The Press., 1919-01-09
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
 ISSUES FINAL REPORT Connecticut's Federal Food Administra- tion Sends History to Washington.

In FeDruary, 19lS, the savings were 72, 1863 pounds of wheat, 105.328 pounds of meat and 53,213 pounds of pork
 Publicity was given continuously to the ever changing rules of the Food Administration as issued from Wash ington through newspaper articles and letters addressed to the 1870 public eating places in the state.
 All Connecticut hotels, restaurants and clubs co-operated periodically in the campaigns for food conservation. and it is certain that Connecticut play ed no small part in assisting Food to Win the War"
 Bakers Organized.
 On the Sunday afternoon before the so called ''5O-5O'' wheat conservation rules went into effect the leading wholesalers and retailers of the state were gathered together by Administra- tor ScOville to discuss the best means for putting the new regulations into operation and especially of securing the requisite stocks of wheat subSti tutes. At about the same time, after following one or two preliminary con ferences. meeting of bakers was held in New Haven. at which the following directors and deputies were appoint ed: w. J. Travis. Hridgeport E. l.. Marsh, StamfOrd; r. $. Thompson, New Haven; F. H. Wetherby, Derby i; Emil M Fox, Norwich; II. Brahm, Torrington; George H. Kolh, Hartford
 Fair Price Publications.
 Early in December, 1917, Mr. Since han, who subsequently Was appointed Educational Director, secured the nee essary cooperation of the three daily newspapers in Hartford for rue first fair price publications in tue State. During 1918 fair price publications port, New Britain. Waterbury. New London, Middletown, Rockville. Tor rington, Ansonia, Stamford, Danbury and Manchester In general. the Con- necticut price publication system fol lowed the standard suggested by Washington, but the listed commodi- ties varied in localities, and as q rule the price interpreting committees were the grOcers themselves, chosen d, a grocers' meeting to represent each class of retail store with the Food Ad- ministration's Local Food Director acting as ex-Officio chairman.
 Administrative.
 Shortly after Mir. I.anderS was ap- pointed an Assistant Food .Adminislra- tor Mr. Scoville appointed Mir. Durant an Assistant Food Admin Strator in Hartford, and later Thomas w. Ear nam of New Haven and D. kairchild Wheeler were appointed Assistant Food Administrators with authority in their own vicinitie>. When Mr. Far nam was called to head the Red Cross work in Serbia Dr. Edward II. .Ienllin' of the Connecticut Agricultural ENper- iment Station in New Haven was ap- pointed Food Administration for that city. There were no county food ad- ministrators in Connecticut, the States political subdivisions being moro adapted 10 the plan of harng a local food director in charge of each of the 16S towns.
 Ex.Mayor tawIer Appointed.
 Mr. l.anders and Mr. Sheehan have been with the Food Administration continuously as Assistant Food Admin istratOr and Director of Education re- spectively. In the latter part of June, 1918, about the time the Food .AlminiS- tratiOn and the State Food Depart ment removed from their original of fees, at No 36 Pearl street in Hart ford, to more cOmmOdious quarters ar No. 4S Lewis street. Mir. Durant retired on account of ill health. and Joseph H. Lawler. an eN-mayor of Hart ford, was appointed as Assistant Food .Ad- miniStrntOr in charge of the Enforce ment Division. Farwell Knapp. sue ceeding Walter BraSh. was appo nteG office manager and executive secretary nf the Food Administration January 1. 1918, and when he entered the Field Artillery service in May, 1918. his place was taken by Bernard Green- berg, a New Haven lawyer. IsidOre Wise. head of a large department store in Hartford. was the State Merchant Representative of the Food .Adminis- trati0n in Connecticut S'atr Libra. rinn George S. Gotard W"$ the Sta @ Library Director. and he was Il .iN :! ;- sisted al all times by Mss lor"thy Weir of Ridgctield. Miss VI. ESreIla SpraTlle of lhc tOnneciic,t .A"ri' uI- tural College faciiliN Wa S a,c iInihe Economics Director. and her ass sam was Miss Bertha BirdSey. On January 4, 1918. Francis F. Cooley, q >ounteer for several months, was appointed .td- minis rator Auditor.
 Enforcement Cases.
 Among the earliest caScs coming io the attention of tic Enforcement Di. vision of the Food Administration were attempted prof eering on sugar combination sales of sugar OrOhibited December &. l91D and rcjectionS of carloads of foodstuffs. Very many complaints wer investigated, hut about 9O per cent failed to warrant ar. ton. It was in Connecticut. however that the United States Food Admins. tratlOn scored its first arrest, prosecu. tiOn and conviction for hoardin@ X prominent farmer of New Haven County was arrested on federal war. rant and presented before the United States Court in February, 191S on q plea of guilty of hoarding sugar and four. He was scored by Judge Edwin s. Thomas. who in imposing the fine of $1OO and costs said that he was re luctant to follow the United States District Attorneys lenient recommen. dation that because 1t was a first of. fense the penalty should he a fine rath, CT than a jail sentence.
 Again in June, 1918, when numer ous complaints were received that cer tain families appeared to have plenty of sugar, while others did not, thu Food Administration sent secret serv ice agents to the home of Hartford citizen, and there an excessive Quanti ty of sugar was discovered, with thu result that the man and his wife wer, arrested by United States marshal After publicity, which covered not only the entire state, but was prominently published in New York papers, the cas'