Arizona republican., 1917-05-20

trlbutlon that these pOllcleS thus IT. berally administered should succeed and succeed together. It is only in that way that we can prove it to be abso- lutely unnecessary to resort to the rigorous and drastic measures which have proved to be necessary in some of the European countries"
 With the president, MT. Hoover be- lieves 1t rarely will become necessary to apply large powers.
 Five cardinal principles of food ad- ministration outlined by MT. Hoover in this statement are:
 That the food problem is one of wise administration and not expressed by the words Dictator or Controller but Food administrator.
 That this administration can be largely carried out through the co-ordi- nation and reguIation of existing legit- innate diStributiVe agencies, supple mented by certain emergency bodies composed of representatives of the producers, distributors and consumers
 The organization of the community for voluntary conservation of food stuffs.
 That all important positions so far as they may he, shall be filled with volunteers.
 "The independent responsibility for
 
 the president with the cooperation of the great and admirable organizations of the department of agriculture the department of commerce and federal trade commission, and the railroad eX- ecutive.''
 T conceive" says MT Hoover that the essence of all war administration falls into two phases:
 sponsibility; second delegation of this responsibility to decentralized admin istrative organs"
 The four branches of food adminis- tration are described by MT. Hoover as follows:
 'In the first branch we should set up certain number of separate eXecu- tive bodies for regulation and admin istratiOn of certain critical commodi- ties, and these should be organized on the normal lines of our commercial institutions which a board of directors 1 president and executive officer who vii lworl< out problems involved in these commodities and will institute 1 such measures as may be necessary to establish prices and distribution and that these bodies should be constituted l of the leaders of the country. pro- ducers, distributors, bankers and con- sumers alike.
 Tt has been the experience of all l European food control that results can be best accomplished by acting through 1 or by regulation of the ordinary dis | tributing agencies in the community ] placing such restrictions which will
 cause a minimum sacrifice on the part of legitimate distributors and will elim- mate broad national waste. unneces- sary hoarding and the speculator in
 foodstuffs. With the good will of the distributing community it is possible ito do this without disruption of the 1 essential commerce of the country
 The second branch of administra- tion lies in the cooperation of the
 governors and state administrations
 through the establishment of state
 food administrations who will act on
 behalf of the national executive in ma :
 tional matters and who will themselves
 handle local problems; through them
 and their assistants to secure co-or-
 dination in distribution from one sec , tion of the country to another and tc use the powers against illegitimate 1 hoarding which congress is being asked to vest in the food administration
 Furthermore it devolves on the states to stop waste in public places. These powers being asked for are considerable in order that we may force
 into the market every form of food
 stuffs over and above such stock as
 normally and legitimately belongs tc
 any particular business for it's proper
 conduct and to prevent any withhold.
 ing, directly or indirectly of food sup
 plies from the market . The third equally important depart ment is one of domestic economy A! ninety per cent of the ultimate fooC
 consumption is in the hands of the wo
 men of the country we will shortll
 place before them a plan of organiza
 ton including policies as to the elimi nation of waste, the reduction of con S sumption the substitution of local com e modities for those from farther afielo Q the substitution of overabundant com e modities for those which We wish to ex n port to our allies, and instruction il @ the intelligent purchase and sale O Q foOdstuffs and to set public opnio : against waste and extravaganza in pub il lie places.
 n Y We do not ask that the America n people should starve themselves, bu V that they should eat plenty, wisely an : without waste.
 It is my present idea to propose :, plan to the American women by whic , we ask every woman in control of tn IF household to join as an actuci membe IF of the food administration. and give u f a pledge that she will so far as he Q means and circumstances. permit. carr = out the Instructions which we will giv - her in detail from time to time.
 We hope to set up such an organiZa IF tion over and above this vast army c 7, supporters al will give it efficiency an h intelligence in action. There is no ser a vice in this war on behalf of our oW Q country and our allies in which the wo "a - ..-s,.<.