Smyrna times., 1918-12-11
over APPEALS FOR
CONSERVATION week
Food Administrator ITO the
World" Sounds Call to
All Patriots.

DER thai peace may be restored to the |
world, through appeasing the hunger
of the millions in Europe.
Washington, Dec. 1.-"Again in full |
confidence, I call upon the American
people to set aside Sunday, Decem-
ber first, and the week following, for
the consideration Of Americas OppOr-
tunity for renewed service and sacri-
fee
Last sum.ner when the military sit
uatiOn was acute, we assured the In
ter-Allied Food Conference in London,
that whatever the war-fOOd program
Of the Allies required, we were prepar-
ed to meet; that the Conference need
not consider whether or not we had
the supplies-we were prepared to
find them; we pledged ourselves, by
the voluntary economy of our people,
to have the reserves in food to sup
ply all necessities. The ending of the
war does not release us from the
pledge. The same populations must
be fed, and until another season has
passed they cannot feed themselves.
"The change in the foreign situation
necessarily alters the details of our
food program, because the freeing of
the areas from the submarine menace,
renders accessible the wheat supplies
of India, Australia and the Argentine.
The total food demand upon the Unit
ed States is not diminished, however.
On the contrary, it is increased. In
addition to the supplying of those to
whom we are already pledged, we now
have the splendid opportunity and oh
legation of meeting the needs of those
millions of people in the hitherto Oc-
cupied territories who are facing ac-
tual starvatiOn. The people of Bel
gium, Northern France, Serbia. ROu-
mania, Montenegro, Poland, Russia
and Armenia rely upon America for
immediate aid. We must also par
ticipate in the preservation of the
newly liberated nation in Austria; nor
can we ignore the effect on the future
world developments of a famine con-
ditiOn among those other people whom
| we have recently released from our
| enemies. All these considerations
| mean that upwards of two hundred
million people, in addition to those
we are already pledged to serve, are
now looking to us in their misery and
famine. Our appeal today is therefore
larger than the former appeal to the
"war conscience" Of our people. The
new appeal is to the "world cOnsci-
ence," which must be the guiding in
spiratiOn of our future program.
"The President of the United States
has asked me to take charge for this
government of this work; to perfect
and enlarge the arrangements for
fOOdstuffs to the populations Of Bel
gium and France, now being released
and to organize and determine the
need of provisions to the liberated
peoples of Southern Europe to pre-
vent such debacle as has taken place
In Russia.
"The determining factor for the
success of such an enlarged appea
will be the vivid consciousness il
every indi~idual in each cOmmunit!
of obligation and opportunity. 1t Il
that coMmon recognition of obligation
that we now wish to create. Such al
intelligent world conscience" in tn,
American people must be the mail
dependence Of the stricken countries
of the world until normal condition
are once more restored.
"America by her participation in tn
war has accomplished her objective
Of self-defense and of vindicating tn
efficiency of a government in whic
the people, and the people only, ar
sovereign. She has established tn
foundations of government by tn
people throughout the enemy cOuI
| tries, and this is the real bulwark O
world peace. We have yet to build o
these foundations. No gOvernmer
nor nation can stand if its people al
starving. We must do our part,
the world be not consumed in a fan
Of anarchy.
"The American people, in this mo-
critical period of their history, hay
the opportunity to demonstrate, nj
only their ability to assist in esta
fishing peace on earth, but also the
conservation, by self-denial, 70 tt
ceuSe of suffering humanity.