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Show ILK 1ST BE ' : FEDJHBIMj ' Churches Support' Hoover's Appeal for Conservation of Supplies. Tn response to the request of Herbert Hoover, national food administrator, that conservation week for world relief be Inaugurated In-augurated by special services in the churches, the message prepared by him, urging the people to co-operate in the saving of food that tho starving millions in Kurope may be fed during the months of stress ahead, was delivered from many pulpits yesterday. "Willi the reading ot the message, the campaign, to continue through tho -week, was opened. In tiie message emphasis is placed on the fact that the ending of the war does not release the American people from the pledge given lust summer in the interallied inter-allied food council by the American government gov-ernment to meet tho food program of the allies. Must Feed Populations. "Tho same ' populations must be fed," the message said, "and until another season has passed they cannot feed themselves. In addition to the supplying of thoe to whom we are already pledged, we now have the splendid opportunity and obligation of meeting the needs ot those millions of people in the hitherto occupied territories who are facing actual starvation. "The people of Belgium, northern France, Serbia, Kumania, Montenegro, Poland, Russia and Armenia rely upon America lor immediate aid. - We must also participate in the preservation ot the newly liberated nations in Austria, nor can we ignore the effect on the future fu-ture world developments of a famine condition among those other people whom we have recently released from our enemies. en-emies. "All these considerations mean that upward of 200,000,000 people, in addition to those we are already pledged to serve, are now looking to us in their misery and famine. Our appeal today is therefore larger than the former appeal to the 'war conscience' of our people. The new appeal is to the 'world conscience,' which must be the guiding inspiration of our future program." Public Meetings Planned. Carrying out the program to be universally univer-sally observed throughout the United States, fraternal and other organizations will hold meetings today for the purpose of discussing the measures outlined. Community Com-munity meetings will be held tomorrow wherever practicable, and every hamlet, town and city is expected to hold conservation con-servation assemblies. County meetings will be held during the week for the purpose of impressing upon the people the necessity of saving food that the suffering suffer-ing millions in devastated liuiopc may not suffer. In response to telegrams informing them that the United States has been pledged to do its part, and that the women wom-en of the nation have been given the privilege of meeting the crisis, national presidents of the larger women's organizations organ-izations have arranged elaborate programs pro-grams for Wednesday. Local women's clubs have received copies of the suggested sug-gested program, and through the local organizations the housewives of Utah will be urged to remain mobilized for war relief as they were organized to support sup-port the nation's prosecution of the war. Members of all organizations are asked to pledge themselves to co-operation in carrying out the conservation measures suggested by the govtnment. |