The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-20
FOOD CONTROL
|NPERAT|VE|
THE W0RLDYU|l
IS TO Be l|1l|
SO DECLARES HOOVER
TO THE SENATOR'S
There Must Be a Moblnaiiok
of Spirit of Self Denial s.
and Sacrifice.

WASHINGTON, June 19.-Wn4ts
both branches OF congress concnp 19s
desultory debate on the governmAiaE4,
food control bill today, Hernert9.s
Hoover, food administrator BDNSS
four hours at the capitol, emphAe1km1s
to a score Of senators, gatheroe@iA.:
formally to hear him, the NtAl s1nsy
portance of the legislation TO suco
in the war.
questioning by group headed bI:ees
ators Gore, Reed and Vardam1AN p
posing the legislation. Mr.. HoeHS&s
outlined his plans for conserytAEf
nations fod supply, increaslnEs11I
duction and cutting Oft the excenfNNs
profits Of spectators. He diaSA
conclude and will return to the st1Bss
tol Friday for further. examinAtlo6ES1s
an efofrt to. clear up congressle
and public misconceptions and sha1tel I:
action. sssss' sssss
The senate had only a brief diS:s
cussion Of the bill and recessed until
tomorrow. Senator Chamberlains aN
nounced IT. would be kept continaou4I
ly before the senate until dispoae1sH4f
and that senators would be pre1ee6f4G
expedite debate and action. y, EsSS.y
With but handful OF mehefEs1ks
tending, house debate continued unllss
late tonight Opposition thereaAEs
peared to be waning and leeAAE1s
hoped to conclude general debAte9tN$
morrow, planning then to cone1dee
amendments and pass the blu 1Ysy1
day or Saturday. $ssys
Voluntary Self Denial.
Food conditions which face theSA y
lies and this country were ff1hA
and fully explained by Mr.. iHo0I
Without government food control ~:
said, success, in the war may 49,
perilled. Such control, to greAfSHNS
gree in actual. administration, .heSA&S
planned will be voluntary and not -
forced-A mobilization Of ths5:Sp1k
Of self denial and self sacrifice,
preventing waste Of foodstuffB: Ssss
That the rationing or others1AS
forcer regulation OF the American IS
ner table is proposed was denie1s
Mr.. Hoover. Also he said reQut9 3
Ing of factories or reguiAtioAesfs
wages ar not contemplated, and =
excelsior Of war profits In disftbun0As
Of food largely by voluntary co-opss
ton OF business interests invoftnAeM.
the prime object Of the bill $50: Sc
Four BasIe Measures. ~ e y
Four basic measures or tOod conttp3i
planned, Mr.. Hoover said, are #e1port
regulation. control or distribution stn.s
cluding speculation, mobilizationsszqk
Americas women and me in: 8aeAmss
paign for economy and against Hnete.;
and participation OF the state IN &Aa:S
ministration work. -
Federal commissions to eonH1a
wheat, sugar and few other prime
conoditiee," by regulation Of prOdHc.i
ton, storage, transportation and hetAsS
also are contemplated, he said, but tnfs
stead OF injuring farmers, as sseos!te.;
have claimed, these things Will sbeAe.s
fit both producers and consumet1s
without curtailment Of middlAm14,1s
normal and fair profits. :a4lS55ssS,, SS5s,
Opposition Crops Out .yss:sii X
Senators Gore, Reed and Vatd111e4s
piled Mr.. Hoover with questions Ilns
such fashion that he told them With.
some emphasis that he had not ask1ds'
congress to do anything, although h9ss
believed the proposed legislation vital:
10 the conduct OF the war. The; oppnk.s
ing senator's contended that the blk
would reach into infinite avenues s1I
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