Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22
CITY'S WOMEN
FOOD CONSCRTPTS
Hoover Plans to Enroll
Them All in Consorva-
tion Campaign
BADGE OF PATRIOTISM
BY M'LISS

Every woman in Philadelphia. every
woman in Pennsylvania, every woman in
the United States. If present plans carry.
will be enrolled by July IS in the great
national food-saving army now being organ
ICED by Herbert c. Hoover Americas food
administrator, and his cohort of helpers
Find a woman who is not so enrolled
by that time and YOU will find a woman
who is not a patriot
Every house in the city. in the state
in the country into which food goes will
1t is expected, boast a household tag. hang
ing in a front window and testlfylng TO
the fact that patriots pledged to the ma
tionsl plan OF food economy live there
BY the middle Of next month instructions
coming direct from Hoover's Food Admins
tration Department in washington will tell
each individual woman specifically. with re-
gard to her circumstances, how she can best
hep in the food conservation.
No politician ever rooted out dilatory
voters with the ardor that Hoover and his
aids are planning to get the women.
In Philadelphia II is expected that the
house-to-house canvass method will be used
Every woman in the city, be she housewife
saleswoman factory worker, professional
woman or social organizer will be given
regiStrat ation card to sign that will let Mr..
Hoover know just how she feeds her family
and how many she has TO feed. II she is not
the head of the family. but merely an integ-
raj part Of It. he will want 10 know anyway
And on the basis Of the information given
him Mr.. Hoover will in turn map out a
program TO meet the specific needs OF every
household in the United States.
ENROLMENT CARDS
All this is contained in a detailed letter Of
instruction sent out under the authorization
of Howard Heinz, Pennsylvania's food
director. to every woman's organization, so
far as is known, in the States.
The card that every woman will be asked
to sign some time between July l and IS,
reads thus:
FQ2a %. :E4G1;as AEq4min;strRtoC, q
am ggllad e Join you !n the service ot food
accept emberShp m N the Tnited states heFSSS FooSd
A599Stat99n 59 fagmnE m ny myself dos = out The
II tSe S2nagi 9trX ot X household IN so far my
NAME. .'.,..., ...,..,. ........,....
AiiIRsFEFRS IN HoUsEHoLD ......,Do ,:..::.Do YoU
iGi-tc1UUfP Goictc1UUfPArfoN2 ffS:2S Of BREAbWiNNER.
SgfgHs oSH2g6sRS. NMovEStrHTs' : FOR Q 4 EFooD
TheTa are no no fees or dues to be paid fhc
n PG6 Of o5G oaa2 anGnS to ooG aG m e PSm
DIRECTIONS
Upon receipt O. your pledge cards by the Food
Adrlnistra tor, Washington D, C., YOU will
ceive FREE your hrst Instructions and a house.
h9 p6n rtSep to RS h9nF ~ en IN SS W2 your PLEDGE
card and a return ,addTessed envelope, The
StSa sired the TesS shield insignia ot the Food Xdmns.
traf
Every effort viii be made to have as little
duplication as possible in the great whirl-
wind fifteen-day campaign Of rounding up
the women for Uncle Sam. In many places
department stores will be asked to establish
registration bureaus. Red Cross organiza-
tions and womens clubs and civic bodies
are all TO be pressed into service. The
press and the pulpit will be asked to CO.
operate in letting the women know the
location Of the registration bureau of their
women are not sufficiently aroused 70 the
the aid OF Boy Scouts teachers and vel
fare associations will be sought.
In a city the size OF Philadelphia, Il was
day, the individual appeal made to every
woman by the house-to-house canvass Is
considered the most effectual
Hoover, who fed Belgium and northern
France when he had TO beg money and get
the food all the way across the Atlantic In
the face of German opposition, now faces
the proposition of directing the feeding OF
the 80 000, 900 or more Americans who can't
seem to realize that the food proposition in
a land Of seeming plenty is a serious one.
Indifference at this time will prove
greater obstacle than German opposition
The enrolment of the women will show one
Of two things-either that the grand femi-
nine army is in back of Uncle Sam or that II
isn't.
Don't let anything keep you, if you are
woman, from having your food button and
your household tag in your window by
July To-.
Sign I'D with Uncle Sam