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title: Heads Win
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/heads-win-suggestions-war-department-1943/
description: 'War Department suggestion-box poster in red and blue: ''Heads Win'' beside an exclamation mark made from a smiling face.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Heads Win, 1943 US poster: War Department suggestion-box poster in red and blue](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/heads-win-suggestions-war-department-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/heads-win-suggestions-war-department-1943.jpg)

# Heads Win

War Department suggestion-box poster in red and blue: 'Heads Win' beside an exclamation mark made from a smiling face, an arrow pointing to the offer of $5 to $250 or more for each accepted suggestion from civilian personnel, and the line 'Use your head - for victory'. The technique is faint here; the main appeal is a stated cash reward, with 'victory' as the broad slogan.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
HEADS
WIN
SUGGESTIONS
Suggestions for new methods,
better ways to do War
Department work faster...
THESE WIN WARS
YOU WIN AWARDS
Uncle Sam pays $5. to $250. or
more for every accepted suggestion
from civilian personnel. Put your
ideas in the Suggestion Box today.
USE YOUR HEAD-FOR VICTORY
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-558880]
```

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