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
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. government (issuer not printed; GPO 1942 imprint)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front, Labor
- 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)
U.S. government. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-745 (NAID 514232).
Text on the object
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]
