March 11, 2003
WASHINGTON D.C. -
In a symbolic effort to show their support for American troops protecting freedom
abroad and their displeasure with France's continued refusal to stand with its U.S.
allies, U.S. Rep. Bob Ney (OH-18), Chairman of the Committee on House Administration,
today responded to a letter circulated by U.S. Rep. Walter Jones (NC-03), and ordered
that "French fries" be removed from all restaurant menus in the three House office buildings
and be replaced with "freedom fries". Chairman Ney directed this change, as well as the new
term, "freedom toast", instead of "French toast", in a letter to the House Chief Administrative
Officer who supervises restaurant operations in the House.

Dr Charles Mégnin
New Orleans, LA 70115

New Orleans, March 12th 2003,

Dear Congressman Ney,
As a Frenchman residing in the United States, I would like to express my profound gratitude for your
efforts at dissociating our nation from the greasy organic matter that so many of your compatriots seem
to enjoy ingesting daily. As you know, we pride ourselves in the quality of our food and find it
intolerable that lardy potato scraps be identified as having anything to do with our heritage.

May I suggest that you further extend your important efforts to "French dressing", a nauseating salad mix
that is also entirely foreign to our culinary art ?

Thank you again and best wishes,

Duplicates of this letter were also emailed to Reps Saxton and Jones, co-masterminds of the War on Potatos.

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