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title: Having seen the quality of the work and of the workers on our production lines
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/having-seen-the-quality-of-the-work-1942/
description: Poster pairing a press photograph of President Roosevelt in an open car studying a map with military and naval officers and a civilian beside him.
section: Collection
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# Having seen the quality of the work and of the workers on our production lines

Poster pairing a press photograph of President Roosevelt in an open car studying a map with military and naval officers and a civilian beside him, and a quoted statement that 'we are getting ahead of our enemies in the battle of production'. The President's name, face and signature give the production claim its weight; no output figures appear.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
"Having seen the quality of the work and of the workers on our production lines - and coupling these first-hand observations with the reports of actual performance of our weapons on the fighting fronts - I can say to you that we are getting ahead of our enemies in the battle of production."
[signature:] Franklin D. Roosevelt
Office of War Information
Washington, D. C.
Poster No. 13
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942—O—491103
[handwritten:] OWI-13
```

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