Col. McSweenwy: That program has been carried on by Col. McPhee under   
Dunlop 15,000 pairs of shoes have been allocated to Sardinia.  13,000 have   
gone 5,000 pairs of shoes sold to people in the individual ares-mostly to   
miners.  
                                                            
 
Ing. Galeazzi: The miners should receive first priority on the shoes.  It   
is most urgent, because they can produce more Coal.  
                                                            
 
Col. McSweeney: Contrary to the first report, the people in Sardinia do   
need clothing.  
                                                            
 
Brig. Parkinson: In the areas where distributions have been made, do the   
people seem to be satisfied with what they are getting?  
                                                            
 
Mgr. Carroll -Abbing: Yes, they are genuinely satisfied.  
                                                            
 
Ing. Vicentini: I found in the Abruzzi that the people were very pleased.  
                                                            
 
Brig. Parkinson: What is the present situation concerning the hospitals   
which you are setting up at Cassino?  
                                                            
 
Ing. Vicentini: We have had some difficulty with the transport of the   
materials.  
                                                            
 
Dr. Canaperia: Work was started on the first one last week, and it will be    
open and ready for use at the end of the month if the weather is good.  
                                                            
 
Mr. Silber: A good dealof the material has already been transported there. Now what about the  milk distribution for the refugee camps in Rome?  
                                                            
 
Dr. Canaperia: There are two comps here in Rome to which milk and vitiamins will be distributed for children and coffee for adults.  
                                                            
 
Mr. Silber: Are you going to start the work reasonably soon?  
                                                            
 
Dr. Canaperia: We expect to build up two of the small barracks, one at the each end of the refugee camps, as a center for the distribution. We are going ahead.  
                                                            
 
Brig. Parkinson: They were going to try to move the refugees out of the camps, but at the second one we visited the other day women were coming begging to stay.  
                                                            
 
Dr. Canaperia: Yes, I spoke to the HIgh Commissioner of the Refugees. They are going to stay for a while. They are waiting for other refugees from the north.  
                                                            
 
Mr. Silber: There are still close to 1,000 refugees at Cesano. They were planning to close that camp up too.  
                                                            
 
Dr. Canaperia: There are still refugees there, and they will not be moved if they do not have another place to go.  
                                                            
 
Mgr. Carroll-Abbing: They have started an agricultural center there. It would be a pity for them to move.  
                                                            
 
Mr. Silber: The A.C. has been four months rehabilitating that camp, and now they are going to lose it.  
                                                            
 
Col. McSweeney: UNRRA came in to see me about getting canvas. General   
               Brown, do you have any canvas?