The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-18
HO0vER'S FIRST MOVE IS A PLEA
 TO ALL WOMEN
Asks Them to Conserve Sup plieS-Ruthless Warfare on
 High Prices.

Washington, June 1s-Pronapted by the urgent demand of President Will son, Herbert c. Hoover took his first active step as Food Administrator to- day He issued a call for every wom- an in the country to volunteer her services as a food conservator in her own home. Without waiting for ac- ton by Congress, the Food Adminis- trator undertook to establish a na- tion-wide organization on voluntary service basis.
 K In outlining his plan to bring the women of the country to his support, he said:
 we ask every woman in the Uni ted States engaged in the personal control of food to register for actual membership in the Food Administra- ton, thus entering indirectly into the National Service. We shall later ask various classes of men likewise engag- ed in food preparation and distribu- ton to volunteer.
 "A single pound of bread saved weekly for each person will increase our export surplus of wheat 100,- 0OO, ,00O bushels, and an average sav- ing of two cents on each meal every day for each person will save to the nation for war purposes $2,000,O00.000 annually.
 "Furthermore, this is not alone a war question. The high prices are partially. due to the shortage of sup plies in the worlds market and the saving in consumption and waste which can be made will lessen the ] prices to those of our own people which must be our first care. In all of the arrangements which we plan to make during the forthcoming year for the supply of our allies, we vii bear the first regard to our own peo. pie, that they shall have plenty, pro- vided that they act wisely and with out waste.
 sIn as much as before legislation | is completed the food administration has no representatives throughout tht country, the National Council of De fense is kindly requesting all of thu
 State councils of defense, with tht
 assistance of the women's committed of the National Council of Defense, ts
 undertake the registration.
 | a''This registration will begin Jul! l and will continue intensively fo'
 fifteen days, and will consist simpl.
 in asking every woman in the coun
 try to volunteer in this important ser vice by signing and mailing to tn l F OOAioSA f$~~*O1A ~ vision, Washington, the pledge. l i've not only want the name ant address, but we want the number O persons in the household; we want tt know whether the household employ a cook, wheter it has "a garden, ant we want to know the occupation O 1 the breadwinner. There are no fee | or dues to be paid.
 e'On receipt of the pledge we vii
 send out preliminary instructions ant a. household tag to be hung in tn | window. The insignia of the foo' administration will consist of the na donal shield, surrounded by heads
 wheat and we hope to have the shiel Il displayed on every home in the Unite States
 MT. Hoover was surprised into pre-
 cipitate action by the premature \ publication of President Wilson's let ter demanding immediate efforts t deal with the rapidly increasing foo prices. Hoover had planned to hay
 his arrangements for enlisting his vol . untary force completed before makin 1 public the Presidents letter. The opposition to the Administra
 ton Food Control bill in Congress i'm
 mediately seized on the voluntary pla
 as an added argument against tn ,i vesting of enormous arbitrary power in the Food Administration.