I want to repeat again what I have said earlierthat to me a hungry person in a friendly foreign country receiving food through a voluntary American organization which tells the recipient that the food is a gift of the taxpayer of the United Statesdoes more good in winning friends and influencing people for the cause of the Free World than almost any other single thing we are doing. I believe the American people would be willing to expand this program. provided. of course. they realize that the food is not used to keep in power a particular person or group of persons but is used for direct relief purposes as our people have every right to expect. I think more use should be made of title II. especially as it concerns the authority to assist refugees. I should like to emphasize here. again. the fact that all kinds of agricultural commodities have been used under titles II and III of this program. To give some specific totals for fiscal year 1956 and through the months of July to March of fiscal year 1957. the following amounts of commodities have been distributed: dried beans. 204 million pounds. butter. 272.7 million pounds. butter oil. 99 million pounds. cheese. 424.7 million pounds. eggs. 36.2 million pounds. frozen hamburger. 66 million pounds. lard. 59.4 million pounds. milk. nonfat. dry. 899.4 million pounds. pork. 164.7 million pounds. shortening. including cottonseed oil. 64.2 million pounds. sweetpotatoes. 21 million pounds. frozen turkeys. 25.2 million poundsand other commodities 19.4 million pounds.
Keywords matched
refugees