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title: Cardinal Mercier Has Appealed to the Food Administration for More Food for Starving Millions
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cardinal-mercier-food-administration-1918/
description: A stylised head-and-shoulders portrait of an older man in red cardinal's dress sits above text saying Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food
section: Collection
---

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# Cardinal Mercier Has Appealed to the Food Administration for More Food for Starving Millions

A stylised head-and-shoulders portrait of an older man in red cardinal's dress sits above text saying Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food Administration for food for starving millions. It asks Americans to eat less wheat, meat, fats and sugar and to ship more to France, Belgium and Italy. The tell is the named church figure as the source of the request, backed by the image of famine abroad.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Cardinal MERCIER
has appealed to the
Food Administration
for more food for
starving millions.
Eat less wheat- meat-
fats and sugar. Ship
more to the war-stricken
people of
FRANCE - BELGIUM - ITALY

ILLION
LATHAM LITHO & MFG. CO. BROOKLYN [imprint, lower right, very small; partly legible]
```

'Eat less wheat- meat- fats and sugar.' is printed in red italic. Hyphens follow the printed layout. The imprint at lower right is very small and only partly legible.

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