United States Food Administration to James F. McFarlin
Title
United States Food Administration to James F. McFarlin
Creator
United States Food Administration
Identifier
WWP19323
Date
1918 January 11
Description
The United States Food Administration responds to James F. McFarlin’s letter about food waste.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
United States Food Administration
Language
English
Text
6-H-3
Dear Mr. McFarlin:
Your letter of January 5th to President Wilson has been referred to Mr. Hoover and in turn to this Division for answer.
We all greatly appreciate your hearty backing of Mr. Hoover and your desire that he be given such complete control. We all feel, however, at the moment that the powers granted by Congress in the Food Bill of August 10, 1917, were of sufficient scope to allow of very great results being arrived at if we are able to carry out these powers.
You remark about the waste of foodstuffs in Government camps and institutions. We have had the most hearty support of the military authorities in doing away with any failure to conserve food and trust that through our State Administrators we shall be able in the near future to report a very marked falling off in this useless waste of food. We are much cheered whenever we receive such a letter as you have written because we feel that throughout the country there must be other people like yourself who desire to back up in every way possible the man chosen by our President to take charge of Food Administration matters. Should further legislation be necessary for further food control, we are inclined to think that Mr. Wilson will probably give it to us, but in the meantime, we all are agreed that with our present Food Bill we have a very excellent base from which to operate.With sincere thanks for your interest and hoping that if at any time we can do anything for you or answer any question, you will not fail to call upon us, we are
Faithfully yours,
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION
States Administration Division,
Per
Dear Mr. McFarlin:
Your letter of January 5th to President Wilson has been referred to Mr. Hoover and in turn to this Division for answer.
We all greatly appreciate your hearty backing of Mr. Hoover and your desire that he be given such complete control. We all feel, however, at the moment that the powers granted by Congress in the Food Bill of August 10, 1917, were of sufficient scope to allow of very great results being arrived at if we are able to carry out these powers.
You remark about the waste of foodstuffs in Government camps and institutions. We have had the most hearty support of the military authorities in doing away with any failure to conserve food and trust that through our State Administrators we shall be able in the near future to report a very marked falling off in this useless waste of food. We are much cheered whenever we receive such a letter as you have written because we feel that throughout the country there must be other people like yourself who desire to back up in every way possible the man chosen by our President to take charge of Food Administration matters. Should further legislation be necessary for further food control, we are inclined to think that Mr. Wilson will probably give it to us, but in the meantime, we all are agreed that with our present Food Bill we have a very excellent base from which to operate.With sincere thanks for your interest and hoping that if at any time we can do anything for you or answer any question, you will not fail to call upon us, we are
Faithfully yours,
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION
States Administration Division,
Per
Original Format
Letter
To
McFarlin, James F.
Files
Citation
United States Food Administration, “United States Food Administration to James F. McFarlin,” 1918 January 11, WWP19323, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.