FEDERAL WHEAT MAY BE USED AS FOOD FOR POOR
Federal Wheat May Be Used As Food for Poor Farm Board and Hoover Get Suggestion for Disposal of Country's Grain Surplus CHICAGO, HI. — Federal wheat purchased by the Farm Board on the Board of...
...was announced that President Hoover, as well as the Farm Board, would be given an opportunity to approve the plan...
...Such supplies are to be sold to charitable institutions at low prices, just sufficient to cover overhead and handling charges...
...Jones and the committee have advanced the idea that this program oe expanded to include the manufacture of flour from government wheat to aid in the feeding of the unemployed during the cold months...
...Flour and fruit can keep thousands of families from going hungry this winter and lessen the need of charity, it was stated, and it...
...Federal wheat purchased by the Farm Board on the Board of Trade here, much of which has been stored in warehouses pending disposal, may be used for flour to be sold or given to charitable institutions, it was learned here...
...Service of the Department of Labor, who stated that the Economic Conservation committee of America had already been engaged in utilizing surplus peach, prune, and fig crops on the Pacific coast for food for the needy...
...The Farm Board is reported to be considering the proposition at Washington, following a suggestion made by Francis I. Jones, director of the Employment...
Vol. 1 • November 1930 • No. 48
