Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1918 — MAY RECEIVE FEDERAL AID [ARTICLE]

MAY RECEIVE FEDERAL AID

STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE SUGGESTS EXPENSES MAY BE PAID. With the vastly increased duties I being imposed upon county food administrators, a number at resignaI tions have been received by Dr. I Harry E. Barnard, federal food adI ministtator for Indiana. Difficulty . I has been experienced in some places lin securing satisfactory successors I and the' situation is such that Dr. I Barnard is urging public spirited’ 1 citizens of the state to encourage I the food administrators in the uaI selfish work they are performing I “under unusual difficulties and with I no reward, save the sense of having I made a conscientious effort to ddo I their duty.” I “It was originally hoped to have I county councils of defense finance I the office of the food administrator,” I said Dr. /Barnard. “This being I found impossible in many instances I the administrators themselves, in addition to the gratuitous work they did for the government and the people of their communities, paid from their own funds the expenses of an office and Stenographer. In other places there have been voluntary contributions from wholesalers and retailers who have appreciated the situation of the food administrator and the work he was called upon to perform, without recompense or assistance. “Now we have the county food ad- [ ministrative organization in Indiana complete and in splendid workinjf order. Some of the administrators are finding the work too exacting of .their time and talents and are resigning. It is unfortunate that conditions have been discouraging, but the work has to be done and it has been done and it is deserving of recognition and support. Within a very short time, it is expected that the federal plah of paying the expenses of the county food adminis* trators will be in effect, and the source of greatest dissatisfaction will be thus removed. In the meantime I trust the patriotic people of Indiana, who know and understand the postion of the county food administrator will rally round him and help him emulate the example of the good soldier who never quits under fire, nor abandons a campaign just. started. The county administrators deserve credit for the important work of effecting an equitable distribution of staples, without which i there must certainly have been hardships and possibly famine: They have been one of the saving factors in guaranteeing an adequate food supply for our soldiers and sailors and the starving civilian population of Europe. When the final record of accomplishment shall have been made up in connection with the emergency of the past year and a half, the. work of the food administration of which they have been a very conspicuous part will reflect a measure of credit that will in part, I trust, justify the sacrifices they are making now.”