Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-11-28
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LOOK TO AMERICA FOR FOOD
Our Duty and Privilege to Furnish The War Stricken Nat
ions Of Europe With Eood For Another Year

To discharge obligation Allies who have given
suffered and bed and died for U.s. must and rails
food during the coming than have done before
impress these facts more forcby upon mind Hebe
Hoover issues the following message to the American people,
Again in full confidence call upon the American people
set aside Sunday December 1st and the week following for
the consideration of Americas opportunity for renewed
vice and sacrifice
Last summer when the military situation acute
sured the InterAed Food Conference London that what
the Warood program of the Allies required pre-
pared to meet that the Conference need not consider whether
not had the supplies prepared to find them
pledged ourselves by the voluntary economy of people,
to have the in food to supply all necessities The
ending of the War does not release from the pledge The
populations must be fed and until another has
passed they cannot feed themselves
The change the foreign situation necessarily alters the de-
tails of food program because the freeing of the from
the submarine renders accessible the wheat supplies
Of india Australia and the Argentine The total food demand
upon the United States not diminish however On the
rary it is increased In addition to the supplying of those
of those to whom already pledged have the
splendid opportunity and obligation of meeting the needs of
those millions of people in the hitherto occupied territories who
facing actual starvation The people of Belgium North
France Serbia Roumana Montenegro, Poland Russia
and Armenia rely upon America for immediate aid We
also participate in the preservation of the newly liberated nat
ions in Austria; ignore the effect the future
world developments of famine condition among those other
people whom have recently released from enemies
All these considerations that upwards of 200 millions
people, in addition to those already pledged to serve
looking to their misery and famine Our appeal
is therefore larger than the former appeal to the war
science which must be the guiding inspiration of future
program.
The President of the United States has asked to take char
ge for this government this work. permit and enlarge the
arrangements for foodsus the population of Belgium and
France being released and organize and determine the
need of provision to the liberated peoples of Southern Europe
to prevent such debacle has taken place in Russia
The determining factor for the of such enlarged
appeal will be the vivid consciousness in every individual in
each community of obligation and opportunity 1t is that
recognition of obligation that wish to
Such intelligent world conscience in the American peo
pie must be the main dependence of the stricken countries of
the world until normal conditions restored
American by her participation in the War has accomplished
her detectives Of sedeense and of vncang the efficiency
of in which the people, and the people only
meh by the people throughout the enemy countries and this
is the real buwark of wsrd peace We have yet build
these foundations No government nation stand if its
people starving We must do part if the world be
consumed in flame of anarchy
The American people, in this critical perod of their his
tory have the opportunity demonstrate only their ability
assist in establishing peace EARTH but also their
HERBERT HOOVER