5- #417 Twentythird from Vatican City            
 
                                                            
 
 
Food for his starving children with equal gratitude but he is anxious   
to recieve even befor his home is rebuilt the tools of his trade in   
order that he may himself tomorrow with his work give to his family   
what they needjust as the farmer whose land has been wrecked by the   
war is anxious to receive a plough with which to till his land and to   
                    overcome starvation.                    
 
                                                            
 
 
These are the hopes of our people.  Every form of relief  however   
generous can only be a temporary measure for it cannot solve the basic   
situation which calls for every effort on our own part for the   
reconstruction of our country.  Our workshops, plants, and factories   
must be rebuilt.  Our land must be rebuilt.  Our land must be ploughed   
and sowed and all that has been destroyed by the war must be made good   
again.  The wounds of war must be healed and a new life must arise   
where all sems lost. In order to carry this out, it is necessary to   
exercise a firmwill to work hard and to have raw materials and means   
of transporation.  Some of these factors are available, othrs are   
lacking.  A supreme effort must be made for the rehabilitation and   
reconstruction of our country.  Every Italian is convinced of his   
faith in this possibility and has the firm will to find within himself  
               the strenght for his rebirth.                
 
                         He desires