Mr. Taylor: What exactly would you do with them?
 
     
 
 
Mr. Crawley: The Italian Red Cross is badly in need of ambulances.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Galeazzi: How many ambulances did the Italian Red Cross have? Many   
were taken away by the Germans.
 
     
 
 
Dr. Lapponi: About 80 ambulances were either destroyed or taken away from   
Rome.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Taylor: How many in the provinces?
 
     
 
 
Ing. Galeazzi: That might be the starting point--to find out what used to   
be the number in the Italian Red Cross before they were taken away. They   
surely have the records.
 
     
 
 
Adm. Stone: Were those 80 all in civilian use?
 
     
 
 
Ing. Galeazzi: Yes.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Taylor: We have obtained the 50 trucks. They are the result at home   
of donations of trucks. Toscanini donated three of them. We have the trucks;   
now is the time to ask for 100 ambulances.
 
     
 
 
Major McSweeney: We need tires for some of our vehicles. We get salvaged   
tires in Naples, but a lot of them are nearly worn out.
 
     
 
 
Adm. Stone: Take it up with Densmore, and see if you can get some.
 
     
 
 
Brig. Parkinson: I put a priority bid yesterday for a shipment that is   
coming in.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Taylor: When the trucks arrive, what should we do with them? They   
have to be housed and cared for. They have to be assigned by American Relief   
for Italy to accomplish their particular work. I think ARI should keep them   
under their own mane.
 
     
 
 
Adm. Stone: It means you will have to start an orgaaization of drivers.   
The Vatican has a good transport system that might be followed.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Taylor: We have no money to pay for drivers or housing and servicing   
of these trucks. Who can take care of the trucks and service them? How are we   
going to allocate them? We do not want them standing idle.
 
     
 
 
Mr.Silber: The thought was expressed that American Relief for Italy will   
probably not require the full use of the 50 trucks. If some arrangement could   
be made with a military agency to house them and furnish the drivers, they in   
turn could have the use of them when ARI is not using them.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Taylor: I would like to have that studied and planned. That might be   
a way of getting them serviced and a good way to utilize them at all times.
 
     
 
 
Brig. Parkinson: The Italian Red Cross can find good use for some of   
of these trucks. They are running six hospitals and want trucks for each of   
them.
 
     
 
 
Ing. Vicentini: These trucks can be utilized in relief work from Naples   
to Leghorn, so that the agencies who take care of the trucks would have to be   
a national organization.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Taylor: You who are active in this work should get together and