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
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (Poster No. 12)
- 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, War and the military
- 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 War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-284 (NAID 513733).
Text on the object
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]
