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The following resolution was adopted at a meeting of six hundred artists at the Museum of Modern Arts in the City of New York on the evening of December 17, 1941:

Whereas our country has been treacherously attacked by Japan and we are now at war with the Axis powers in a life and death struggle in which our country's form of government, religious freedom and very national existence are in danger, and
Whereas complete unity and co-operation of all groups, cultural, industrial, and political is absolutely essential to the proper prosecution of the war effort, and
Whereas the fullest utilization of the energies and talents of the whole of the American people is vital to a speedy and victorious conclusion of the war, and
Whereas the artists of America have a special contribution to make to the war effort, as has been shown in Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and China, where large scale programs utilizing the artists' abilities have been in operation for some time, creating better civilian and military morale, 
Therefore, be it resolved that the artists assembled offer the government the full use of their talents, and ask that a centralized government agency of simple structure which will put to use the services of the nation's artists, be established by the President of the United States through executive order or other means.
J. Scott Williams           Hugo Gellert
                Co-Chairmen