The “Food For Peace” Program Brings “New life and hope to millions of people throughout the world
Americans have a long history of giving food to other countries. President Madison sent emergency aid to Venezuelan earthquake victims in 1812; Herbert Hoover oversaw huge feeding programs during and after World War I; Truman's post-war Marshall Plan fed Western Europe; and Eisenhower's Agricultural Trade Development Assistance Act directed that surplus food...
Americans have a long history of giving food to other countries. President Madison sent emergency aid to Venezuelan earthquake victims in 1812; Herbert Hoover oversaw huge feeding programs during and after World War I; Truman's post-war Marshall Plan fed Western Europe; and Eisenhower's Agricultural Trade Development Assistance Act directed that surplus food be donated to the needy overseas. President Kennedy emphasized the importance of this program by renaming it "Food for Peace" and placing it in the newly created U.S. Agency for International Development. "Food," he said, "is strength, and food is peace, and food is freedom, and food is a helping to people around the world whose good will and friendship we want." In January 1961, as one of his first official acts, Kennedy signed an Executive Order expanding the Food for Peace Program. Here he notes that California, with its 108,000 record-producing farms, has a fundamental role to play in the success of this important endeavor.
Typed Letter Signed as President, on green White House letterhead, Washington, January 17, 1962. Discreet secretarial notations at top; key phrase underlined; date and number stamped. In fine condition. “As the date nears for the regional conference of the American Food For Peace Council in San Francisco, I wish to congratulate you and the citizens of California for the contribution you are making to this significant program. California's agriculture is playing an important role in bringing new life and hope to millions of people throughout the world. The abundance of your farms and ranches is fundamental to the success of the Food for Peace Program. I congratulate you and your fellow Californians for making this possible. I hope that many citizens will be able to participate in…our Food for Peace effort.”
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