The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-02
HOOVER SAYS
 WE MUST FEED
 ENTIRE WORLD

from United Strtcs Food Adm'nistra- tor Herbert Hoover was read in many of the churches throughout the cOnI- try yesterday:
 Again in full confidence l CGll upon the American pc1pl" to set aside sun day. December l, and the week fol lowing. for ttc consideration of Amor ica's opportunity for renewed service and sacrifice.
 Last summer, when tho military situation was acute, we assured the irter-allicd fCOd conference in Lon dCl that whatever the wa" food pro gram of the allies required We were prepared to meet; that the conference need not consider whether or not We had the supplcS-we were prepared to find them. We pledged ourselves by the voluntary economy of our peo- plr to have the reserves in food to supply all necessities. The ending of the war docs not release us from our pledge. TEc same populations must bo fed and until another summer has pvsscd they can not feed themselves.
 "Thc change in the foreign situa tion necessarily alters the details cf our food program because the freeing of the seas from the submarine mon acc renders accessible the whole sup plies of India Australia and the Ar genuine The total food dcmand upon tfc United States is not diminished however On tho contrary, il is in creased In addi'iCu to the supplyin" of these to whom we arc already pledged. we now have the splendid opportunity and obligation of meet in" the needs of these millions of pco- pie in the hitherto occupied territories who are facing actual starvation Tn" people or Bclgium, Northern France. Serbia. Rnmauin. Non'ona"ro. Poland Russia and Nrmcni1 roly upon Amer ica for immodi2t" aid. We must also participate in the preservation Of 'h" rcwIyljboratrd nations :u }a"ris. nor can We ignore the offc.t on ,ho future world developments of a fam inc condition anon" these other poo- plc whom we have recently released from our enemies. All these consid- erctions mean that upwards of two hundred million people, in addition tc these we are already pledged to serve, arc now looking to us in their misery and famine Our appeal to- day is therefore larger than the for me? appeal to the war ConsCion"c' of our people The new appeal is to the world carscicncc' which must be the guiding inspiration of our future pro gram.
 "Thc President of the United States has asked me to take charge for this government of this work; to perfect and enlarge the arrangements for fOOdstufIs to the populations of Bel gium and France now being released, and to organize and determine the need of provisions to the liber2ted peoples of Southern Europe to pre- vent such debaclc as has taken place in Russia.
 "The determnate factor for the sue cess of such an enlarged appeal will be the vivid consciousness of every individual in each community of obli- gation and opportunity. It is that common recognition of obligation that uiEh n telligent world conscience in the American people must be the main dependence of the stricken countries of the world until normal conditions are once more restored.
 "America by her participation in the war has accomplished her objec- tives of self-defense and of vindicat- ing the efficiency of a government in which the people and the people only are sovereign. She has established the foundation of government by the people throughout the enemy cOun- tries. and this is the real bulwark of world peace We have yet to build on these foundations. No govern or nation can stand if it's people are starving We must do our part if the world be not consumed in a flame of anarchy.
 The American people in this most critical period of their history have the opportunity to demonstrate not only their ability to assist in estab- fishing peace on earth but also their consecration by selfdenal to the cause of suffering humanity"