Word: reliefers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This week the proposals for food reduction made by the Student Council Committee for Food Relief will be presented to the student body to accept or reject. First reaction of dining hall gourmets will undoubtedly be to utter loud moans at the thought of gastronomic deprivation. Yet, actual balloting should reveal unqualified approval of a plan to help relieve untold suffering in Europe at the cost of very slight sacrifice here...
...University has agreed to turn over one thousand dollars weekly to the Committee if the proposals are accepted in full by men in the College, Union, and Business School dining halls. These funds, together with other contributions, will be used to purchase food on the Boston market, through recognized relief agencies. In this way not only will strategic foodstuffs be conserved here, but they will be taken off the open market for shipment abroad...
This is no undertaking to mullet the Dining Hall System. The money turned over to Harvard food Relief will be an indirect contribution from University students in response to President Truman's appeal. On the other hand, no one need fear that Lehman Hall is going to make a profit at his expense. Any funds saved above the specified amount will be turned over to the Committee after a general accounting in June...
With final preparation completed yesterday, the Student Council Food Relief Committee ballot to determine student opinion on proposed cuts in dining hall and Union menus will be presented to Undergraduates and to Law and Graduate students eating at the Union at the noon meal Thursday, the Committee revealed last night...
...through, the resulting reduction in food costs will amount to 25 cents per week per student, or a total of $750 dollars weekly for the 3000 students polled. Money saved in this manner will be turned over to the Student Council, who will in turn present it to reputable relief organizations for the purchases of food for Europe...