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tears have flowed, as we have tried, as far 

 as conditions have permitted, to assnage the 

 suffering and lighten the burden of those 

 who have been the innocent victims of an 

 insane Inst for power and conquest. It is 

 for us to say whether we will blindly pro- 

 crastinate until it is too late to avert catas- 

 trophe, or will rise to the situation and place 

 our national existence and welfare on a se- 

 cure foundation, by giving to the forces of 

 civilization the aid and reinforcement our 

 present, fortunate position makes possible. 



If our Government, alive to its respon- 

 sibilities, and in the fullness of its wisdom, 

 places our food supplies and resources un- 

 der the administrative control of a National 

 Food Commission, as seems certain, it is to 

 be hoped that every true American citizen 

 will contribute his share to the successful 

 evolution of the plan by familiarizing him- 

 self with its purpose and neglecting no op- 

 portunity of upholding a movement that 

 first and last will mean so much to all hu- 

 manity. 



