The Victory Farm Volunteers

Abstract

Many non-farm high-school students will discover that their greatest contribution to the war effort will consist of farm work to increase the pro duction of food. The Victory Farm Volunteers is proposed as an organization which will accomplish this purpose. The U. S. Office of Education of the Federal Security Agency and the War Manpower Commission and the Ex tension Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture on the Federal level have agreed upon the respective functions which they will assume in this program. It is proposed that all High School Victory Corps stress this Victory Farm Volunteers program as one of the important activities of the Corps. The high school will, therefore, recruit and train Victory Farm Volunteers for service on farms during the summer months and at other times. Victory Farm Volunteers will be drawn from the General Membership of the High School Victory Corps as well as from the five special service divisions.—JOHN W. STUDEBAKER, U. S. Commissioner of Education.