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
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