for Refugees" and the "Pontifical Commission for Refugees" the Italian Red Cross has accepted full responcibility for this service as ated by the mobile hospitals and the 394 nurses in refugee c Although the Italian Red Cross' services have historically been connected with medicinal and health service the basic organizational experience in the fields of hospital, dispensary, visiting nurses, warehousing and transport and refugess health permit them to offer a substantial contribution i the field of relief distribution. In additon to this experience the basic organization of the national Red Cross through its zones and provinces to the communes parelles the organization of the National Government and the Vatican. In additon to offering a substantial contribution to distribution the participation of the Red Cross will permit the strengthening of this organization and will make a substantial contribution to the strengthening of a basic structure in Italy. It is obvious from these statements that existing facilities on the National Gevernment, Vatican and Italian Red Cross level are adequate if properly used to meet the distributive situation within the communes, provided food , medicines and other supplies are available. The three agencies described --the government, the Vatican and the Italian Red Cross have, through the railway ( in process of restoration) trucks and other vehicles, control over all the existing transportation facilities. The National Agency has access to all these facilities, on the basis of fress transportation, free services and volentary workers i all the necessary fields. It is intended to be entirely Italianin character in order to help Itlay to help herslef. As advisors and consultants, we have |