Arizona republican., 1917-06-20
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 WASHINGTON. June 19. - While both branches of congress continued desultory debate on the governments food control bill today, Herbert C. Hoover food administrator. spent four hours at the capitol emphasiz- ing to a score of senators gathered informally to hear him the vital i'm portance of the legislation to success in the war
 Under sharp and argumO0tat've questioning by a group headed by Senators Gore, Reed and Vardaman, opposing the legislation, MT. hoOve4 outlined his plans for conserving the nations food supply, increasing pro- duction and cutting off the excessive profits of speculators He did not conclude and will return to the capi- tol Friday for further examination in an effort to clear up congressional and public misconceptions and hasten action.
 The senate had only a brief dis cussion of the bill and recessed until tomorrow. with but a handful of members attending, house debate con- tinued until late tonight. Opposition there appeared to be waning and leaders hoped to conclude general de bate tomorrow, planning then to con- slider amendments and pass the bill by Friday or Saturday.
 Food conditions which face the al lies and this country were explained by MT Hoover. Without government food control, he said. success in the war may be imperilled. Such control, to 2 great degree in actual admin istration. he explained. will be volun tary and not enforced-a -mobiliza tion of the spirit of self denial and self sacrifice" in preventing waste of foodstuffs.
 That rationing or other enforced regulation of the American dinner table is proposed was denied bv MT. Hoover. Also he said requisitioning of factories or regulation of wages are not contemplated and that eN- cision of war profits in distributing of food. largely by voluntary CO., operation of business interests in volved, is the prime object of the bill.
 Four basic measures of food control planned MT. Hoover said, are eX- port regulation, control of distribu- tion including speculation. mobiiza- tion of Americas women and men in a campaign for economy and partici- patton of the states in administration work.
 Asserting that the allies food sup ply will be forty per cent deficient even with Americas food surplus as sisting, MT. Hoover said the de ficiency must be made up by sac rifice abroad and economy here. Say ing of six cents a day per capita ih this country, he declared. would have two billion dollars, while a 20 per cent saving in flour would give lQ0,- 000.000 bushels more to the allies.
 In this connection he told the sen- ators that spectators in flour alone have taken $50,000,000 q month from the American public during the last five months.
 Opposition dropped perceptibly in the house as the debate dragged along today and tonight Representative Haugen of Iowa, the only mem 1er of the agriculture committee to file a minority report against the bill said there would not be fifty nega- tive votes on final passage. He said he would vote for it himself all though he would make an effort to restore to the list of necessaries, shoes and clothing, as originally pro
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