in a civil sense to the Italian Government.  I believe UNRRA should operate,   
if at all, in the most orderly way, and I think all objectives should be   
specific rather than vague and indefinite. I don't believe that any agency   
should be given too wide a scope of authority to come into the country at a   
moment when Italy is really on the way to help itself. I don't believe that   
imposing a foreign administration or anything that has the earmarks of   
domination over this country at this time in relief operation and   
administration is advisable. Nor do I believe it is advisable to impose upon   
Italy American and British standards of living. I think many people who come   
here think that American and British standards could be accomplished here. I   
don't think they can. I think our background is such that it might set a goal   
which is unattainable--certainly unattainable in these present days. I don't   
think we want to change Italian people into Americans or British. Their   
background is different.  I think to set up s super-agency in this country   
which would have some authority over any element of national life, that is not   
already present here, is a great mistake. I don't think it is in the interest   
of real recovery. I don't believe that any of us know what the precise   
objective is. We talk in vague terms of relief as applied to children, as   
applied to mothers, as applied to plagues or some other element of disease,   
and we don't particularize. We don't know what it is we are trying to do. In   
the matter of milk distribution we do know what we are doing; I don't think,   
however, we can hope to do it throughout the whole nation. Even though certain   
supplies of milk are available, it certainly would not be enough to take care   
of the whole child population of Italy. It is a cormmendable, emotional   
impulse to try to help somebody. I believe some of the alleged objectives of   
UNRRA will cross the work of the National Committee; they are bound to. So   
that if a careful analysis is not made, and if an arrangement is not made with   
UNRRA--and Italy still wants the assistance of those elements that are   
involved in American Relief for Italy, the field in which their donations are   
to continue to be used through the National Committee, must be clearly   
specified. The time will come when ARI, as far as we have representation here,   
will not be necessary--assuming our field for actual distribution is clearly   
delineated and practiced. Such aid to Italy can go on being made through the   
National Committee without any further direction such as representatives of   
American Relief for Italy give it in this group, because it will become a   
matter of repetition. I think all relief activities should be made the   
responsibility of the National Government. The work done by foreign agencies   
in this country should be temporary. With that in mind as an objective it   
seems to me we have got to be very specific as to our plans for the future.
 
     
 
 
Ing. Galeazzi: I think your point is quite just and right. It is much   
better to have the national agencies function in a general sense rather than   
any other agency on the spot. Wonderful help to the Italian Government might   
be given through allowing their own organizations to function. The purpose of   
the ENDSI should in a general sense be the purpose of having these supplies   
reach the various organizations and departments of the Italian Government and   
allowing them to function; for instance, giving medicines to the people--there   
are hospitals and doctors here for that purpose. There are the Red Cross   
organizations who are anxious to help. OMNI is already organized--an   
organization of the government which is all over the country to help and   
assist mothers and children. They only are lacking supplies. It is not a good   
plan to run hospitals--but