It may not be enough
Text-only poster from the Office of Price Administration: white lettering on dark blue inside a ruled border, with a script headline followed by a message from OPA volunteers about fair shares of scarce goods at a fair price. It asks for patience and teamwork. The technique is faint: volunteers speak as fellow citizens (plain-folks) and close on 'teamwork counts'.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of Price Administration (artist Fred Cooper)
- 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, Economy and finance
- 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 Price Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1113 (NAID 514640).
Text on the object
It may not be enough but we are doing our best. Most of us are unpaid volunteers. As fellow citizens we are here to help you get your fair share of scarce commodities at a fair price. Your patience. . .your understanding. . .will help make it easier for us to serve you better. In war, even more than in peace, teamwork counts. Let's work together! OPA [signature: FRED COOPER] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—595386]
