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which you are placing milk, we will be glad to say that is your
province   
for that purpose--and if the Government approves it, we will be glad to
add   
our food to those institutions and work through   
appropriate setups so that if that is under tke Red Cross, or some
responsible   
agency, we will be glad to work out a plan to protect that territory
with   
you and add from UNRRA's stocks for these institutions. We have
additional   
commodities, and if you have milk and clothing, the institutions will
get   
everything they need. We will be glad for you to have the supervisory
relationship in those institutions in the distribution of relief
supplies   
with the help of UNRRA's supplies if the Government wishes it.  
 
 
Mr. Taylor: The thing we want to avoid is to have the milk which  
is distributed by American Relief for Italy become a part of the genial
food supply of the Government. We want to make sure it goes to these
places   
on a free basis and that it isn't pooled into the rail, supply of the
nation and diverted to some other use through the Government.  
 
 
Mr. Keeny: That wouldn't present any difficulty. All of our material go
through the Government, but that won't make a difference. The two will
not be mixed, and the credit will not be taken from American Relief for
Italy, because that would tend to dry up the sources of supply. You can
count on us to help you. I would like to work with you in sending good
reports to America in keeping this work before the public.  
 
 
Mr. Taylor: Judge Marchisio wired the other day that he is reasonably
certain American Relief for Italy can ship a minimum of eleven million
pounds during the next six months consisting of approximately six
million   
pounds of clothing, four million pounds of milk and one million pounds
of   
shoes, vitamins, medicines etc... He said it was impossible  
to give a monthly estimate as American Relief for Italy is totally   
dependent on collection drives. The value of keeping the activities  
of this organization before the eyes of the American people is proved
in   
a case recently happening in BrooKlyn; the labor people of one
organization   
donated "200,000 cans of milk to American Relief for Italy."  
 
 
Mr. Keeny: Would it help if we wrote a statement to the effect that  
the need for American Relief for Italy is not lessened now that UNRRA  
is here, supporting the idea that everybody should give to American
Relief   
for Italy in response to its appeals and not allow the idea that UNRRA
covers the need.            
 
 
Mr. Taylor: Judge Marchisio has wired asking me to speak to the  
United States on the radio on April 12 on the first anniversary of
~' American Relief for Italy. I asked him to postpone the broadcast to
the 17th. If y~?u could write a paragraph such as you suggest and get
it in my hands before that broadcast, it will be fine. The broadcast
will be on a nationwide hook-up. It is at a time when the N.~tional  
Drive for clothing is on.  
 
 
Mr. Keeny: We can prepare a statement concerning the needs for clothing
and milk. We will have to look to American Relief for Italy to get most
of the clothing into the country.  
 
 
Mr. Taylor: I think our work will be more clear to the people of we   
designate a specific list of institutions to receive milk and medicine
through the distributing facilities of ENDSI. We are not making drive
for medicines particularly, but people offer it, and we are glad to
accept   
it. I think with Ing. Vicentini, Mr. Barr and Mgr. Carroll-Abbing
working   
with Avvocato Montini that everything will go along very well.