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ARTISTS FOR VICTORY
Faced by the greatest crisis of the nation, artists [strikethrough] were [strikethrough] have been quick to react to the need of organization and unity. A mass meeting called by the Artists Societies for National Defense on December 17th at the Museum of Modern Art was packed to the doors and hundreds turned away.
On January 19 [strikethrough] th [strikethrough] at a joint meeting of the Artists Societies for National Defense and the National Art Council for defenses- [strikethrough] two parallel groups [strikethrough] - the Artists Council for Victory was formed by delegates from twenty-one [strikethrough] artists [strikethrough] societies.
The significance of this event can hardly be measured. The new organization will not only enable artists to carry out the immediate objective-help win the war-but it [strikethrough] may [strikethrough] will be of signal usefulness after the battles have been fought and won to further [strikethrough] ing [strikethrough] the development of American art.
[strikethrough] I feel [strikethrough] It should be said here that the sound and progressive policies of the American Artists Congress greatly hastened the achievement of unity.
The Representatives from the following societies were present at that historic meeting: Allied Artists of America, American Artists Congress, New York Chapter of the American Artists Professional League, American Society of Miniature Painters, American Water Color Society, An American Group, Inc., Mural Artists Guild of United Scenic Artists, National Academy of Design, National Association of Women Artists, National Sculpture Society, National Society of Mural Painters, New York Society of Women Artists, Sculptors Guild, Inc., Society of American Etchers,