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title: Fuel for Them ... Means Less for You! Make Your Home Heat Tight Now!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fuel-for-them-means-less-for-you-chamberlin-1941/
description: A red, white and blue V frames a soldier with a bayonet and a tank, with trains, ships, a war plant and a hospital at either side.
section: Collection
---

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[![Fuel for Them... Means Less for You! Make Your Home Heat Tight Now!, 1941 US poster: A red, white and blue V frames a soldier](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/fuel-for-them-means-less-for-you-chamberlin-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/fuel-for-them-means-less-for-you-chamberlin-1941.jpg)

# Fuel for Them ... Means Less for You! Make Your Home Heat Tight Now!

A red, white and blue V frames a soldier with a bayonet and a tank, with trains, ships, a war plant and a hospital at either side, under 'Fuel for them ... means less for you!'. A five-point list below tells householders how to insulate. The military scene lends urgency to a household task (transfer), and the sponsor line names a weather-strip company.

## 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

```
FUEL FOR THEM
... means less for you !
HOSPITAL
WAR PLANT
MAKE YOUR HOME HEAT TIGHT Now!
1. INSTALL WEATHER STRIP INSULATION
2. PUT UP STORM WINDOWS AND DOORS
3. CALK AIR LEAKS AROUND WINDOW FRAMES
4. INSTALL ATTIC AND WALL INSULATION
5. SAVE COAL, OIL, AND GAS FOR WAR
SPONSORED BY CHAMBERLIN METAL WEATHER STRIP CO. FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVT.
[signature: illegible]
[imprint: LITHO IN U. S. A.]
```

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