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Poster showing civilian detainees, accused of failure to carry registration cards, standing in a truck.
Text continues: Don't be caught napping. Every man registered under the Selected Service Law must carry his registration card at all times. Obey the law and save embarrassment.
Caption: New York stop 61,000 men in their search for slackers. Photo shows a wagon load of suspects. As a result of a three days drive in New York special agents, soldiers and sailors "interviewed" over 61,000 men and made them produce registration cards and many were detained temporarily before they could be properly identified. About 1500 slackers were caught and sent to camps.
News Photo Poster No. 12, issued for Maine Committee on Public Safety, Blaine Mansion, Augusta, Maine.
Copyright International Film Service, N.Y.
Mounted with another News Photo Poster.
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