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Show UTAH F000 CONTROL I0ER 0IRECT1 OF ARMSTRONG Salt Lake Tribune Coincident with the official announcement from Washington Wash-ington last night of the appointment of food commissioners for twenty-eight states, W. W. Armstrong, president of the National Copper bank and Utah representative on the national food conservation board, was officially noU-fled noU-fled In a tolegram from Herbert C. Hoover of his appointment as food commissioner for Utah. Mr. Armstrong's Arm-strong's appointment was recommended recommend-ed by Mr. Hoover, but the appointment was made by President Wilson. Entire Time to Work. In view of the excellent work done by tho state food conservation committee com-mittee and other local and atate organizations. or-ganizations. Mr. Armstrong deemed it unwise to interfere in any way with the work already In progress and confined con-fined his efforts in that direction to offering suggestions which sought to mako the work hero uniform with that in other sections of the country. While Mr. Armstrong has outlined In a general way the plan of procedure under the new office, his activities will be limited until the general plan of Mr. Hoover has boen made known. The plan and some general instructions are expected from the national headquarters headquar-ters within the next day or two. This much Mr. Armstrong has decided decid-ed upon: His desk at the National Cop-! Cop-! per bank will be locked during the period pe-riod of the war and all his time will be devoted to the patriotic duty embodied embod-ied in his appointment to tho honorary office. Like other food commissioners he will servo without compensation. But he has gono even further and intimated in-timated that ho will not permit the government to bear any share of the expense incident to the administration of food affairs In Utah; such expenses will bo cared for from his own resources. re-sources. Other Commissioners. Among the commissioners appointed appoint-ed yesterday, besides Mr. Armstrong, wero : Arizona, Timothy A. Riordan, Flagstaff; Flag-staff; Clafirnia. Ralph P. Merrltt, San Francisco; Iowa, J. F. Dooms, Burlington; Burling-ton; Montana, Professor Alfred Otkin-son. Otkin-son. Bozoman; Nebraska, Gurdon W. Wattles, Omaha; Nevada, Henry M. Hoyt, Reno; Now Mexico. Ralph C. Ely, Santa Fe; Oregon, W. B. Ayer, Portland; Washington, Charles Heb-bort, Heb-bort, Spokane; Wyoming. TJieodore C Diars, Sheridan. |
