--- title: Reprint number one from Labor and Management News (back) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/reprint-no-1-labor-and-management-news-back-1943/ description: 'Reverse of the newsprint reprint: two newspaper pages of single-panel cartoons on absenteeism (23 August 1943) and workplace accidents (13 September 1943)' section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Reprint number one from Labor and Management News (back) [![Reprint number one from Labor and Management News, 1943 US poster: Reverse of the newsprint reprint](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/reprint-no-1-labor-and-management-news-back-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/reprint-no-1-labor-and-management-news-back-1943.jpg) # Reprint number one from Labor and Management News (back) Reverse of the newsprint reprint: two newspaper pages of single-panel cartoons on absenteeism (23 August 1943) and workplace accidents (13 September 1943), with a boxed text 'Pin-Up Cartoon Page to Combat Accident Toll' citing National Safety Council totals. The technique is humor about everyday workers, with the box giving casualty and lost-day figures as the reason. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) ## Text on the object Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` [page header, left:] 8 THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT NEWS, AUGUST 23, 1943 [in-picture:] ABSENTEEISM (on a winged bug) "I wonder what's a good excuse to give the boss in case I can't make the plant today?" "I'll need a screen and two of the guards—but I'll be at the plant Mr. Grayson—laundry or no laundry!" "This morning I beat the bus by two minutes." "The trigger-man didn't come in today!" "No. I'm Mr. Apgar's proxy. He couldn't think of being absent from work!" "Mark my words, Wilson, those faulty brakes of yours will put all of you on the absentee list some morning!" "Well, dear, you know how crowded those busses to the factory are." "Please don't do it, dear . . . What would people think when you didn't show up for work at the factory?" "Just a light tap, Spider—we don't want him absent from work tomorrow!" "Get back on the job . . . and you'll find those spots will disappear!" "Can we take a chance on going farther out and see if we can find something better?" [page header, right:] THE LABOR MANAGEMENT NEWS, SEPTEMBER 13, 1943 5 Pin-Up Cartoon Page to Combat Accident Toll The accident and injury toll for America this year may be $5,000,000,000, the National Safety Council figures on the basis of today's accidents. This means something like 41,000 workers killed, 150,000 disabled permanently and 3,750,000 temporarily. It also means a loss of 390,000,000 man-days of work . . . the equivalent of bringing the nation's entire war machine to "a complete standstill for one full week," adds the Council. "One entire week's production lost! Nothing sent to the fighting fronts for one critical week!" No matter for cheer is this toll, greater than battle-front casualties in 1942, but humor helps to light up a grim subject and to rouse interest in remedies. In this spirit, the American Society of Magazine Cartoonists and the Production Information Committee, representing the Army, Navy, Maritime Commission, WMC, OWI and WPB jointly presented cartoons on safety and absenteeism by America's leading cartoonists in a New York exhibit. A selected exhibit of absenteeism cartoons, displayed in Bullock's department store windows in Los Angeles two weeks ago, was so popular it was continued through last week. The show will be displayed in stores in 22 cities. Since the first set of cartoons appeared in the L-M News, more than 200 L-M Committees have requested proof-sheets for reproduction in plant organs or display on bulletin boards. "WE'LL HAVE TO INSTALL SAFETY APPARATUS, JIM. LAST YEAR OUR INCOME WAS FIFTY THOUSAND BUCKS, BUT ACCIDENTS COST US SIXTY THOUSAND." "Old B. J. is trying to sell us on the idea of wearing an outfit like that to reduce absenteeism due to accidents!" "I told you to eat enough while working in the plant." "The boss takes every precaution for himself when he goes out to play bridge with his wife, but he hasn't installed any safety devices on his machines at the plant." "Sorry I'm late boss—but I got all tied up at my first aid class." "Watch where you're going! Do you want to spoil our attendance record?" "WE CALLED YOU MEN TOGETHER TO DISCUSS PLANT SAFETY AND ITS EFFECT ON ABSENTEEISM!" [in-picture text: WATCH YOUR STEP! HANG ON TO RAIL. SAFETY FIRST; SAFETY FIRST BE CAREFUL GUARD YOUR EYES AND HANDS; PRODUCTION ATTENDANCE; WATCH YOUR STEP] [signature:] Ceclie Allen (as read); others illegible, marked 'for OWI' [imprint:] 44-PA-1637B (archive pencil number, lower right) ``` [← Remember me? I was at Bataan. Buy war bonds](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/remember-me-i-was-at-bataan-1943/) [Reprint number one from Labor and Management News (front) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/reprint-no-1-labor-and-management-news-front-1943/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Trois Tetes sous l'meme bonnet (three heads under the same cap)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/trois-tetes-sous-le-meme-bonnet-1789/) (France · 1789 · Plain folks, Glittering generalities) - ['This log cabin was the first building erected on the North Bend', Whig print by T. 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