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Show HOOVER APPEALS TO CARBON COUNTY PEOPLE "Amin In full toiifldpnip I rati iipmi Hip American people to ct alde Runday, December lt. next, and the week fillwliig, for tile lotmlderntlou of Amcrlcn' opportunity foi relieved eervlip and micrlflrp, ' wi Herbert C Hoover In n bulU-tln fortvnidml The Hun for publbatlon, through Hip L'tah Htalp Countll of Dotenxe "ltut miminer when thn military situation wan it m to we uiwured the Interallied food conference In Ixuidon that whatever tho war food program of the nllle required we wero prepared to meet Tho conference need not eonnldcr whether or nut we had the suppllm, we were piepnrcd to find them. We pledged ourcclpi by tho voluntary eronomy of our people to have tho reserve In food to supply all iicteesltlp. Tho ending of the war doe not release u from tho pledge. Tho Home population must lie red and until another s-ason ha pawed they cannot feed themclvrt. "Tho change In the foreign situation nertwwrlly altera thn detail or our foil program, berauso the freeing of the sea front the itubmarlno menace render nocowlble tho whcot supplies or India, Australia tnd the Argentine. The total food demand upon 'lip fulled Htutea I not diminished, however. On the contrary It I Increasol. In addition to the supplying of those lo whom wo are alrendy pledged, we now hnvo the splendid opportunity and obligation or meeting thn need of those million of people In tho hitherto occupied territories who urn ruling actual starvation. Tha people or llelglum, Northern North-ern France, Herbla, Itiimunln, Montenegro, I'olund, llumlu and Armenia rely upon America for Immediate aid. Wo must also participate In tho preservation preserva-tion of the newly liberated nation- In Austria. Nor can we Ignore tho effect nn the fiituro world development or it fumlnu condition among theso other people whom we havo recently rttlenscd from our enemies. All theso con-(.(deration con-(.(deration mean that upward or two hundred million people In addition to those we have it I ready pledged to wfe are now looking to u In their misery and famine. Our appeal today I therefore, larger than Hip inrmpr appeal to the war coiiHclence of our people. The new appeal I to the world conscience, which mtwl be tha guiding Inspiration of our future program, "The president -f tho Pulled Ktate lm asked mo to tnko charge far till government or ihU work, to perfect hihI enlarge tho arrangement for foodstuff food-stuff to thn population of llelglum and Franco now being releaitod and to nrgntilro nud determine the need of provision to the liberated people of fcoutlmin Koii'pe I present nuiIi .eimcle i.n ha taken placo in Jtuei-la. Tho delermlnlng factor for the uccc f smh nn enlarged appeal will bo tho vivid consclouHnes In every Individual In each community of obligation und opportunity. It I that common recognition of obligation that wo now wish to create. Much uu Intelligent world ronnleine In the American people, must Ut thn main dependence of the stricken countries of the world until normal condition art once more restored. "America hy her participation In tho wur ha accomplished her objective objec-tive or stilf.tlefeuse and of vindicating the efficiency of u government In wlhch the peopln and tho peopl only urn sovereign. Hlio ha cwtnhllshrd the roundatlon or government by tho people throughout tho enemy countries, coun-tries, and thin I the real bulwark or world peace. Wo have yet to build nn these roundatlon. Nn government nor nation can ntand If It people are starving. We must do our part If the world bo not consumed In u flame of anarchy. The American people In till most critical period or their liUtory have the oportuiilty to demonstrate not only their ability to assist In establishing peace on earth, but also their consecration by self-denial to the cause of suffering humanity." |