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& Western, sent this message: "I assure you that I 

 shall do all in my power to have the cooperation of 

 all the officials of our roads in an endeavor to increase 

 the victory gardens of 1919 over the war gardens of 

 1918." Similar evidences of activity were received 

 from many others. 



New posters were furnished the officials by the Com- 

 mission to help carry to the railroad men and the public 

 all over the United States the call for continuing and 

 increasing home food production. These posters were 

 placed in stations throughout the country, in the great 

 city terminals and in the stations in small towns, under 

 a general order issued by W. G. McAdoo, Director 

 General of Railroads. The posters thus officially dis- 

 played are regarded as one of the most potent factors 

 in reaching the American public with the message of 

 the world's food needs which followed the signing of 

 the armistice. 



