09/22/1919
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"In view of the confidential nature of the work of the Council of National Defense and its importance to the Government in the crisis which has arisen, the Council is authorized to employ for the perio..."
"The world’s food reserves are low."
"The supreme need of our own nation and of the nations with whom we are co-operating is an abundance of supplies, and especially of food-stuffs."
"The supreme test of the nation has come. We must all speak, act, and serve together!"