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m I i.l itM \ SUM'S III l VKK\HMMi \Ml SOMHI Its.Liberated Tt,rri)«*ri('H Mill be ledLirst, Hoover I\|lsiin% WilsnnMaking Plan*./Paris, Friday, Jan 3.—'Herbert C..Hoover, who has been appointed director of allied food relief in newly iliberated, neutral and enemy territor-i les in Kurope. talked about the work'before him to the Associated Press today. He said that German ships to- j tailing nearly three million tons will' he used to carry food to Kurope and ( thiit German passenger boats will lie utilized to send American soldiers jhome, i , IFood worth $ 1.500, fit w,tw* must he imported into Kurope to provide against actual needs between now and j July 1st and the financing of the pro- I ject is a stupendous task. said Mr. I Hoover. “Liberated territories will be fed first, but much of this territory: has no other government than that of |scattered municipalities and has no’ credit and is unable to pay for food, j “Poland. ArnlVnia, Czeeho-Slovakia and the Jugo-Slav republics are in this condition as well as many other suffering sections. Most of the necessary food must come from the United States and representatives of that government are conferring with those of the allied powers as to means for paying for this food.*” jWhen asked how the United Stateswill raise the money to meet the immediate demands of liberated territories. Mr. Hoover said that the president has the matter under consideration and that outside the domain the food commission. 1
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Muscatine Journal and News Tribune
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Sat, Jan 04, 1919
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