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Report on Conservation Programme to Byrne Sanders, Director, Consumer Branch, Wartime Prices and trade Board, submitted by Kate Aitken [Supervisor, Conservation Programme].
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Marion Conroy was the Alberta Chairman of the Women's Regional Advisory Committee to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, Consumer Branch, during the Second World War and was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of her wartime work. Set up by the Canadian Government in 1939, the Board's purpose was to prevent the same sort of inflation and social unrest experienced in Canada during WWI. In 1941 PM Mackenzie King announced a price and wage freeze, and appointed Donald Gordon, a prominent banker, to manage the program. A combination of astute administration, public relations and public education resulted in overall effectiveness in the Board's objectives.
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Contains Marion Conroy's copy, a ts. original, of this report to the National Conference of Regional Chairmen, WRAC. "The Conservation Programme was inaugurated Mar. 1, 1943, to provide Guidance and inspiration to Canadian Women, to show ways and means of conserving new yardage. The slogan of this program was Make over, Mend, and Make doe[sic]'." The Conservation Programme concentrated on the establishment of "Remake" centres across Canada, where women were taught to to remake garments. The programme also established exhibits of "Travelling Wardrobes" which were shown across Canada. The report contains ca. 20 p. of text, six photographs, four maps, 1 p. clippings.