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VICTORY GARDEN COMMITTEE
ORGANIZATION
Helen Marshall Eliason, Chairman, Victory Garden
Committee,
War Services, Pennsylvania State Council of Defense
Victory Garden activities were begun in Pennsylvania almost
simultaneously under two auspices, a staff member of The Pennsylvania
State College appointed at the suggestion of the United States Secretary
of Agriculture, and the State Council of Defense as a part of the
Consumer Interests Committee. In order to centralize activities in this
field, the leaders of the two groups called a conference on January 22,
1942, for the purpose of making recommendations concerning a State-wide
organization. This was done by recommending a Victory Garden Advisory
Committee as a part of the organization of the Pennsylvania State
Council of Defense.
On recommendations of this conference, in which were
represented the State Council of Defense, the State Department of
Agriculture, of Public Instruction, of Health, and of Public Assistance,
the United States Department of Agriculture State War Board, The
Pennsylvania State College, the School of Horticulture at Ambler, the
National Farm School, the American Red Cross, Boy and Girl Scouts,
various commercial and amateur horticultural associations, the seed
trade, the fertilizer trade, and service clubs and organizations, an
Advisory Victory Garden Committee was appointed by Dr. A. C. Marts,
executive director of the State Council of Defense, with representatives
of the agencies and organizations just listed as members, and with Mrs.
H. B. Eliason as chairman and Dr. Warren B. Mack as executive secretary.
An order was issued by Dr. Marts to County Councils of Defense to set up
county and local Victory Garden Committees, which is quoted herewith to
explain the composition and general functions of these committees.
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Victory Gardens
Handbook of the
Victory Garden Committee
War Services, Pennsylvania
State Council of Defense
April, 1944
TABLE OF CONTENTS
page v
page vi
page vii
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