The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-12-06
WORLD RELIEF WEEK
DECEMBERl
Food Administration AnaEges a New
P0yram. Which Is Brought sbout
By the Cessation of Hos
iilities In Europe.

| county IOOu duiillnintidNoi n H'A "S'''
beers of the staff OF the federal food
administration of Tennessee, held in /
| Nashville last week. the new program
lor Inc food administration arced upon
with Mr.. Hoover 1T the Washington
Conference was given out
| This program protid that 9aring
the week beginning Nov. - the county
| food administrators will hold confer
ences with speakers and war workers
in their several counties for the pur-
pose of acgnaintng them with the new
prograp brought about as the result
OF The cessation OF hostilities. This
message. II IL planned. viii be con
veyed To the general public during |
world relief week to be universally Cd
spryed in this country during the week |
Ibt, ginning Dec. !.
ON sunday, Dec. /, message from |
! Mr. Hoover will he read in every pull
| Dit and SUNDAY school In the stale'
These messages ere beinE mailed out
direct from tic federal food admins
tration Ia every Sunday school super
intondeat and Giurch pastor In the
the stale. Ia addition a large num-
Der of copies are going direct TO the
county food administrators for distri-
button.
During The following week this mes
gage will be read TO every fraternai
organization. woman's club and com
mercial business club OF the state.
In this same week II IL also planned
10 HAYS public meetings under the d.
rection ~ the caunty food administra'
tors so that the conservation message
can 20 directly to the people OF the
MONIES. All of the womens clubs OF
the state are asked To set apart we'd
nesday, December 4, for special con
esrvation service at which the obliga'
ton OF the United States 10 feed the
starving people OF the allied countries
will be set forth.
Ia order that the children may be
reached and through them the conser.
yation message be carried directly TO
all of the homes Friday, December ..
will be- set apart fer special exercises
. IN every school ia tho state Programs
for the observance of this occasion
have been sent To every school in the
state directly from Washington. II Is
expected that the teachers viii devote
NJ least one hour during the day TO the
J program.
The school program will be under
the direction of Prof. Albert 5. Will
liams, state high school inspector. who
* also the school representative OF the
> eaed administration NJ rennesee. Prof.
a williams has sent letter to every
county and city superintendent In the
. state asking cooperation In this impor-
| tame work.
: Al the conference here DIR. Morgan.
4 the federal food administrator Of Ten
$ nessep. stated that in view of changed
: conditions brought about by the cessa'
lion OF hostilities there would neces-
{ sarily be- some alterations In the FOOD
n nrogram. hut he made II plain that
: there would be great suffering among
i the liberated peoples N Europe unless
. the people of America continued 10
/ supply ever increasing amounts of eS'
/ sentiaI foodstuffs. Due Ia the increased
: tonnaga available for its Transports
u lion the sugar situation Is greatly i'm
proved and II the European nations
continue on their present meagrc su
n gar rations II will not he long before
{. the people of this country will he able
t 10 obtain nearly their normal ration OF
h sugar. In any event II is not expected
- to be less than four pounds per capita
II per month. which will b. the allow
ance beginning on December !.
IT Since the wheat supplies Of the
Southern Hemisphere viii again bf
> available. there will nov D. sufficient
wheat. IL used in moderation. for the
" people of this country ana of Europe
and hence there is no longer any ne
cessity for continuing the wheat sub
stitute program. But there is rea
shortage OF animal and vegetable fats
and the utmost economy must be prsc
:. ticed in the use OF pork and fats. There
a. Is likewise a scarcity OF protein stool
N feeds and this In turn has caused
60 tremendous shortage Of dairy pro
"a ducts The people will. therefore. have
no "a coutinu, to oCenomize In the use y
ri all dairy PRODUCTS. hat'cE. Ch'rse AM
milk. Ia Europe the herds have beeI
sadly depleted and there is not sltfi
:, Gent fat for the little children. unl!
~ by practicing economy will there be
!. sufficient supply Of beef General cor
-, servaticn along all lines. the elimial
!. ,,cu Of waste and che practice ~ n
il clean plate was earnestly urged hy ~
an Morgan N. warned the members q
IN. conference that their tasks W-r
n. not vet complete. and thai 81 vuul
n, nrohahly De fuand ths' other change
an would have 10 ~ made In the pIoE a.
mis- during the course Of the reyi two q
thrce months nr Nn--1n d
nv. tho sacrifices maze ~ the food ad7lir
Ia -s,-7,rrs. thanhiu- them for what the
ws had lone 20 win Tho var
lily THIS was Che first conference g a
i,y The county food ad~iuisir-'or> eNs
sn- b.,'4 I'm Te-rr-sor -1e~7tofnra the Sd
leT -,,i-istr-ta-- have ~-rC -alI @ -u ~
10 -r.s. ID, ION Al ar direct rHt..ff-fe