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title: Extent of participation in payroll savings plans for War Savings Bonds
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/extent-of-participation-payroll-savings-plans-1942/
description: 'Three-panel bar chart, December 1941 to October 1942: workers participating rise from 0.7 to 23.3 million, dollars deducted from 5 to 287 million.'
section: Collection
---

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# Extent of participation in payroll savings plans for War Savings Bonds

Three-panel bar chart, December 1941 to October 1942: workers participating rise from 0.7 to 23.3 million, dollars deducted from 5 to 287 million, and deduction as a share of pay from 4.1 to 7.7 percent. The rising bars show growing participation, a bandwagon cue; the technique is faint since the sheet is mainly data.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
EXTENT OF PARTICIPATION IN PAYROLL
SAVINGS PLANS FOR WAR SAVINGS BONDS*
Estimated: Monthly, Dec. 1941 to Oct. 1942
WORKERS Millions
Number of Workers Participating
DEC. 0.7; JAN. 3.8; FEB. 7.6; MAR. 9.6; APR. 11.6; MAY 13.9; JUNE 16.0; JULY 18.0; AUG. 19.5; SEPT. 21.4; OCT. 23.3
DOLLARS Millions
Aggregate Amount Deducted by Workers Participating
DEC. 5; JAN. 28; FEB. 58; MAR. 78; APR. 96; MAY 126; JUNE 153; JULY 205; AUG. 230; SEPT. 265; OCT. 287
PERCENT
Deduction as a Percentage of Pay of Workers Actually Participating
DEC. 4.1; JAN. 4.5; FEB. 4.8; MAR. 4.9; APR. 4.9; MAY 5.3; JUNE 5.8; JULY 6.5; AUG. 7.1; SEPT. 7.5; OCT. 7.7
1941 1942
*Members of armed forces included starting Aug. 1942
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1942 O 494349 [remainder illegible]
```

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