Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
STATES WOMEN
ASKED TOSAVE
School Chief, Through Ex-
emption Boards, Addresses
Plea to Housewives
URGES AID FOR HOOVER
Conservation of Food Vital to
Nation, Superintendent
Schaeffer Says
rRGEs AID FOR HOOVER
HARRISBURG, June 20.

rA. Department of Public instruction
..I.,,eb Superntendent Schaeffer today is.
va 20 the housewives of Pennsylvania its
~, bulletin calling upon the housewives
~ n,' ssave." The letter, addressed to all oi
~. exemption boards throughout the State
follows;
porrnIt me herewith TO draw your at
,sntlon 10 the campaign under the di-
,sction OF Herbert Hoover, United States
tood administrator, for the enrolment Of
siI The women of the country in a great
national food-saving army. The enroll
tnent is to be made, If at all possible, be-
tween July 1 and July Is, on cards Ga
sample OF which is attached) upon which
avery woman will pledge her aid in the
Animation of waste within her own
household and agree to carry out the di-
rections and advice of the food adminis-
traitor in so far as her circumstances
will permit
The campaign in Pennsylvania is under
the direction Of Howard Heinz, director
Of the department of food supply Of the
state Public Safety Committee, with the
approval and cooperation of the Commits
son of Pubic Safety and Defense Of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania He has
asked the local public safety committee
in the several counties to take charge Of
the enrolment. 1t has been suggested that
the school boards be urged to cooperate
with the local committees.
Where the enumeration OF school
children has not been made the pledge
cards can be left at each home while the
enumeration of children is being made
Where this enumeration has been made
let some one else be secured who will
voluntarily leave a card at every home,
at the same time urging that the enroll
ha ma of In
where the people are engaged in the all.
important work of harvesting the crops,
the enrolment should be made as soon
after July Is as possible. Will you please
Do everything in your power to secure
this cooperation by getting in touch with
the chairman of the Public Safety Com
mlttee and by arranging meetings of rep.
resentatives of the school board for the
purpose of agreeing upon ways and
means OF cooperation? The pledge cards
will be furnished through the local COM
mlttees.
1t is hard to exaggerate the service
you can perform in this way. You know
that our success in this war is quite as
much question of food supplies as of
munitions of war When we stop to con.
slider that more than 90 per cent. of the
food consumed in the country passes
through the hands of women, we begin to
appreciate the extent to which our
chances of success will be augmented IL
the 20,0OO,00O housewives of the country
can be aroused to the Importance of the
strictest food economy.
In another sense your cooperation can
be Of service at the present time, namely,
IN the avoidance of the building up of a
large amount of costly administrative
machinery. 1t is the plan of the food
committee to use existing organizations
10 carry out their work wherever satisfac-
tory agencies can, be found The school
boards seem to be best fitted to perform
this work economically.
VIII you please send me word as TO
the help you are able to give In this
movement for food conservation?
NATHAN c. SCHAEFFER,
Superintendent of Public Instruction