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title: 'A message to our tenants from the government: Help stop fuel waste'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/message-to-our-tenants-fuel-1942/
description: Text-only red and black sheet for apartment buildings, 'A Message to Our Tenants From the Government', with five numbered fuel-saving requests
section: Collection
---

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# A message to our tenants from the government: Help stop fuel waste

Text-only red and black sheet for apartment buildings, 'A Message to Our Tenants From the Government', with five numbered fuel-saving requests (less hot water, radiators off, no round-the-clock heat, windows closed, lights off). It closes 'Saving fuel saves transportation for America's war effort'. Little persuasive technique is visible beyond that appeal to the war effort.

## 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

```
A MESSAGE
TO OUR TENANTS
FROM THE GOVERNMENT
Help stop fuel waste
1. Use less hot water.
2. Turn off radiators to prevent over-heating.
3. Don't demand heat 24 hours a day.
4. Keep windows closed as much as possible.
5. Don't leave lights burning.
SAVING FUEL SAVES TRANSPORTATION
FOR AMERICA'S WAR EFFORT
[imprint: THE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Poster No. 12.
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1942 O - 498485]
```

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