Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21


ual or the family is rot asked to eat
less food; II is not desired that anyone
so hungry But II is desired that the
family substitute for certain foods
which are easily transported to Eu
rope and are better for the soldiers
others which cannot be so used.
Wheat. meat, sugar and dairy pro-
ducts are the foods which can be
transported TO the troops abroad and
serve best for them.
The drive In oklahoma will be car
ried on in four divisions. the schooi
distric; campaign, the town and VIII
lage campaign. the city campaign and
mems campaign. The more importan.
Of these are the town and village ana
city campaigns which Will be carried
on by women among women, lho
hcusekecper- soldiers Of the nation.
Under Dr. Stratton u. Brooks, Ok
lahoma food administrator, and II. NJ
X Smith, state campaign director,
executive, advisory and publicity COM
nittees have been appointed by Mr..
Hoover, also county chairman, who
are women. and county managers,
men. On the eecutive committee are
Il. II. Wilson, state superintendent of
public instruction, Edgar FeEton,
president of the Oklahoma federation
of labor, the Rev. w. H. b. Urch, pas
WI VA ll't IllEilill
church of Oklah )ma City; Mrs. Edgar
H. Wallower, and Mrs. Harry Coulter
Todd, both Of oklahoma City.
Each county chairman, working
with county advisory board to con-
sist of the chairman. county superin-
tcndeut of public instruction. and
three others to he selected locally. will
select the individual workers whose
duties will be 20 make house-to-
nrlx inc
These vii, include the workers for
both town and country districts. in
the larger cities. Oklahoma City Tul-
81 and Muskogee. special city chair
inen have been appointed and these
viii direct the campaign in a similai
manner in each. o
The work of The county managers
will be to handle the supplies. distrib-
ute the food pledge cards and other
working material and enroll men In
some towds ard rural districts the two
campaigns may he united If local COM
nittecs believe that is advisable.
state Superintendent Wilson is ask.
ing every county superintendent in the
state to become active in this work.
They have becn asked to organize
their teaching staffs into an eddca-
tionl and canvassing staff to obtain
the signature of all school children
card. Fifteen thousand teachers in
tho state are expected to take part In
the campaign and four thousand other
workers. making n total OF nineteen
thousand workers to secure 10000
/ signatures in one weeks time. That
will make II necessary for every
worker to secure eleven signatures
daily but due tc the fact that the field
OF the teachers will be limited to their
/ u ha Il
workers must run much higher
Series Of meetings in rural districts
or one day of the week when all other
activities will stop and the community
Join as whole in the pledge CAM
paign, will be the plan followed, ac-
cording to which can be worked ou.
hest considering local conditions.
Assisting DIR. Brooks and Mr.. Smith
~ campaign headquarters Mt the tinI-
veisity Of Oklahoma here are Alvin
Richards. secretary 70 she oklahoma
food commission. Miss Emma Chanu
I ler home economics director and
Charles Il. Stone, of saltwater. pub
licity director.
1t is pointed out that the food ad-
ministration authorities OF the nallou
have chosen the volunteer method of
enlisting the people Of the nation in
the food conservation movement. Hef-
bert Hoover decided on an appeal to
the people in what he termed an "un-
| parallelcd adventure in democracy"
/ The aim 's to avoid the vexatious and
| frequently oppressive. legislation re-
earding wheatless days, limitations on
amounts of food to he eaten and
ether similar measures But II the
food pledge campaign fails, there is Il
veiled warning that the draft methods
Of enrolling housewife soldiers for
duty may be employed. even as II has
! been applied to military service.