morning, we will suggest that operations begin in the northern area? That is   
the question.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Silber: I think we should consider the northern areas to receive   
distributions from the new merchandise yet to arrive. It would be a good idea   
for the ship to dock at a point north of the present line. Leghorn would be   
the best point of debarkation. We have to consider the availability of   
Warehousing.
 
     
 
 
Mr.Taylor: If we know what we want to do in the Whole area, it might be   
well to take the material from the ship and transport it inland immediately.
 
     
 
 
Mr.Crawley: Piombio, they say, has facilities which could be utilized for   
storage of clothing.  The opportunities for securing storage space in leghorn   
are very limited.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Taylor: Piombino was devastated when I was there.
 
     
 
 
Brig. Parkinson: I think we are looking way ahead--but Bologna might be   
a central place for distribution.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Silber: There is a little port near the town of Rossano which has   
warehousing facilities. There was a former motion picture theater there, and   
I think that building would make an adequate warehouse.
 
     
 
 
Mr.Taylor: There is a lot of study and consideration to be done. If we   
are right in taking on further responsibility in the matter of distribution,   
then we ought to begin at once to explore the situation.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Silber: It would be wise to have your warehousing close to your   
Center of activity so that when the material arrived, you would be ready to   
go.
 
     
 
 
Mr.Taylor: You will plan to make a survey of that area.
 
     
 
 
Ing.Vicentini: Yes, we will plan to go to Leghorn and to Florence.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Taylor: Are there any other items you would ask to be sent from New    
York?
 
     
 
 
Ing. Vicentini: Last time we met we spoke about blankets and soap.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Taylor: We have advised them about that.
 
     
 
 
Brig. Parkinson: I have a letter that has just been received here which   
I think will require some investigation. (Brig.Parkinson read a letter   
concerning the refusal of an organization in one of the communes to give   
shoes to anyone who was not a member of the union) I just give you that for   
what it is worth. Evidently the situation is in hand now, and the distribuition   
will be made, but it does show that these things will have to be watched.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Taylor: Have any of you heard of other occurences similar to this?
 
     
 
 
Ing.Vicentini: No.  We have a communal committee in each place composed   
of the Sindaco, the priest and the communal health officer. Generally these   
three authorities agree. There is a good control over the distribution. We   
have heard of no incidents of this kind in our distributions.
 
     
 
 
Brig.Parkinson: They are attempting something foreign to our method of   
distribution.