Lutheran World Relief. and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee or on a governmenttogovernment basis. concentrated more on maternal and child health care. along with school lunch programs. and less on direct family dole. We have seen new products designed and developed to meet nutritional needs of children. and help eliminate the worlds protein shortage. And. right now. we are seeing some of these new lowcost high protein products originally developed through this program become the mainstay of saving lives among Pakistani refugee. just as they did in Nigeria before peaceful conditions were restored in that country. What concerns me. in the face of concern over other phases of our foreign assistance effort. particularly military assistance. is that all of our colleagues may not realize how crucial AID funds are to the effective operation of food for peace. It is true that the financing of the food purchases in the United States for this program are handled under other appropriationsthrough the Commodity Credit Corporation in USDA. But the Agency for International Development handles the overseas implementation of the foodforpeace program. and the Washington programing end of the food donation phases for maternal and child health care. for school lunch programs. for work for development projects. for the world food program of FAO and for UNICEF. and for contributions to refugee programs such as in Nigeria and India and East Pakistan. As a result. the administrative funds for the foodforpeace program come out of the Foreign Assistance Act appropriationa very limited amounttoo limited. in my opinionbut a very necessary amount to assure the food gets to the people who need it. and is wisely and construcitvely used. Thus a very small investment in administrative dollars to the Agency for International Development is protecting the effective use of billions of dollars of food aid financed from another source.