Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-10
ARIZONA WILL
 HELP SAVE FOOD
Special to The Review)

PHOENIX, AriZ., Dec. 9.-America's s food pledge to ship before the next harvest 20.O00,OOO tons, two-thirds more than last year. for the relief Of more than 300,0O0,00 hungry people of the world. will be brought home to the people of Arizona next week. when under the direction of the foood administration an intensive campaign known as Conservation Week for World Relief will be carried on
 As the outcome of the recent state conference Of conservation workers held in Phoenix. November 26. promi- nent women workers from each coun- ty are named as world relief work chairmen. who in cooperation with the county food administrators will have complete charge of the cam paign.
 The campaign will be launched on Sunday, December 15, by the reading in churches of all denominations of a message from Herbert Hoover. This message will outline Americas op- portunity for renewed service and sac rifice in the work of relief of the mil lions 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 of fraternal and other or ganizations 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 will also be held during the week Both the community and county gatherings will be addressed by speakers repre- senting the food administration.
 National presidents of the large wo- mems organizations have arranged elaborate programs for "Wednesday. December IS, in response to telegrams informing them that the United States is pledged to respond to the call of hungry millions and that the priv-lI ilege of meeting this crisis is being extended to the women of the country now as in the past Through the wo- l mans organizations, housewives will ! be asked to remain modified for war relief as they were organized to sup l port the nations prosecution of the l war. Members of the organizations | will be asked to pledge cooperation in ] carrying out the conservation mea- sures suggested by the government
 Friday, December 20, has been set l aside for special exercises and meet 1 ings of schools, colleges and libraries. ! School authorities. state, city and | county superintendents, have planned l special food programs. A food issue" | of the National School Service. pub l lished by the committee on public in- | formation, has been sent to every | teacher in the state. This contains | many suggestions for school programs | In addition, in all of the schools d i message will be read from the United 1 States food administrator to tine boys | and girls of America. On this day | also the libraries will devote their at | tention to food
 In his recent talk before conserva- 1 ton leaders Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, | president of Stanford University, ! pointed out that the world relief week | will bring out the need for saving food and sharing it with the allies i and the liberated nations. Conserva- ! tion is absolutely vital to the relief of stricken Europe. Famine is the 1 mother of revolt and anarchy. If we | allow hunger to take it's toll of life ! in Europe, the red scourge of revolu- | ton is bound to spread and we will i see a definite collapse 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 be disrupted by | uprisings 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 send 10000. 900 tons of food to Europe = practically the limit of loading capac- ity at our ports. The magnitude of | this undertaking may better be un-