Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-21
PLAN TO ENROLL
EVERY FAMILY
Vermont to Be Organized in Con.
servation Campaign
Daily Comparison to Be Published-This
Will Show the Relative Standing of
tho Ia County Sub Divisions.

A statewide drive to secure signatures
to food conservation pledge cards will
be made in Vermont the week beginning
Oct. 81. The pledge compaign is not
limited to Vermont, but is nation wide
in its scope, and during the week daily
comparisons on a percentage LASTS of
the accomplishment of each common
wealth will be published in the daily
| press. Within the the state similar per-
centage comparisons will be made be-
tween counties so that at the close of
each day the relative standing of the
IA sub divisions of Vermont will be
known. The purpose of the pledge card
is to secure an expression of willing
ness from every housewife to become a
part of the food administration. and to
perform war service, the value of
which, in the opinion of Herbert Hoover
and other experts, cannot be easily over
estimated.
The national food administration
credit Vermont with 10000 families, and
the maximum registration in Vermont
that is looked for is 10000. The state
will be thoroughly organized to carry on
the work so that on some day between
Monday, opening food week, and Satur-
day, marking its close, every house in
Vermont will be visited and every fam
lily will be asked to sign a pledge card
An executive committee, of which
Governor Horace F. Graham is chair
man, has been appointed by Mr.. Hoover,
and has in turn appointed state com
mittee composed of a man and woman
from each county who shall in turn APP
point district committees, which will
sub-divide the work even further, so
that personal contact between Mr..
Hoover's Office in Washington and the
public will be gained through teams in
each community which will do the actual
soliciting. The members of the state
committees are now engaged in appoint
ing their assistants.
At meeting in the governors cham
Der in the capitol Tuesday afternoon the
following members of the state commit.
tee met with Federal Food Administra-
tor James Hardness and Mrs. John f.. |
Weeks, chairman of the Vermont divi |
sion of the women s committee of the |
Council of National Defense, and the
whole situation was thoroughly gone
over: F. E. Langley, Barre; A. c. ,Hurd |
White River Junction; E. F. Gebhardt. |
burlington; Fuller c. Smith, st. Alb
George NJ. Powers, Morrisville; J. ". |
Kelley, Morrisville; Rev. Geo. A. Mar |
in, st. Johnsbury; Juan Robinson, South |
Hero; March M. Wilson, Randolph;
Frank II. Brooks, st. Johnsbury; Ben
jamin Williams, Proctor; Ruth A. Chal-
mers, Rutland; Harriet NJ. Ide, Morris
Vile; Mrs. A. j. Newman, Lunenburg;
Mrs. Gilbert A. Davis, Windsor; Mrs.
G. II. Smile, Montpelier; Mrs. c. II.
Darling, Burlington; Mrs. Edward Cur
It's Smith, st. Adams; Mrs. Edward
Bentley Huling, Bennington; Mrs. Har-
ey f. Folsom, Lyndonville; Il. NJ. Saun-
lers, Middlebury; Charles +. Lowe,
Horton d. Walker, Brattle-
'oro.
James p. Taylor, secretary of the
ireater Vermont association who has
zen appointed state organizer by Mr..
ioover, addressed the meeting, laying
mphasis on the compelling necessity
or food conservation and outlining the
Ian of campaign. Mr.. Taylor will make
IN endeavor to coordinate the efforts
# the various county organizations so
hat the work may be carried on effec-
lively during food week.
There is no intention on the part of
he federal food administration to ask
,urtailment in the use of foodstuffs in
his country to such degree that any
'he VIII ne hacking III tne 1ull measure T.
IF nOurishment. The aim is to make
possible the shipment to our allies in
Europe of certain commodities, such az
wheat, beef, pork and sugar, because
hese contain the most concentrated nu-
tritive value in the least shipping space
Americans merely are asked to substi-
tute other valuable foods which exist in
great abundance for these commodities
which the allies must have if they are
to continue in the field. Signing the
pledge card enrolls the individual in the
national conservation army, and as
sign of enrolment government card
will be given in each home that has en-
rolled itself asa member of the food
of the nation.
Mrs. II. G. Rice of this town has been
appointed Windham county chairman
Of the Vermont division of the woman's
committee of the council of national de
fence in place of Mrs. w. r. Graham of
Bellows Falls, resigned. She is now
making arrangements for the Windham
county end of the campaign which will
be conducted throughout Vermont dur
ing the week of Oct. 6 to secure the
signatures of all housewives to the ma
tional food administration pledge cards.