The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-23
ND CONTROL PROGRAMME,
ouAm1GAN HOOVER CALLS ON
~ PEOPLE To AID HIM.

- Presidept, Believes II VIII Rare.
bccemc Necessary to Appi,
4 asGsU Methods.
t Wilmington May 19.-Presiden,
ION. In a statement tonight outiin-
~ me administration's food control
poooy. announced he had asked Her.
~ o. Hoover to become American
tpo4 administrator and that Mr.. Hoo
vsr would accept the place.
statement given out by Mr.. Hoo
ver after the White House announce
nspt gave his plans for food admin
'etiation and called on the country to
rs4eer voluntary assistance in carry
ing Il out.
hc. Hooycr proposed that the food
&iirstration be divided into four
<gr~At branches, Most of the work
would be carried out by men and wo-
men Of the country on a volunteer
bh4s, IL this cannot be DONE" said
~. Hover's statement. II shall GER
ea4H and willingly surrender the
&ank TO some other method of emer-
gsu<S. hold that democracy can
yiq1d TO discipline and that we can
solve this food problem for our own
people and our allies in this way, an6
hAt to have done so will have been
, GFeater service than our immediate
oD5eet. for we will have demonstrate j
the rightness OF our faith and our
ability to defend ourselves without
be>og Prussianized."
President Wilson outlined the ad-
minibtration's food control program
IN . statement tonight. and declared
That the powers asked for the gov
0sument are no greater than those
osner governments at war have beer,
compelled to take. There is no inten-
tou. he said. to restrain or interfere
with normal processes OF production.
IL is very desirable. in order to
prevent Misunderstanding or alarm
and to insure cooperation In vital
matter that the country should un-
derptand exactly the scope and pur-
pose OF the very great powers which /
nave thought II necessary I'm the cir
cumstances To ask the congress to put
"a my hands with regard to our food
rupplies. Those powers are very great
tndeod. but they are no greater than II
nae proved necessary TO lodge In the
uener governments which are conduct
ipo this momentous war. and their OBJ
Seu is stimulation and conservation.
not arbitrary restraint or injurious
tuterfcrence with the normal process
- Of production. They are intended to
b>nsht and assist the farmer and all
mese who play legitimate part IN
me Preparation. distribution and mar
keehs of foodstuYs.
i 1T ID proposed to draw a sharp line
OF 'd'stinction between the normal ac-
"Nisses OF the government represent
so IN the Department of Agriculture
Fsference to food production, CON
ervAt'on and marketing on the onc
"snd and the emergency activities ne
oseited by the war In reference 20
the regulation of food distribution onS
consumption on the other. All meas. .
"r~s intended directly to extend the
normal activities of the Department q
Asr'cu'tore In reference to the pro
auction. conservation. and the mar.
ke''ns Of farm crops will be admin
"'sred' as In normal times through
'nas department. and the powers askc
Tor over distribution and consum ptiou.
over exports. Imports. prices. purchase
ana reouisition Of commodities. stor-
Ing. and the like which may require
regulation during the war viii be
slsesd " ths hAads Of q sommissloaor