| Show food condition critical the food situation in the coun with which we are in this is reaching a critical plate the is fully described in the following cable wind hay been received by the food ad lord i food controller for great Brit iiii bivs unless you ire able to send the allies at least event five million bushels of wheat over and above what you h ive exported up to january first and in addition to the cotil export able surplus from I 1 cannot take abe of assuring our people that there will be food enough to win the war necessity compels roe to cable you in this blunt dav no one knows better than I 1 that the american people of national and individual sacrifice have so fir refused nothing that is needed for the var but it now lies with america to decide whether or not the states 13 able to throw its force into the field I 1 have not minced words because I 1 air convinced that the american people if they know the truth will not hesitate to meet the emergency mr hoovers reply was as follows we will export every grain that the american people from their normal consumption we believe our people will not fail to feel emer genca I 1 mr hoover further points out that we must find fifteen million additional bushels for belgian relief and ten million bushels for cuba and neutral countries making the cotil one hundred million bushels of wheat statement reviews food situation and needs of allies which mr hoover told recent conference administrators here |
