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Show MEN IN STATE II MEET DECEMBER 1Q I ' Tentative Programs for ' Food Conservation Sug. gested by Officials. All Organizations Expected to Pledge Support to I Economic Program. Notwithstanding tho fact that tlie programs pro-grams of all women's cluba throughout tho state havo been interrupted considerably consid-erably by reason influenza restriction., women's organizations generally havo an. nounced hearty willingness to mako world relief work the order of business' at the meetings of December 10. known as "women's organizations day." or t tho first meetings follow ing tho lifting "of tho influenza ban. Tho program will open with elnglnj, after which the message of Herbert Hoover, national food administrator, will be read. Tx t racts from tho speerh or President Wilson will lie read and the foreword pledge will be taken. Kvery local organization is expected to pass a resolution concerning food conservation con-servation and to mail a copy of it to the federal food administration, U0 New- j house building. It is suggested by tho local food administration ad-ministration that tho program must 1 varied to suit local conditions, and II deemed ndvisablo organizations may combine for one meeting, to which all the women of the community should be invited. Message From Hoover. The following foreword by Mr. Hoover will be read by the presiding officer: "The food supplies of the world hav been steadily lessening. Jt is the impact of this shortage which has knocked at every door in tho United States. "We hold it in our power and ours alone, to keep the wolf from the door of the world. This duty is wider than war-it war-it Is as widp as our humanity. "The Hun is defeated, but hunger reigns in Kuropo. In Poland and Serbia hardly a child is left alive. Fields are weed choked: those who tilled them lie on a hundred battlefields. Widows and childless women are left alono to care for the aged and wounded. But at last each violated land lies open to our succor, suc-cor, and we must not fail. Wo must save or they will starve. "American soldiers and American resources re-sources in food and materials of war have helped to win the war. Our men and our resources are still mobilized. The womon, who are- tho guardians of our food resources, must remain until they are mustered out. Wo face a new program in conservation, ono that calls for much more rigid acceptance and discipline, dis-cipline, because it does not demand brief, dramatic sacrifice, but a steady, unvary-i unvary-i ing saving of all foods and the giving un of everything beyond our definite needsN-We needsN-We must accept simpler habits of living; and the daily yielding of induigences( which lias become woven into our lives. Should Take Vote. "After reading the above appeal there should be a call for a standing vote on tho following pledge and a resolution may be passed to be transmitted by wtro or letter to the federal food administrator: administra-tor: " 'We pledge to our country our bepiJr effort to prevent waste and the selfta :f use of our food reserves. We pledge our 1 loyal co-operation in carrying out the conservation measures suggested by the government. Pledge Support. " 'And if economy sometimes growl irksome or if this service works unwelcome unwel-come change in. our accustomed manner of living, we will think of those who have 1 offered their lives for their country and those whose homes have been devastated. We will be glad that we, too. can serve in satisfying their hunger, in renewing1 their courage, and in re-establishing their homes." " |