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Show oo FVFRV ITIWFM Mil SAVE WASHINGTON, OcL 27. The government gov-ernment of the United States is asking every citizen of the country to eat less beef, pork, pork products, wheat, butter but-ter and sugar, and to waste no foodstuffs, food-stuffs, as an act of common defense. This is the explanation given today by Herbert Hoover, food administrator, administra-tor, of the meaning of the national food pledge week which begins tomorrow and continues until November 4. Half a million canvassers nre ready for the campaign to Induce at loast thirteen million of thp country's twenty-two million housewives to sign the pledge to conserve food during tho war. Mu3t Win War. "Owipg to the large failure of the harvest in Prance and Italy and the inability in-ability to send the world's shipping to remote markets," said Mr. Hoover, "we have thrust upon us a larger duty in providing foodstuffs for them than we are capable of executing unless we can reduce the consumption of these foodstuffs food-stuffs in the United Slates. If we cannot can-not secure this consumption reduction we cannot win this war. If we fail tho western lino will move to the Atlantic seaboard. "Furthermore, the problem of amel-lorating amel-lorating tho prices to the American ! consumer is entirely involved in our ability to supply the allied needs and still leave us a sufficiency at home. If we accept the alternative of maintaining maintain-ing the allies in the war from our supplies sup-plies without savings, we shall have shortages in tho United States that make any hope of price control is absolutely ab-solutely futile. "It Ms therefore in the interest of every man, woman and child in the United States that we should accomplish accom-plish these ends first In his personal defense and protection and second in the Interests of his pocket book. Be- ' yond all this and greater is the ques- 1 tion of common humanity. There are 1 now in Europe millions of women and ' children solely dependent upon us for foodstuffs and If we had no other reason reas-on It should appeal to every individual in tho United States to sacrifice some- ' thing in the name of common human- 1 lty. J "We are endeavoring to direct these ' problems with all the intelligence that wo can summon in the United States. |