June 5, 1944                        
 
              MEMORANDUM FOR MR. MYRON TAYLOR               
 
                                                            
 
 
I have your recent memorandum relating to the five trustees for Italian   
relief, and note your hope of finding a permanent Board of Directors   
representative of the Italian community, thus fulfilling the duty of the   
    temporary trustees and permittingg their retirement.    
 
                                                            
 
 
Your recommendation as to Italian relief is that the Red Cross should   
tackle this job at once, as an administrative arm of UNRRA, in view of the   
fact that UNRRA has no directive to distribute relief in Italy.  I am   
asking tha State Department to go into this matter with the Red Cross and   
the representatives of UNRRA.  Based on the result of that inquiry, I will   
consider your suggestion that a direct instruction be given to the   
                         military.                          
 
                   Franklin D. Roosevelt