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title: Research (left half)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/research-army-questionnaire-chart-left-half-1941/
description: 'Left half of a two-part wall chart headed ''RESEARCH'' (the rest of the title is on the right half): photographs of soldiers gathering in a mess hall.'
section: Collection
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[![Research, 1941 US poster: Left half of a two-part wall chart headed 'RESEARCH' (the rest of the title is on the right half)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/research-army-questionnaire-chart-left-half-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/research-army-questionnaire-chart-left-half-1941.jpg)

# Research (left half)

Left half of a two-part wall chart headed 'RESEARCH' (the rest of the title is on the right half): photographs of soldiers gathering in a mess hall, a speaker addressing seated men, stacks of typed questionnaire reports and a punch card. Captions say questionnaires are anonymous and go to Washington. The technique is faint here; the sheet reassures servicemen about anonymity.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
RESEARC[H]

Representative cross section of enlisted men in the selected post convene in recreation rooms or mess halls.

Carefully chosen enlisted men explain that War Department wants honest answers on questionnaires.

Tens of thou[sands] [have anonymously] filled out que[stionnaires] [opportunity] for real self-e[xpression].

The filled in questionnaires are sent to Washington. They are examined by experts, coded, and the remarks noted.

The information is transferred to machine record punch cards.

[typed report covers and the punch card carry text too small to read: [illegible]]
```

[← Report faulty wiring - electrical fires are hard to control](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/report-faulty-wiring-bethlehem-steel-1941/) [Research (right half) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/research-army-questionnaire-chart-right-half-1941/)

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