Show preparedness il 4 fa AMERICAN RED CROSS N NEWEST EWEST of au all the american red cross activities is the wool conservation program under it volunteers from the more than red cross chapters throughout the nation collect scraps of new unused wool and place them in re processing channels the wool conservation program was developed jointly by the war production board and the red cross when it became apparent that the nation faced a serious wool shortage there were only two ways in which this shortage could be alleviated within the next year the first was by cutting down wool consumption in every possible way by re styling and redesigning garments to save wool the second was to have every scrap of new unused wool reprocessed as rapidly as possible the red cross was selected to do this job under the agreement between the red cross and the war production board the red cross chapters arrange tor for the collection of trousers cuff clippings wool samples and other wool clips from tailors mens clothing stores department stores clothing manufacturers and cleaners these are then placed in re processing channels by selling them to wool reclaiming firms when reprocessed into wool cloth the clippings from 21 pairs of mens trousers will be enough to make a complete soldiers uniform or another civilian suit one red cross chapter in a large city collected enough wool clips in one day to make 1755 soldiers uniforms proceeds from the sale of the wool clips collected under the wool conservation program are retained by the local red cross chapters to carry on their work of if war relief and civilian defense preparedness training prepared exclusively lor for |