Arizona republican., 1917-07-15

oy the department of agriculture into the normal consumption of food bs different families from representative groups of the population.
 | 3rd. Some control of food in stol age, better methods of transportation, and the elimination of speculation in | foodstuffs.
 4th. The enrolment of league of women who will pledge themselves to carry out the wishes of the president, the national government and the food administration.
 i The last part of the program will be the first to be put into operation, and from July l, to July Is, an in- tensive campaign will be undertaken | through every possible medium of i publicity. This is intended to create such a sentiment in favor of the food administration program that women | throughout the country will gladly 1 sign the pledge cards and promise to carry out the instructions of the food administration.
 State Council of Defense The state councils of defense have 1 been asked by the council of national defense, and by MT. Hoover, to print and circulate these food pledges, and 1 thus they will be in complete charge l of this entire undertaking.
 l Since this matter chiefly concerns women, it is clear that leadership must in a large measure be given over to the women themselves. It will of | course be necessary for all branches of the women's committee to work in the closest cooperation and under the ! direction of the state councils of de- fense so that there may be no over | tapping or duplication of effort. The plan is nation wide in scope, and
 must be efficiently carried out or a | large part of its purpose will fail. The conditions differ so greatly in | the different states that each must work out its own plans but surely the l best results are obtained where the women work together enthusia sticaliy
 in a common cause.
 It is understood that this letter relates only to the distribution and signing of pledges and the question
 of the appointment of the chairman of food conservation in each state is
 to be taken up later.
 | Methods
 If you have not already extended
 the organization of your state to the
 counties. cities and towns, will you
 undertake to do at once? If it is
 possible to carry out the method in
 the towns that the women's commit | tee recommends, of a temporary | chairman calling together the women's organizations. or some large group of
 women, and having them choose their
 permanent chairman, with depart
 ments, committees, etc, it would be ex- | cellent and two purposes would be served-the extension of the organiza- i tion already begun in the state, and | the emergency organization to meet 1 the demand of the food conservat ton l program.
 The name of the temporary chair-
 man can always be chosen from the i membership list of some women's or 1 ganlzation, or, if a town is not rep resented in this way a letter or a
 telegram to the postmaster will un- doubtedly bring a response from him naming some women in the town who could be called upon for this service. | In any event, it will be necessary
 to nave woman or a group of wom- i en in each town to provide the en- Y thuSiasm, the inspiration and the Knowledge that will make it possible 1 to rally every woman in the state tu this noble work of saving food that others. may be fed.
 ! In many states, country councils oi i defense subordinate to the state coun-
 cils, have been created, and whenever these bodies exist they should be rec
 ognized. Local divisions of the wom-
 ans committee should effect cooper
 ation with them similar to that to be i effected between the state woman's 1 committees and the state councils of l defense.
 Distribution
 Much publicity will be given here in Washington through the press ana speakers bureaus but it will also be
 necessary for the state divisions of the woman's committee to reach wom- en through all existing organizations of women, through the local press, through the schools, and by the ex-
 tension of the state divisions to the | most remote corners of the states Every possible means of distributing the food pledges should be used. Il considered more effective, the towns
 and cities could be divided into dis
 tricts and a house to house canvass
 undertaken to secure signatures of the food pledges. Women on the farms
 can be reached by automobile from adjacent towns, from country centers
 rural free delivery, or in cooperation
 with the extension work of the agrl.
 cultural colleges.