOBILE
FORCES

GET IN THE
SCRAP

ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION UNDER AUTHORITY OF HON. J. T. THORSON, MINISTER OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES, OTTAWA, FOR SCRAP RUBBER DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF MUNITIONS AND SUPPLY IN CO-OPERATION WITH NATIONAL SALVAGE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. Printed in Canada
R-ES

[on the doormat in the border:] WELCOME
[signature in the artwork:] wbw
```

[← Récupérez les OS \[Salvage the bones\] (French-language version)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-recuperez-les-os-glycerine-colle-french-1941/) [Salvage Bones to make Glycerine for Explosives, Glue for Aircraft →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-salvage-bones-glycerine-glue-1941/)

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