Newport daily independent., 1918-11-23
URGED
 T0 SAVE FOOD
Drive For Renewed Food Conservation tion Will Be Started In Arkan-
 sas Sunday, December 1.

Little Rock, Nov. 2s.,.-Every man, woman and child in Arkansas will be asked by the United States Food Ad- ministration to participate Tn the drive for renewed food conservation, which begins Sunday, December |, and lasts until the following Satur- day, inclusive That week will be known as "World Relief Week." dur ing which time a most intensive eff fort VII be made all over the United States to impress upon the people of the nation the necessity for greater food saving than has ever been asked of them.
 The chief reason for summoning the county food administrators to Little Rock, where a special session will be held Wednesday, November 27, is to acquaint them with this pro- gram and give them details that will assist in carrying out in their coun- try this important work. Franklin W. Fort, of Herbert Hoover's staff, Washington, will address the meet ing.
 Sunday, December 1, from every pulpit in the state will be read the special message Mr. Hoover has ad- dressed to the Christian life of the nation. The same message, together with other features, will be taken up by every woman's club in Arkansas. Their special day is Wednesday, De- cember 4. The following Friday an- other special program to be observed in the schools of the state will re- ceive recognition, while every frater- nal society will also receive copy of the Hoover message, which will be read at their meetings during the week.
 For the past two weeks the State Food Administration has been busy mapping out this campaign. The list of teachers and schools to whom the school program will be sent num- bers over 12000. Every pastor in the state, regardless of denomination, together with Catholic priests, will receive copy of the message. All fraternal organizations in the state have forwarded to State Food Ad- ministrator Hamp Williams list of their lodges. They too, will get the message. The Arkansas Federation of Women's clubs provided list of their organizations. No organiza- tion, whether it be church, school fraternal or social, white or black.
 will be overlooked.
 During the week of December 1 to 2, according to the program, meet ings will be held in every county in the state. From headquarters in this city speakers will be sent out to as- sist in delivering the message. Coun- ty Food Administrators will also make addresses. In other words, it
 is planned to set Arkansas on fire with this "drive," which, free from any request from money, comes to the people on the higher plane of sac
 rifice, appealing to the conscience of the people to save food in order that millions may not starve.
 "We have never had anything quite as important as this," said State
 Food Administrator Hamp Williams "Arkansas has always been at the l top of the list in food conservation and during the week set aside for the message on "World Relief Week" want every church, school, fraternal society and woman's club, white or black, to meet for the purpose of hearing this message and to then and there solemnly resolve that they will in this most important work, as they have in all else their government has asked, pledge their full support in the wonderful effort to save millions from starvation"
 Walter M. FEEL, Director of Publicity, U. s. Food Ad- ministration for Arkansas.