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Show ; FOOD CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN RENEWED . New Responsibilities Rest j on U. S. as Peace Comes, j Hoover Says. By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Inc. 3.-America's ! food conservation, w ek for world re-: re-: lief opened yenteniajr w ith an appeal jfrom Food Administrator Hoover, i which wns read In the churches over j the country. Mr. Hi.ver, who ia now in F.urope arranging for food supplies for the populations of that country, said the people of the Trilled States now have opportunity for renewed service to mankind bv helping through conservation conserva-tion of fond here to feed 3on.0(H ooo hungry people In northern France, Hel- j K'um. central Hussiu, southern Europe, Poland and Armenia. The food administrator also discussed dis-cussed the pledge given last summer to the Interallied food council by the "A me rTe n K v v rri th enf To meT TTve"1 food program ttf the allies, and said 'the ending of the war does not re-lease re-lease the American peopie from that pie.!. "The same population must be fed," the message s.id, "and until another season has passed they cannot feed themselves. "in addition to the supplying of those to whom we are already pledged, we now have the splendid opportuully and obligation of meeting the need of those millions of people In the hitherto occupied territories who are facing actual ac-tual starvstlon. - "The people of Helglum. northern France, Serbia. Rumania, Montenegro. Monte-negro. Poland. Russia and Armenia rely upon America for immediate aid. We must a: so participate In the preservation preser-vation of the newly liberated nations In Austria; nor can we ignore the effect ef-fect on the future world developments of a, famine condition among those other people whom we have recently released from our enemies. "All these considerations mean that upwards of 2"0.000,00( people. In addition ad-dition to those we are already pledged to serve, are now looking to us In their misery and famine. Our appeal la. therefore, larger than the former ap-' ap-' peal to the 'war conscience' of our people. peo-ple. The new appeal I the 'world conscience.' which must be the guiding inspiration of -our future program." i . .- . - . |