Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Supplement 1, The World War, Volume I

Food Administrator’s File

The Food Administrator ( Hoover) to the British Food Controller ( Rhondda)

[Telegram]

Washington, March 29, 1918.

At a special meeting in Washington to-day 500 leading hotel men from all parts of the country resolved to absolutely abolish the use of wheat products in their hotels until the next harvest in order that through their savings and their example shipments of wheat to the Allies may proceed without interruption.

Herbert Hoover