Prof. Canaperia: We did not go into the area you mention.
 
     
 
 
Brig. Parkinson: It must have been Red Cross material.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Taylor: Will you forward a copy of this complaint to the National   
Committee?
 
     
 
 
Ing.Vicentini: Yes. I think they were referring to shoes made by the   
Government.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Crawley: I cannot understand why the Red Cross would give all those   
shoes without additional supplies. It doesn't sound like our distribution.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Silber: It is understood that the next distribution authorized will   
be to Sicily after the Naples City. In carrying out our schedules we must put   
in our bids with A.C. in advance to insure transport. I would like to ask Ing.   
Vicentini when he will be ready for distribution for Foggia City. I have   
arranged the railroad trucks for the 29th.
 
     
 
 
Ing. Vicentini: I shall tell you this afternoon.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Silber: I will arrange transport whenever you are ready for Rome   
Province.
 
     
 
 
Ing.Vicentini: Two communes of Rome have their trucks.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Silber: The transport is arranged for Rome, and Naples will  
have its own.
 
     
 
 
Mr. Taylor: I think you should reccgnize the fact that we have free   
transport--on a free basis. Of course we could not pay, our funds go into   
supplies, not service and I think we owe a great deal to A.C.and AFHQ for   
their fine performance and the use of their facilities. I was thinking last   
night about the work of the National Committee. Continous appeals have been   
made to the Govermment and to Ing. Galeazzi, representing the Vatican, for   
automobiles and trucks. Neither Agency has indicated that they could offer   
assistance in this regard. The National Committee at the present time is   
without any means of transport with the exception of automobiles rented from   
private owners paying from 700 to 1,000 lire a day for their use. The American   
priests have been furnished no transport by the Vatican. The travels of Father   
Markam in the Cassino area were made in a vehicle rented by the National   
Committee at a cost of 700 lire a day. Although the President and the   
Secretary of the Interior have been requested to requisition automobiles and   
have been given the names and addresses of automobiles, they have failed to   
act, and Ing.Vicentini is sure they will not act. No one in America or here   
thought of distribution in the beginning, we thought only of planning   
accumulation. There should be contribution of vehicles to stop the expenses   
of renting cars from private sources.
 
     
 
 
We will call another meeting as soon as questions some up.  Our plans   
made here in the Advisory Group are only plans that we present to the National   
Committee, but I hope the National Committee will not release the use of   
materials unless first going through this process. It would cause confusion   
and competition.
 
     
 
 
Ing. Galeazzi: Mr.Vicentini can make the contact with the National   
Committee.
 
     
 
 
Mr.Taylor: If that ends the discussion, I would like to suggest that as   
many of us as possible ride out to the refugee camps.
 
     
 
 
Brig. Parkinson: I made arrangements to do that.