Coscnza, Potenza and Catanzaro, as well as Sicily, Sardinia, and the  
little island of Pantelleria, have not been forgotten and clothing  
has been assigned for a further 340,000 people and is at present  
moving to them. Another important distribution being made by  
American Relief for Italy through the National Committee for   
Distribution of Relief in Italy, is to 10,000 Italian men repatriated  
from the Balkans who are returning to Italy.
 
     
 
 
A special Christmas effort was made by American Relief for  
Italy and the National Committee to organize a distribution of   
clothing and chocolate bars to the children in the former battle  
areas of Cassino and Anzio. More than 30,000 little children spent  
a happier Christmas because their brothers across the Atlantic had  
not forgotten them.
 
     
 
 
By February 1st 649,132 men, women and children had received  
clothing in liberated Italy, totaling more than two million garments.
 
     
 
 
The relief sent through American Relief for Italy is not confined   
to clothing. Large amounts of milk, milk foods, vitamins,  
medicines, surgical instruments and first-aid kits figure among  
other items of primary importance. A special medical commission of  
the National Committee (ENDSI) was set up for the distribution of  
these articles, composing the outstanding medical authorities of  
the Government, Church, and Italian Red Cross. It is of interest   
to note that the first distribution made by American Relief for  
Italy through ENDSI was a distribution of one and one quarter  
million atabrin tablets, furnished through the Allied Commission  
in the malarial zones south of Rome last Autumn. More than 50,000  
people received the necessary supplies of medicine, improving the  
health conditions in that area.
 
     
 
 
Milk and milk foods have been given to 16 children's hospitals  
in Rome and 8 in Naples; in addition to 6,000 children in the 110  
orphanages in Rome and to 5,000 in the 70 orphanages of Naples.