U.S. Food Administration

File — Box: 4200.002

Scope and Contents

* Be Patriotic - Sign your Country's pledge to save the food * Blood or bread - others are giving their blood - You will shorten the war - Save life if you eat only what you need and waste nothing * Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food Administration for more food for starving millions. Eat less wheat - meat - fats and sugar. Ship more to the people of France - Belgium - Italy * Do not be fooled by the lies of the enemy … the Government prohibits hoarding * Eat More Corn, Oats and Rye - Fish and poultry - Fruits, vegetables and potatoes, Baked, Boiled and Broiled foods. Eat less wheat, meats, sugar and fats to save for the Army and our Allies * Feed a Fighter - eat only what you need - waste nothing - that he and his family may have enough * Food - 1. Buy it with thought. 2. Cook it with care. 3. Use less wheat and meat. 4. buy local foods. 5. Serve just enough. 6. Use what is left. - Don't waste it * Food is Ammunition - Don't Waste It! * Food Will Win the War - You came here seeking freedom - You must now help preserve it - Wheat is needed for the Allies - Waste Nothing * Hunger - for three years America has fought starvation in Belgium. Will you eat less - wheat - meat - fats and sugar that we may still send food in ship loads? * Keep it coming - "We must not only feed our soldiers at the front but the millions of women and children behind our lines" Gen. John H. Pershing - Waste nothing * Kościuszko Pulawski - walczlio o wolność w A,eryce. Czy ty Pomoźesz Ameryce walczyć o wolność w Polsce? Jedz mniej. Pszenicy-mie̜sa-txuszczy-cukru. Abyśmy mogli po modz naszym braciom walczacym w Armiach Alianckich. [Eat less...wheat-meat-fats-sugar to support our brothers fighting in allied armies] * L'Italia, ha Bisogno di carne - frumento - grasso e zucchero - mangiate poco di questo cibo perché deve andare al nostro popolo, e le truppe d'Italia * Little Americans do your bit - eat Oatmeal - Corn meal mush - Hominy - other corn meals - and Rice with milk. Save the wheat for our soldiers - leave nothing on your plate * Save - 1. Wheat - use more corn. 2. Meat - use more fish and beans. 3. Fats - use just enough. 4. Sugar - use syrups. And serve the cause of freedom * Save a loaf a week - help win the war * Save the products of the Land - Eat More Fish - They feed themselves * The Spirit of '18 - The World Cry, Food - Keep the Home Garden Going * Sugar means Ships - For your beverages 400 million lbs. of sugar were imported in Ships last year/ Every Ship is needed to carry soldiers and supplies now. The Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Drinks Must Be Reduced * Victory is a question of stamina. Send - the wheat - meat - fats - sugar - the fuel for fighters * War Rages in France - We Must Feed Them. They Cannot Fight and Raise Food at the Same Time. Denying ourselves only a little means life to them * Why is it necessary to eat less meat and wheat bread? Eat plenty, wisely, without waste, and help win the war