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
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Department
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor
- 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)
War Department. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-944 (NAID 514450).
Text on the object
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]
