| Show HOOVER PLACES 60 DAY 60 DAY BAN ON EATING WHEAT Must Just Send Food to Allies or Catastrophe Will Follow Tel Telegram gran States STATES TO ENFORCE SUBSTITUTE RULING Meatless l Days Conserve Million Pounds of Beef in Four Months Philadelphia Fob Feb 22 As 22 As As a war necessity ne ne- ne- ne the tue people must largely re refrain refrain rei frain from eating wheat flour for the next sixty days das possibly for tor longer long This statement was made toda today on the authority of Herbert C C. C Hoover federal food administrator b by Howard Heinz Helm administrator for Penns Pennsylvania speaking speaking speak speak- ing big before an audience of or newspaper managers A telegram was vas read from Mr Ir Hoover which made it plain that lint this lila country must immediately send food to the allies aHles or lose loso the war If It is not sent it means but one ono thing catastrophe declared Mr Hoover er Rule nule Link in Saving Savins Plan Washington Feb 22 State 2 State food tood ad administrators administrators ad- ad were ordered today to enforce en force Coree strictly the food administration rule requiring bakers to use 20 pec pet cent of or wheat flour lour substitutes In all bakery products by February 24 This rule a telegram sent to the tha administrators said Is an important link in the food administrations administration's wheat conservation pro program ram upon the success of or which depends s our ability to supply the allies with the wheat flour that I Is essential to their victory and arid ours The Thi list of or substitutes Is wide 4 Meat U Dt Export Given Out 4 Washington ton Feb 22 Meatless Meatless days In the United States have han saved ed HO pounds of or beef beer In four fOUl months months' the food lood administration announced to toa today o day a During DurIng- this period pounds of oJ beef were exported to the allies together with pounds of oC pork porI d products ino lIbUn S were vele maae in a n. statement explaining explaining- why the food administration administration administration ad ad- ministration refused requests of cattle and sheep growers grovers to remove beef mutton and lamb from the conservation conservation conservation conserva conserva- tion rules with regard to meatless da day dav Mutton and lamb are not exported and amid the thc food administration has removed the restriction on Its consumption In iii some of the western states tates The re restrIction restriction restriction re- re will be lifted soon In iii many of or the other western states stales In which lar large e numbers of ol sheep and lambs are produced meat Food A Administrator tor Hoover will recommend to state administrators that the people be bo permitted permitted permitted per per- to eat all the mutton and lamb Iamb the they want until after April 15 15 when the lie spring season Is about at an end It Is desirable to bear In mind saul said Mr Ir Hoover er toda today that tho the meatless da days s are arc simply and solely for tor the tho purpose of or enabling us mis to feed the allies b by saving sa on our meat consumption tion ion All Ally Meat Ration nation In lit Love S I Our national consumption has In Increased increased In- In creased at a faster rate than our production production production pro pro- and amid therefore without tho ho meatless days das we ive couiI 1 not bo be in po position position position po- po to export even the prewar av average average n av- crago amounts That the exports are absolutely absolute vital needs no proof further than tho the statement of the ration at present In force Corce in Europe among the allies which has been reduced approximately to one pound of or meats of ot all kinds a week or less than 30 per cent of tho the present American consumption and it Is today toda at so low a figure as to tend to diminish the morale and tho the resistance of the allies best to Increase We Yo are doing our the tIme amount of or exports and can do so only b bj by rigid conservation on the tho part of ot the American people |
