The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-03
REFUSED" IS
WRITTEN ON
MANY PLEDGE
CARDS HERE
Minister Reported To Uphold
Members of His Congrega-
ton Who Won't Agree To
Help Win War.
OFFICIALS MAY ACT

At the headquarters of the Wayne
County Council of Defense are hun
dreds sof food conservation pledge
cards. The big majority of them have
been. properly filled out by patriotic
men and women.
There is quite stack of these cards,
however, on which the word refused
is written. That word refused" in
dicates that the people whose names
are inscribed on these cards have re-
fused to aid their country in its war
by guarding against waste of food sup
plies.
On the card which one east end
woman refused to sign a food con-
servation solicitor has written the fol-
lowing report: Refused Did not
want to have anything to do with VIII
son, nor anyone who upheld him
Mother of Officer, Too.
Another one OF the refused cards
bears the name of q woman who is the
mother of an officer serving in the
United States army.
Husband refused to let her sign"
reads the solicitors report on another
card. A school teacher is included in
the refused list.
There is report concerning min
lister who upholds those members Of
his congregation who refuse to pledge
themselves to avoid wasting food sup
plies. The minister referred to in
formed member of the County Coun-
Gil of Defense that he believed those
people who declined to pledge them
selves to food conservation were acting
within their rights. Any attempt at
compulsory enforcement Of food con-
servation would be .sun-American," this
minister. who is a pastor of a south
end church, Is quoted as having said.
1t was announced Saturday that a
woman residing in the county who had
been appointed to distribute pledge
cards in her district returned all of
them unsigned because she resented
the action Of the government in estab-
fishing a price for wheat which was
lower than what the market was bring
ing.
Work Is Progressing.
Incomplete reports have been re-
ceived concerning the progress of the
work of securing food conservation
pledges in Wayne county outside of
Richmond, but, judging from such re-
ports as have been received, the work
in these districts is progressing quite
satisfactorily
Several members of the Friends
church, it is stated. while signing the
cards which have been sent to them
have drawn ink lines through the
words pledging cooperation in food
conservation. The pledge on the con.
servation cards reads as follows:
To the Food Administrator, Wash
ington. D. c.: am glad to join you IN
the service of food conservation for
our nation, and l hereby accept mem
-bership in the United States Food Ad-
ministration, pledging myself to carry
out the directions and advice of the
food administrator in my home, inso-
far as my circumstances permit
Those Friends who have refused to
pledge themselves to food conserva.
tion have made their cards read: "a
am glad to carry out the directions
and advice of the Food Administrator
in my home. insofar as my circumstan.
ces permit"
Cuts Telephone Call Short.
The wife of a former public official
refused to sign food pledge card and
cut short a telephone conversation
when a member OF the defense council
was urging her to reconsider her &C
ton
II am GLAD to say that the big major,
ity of people in Richmond have shown
no hesitancy in signing food conserva
tion pledges, but there are a number
of people who have refused to pledge
themselves" said Miss NJ. E. B. Cul
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