Perhaps one of their troubles in holding the support of Congress has been too much concern for "big money" projects. and too little concern for these humanitarian projects of which I am speaking today. In addition to seeking to prevent any reduction in the small amount of administrative funds devoted to the Food for Peace program. I suggest to AID that it should seriously consider establishing within its organization a Bureau for Food and Humanitarian Assistance. so that the programs like food for peace. voluntary agency support. refugee relief. and similar efforts which do have mass public support are not hidden away in the basement. while all the public attention is focussed on trying to get money for big projects that cannot be interpreted in terms of people. at home or abroad. Such a bureau should be in whatever agency handles other foreign economic assistancenot just in State Departmentbecause we should keep humanitarian assistance away from shortterm political influences. and food assistance relates to both economic development and humanitarian assistance. The bulk of humanitarian assistance involves food. yet it would be wrong to categorize all food aid as just humanitarian as many food programs make a solid contribution to economic development.