Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917, Supplement 2, The World War, Volume I

Food Administrator’s File

The Food Administration Representative at London ( Sheldon) to the Food Administrator ( Hoover)

London, September 7, 1917.

My Dear Hoover: On your representation that steps should be taken immediately, especially in your cable to Mr. Weir² of August 23,³ all haste was made to get this [Meat and Fats] Executive constituted and on the 29th a cable was sent you direct³ notifying you that an agreement had been signed by Great Britain and France and had been agreed to by the Italian delegates. A copy of this agreement was also sent forward to you direct by the Ministry of Food.³

Mr. Owen Hugh Smith expected to leave to-morrow but he has been somewhat delayed as the make-up of his mission could not be satisfactorily arranged in time to take to-morrow’s steamer. He will be in charge generally of the plan of working out the practical details of the Meat and Fats Executive and probably many other questions concerning the supply of food to the United Kingdom.⁴

He is said to have been very successful in his work in the Ministry of Munitions.

Sincerely yours,

L. P. Sheldon

2. Andrew Weir, British Surveyor General of Supply.
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4. His mission arrived in New York Oct. 2, 1917; it eventually developed into the Allied Provisions Export Commission.