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
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Themes
- Home front, Labor, War and the military
- 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)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-364 (NAID 513814).
Text on the object
"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
