The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-02
World Relief Week Opens
With Appeal from u. s.
Food Chief
MUST GIVE AID TO
SUFFERING PEOPLES
Citizens of This Country Called Upon
TO Show Their Ability to Establish
Peace on Earth-A Great opportuni-
ty for Self Denial.

Montpelier, Dec. - World Relief
Week opened in Vermont and The
rest OF the country yesterday by thu
reading In the churches OF the mes
sage from United States food admin
istrator. Herbert Hoover, in which he
calls upon the American people Ito
demonstrate not only their ability 10
assist in establishing peace on earth,
but also their conservation by self-de-
MAI 10 the cause OF suffering human
W. Mr.. HooVer's message as read in
The churches is as follows:
Again in full confidence, / call up
on the American people to set aside
Sunday, December first. and the week
following, for the consideration OF
Americas opportunity for renewed
service and sacrifice.
Last summer, when the military
situation was acute. we assured The
lnter-Allied Food Conference in Lon
don, that whatever The war food pro.
gram OF the Allies required we wert
| prepared to meet; that the Confer
ence need not consider whether OF
/ not we had the supplies,-we were
/ prepared TO find them; we pledged
I ourselves, by the voluntary economy
/ OF our people, TO have the reserves Il
food TO supply all necessities. Tn,
| ending or the war does not release u,
from the pledge. The same populs
tons must be fed. and until anothe
season has passed they cannot feel
| themselves.
THE change in the foreign sltua
ton necessarily alters the details o
our food program. because the freeing
OF the seas from the submarine menac,
| renders accessible the wheat supplies
| OF India, Australia and the Argentine
The total food demand upon the Uni
ted States is not diminished however
On the contrary, it is increased. II
addition 20 the supplying OF those t
| whom we are already pledged, vi
now have the splendid opportunit,
and obligation OF meeting the need
4 Of those millions Of people in tn
I hitherto occupied territories who ar
! facing actual starvation. The peopl
of Belgium, Northern France, Serbia
Roumania, Montenegro, Poland, Rus
STA and Armenia rely upon Americ
for immediate aid. We must also par
licipate in the preservation of tx
newly liberated nations in Austria
nor can We ignore the effect on ia
future world Developments OF fam
ire condition among those other PEG
from our enemies. All these 'cona.I
erations mean that upwards OF 20
million people in addition 10 those W
ere already pledged TO serve. are no
looking TO US in their misery and fam
! ire. Our appeal today is therefor
larger than the former appeal TO sh
war conscience OF our people. TIL
new appeal is 10 the world coasciehC
which must he the guiding inspiTatio
OF Our future program.
Tho President Of the United State
has asked rae to take charge for tai
Government OF this work; 10 per;et
:.d enlarge the arrangements 20
foodstufIs TO the populations Of Be
r;Gm and France now beinE release
and to organize and determine Il
reed CT provision 10 the liberated pc,
pies OF Southern Europe 10 preveT
such debacle as has taken place
Russia
"'rne determining factor for Il
success of sch an enlarged apper
} vii! be ia" vivid consciousness
every Individual il each cUlnmuni,
Of obligation and opportunity. 1t
that common recognition Of ob.ig;
ton. that We now wish 10 Great
Such an Intelligent world co,
70 enCe' III thu American people nat
he the main dependence o. the s;r:cl
On countries OF N. world Until norm
conditions B-e once more restores
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