Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-12-09
To APPEAL FOR
WORLD RELIEF
WEEkOF DEC. 10
Pledge Of America to Care
for Starving Nations to
BE Brought Home to Poo
pie in Seven Days Cam
paign

America food pledge to ship before
the next harvest 20,000,000 tons, two
thirds more than last year, Tor the
relief of more than 300,000,000 hungry
people of the world, will be brought
home to the people Of Arizona neNt
week when, under the direction Of the
iood administration an intensive cam
Iaign known as Conservation Week
lOr World Relief. viii he carried on.
As the outcome of the recent state
conference of conservation workers
held in Phoenix. November o. promi-
vent women workers from each county
r're named as World Relief Week
chairmen, who in co-opegation with
the county food administration viii
have complete charge of the campaign.
The campaign will be launched on
Sunday, December Is. by the reading
in churches OF all denominations of
new messake from Herbert Hoover.
This message will outline America
opportunity for renewed service and
sacrifice i'm the work of relief Of the
millions released from German oppres-
sion. The former appeal to the war
conscience" Of the American people
has assumed the larger proportions Of
an appeal TO the world conscience"
Meetings to Be Held.
Meetings of fraternal and other or
CARNATIONS under the auspices of state
and local lodges, will begin Monday,
December 16. TO receive special mes
sages from the food administrator
Miscellaneous county meetings win
also be held during the week Both
the community and county gatherings
viii he addressed by speakers repre-
senting the food administration.
National presidents of the large
women's ORGANIZATIONS have arranged
elaborate programs for Wednesday
December Is, in response to kilograms
informing them that the United States
is pledged to respond to the call of
hungry millions and that the privilege
Of meeting this crisis is being extended
to the women Of the country now as
in the past. Through the women's or
ganizations, housewives will be asked
to remain morSlized for war relief as
they were organized to support the
nations prosecution OF the war. Mem
bers of the organizations win be asked
TO pledge cooperation in carrying out
the conservation measures suggested
by the government
Friday, December 20. has been set
aside for special exercises and meet
ings Of schools, colleges and libraries.
School authorities. state, city and
county superintendents, have planned
special food programs. 4 food issue"
of the National School Service. pub
lished by the committee on public in
formation, has been sent to every
teacher in the state. This contains
many suggestions for the school pro-
grams. In addition, in all of the
schools a message will be read from
tthe United States food administrator
20 the boys and girls of America. on
this day also the libraries will devote
their attention to food
To Show Conservation Need.
IN his recent talk before conserva-
tion leaders DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur,
president OF Stamford university,
pointed out that the world relief week
viii bring out the need for saving food
and sharing it with the allies and the
liberated nations. Conservation is alb
solutely vital to the relief of stricken
Europe. Famine is the mother of re-
volt and anarchy. If we allow hunger
to take its toll of life in Europe. the
red scourge of revolution is bound to
spread and we will see a definite col
lapse Of the peace for which we fought
and bled We entered the conflict with
the avowed purpose Of establishing
world peace and if We allow this to
he disreputed by uprising and anarchy
We will have destroyed the very things
for which we entered the fray and
which is now in sight.
In the coming year we must senG
20,00000O tons of food to Europe
practically the limit Of loading capac-
ity at our ports. The magnitude OF
this undertaking may better be I'M
derstood in comparison with our pre-
war exports of less than 5000 600 tons
per year and the export last year OF
only 11,S20,G00 tons.
Now that the Mediterranean sea
routes are again open to commerce
The European nations can draw upoG
the wheat supplies in India and Aus
tralia. Consequently, this country will
not be called upon to make up the
entire European wheat deficit and our
export efforts must be conferred moro
largely upon fats, meat and feeding
stuffs.
Europe Short of Food
Europe is extremely short Of food
and fodder and a rapid deterioration
" meat and dairy nerds has followed
as a natural sequence. Our exports
must be largely increased in order
hat the European herds may be O.
habilitated and also that the inmed;