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Show FOOD SURVEY PLAN GWEHPPfillL MOUSE APPROVES ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRA-TION PLAN FOR INVESTIGATION INVESTIGA-TION OF FOOD SUPPLY. Information Gathered Will Be Turned Over to Herbert C. Hoover, Who Will Be Named to Head a Food Administration. Washington. The itcliiiinlsi nit luu'.-Jfixxl luu'.-Jfixxl mirvi-y hill, first of t In- fund j-hu-trnl riM-nsiirt-H, will In-conic n law, having hav-ing Ih-imi 11 'i'o c'il by Hit? Inmsc on iMiiy without- ;i rw-onl vote. Il iip-j.roiilnli-r.$l 1 ,7 TO ( "K I fur un 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i : -lnvestlgiillim of t f i - country's fond resources re-sources and for. iin.'u.sul"i'S to .stimulate Jirodiicf Ion. The i Kii u 1 1 n rn I ilcp.irliiieiit expects 1n present n fairly ii--urii 1 1 i-sl im a I o of food resources within three weeks after af-ter Ihc hill Is Ml K" 1 ly Hi'' president, Secretary Houston saiil. As soon as tin1 mensiire'beenines a law tin? ilrpartini'til Mill shirt its 17,01)0 employees anil tin' 1."iO,(HKI volimlary rroi reporters to work on Hie investigation. '1'he preliminary' pre-liminary' report, to. he ininle within Ithree weeks will bo siippleinenteil villi monthly reports anil probably by a further eomplete report within six months If necessary. Information gathered will be turneil over lo Herbert C. Hoover, who will be iinineil to lieail u food ailmlnlstration lis soon as the pending' regulatory food measure becomes law. The survey bill passed virtually lis Jt came from the' committee. Miss Itankln, the- woman representative from Montana, Inserted nn amendment whicti would require the department ot agriculture lo use women In the survey sur-vey work, whenever practicable. An niuenilmcut by Representative McKen-sslu McKen-sslu of Illinois, would make nil persons employed under the bill liable to military mili-tary service and another would permit per-mit citizens to refuse to go more than IKK) miles from their homos or places of business to testify In a food Inquiry. In-quiry. .. |