Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-23
HOOVER REQU|s|T|0Ns
MONTGOMERY SERVICES
Executive, Secretary Of Co-Operative
Education Association Made Aid
- to Food Administrators.
TO ORGANIZE LOCAL LEAGUES
Food Administrators for Virginia to
Be Appointed Shortly-New Reg
-; tstratton Of Housewives Il Planned
by Hoover.

For the second time in less than
wcek has the call come from our gov
ernment for the services of a Richmond
man whose record of service in the
State had made II plain to those who
guide the affairs of the government in
these perilous times that he Is the
man for the place. The first call was
for David II Brown, executive secre-
tary Of the State organization OF the
Red Cross. whose notable work in or
ganization and chapter development
has made him conspicuous figure in
war activities.
Tho second call has Just come for
the services of ]. II. Montgomery,
executive secretary of the Cooperative
Education Association of Virginia. Mr..
Hoover needs Mr.. Montgomery. The
need is urgent. because there is only
one other man available at present for
the work which the food administration
wants accomplished within the next
thirty days. The other man is L. l..
Morgan. a Massachusetts man. who is
connected with the State Agricultural
College at Amherst.
The work OF these two men, as out
lined by Mr. Hoover in a brief con-
ference at Washington the past week,
Ia In tho nature of a preparedness cam
paixn for the second food registration.
which is scheduled by Mr.. Hoover for
the week beginning October 81. Mr..
Hoover finds 1t necessary to utilize nil
tho available forces at his command
to insure the success OF this second reg
istration Of the housewives Of the coun-
try In the effort to conserve the food
supply for the soldiers and sailors.
WANTS COOPERATION OF ,,,
t@ - LOCAL ORGANIZATION
H. p. Hill, who is a national figure
since he conducted the countrywide
campaign for the Red Cross. has been
asked by Mr. Hoover to be at the head
OF the national committee which will
conduct this second registration. CO.
operating with Mr.. Hill, and through
him with Mr.. Hoover, will be a Fed
,eral food administrator in each State.
The appointment has not yet been made
for Virginia.
Mr.. Hoover thinks that to make tho
second administration entirely effective
he must work through the thousands
OF small organizations which are civic
and educational in character, and which
are already organized for more or less
effective work. The splendid work of
ShS So-opStaSifo lJuuCdtloudt a6SOCla-
ton OF Virginia In co-ordinating the
activities OF all the community leagues
associations and civic organizations has
been brought to the attention of Mr.
Hoover. and it was thus that Mr.. Mont
gomery's appointment came about.
For the next thirty days. therefore.
Mr. Montgomery and Mr.. Morgan will
conduct an intensive campaign through
nyrf ,trxt lit
capital cities. for the close co-ordina-
ton of all the organized forces of the
States. in order that the work of these
smaller organizations mt.y be made eff
fective. and that the country at large
may be in closer touch and sympathy
with the food administration.
Mr.. Montgomerys territory covers all
of Maryland, West Virginia, North
Carolina. Kentucky. Alabama, Florida
Tennessee, Mississippi Georgia. Louis
lana and South Carolina. He will leave
the city Monday night to begin his
work first in Raleigh. Using Virginia
as model Mr.. Montgomery will en-
deavor to show other States how the
work OF various organizations may be
made most effective and bring them In
close touch with the food administra
ton.
MT Hoover's dissatisfaction with the
results Of the first registration arise.
lnninAS< from. the fact that not quit.
,onezfoNrth of the housewives registered
in the first registration. For this sec.
ond registration he has secured ex.
perts. and he will not be satisfied witt
less than as per cent of the housewife.
OF the country signing the pledge cards