<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> During the United States participation in World War I the U.S. Food Administration was the responsible agency for the administration of the U.S. army overseas and allies' food reserves . One of its important tasks was the stabilization of the price of wheat on the U.S. market . It was established by Executive Order 2679 - A of August 10, 1917, pursuant to the Food and Fuel Control Act . </P> <P> Under the direction of Herbert Hoover the U.S. Food Administration employed its Grain Corporation, organized under the provisions of the Food Control Act of August 10, 1917, as an agency for the purchase and sale of foodstuff . Having done transactions in the size of $7 billion it was rendered obsolete by the armistice in Europe . President Woodrow Wilson promoted its transition in a new agency for the support of the reconstruction of Europe . It became the American Relief Administration, approved by an Act (Public, No. 274, 65th Congress) on February 25, 1919 . </P> <P> The Food Administration Grain Corporation became the United States Grain Corporation pursuant to Executive Order 3087 of May 14, 1919 . </P>

During world war 1 the head of the food administration