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title: It's on the Order Book... Just a Problem of Delivery
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/its-on-the-order-book-1942/
description: 'Cartoon reprint: a shirtless worker banded ''American Workers'' tends a ladle of ''Mechanized Warfare'' in a foundry while a bearded figure holds up'
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Wartime cartoon using the enemy-war-aim wording of 1942 as printed, including the term 'Jap'. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![It's on the Order Book... Just a Problem of Delivery, 1942 US poster: Cartoon reprint](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/its-on-the-order-book-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/its-on-the-order-book-1942.jpg)

# It's on the Order Book... Just a Problem of Delivery

Cartoon reprint: a shirtless worker banded 'American Workers' tends a ladle of 'Mechanized Warfare' in a foundry while a bearded figure holds up a 'History' ledger of victories with the day, month and year left blank. The tell is the blank ledger ending in 'Peace - with justice, and plenty of it!', which ties the worker's output to abstract goals.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
YOU
FILL IN THE
DATES
HISTORY
DAY MO. YR.
JAP NAVY DESTROYED
TOKIO BOMBED
MIKADO SEIZED
NAZI ARMY BEATEN
HITLER CAPTURED
MUSSOLINI ARRESTED
PEACE - WITH JUSTICE, AND PLENTY OF IT!
MECHANIZED WARFARE
AMERICAN WORKERS
[imprint: Copyright, 1942, by The Chicago Tribune.]
[signature: ORR]
"It's on the Order Book...
Just a Problem of Delivery"
```

[← It Won't Happen Here! If We Produce!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/it-wont-happen-here-if-we-produce-1942/) [It's plain horse sense: act, think, SAFETY →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/its-plain-horse-sense-safety-1942/)

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