Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-10-19
FOOD CAMPAIGN
WEEK DEFERRED
DONE so AZ TO AVOID INTERFER.
ENcE WITH THE SALE OF LIB.
ERTY BONDS.
POSTPONED JUST ONE Week
Announcement by Administrator Page
Follows Request OF President VIII
son and Mr.. Hoover.

Raleigh-The nation wide Food Con-
servation Pledge Campaign has been
postponed from the week Of Oct. 20.28
to Oct. 27-Nov. 4th State Food Ad.
ministrator Henry A. Page received
announcement to this effect from Mr..
Herbert Hoover, United State Food
Administrator.
The postponement Of this important
campaign, for which Administrator
Page has enlisted an army OF approx
imately $4,000 workers in North Caro-
lima. was made at the request Of
President Wilson.
President Wilson's letter and Mr..
Hoover's reply are interesting in this
connection. The Presidents letter
was as follows:
1.-THE White House. Washington.
any dear Mr.. Hoover:
"The exigencies of the Treasury have
equired setting the final week Of the
Liberty Loan campaign during the Pc
Rod OF Oct 2lst to 2sth. This, ! un.
derstand. brings 1t into the same week
as the Food Conservation Pledge Cam.
paign. II seems to me undesirable In
the interest OF both these capital mat.
ters that this should occur In all the
circumstances. therefore would be
glad II the Pledge Campaign could be
deferred one week, that is. until Oct.
2Sth to Nov. 4th.
I'm asking this alteration OF the
,,ans OF yourself and your associates
! MOULD like to take this occasion to
impress upon them that we In no way
undertake the Importance Of their eft.
forts. II we are TO supply our Allies
with the necessary food and are to re.
duce our own prices OF foodstuffs dur.
ing the coming winter II can only be
accomplished by the utmost selfdenia!
and service on the part OF all our PEG.
pie through the elimination OF waste
and by rigid economy in the use OF
food.
Therefore ! would be glad II you
would convey TO all OF your stan
throughout the country my feeling OF
the prime Importance Of their plans
and their work and wish particularly
to express my great appreciation OF
the service which this additional tax
on their time will impose upon the
many thousand volunteers who have
already deferred their own concerns
to puhlic interest.
I'm this important work I ask them
not to allow this alteration In pro-
gram to dampen their fine enthusiasm
hut rather to redouble their energies
in their very great branch OF national
service.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON"
To this letter Mr.. Hoover replied
as follows:
Dear Mr. President:
81 am Obliged for your favor.
I'VE, of course, have taken the nee
essary steps to comply with your wish
as to deferring the final week OF our
food conservation pledge campaign
until the week OF October 2Sth to No
vember 4th. You will. Of course, real
lie that we may be unable TO reach
some OF the more remote districts.
81 have no doubt that the 100000
workers who have enlisted In this
service will Loyalty respond to your
request for a greater and longer con
tinued exertion. Your emphasis on
the national importance of the con-
servation campaign should stimulate
our large body OF devoted workers to
the utmost effort during the new
week.
yours faithfully.
HERBERT HOOVER"