National unity means ultimate victory!
Bank-sponsored home-front sheet: a painted portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, arms folded before a U.S. flag, above his quoted words from 9 December 1941 and a twelve-point 'Victory Program for All Americans'. Quote, flag and the slogan 'National unity means ultimate victory!' carry the message.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- The First National Bank, Elk River, Minnesota (sponsor); portrait signed J. J. Woolf
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Security and surveillance
- 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)
The First National Bank, Elk River, Minnesota. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1387 (NAID 515046).
Text on the object
The vast majority of the members of the human race are on our side. Many of them are fighting with us. All of them are praying for us. For, in representing our cause, we represent theirs as well -- our hope and their hope for liberty under God. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT—In his radio address to the Nation on Dec. 9, 1941. A Victory Program for All Americans! Work For, Pray For, Believe in Victory Buy United States War Bonds and Stamps Support the Red Cross and the U. S. O. Be Active in the Local Defense Program Conserve Everything Needed for Victory Comply With Every Rationing Regulation Keep in Touch With the Boys in Service Repeat Nothing the Enemy Wants to Know Do Not Spread Any Unconfirmed Reports Be Loyal to All of the United Nations Refrain from All DESTRUCTIVE Criticism Have Full Confidence in the Government NATIONAL UNITY MEANS ULTIMATE VICTORY! CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAUSE OF NATIONAL UNITY IN THE AMERICAN WAR EFFORT BY THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA [seal, both sides: FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION MEMBER; MAXIMUM INSURANCE FOR EACH DEPOSITOR; amount illegible] [caption under portrait: OUR PRESIDENT] [signature: J. J. Woolf ©] [small copyright line at lower right of portrait: illegible]
