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title: 'For the future: worth fighting for, worth saving for'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/for-the-future-payroll-savings-1943/
description: 'War bond poster: a photograph of a woman''s hands knitting a baby bootie sits above red and blue diagonal stripes and the text ''Worth fighting for ... worth'
section: Collection
---

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[![For the future: worth fighting for, worth saving for, 1943 US poster: War bond poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/for-the-future-payroll-savings-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/for-the-future-payroll-savings-1943.jpg)

# For the future: worth fighting for, worth saving for

War bond poster: a photograph of a woman's hands knitting a baby bootie sits above red and blue diagonal stripes and the text 'Worth fighting for ... worth saving for!'. The infant's garment stands for 'the future' (transfer), and the payroll plan is tied to the Third War Loan Campaign.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
FOR THE FUTURE
WORTH FIGHTING FOR ......
WORTH SAVING FOR!
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
through the Pay Roll Savings Plan during the
THIRD WAR LOAN CAMPAIGN
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1943-O-542558]
INTERDEPARTMENTAL WAR SAVINGS BOND COMMITTEE
```

[← For service in civilian defense](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/for-service-in-civilian-defense-1943/) [For their future - Buy War Bonds →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/for-their-future-buy-war-bonds-1943/)

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