Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-11-20
WILL MEET HERE
To PLAN HOW To
FEED THE WORLD
President of Stanford Uni
versity Coming for Con-
ference to Outline World
Relief Week Dec. Is

DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of
Stanford university, whose work as a
volunteer with the food administration
has won worldwide attention, is COM
ing to Phoenix, it was announced yes
terday.
DR.. Wilbur is considered by his as
sociates one of the best informed of any
of Herbert Hoover's assistants He is
coming to Phoenix for the express pur-
pose of meeting in conference on Tues
day, November 26, the food administra =
tors and women conservation leaders of
the several counties of Arizona.
This conference will outline plans for
World Relief Week, which will be OBJ
served throughout the United States
December Is. Unlike other patriotic
drives, this is not a money raising
event, but for the purpose of educating
the public to the vital need for contin-
ued conservation to save millions in Eu
rope from actual starvation during the
coming winter months.
May Postpone Program Here
Whether World Relief Week can be
held during the first week in Arizona
as reported by the county food admins
traitors at the conference. In the event
of postponement, the program for the
week will be carried out later as orig
inally planned.
The week will open with the reading
of special message to the American
people from Herbert C. Hoover from
the pulpits of all the churches. This
same message will be read in all fra
ternal and patriotic organizations dur
ing the first meeting thereafter.
Public meetings to cover every com
munity in every county Will also be
planned In addition there will be a
special program to be carried out in al
women's clubs and a special program
also for the schools.
Rordan To Return
Added interest in food administration
circles is attached to the coming con
! ference as marking the return from
Washington. on that date. of Fedora
Food Administrator Timothy A. Rior-
dan. When it became apparent thar
there would be a sudden termination O.
I the waf. all state food administrator:
were called to the national capital t
consider in executive session wha
measures should be adopted to meet al
entirely new situation.
The outcome and conclusions of thu
/ Washington conference will be made
known by Dr. Wilbur and Mr.. Riordar
/ at the coming state conference mex
/ Tuesday.
Permission for the holding of thu
state conference next Tuesday was OBJ
tanned today from DR.. o. H. Brown
| head of the state board Of health, whel
it was represented that every precau
ton possible would be taken, and i
possible the sessions will be held il
the open air.
Many To Attend
Those expected to attend includ
Mrs. Mary Primer Lockwood, directo
of economics. Tucson; Miss c. Louis
! Boehringer, state leader of college wo
men, Yuma; J. w. Doris, state mer
chants representative; County Foo,
Administrators Becker of Springerville
Rae of Douglas, Johnston of Flagstaff
Won Sender of Globe, Minson of Clifton
Swift of Stafford, Stewart of Kingmar
Neel of Holbrook, Mullen of Ray. Jone
of Nogales, Aitken of Prescott, Ming O
Yuma, Buckingham of Phoenix and hi
assistant, Bracket, of Mesa In add
ton there will be a woman delegat
from each of the IA counties of tn
state.
Special invitations will be sent to tn
state and county superintendent O
schools to the council of defense, tn
head of the state federation of women
clubs and other local club leaders, urg
ing them to attend the conference.