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I. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 1 
The overall problem 1 
Major elements of the over-all problem 1 
1. Forest fires 1 
A* Number, area burned, damage 1 
B. Man-made forest fires 1 
C. Man-power to fight forest fires 2 
2. Forest fires sabotage the war effort 2 
A. Timber is damaged 2 
Bo Production of lumber is’ slowed down 2 
C. Threat to war industries and food 
for freedom 2 
D. The President has said 2 
E. Lt • Gen. John L. DeWitt says 2 
F. According to Lt. Gen. H. A. Drum 3 
G. Flying hours are lost 3 
Ho Anti-aircraft training interrupted 3 
I. Enemy fires 3 
3. Geographical aspects of the wartime forest 
fire'prevention problem 
A. Throe broad zones 
3* Highlights by Forest Service regions 
C. Forest fire seasons 
II * ORGANIZED FOREST FIRE PREVENTION 6 
1# On the national forests 6 
2. On state and privately owned forest land 6 
3. The work of preventing forest fires 6 
III. OBJECTIVES OF THE CAMPAIGN 7 
j 1* What the public as a whole should do 7 
j 2* Groups of the public to be influenced 7 
(a) Broadly 7 
(b) Major avocational and occupational groups 7 
3. Specific things the groups should be asked to do 8 
IV. COPY THEME 
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