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title: Stay on-the-job. Help end-the-war
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/stay-on-the-job-help-end-the-war-navy-safety-1941/
description: 'Yellow cartoon safety sheet in four panels: ''Gertie'' is flung head-over-heels dancing and ''Bertie'' falls on the ice past a DANGER sign.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Stay on-the-job. Help end-the-war, 1941 US poster: Yellow cartoon safety sheet in four panels](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/stay-on-the-job-help-end-the-war-navy-safety-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/stay-on-the-job-help-end-the-war-navy-safety-1941.jpg)

# Stay on-the-job. Help end-the-war

Yellow cartoon safety sheet in four panels: 'Gertie' is flung head-over-heels dancing and 'Bertie' falls on the ice past a DANGER sign, then both lie in hospital beds in casts. The tell is a comic fear-appeal, accident and injury as the price of time off the job, with 'Uncle Sam' named as the party let down.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
STAY ON-THE-JOB
OFF-THE-JOB GERTIE
WOULD RATHER TAKE IT ON THE LAM'
FOR A DATE AT A HOT SPOT
THAN WORK FOR UNCLE SAM!
OFF-THE-JOB BERTIE
IS OFTEN PLENTY SORE
FROM WEEK-END SPILLS ON THE ICE
BUT IT DOESN'T WIN THE WAR!
DANGER
THE SPOT
[signature: CHUCK THORNDIKE]
NAVY DEPARTMENT SAFETY POSTER
YES, GERTIE AND BERTIE ARE PLEASURE BENT
UNTIL THEY HAVE AN ACCIDENT!
HELP END-THE-WAR
[imprint: N651 440106]
```

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