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World War II poster quoting Elmer Davis, Director of the Office of War Information.

Text on the poster reads: "To all who use libraries/This is our war. One of the first acts of the Japanese in the Philippines was to destroy an American library. The policy of the Nazi and the Facists toward libraries, librarians, writers of books, and readers of books has long been familiar to us. The Japanese by their act of barbarism adopted the Nazi policy for themselves.

But they did more than that. Tehy brought directly home to Americans the menace of this war to American citizens, American culture, and American books--as well as those who use American books, produce American books, and care for American books. Most of us have realized for a long time that we Americans were not immune. The fact is now made apparent to all of us.

Elmer Davis

Director, Office of War Information"

Poster published by US Government Printing Office.

Found in RS 12/3/12, Folder: World War II