Bisbee daily review., 1918-11-10
HOOVER PLANS FOR HELPING
 DESTITUE
Food Administration Making Arrangements for Supply ing Food for Devastated Countries of the Allies
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WASHINGTON, Nov 9-Imemdiate- ly arrangements are to be made by the American and allied governments for supplying the food necessary for the rehabilitation of the people of northern France and Belgium and the demoralized civilian populations in southern Europe.
 Americas part in the program is to be under the direction of Food Admin istrator Hoover, who organized the commission for relief in Belgium. and of which he is still chairman. The state department announced today that President Wilson had requested NIT. Hoover to take charge for the American government in cooperation with the various governments con- cerned of the organization of mea- sures for the projected food relief and to proceed at once to Europe to be- gin his task
 Mr. Hoover, it was learned. is to be accompanied by Chairman Hurley of the shipping board, who will be able to furnish instant information as to the shipping facilities the United States can supply. His presence therefore is expected to facilitate the framing of the program as the mea- sure of relief will depend to some ex- tent on the movement of food stores in Australia and other countries where they have accumulated through the lack of tonnage to move them during the war.
 The state departments announce ment said the war industries board, the war trade board, the treasury de- partment, the shipping board and the food administration are to aid in the prompt advancement of necessary measures for assisting in feeding the people in invaded Belgium and north ern France. It also said that arrange ments are being made by the food ad- ministration, the shipping board ana the war department for the earliest possible dispatch of food stuffs to the liberated populations in southern Europe.
 The encouragement follows:
 President Wilson has requested Mir. Hoover to take charge for this government of the organization of measures for the food relief of the lib erated people of Europe and to pro- ceed at once to Europe as the gov ernment's special representative for the determination of measures of re- lief in cooperation with the various governments concerned.
 "As the first measure of assistance to Belgium it is necessary to increase immediately the volume of foodstuffs formerly supplied so as to physically rehabiltate this under-nourished popu- lation. The relief commission has, during the last four years, sent to the 10,000,000 people in the occupied areas over 500 cargoes of food comprising 100000. 900 bushels of breadstuffs and over 3,000,000,000 pounds of other foodstuffs, besides 20,000,000 gar ments, the whole representing an ex- penditure of nearly S60O, ,OO0,O 900. The support of the commission has come from the Belgian, British, French and American governments together with public charity. In addition 10 this, S35, ,000, 900 worth of native pro- duce has been financed internally in i Belgium by the relief organization.
 The second part of MT. Hoover's l mission is to organize and determine ! the need of foodstuffs to the liberated | peoples in southern Europe-the Cze- cho-Slovaks, the Jugo-Slavs, the Serb i ians, Rumanians and others. An ade- 1 quate food supply will assist the gov ernments set up to maintain order and | cohesion in government and to pre- vent the complete debacle such as has | taken place in Russia"
 Decision to assist the civilians in l southern Europe was reached by the | supreme war council at Versailles aft ! CT armistice terms for Germany and 1 Austria had been drawn, a resolution | proposed by Col. E. M. House.