the War Department's position is as you set it forth in Point 3 of your   
message; this, also, is subject to the recommendations and views of the   
theater commander as to the most suitable manner of handling the clothing   
which the War Department has requested.  The cause of the delay, and the   
chief difficulty in accomplishing the arrangements is said to be the   
      insistance on free distribution of the clothing.      
 
                                                            
 
 
In the last paragraph of your message you made reference to a statement   
about all supplies which were contributed being put in an Allied pool and   
being turned aside to other countries.  This statement is not correct; the   
supplies of clothing will be shipped to the areas or the countries for   
which they were intended or for which they were contributed.  Untrue   
rumors and statements on this subject have been circulated, for the   
purpose of making mischief, according to the War Relief Control Board.    
The correct facts about the distribution of clothing will be published   
very soon in Italy and elsewhere; arrangments are now being made for   
                           this.                            
 
                                                            
 
 
With reference to the activites and the status of private relief agencies   
on a voluntary basis, such agencies as the American Relief for Italy,   
Incorporated, the State Department, after consulting the President's War   
Relief Control Board and other agencies tha are interested, has taken the   
position that relief in freed areas during the period of hte emergency   
should carried out through governmental channels, and that voluntary   
private relief agencies should complement and supplement action of the   
government so far as such complementary activities are possible within the   
limits of the supplies available and other facilities essential to relief   
operations, such as shipping space, port acceptances, and others.  Also,   
 is the view of the Department with reference to Americna Re