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title: A message about food from the President of the United States
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/message-about-food-president-1945/
description: 'Text-only sheet: white lettering on dark blue under the U.S. seal, headed ''A Message About Food From the President of the United States''.'
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[![A message about food from the President of the United States, 1945 US poster: Text-only sheet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/message-about-food-president-1945.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/message-about-food-president-1945.jpg)

# A message about food from the President of the United States

Text-only sheet: white lettering on dark blue under the U.S. seal, headed 'A Message About Food From the President of the United States', with three requests (grow victory gardens, preserve food, conserve food) over a printed Truman signature. Appeals rest on 'final victory and the peace'; the technique is faint here.

## 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

```
[image: Great Seal of the United States]
A MESSAGE ABOUT FOOD
FROM THE PRESIDENT
OF THE
UNITED STATES
In this fourth year of war the need for food is greater than ever before.
I call upon every American to help increase the Nation's food supply . . .
By growing larger and better victory gardens and seeing them through to the harvest.
By preserving our food at home or in a community canning center.
By conserving food in every possible way—wasting not an ounce.
Our food will make a real contribution to the final victory and the peace. There can be no lasting peace in a hungry world.
[signature: Harry Truman]
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
WASHINGTON, D. C.
1945
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1945 O-654012]
```

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