Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-04-12
Campaign of Education in Taze-
well County to Impress Upon
the People the Vital Necessi-
ty of Conservation-Commit-
tees at Each Precinct.

Mr.. E. l.. Greever, public speaking
director of the Tazewell County Food
Administration, has issued the fol-
lowing circular letter, in which are
named the committees at the various
precincts in the county to arrange for
public meetings to bring home to the
people the seriousness of the food sit
uation:
To the People of Tazewell County.
mot a man, woman or child living
i'll the civilized world today is safe
from the danger of starvation"
So startling is that statement that
the natural impulse IS to credit it to
reckless ala,mist or to Il crazy man,
but it was soberly and deliberately
made only a few days ago by a man
who knows-a man who is 4 world
figure. Hoarding and saving our food
supplies will not help, but salvation
lies in turning over the food needed
TO the Government NOW and end the
war.
We dare not disregard it. We are
like ship-wrecked mariners in an OPP
en- boat, in the middle of the ocean,
with but scanty allowance of food.
Whether we will or not, we, like they,
MUST conserve ALL our food sup
plies. The great, insistent, impera-
tive need of our soldiers and our al
lies is WHEAT. For them there is no
subsutute,-for US there is. The
question has been asked: Why cam
not the soldiers eat corn bread? The
answer is rs direct rs the question:
not stand ocean shipment. They are
not fit to eat when they arrive over
there"
What can the people of Tazewell
county DO TO HELP? That is our
part of the world rpoblem.
A nationwide movement is on foot
to bring this critical situation home
to every individual in every cOmmu-
nifty through community meetings at
which addresses are to be made. and
Mt which there will be q full, frank
and free discussion among the people
themselves. The speakers are only
incidental, and the people themselves
must themselves grapple their own
community problem of getting all the
wheat possible into the hands of the
Government at the earliest possible
moment.
It is desired that each community
arrange for its own meetings and it's
speakers. Committees in each COM
munity have been appointed as lead
eds, and they are expected to get to-
gether at once, discuss their own par
ticular situation, fix dates and gener-
al programs for public meetings and
call for such speakers as they desire
1t is believed that this plan is better
than to have meeting and speaking
dates fixed by the County food ar
ganization, as the best time for such
meetings and the programs generally
can be best determined by the COM
munities themselves.
This plan places the responsibility
where it belongs in Government
such ms ours-upon the people them
selves.
AS public speaking director, have
obtained the services in this vital
work of the following speakers:
Geo. c. Peerv. j. w. Chapman, A.
c. Buchanan, T. c. Bowen, j. N. Har-
man, j. w. Harman, j. Powell Royal,
II. r. Hawthorne, R. o. Crockett, S.
M. B. Coulling, William H. Werth, E.
L. Greever, George w. St. Clair, Rev.
C. R. Brown, Rev. H. E. Kelson, Rev.
w. C. Thompson, S. C. Graham.
Arrange the date for your meeting
and advise me what speaker or what
speakers you prefer. If they have no
other speaking engagements for that
date, they will be with you, unless
prevented by something beyond their
control, in which event I will send
you substitutes. OF course you are
not confined to the above list, but NAV
invite anyone you choose to address
you.
1t is suggested that the meetings
in the country neighborhoods be held
on an early Sunday, in the churches
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