Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-18
HOOVER OUTLINES
CLEAN PLATE PLAN
U. S. Dictator Says War Will
Be Won by Wheatless
Day and Fat Saving.
SAYS STOP WASTING FOOD
Food Controller Calls Women
of Nation to Do Their
Share in Crisis.

WASHINGTON, June 17.-Herbert
c. Hoover outlined tonight his plans
Tor enlisting the nations hou. wives
as actual members of the food ad-
ministration and appealed to them
to join him in the fight for conser-
walton measures and the elimination
OF waste. The women will be enrolled
during period of registration from
July | to July Is thru the council OF
national defense and the state de-
fense councils.
Mr.. Hoover is proceeding at the
direction of Presiednt Wilson who,
without waiting for congress to enact
the administration food Dills directed
him to proceed with organization of
the food administration insofar as IL
contemplates assembling volunteer eff
fort.
las requested by the president" +"
says his statement, I'VE ask every
woman in the United States engaged
in the personal control of food to
register for actual membership IN the
food administration. thus entering di-
rectly into the national service. We
later shall ask various classes of men,
likewise engaged in food production
ana distribution, also to volunteer to
the federal service in their various
branches.
All Must Sacrifice.
I'VE must enter a period of sacri-
flee for our country and for democ-
racy. Many must go into battle, but
many can only remain at home. The
worlds food supply is short and many
must suffer We have the major bur-
den of feeding the whole world. Food
must be managed and transported in
nd IN al m
such way as to get the most out of
it. Those who remain at home can
also help and can fight by helping
the fighter fight and can serve by
saving"
The statement issued by the food
dictator OF the United States con-
tinues.
I'VE have the promise of support
from many hundreds of woman's or
| ganizatiCns in the recruiting OF our
| membership and the womans com
mittee plan to take upon themselves
much Of the responsibility for this
work. We feel confident that all the
women's organizations in the coun-
| try will fall in with the presidents
request and actively organize and
| support our campaign. AS time press
es, we win need all such agencies
| pledging with the state councils OF
defense before July /. We have siA
general principles of instruction.
The Principles.
"First-To save, the wheat. If W.
/ eat as usual from our harvests thi
year we will have little more THAI
enough for ourselves. but we can di
| vide with our allies If each indi\ idua
makes some sacrifice, by eating n
least one wheatless meal n day. sub
! situting cornbread or other cereals
| "Second-We want to save thu
meat, for our cattle and hogs are de
| creasing and we must send to ou
allies, so we wish every householde
| to buy less, to serve smaller portion
and to allow no waste.
"Third-We wish to save the fats
| We consume three times the fats tina
are necessary for nutrition and w
need them now for war. We wish n,
butter used in cooking; we want les
butter served on the table; we wan
| less lard, bacon and other pork prod
| ucts used.
"Fourth-Any deficiencies in foo,
supply, by economy along the abov
lines, can be amply covered by In
| creasing the use of fish, potatoes
beans, peas. turnips, cabbage AM
vegetables generally corn. buckwhea'
rye and rice, which we will have II
abundance this harvest
"F'ifth--We want to save trans
| portation. Our railways are unable 4
meet the war pressure for munitions
men and coal, so that we wish every
one to consume products of loca
origin so far as possible, to buy from
the local miller. the local packer, bu
and eat vegetables grown near home
"Sixth-We preach and want every
one to preach the gospel OF the cleai
plate to buy less foodstuffs, to serv
smaller portions and to see that moth
ing OF value goes into the garbage can
aside from eating an Increases
proportion of these commodities II
order to save on the staples, II Is ex
tremels important that any surplus
these commodities shall be preserves
or well stored for winter use."