The President of the United States on May 2, 1943, said
Text-only sheet beneath an American flag and the Great Seal, quoting a presidential statement of 2 May 1943 on coal miners and unions. It pairs a pledge to protect union rights with a call to duty: miners will 'march shoulder to shoulder with their armed forces to victory.'
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- President of the United States (Franklin D. Roosevelt); U.S. Government Printing Office
- 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
- Labor, Home front
- 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)
President of the United States; U.S. Government Printing Office. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1541 (NAID 515206).
Text on the object
The President of the United States on May 2, 1943, said . . . “I believe now, as I have all my life, in the right of workers to join unions and to protect their unions. I want to make it absolutely clear that this Government is not going to do anything now to weaken those rights in the coal fields . . . “I believe that the coal miners themselves as Americans will not fail to heed the clear call to duty. Like all other good Americans, they will march shoulder to shoulder with their armed forces to victory.” [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:1943 O - [illegible]
