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title: 'Make this pledge: I pay no more than top legal prices, I accept no rationed goods without giving up ration stamps'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/make-this-pledge-ration-stamps-top-legal-prices-1941/
description: A young woman in a red-striped blouse and apron raises her right hand as if taking an oath, against a blue field with a row of stars.
section: Collection
---

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[![Make this pledge: I pay no more than top legal prices, I accept no rationed goods without giving up ration stamps, 1941 US](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/make-this-pledge-ration-stamps-top-legal-prices-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/make-this-pledge-ration-stamps-top-legal-prices-1941.jpg)

# Make this pledge: I pay no more than top legal prices, I accept no rationed goods without giving up ration stamps

A young woman in a red-striped blouse and apron raises her right hand as if taking an oath, against a blue field with a row of stars, above a two-line consumer pledge about top legal prices and ration stamps. The raised hand and the word 'pledge' invite the reader to join a shared promise (bandwagon), framed in flag colours and stars (glittering generalities).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
MAKE THIS PLEDGE:
I pay no more than top legal prices
I accept no rationed goods
without giving up ration stamps
```

[← Make our men as fit as our machines: regular physical check-ups with blood tests](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/make-our-men-as-fit-as-our-machines-karsakov-1941/) [Man your stations! Stick to your job - oil is ammunition →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/man-your-stations-oil-is-ammunition-1941/)

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