Got an idea buzzin'? If it's good we'll use it! It may help win the war!
A factory worker in a cap with a V badge is circled by a looping 'buzz' ribbon trailing a winged cartoon insect carrying a tag marked 'Idea', with machinery behind him. The text invites workers to submit suggestions and says a good one may help win the war. The technique is faint: it attaches a large goal to a workplace suggestion scheme.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Victory-Builders Division, Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc. (artist Packer)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Labor, Home front
- 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)
Victory-Builders Division, Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-912 (NAID 514417).
Text on the object
GOT AN IDEA BUZZIN'? IF IT'S GOOD WE'LL USE IT! IDEA BU-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z IT MAY HELP WIN THE WAR! [signature:] PACKER PRINTED IN U.S.A. Copyright, "VICTORY-BUILDERS" Division BRESSLER EDITORIAL CARTOONS, Inc., NEW YORK
