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Who was Head of the food administration?

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On 6 April 1917, the US declared war on Germany. Herbert Hoover was appointed by President Wilson to become U.S. Food Administrator. The purpose of the Food Administration was to provide food for the armies that would be fighting against the Germans (our allies), for the Allied peoples, and for U.S. citizens at home.

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