Arizona republican., 1917-12-15
OFFICIAL WORK
 FUR WAR TAKES
 TIME OF TWELVE
Comprehensive Nature of Food Control Effort Is Responsible for Employ ing Corps of Experts

Some idea of the widened scope of the work of the food administra- tion as it applies to Arizona can be gained in a visit to the office of the federal food administrator for Arizona, Timothy A. Riordan, which with the offices of the council of defense and the fuel administration, is located at 118 North Central avenue.
 Here one will find force of 12 per sons. each one engaged in some spec ialized work and devot;ng his entire time in keeping up w,h the vast vol GIue 0: work which every mai brings. The pl esent act'Tity of the office and it's thorough organization are all t,-e more remarkable in View of the fact that active operations were startec oil October l.
 From the small beginning at that time, the work has increased by leaps and bounds and one by one the force has been added to, to keep up with the work. The one big reason behind this increased activity is the bigness of the new federal food law, which has rami- fications applicable to almost every dealer in food and feed in every form.
 No more comprehensive or drastic law was ever passed by congress than the new food law" said MT. Riordan, in discussing this point" It has teeth all the way through and while it is not the aim or ambition of this of flee to expose those teeth, yet at the same time the machinery has been placed in our hands and we have been trusted with it's full and proper opera tion.
 This far we are securing the observ- ance of the law through cooperation and an appeal to patriotism, preferring through this means to avoid the odium of prosecution and yet it should be understood that we shall not hesitate to invoke the full operation of the law in case of wilful violation and the penalty in such cases may be as high as $5,000 fine or two years imprison- ment or both.'
 In connection with the enforcement of the food law and the general propa- ganda work, hundreds of letters and telegrams are received weekly from the Washington offices of the food admin istration and each of these contains orders and suggestions to be made ap- plicable to the conservation program of Arizona
 The dissemination of this information entails vast amount of correspon- dence with volunteer workers through out the state as well as keeping in touch with the work of other states The burden of this work and a host of other details have fallen to the lot of George H. Smalley, executive secretary, | and the stenOgraphic force of the of flee which includes Mrs. Martha M. Elder, Miss Byhra Grant, Miss Ida I. McAndrew, Miss Josephine Dillon and Miss Gertie Miller
 In addition to their other duties this force is often called upon to prepare | for the mails the thousands of pieces Of literature which are sent out from time to time to the 30,000 members of the food administration in Arizona, One days mail frequently fills several sacks.
 | One of the most important branches of the work in this state has been un- 1 dertaken by M. T. Grier as chairman | of the hotel and restaurant commit tee. Through his efforts and those of his assistants, c. S. MaKemson, a state wide organization has been perfected which is proving wonderfully effect i've in furthering the aims of the fed eral food laws and of the admins | tration.
 1 Another important feature of the work is that which is being carried out through the cooperation of the state press by the publicity bureau, which has been placed in charge of Ralph Rollins, @ newspaper man of wide ex- | perience. Both for the wide publicity, which almost without exception has been generously donated by newspapers and magazines throughout the state, | the general public would be in total
 ignorance of the plans of the food ad- ministration and their effectiveness | would be lost T hold in high esteem | the patriotic attitude of the state ! press" said MT. Riordan last night
 "and I certainly appreciate the value of their assistance in furthering the
 aims Of the food administration" One of the recent acquisitions to the | working force of the office is that oi | an inspector. in the person of Fred w