Research

Scope and Content Note

This series contains correspondence, agendas, and minutes relating to conferences organized by the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM). The office's director and staff members met with representatives from state agencies, and other organizations and committees to discuss coordination of volunteer participation in program areas such as: nutrition (mass feeding); child care; block leader training; and safeguarding military information.

Other meetings addressed coordination of the field representatives' activities and developments and problems within the OCM, regions, and local councils.

The OCM used publications, public addresses, radio talks, and bulletins to distribute information and increase citizen participation. Copies of these are contained in this series. The series also contains: monthly reports prepared by the OCM, Director of Civilian Protection, and Civilian War Services; correspondence relating to the publicity steering committee and completed projects (block leader training, fifth war loan drive, transportation and fuel survey); and labor market development reports from the United States Employment Service of the War Manpower Commission detailing demand for labor in regions of the state.