New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-03
Rebukes Sufragist for Dis
loyalty in Resisting
Measures
Calls 1t Aiding Enemy
"As Much a Crime as Opposi-
ton to Draft" He
Declares
Hmm ne rrihnne Ru-e.ul

Washington. July Herbert {.
Hoover. head OF the Food Administra-
ton. issued tonight the following
statement in reply TO the charge made
yesterday by Mrs. Henry Wade Rogers,
treasurer of the National Woman Suf-
frage Association. that the economy
programme of the Food Administration
was forcing an unjust and Intellectual
burden on the women of the country:
i hay seen the statement of a
woman IN New York paper this morn
ing designed % discourage and cause
cleavage among the women OF this
country toward the Food Administra-
ton i'm its efforts 20 secure conserva-
ton of food and the saving of waste.
As the country happens to be IN the
midst Of a war vital 20 the preservation
of our national life. feel called upon
20 speak with some frankness.
There is no action that can assist the
German government SO mucn at this
moment as the intentional discourage
ment of the efforts OF the Food Admin
istration and the efforts OF literally
millions of splendid. loyal women who
are cooperating with US and the
Woman's Committee of the Council Of
National De nee toward home saving
and the elimination Of waste IN the
United States.
Aiding the Enemy
81 do not think for one moment that
this woman is IN the employ OF the
German government. but II she were IN
their employ she could take no line Of
action better designed to assist them
than the course which she is pursuing.
She apparently is not disposed TO fol-
low the request Of President Wilson of
June -:
"'The women Of the nation are al
ready earnestly seeking TO do their
part in this our greatest trouble for
the maintenance Of our national ideals.
and in no direction can they so great
ly assist as by enlisting in the ser
vice of the Food Administration and
cheerfully accepting its direction and
advice. To provide adequate
supplies for the coming year it is Of
absolutely vital Importance to the
conduct Of the war, and without a
very conscientious elimination o (
waste and very strict economy in our
food consumption, we cannot hope 10
fulfill this primary duty
Help of All Asked
"lf this woman does not want to
save herself. that lies between her and
her own conscience. but when she ad-
yises others not to do so such action re-
quires the attention Of the govern
ment If her desire had been to assist
the government instead of starting this
Propaganda in the newspapers, she
would have communicated to US any
views she might have held concerning
the waste in the distribution system OF
the country, and if she had done so she
would have learned that this Admins
tration is rapidly building up depart
ments designed to secure the same vol
unteer aid from the trades of the coun-
try as we have asked from the homes.
not only in the few items she men
toned. but in many hundred other d.
rections.
"She also would have learned that
her statement 20 the effect that so per
cent Of the foodstufs Of the United
States are wasted in the chain Of dis
trbution between producer and con
sumer which is. in fact. about 10 per