Show NA NATIONAL CONTROL OF AND FUEL AND FUEl PRESIDENT SIGNS FOOD BILLS APPOINTS HERBERT HOVER HOOVER FOOD ADMINISTRATOR Extortion Is to Be Prevented Vicious Speculation tion Stopped Prices of Foods And Fuel Stabilized and Waste Eliminated Vashi Washington Time The The American government govern govern- overn- overn ment on August 10 assumed control of the time countr country's s food supply with the signing b by President Wilson of the time administration ad ad- ministration food survey suney and regulatory regu regu- bills Formal announcement of Herbert bert Hoovers Hoover's appointment a as ai food admin ator was made at at the time WhiteHouse White While House soon soon after the time measures were approved und and Frida Friday night Mr 11 Hoover set forth fortim time the aims alms of the time food administration administration ad ad- ministration in iii a statement declaring its purpose will be to stabilize and not to disturb conditions er E Every effort t will be made to correct correct correct cor cor- price abuses made possible by abnormal times Mr Hoover I-hoover said but bitt drastic m measures will not be attempted until it is seen time the purposes of the time administration atlon cannot be accomplished through constructive operation co-operation with food producing anti and distributing In in- Time The ver very existence of corrective power Mr Hoover declares will tend to check speculation and price tion Time The two tivo measures signed signed- give to the time government sweeping war time powers The regulatory bill Is designed designed designed de de- de- de signed to put food distribution under direct government supervision and a provision added as us an amendment extends ex ex- tends an even more drastic government go control over coal and other fuels including Including In in- eludIng the thc power to fix prices and authorizing au au- au- au tig government operation of mines mimics The Time survey bill is Intended to encourage production and gives the thc government gO authority to keep up a continuous continuous continuous con con- census of tIme the amount of foodstuffs foodstuffs food food- foodstuffs stuffs In the United States It will willbe be le administered by time the department of agriculture I |