Obviously other countries should also help. obviously the nations with whom a government is allied should be the first to assistbut equally obvious. shall we wait for thousands to die until some Eastern bloc countries contribute what we would consider a "fair share?" Transport and logistical aid is sorely needed in Ethiopia right now. because unless the seed being contributed by the international community reaches the farmers in the hinterlands. there will be no crop next year. and more misery and suffering for the farmers July 21. 1.983 and villagers of the region next year. as well. One does not have to be a disaster expert to realize that farmers without seed will be hungry and unemployed. Even if they can survive this years drought.-next year they will be hungry again. and many will be forced to flee with their families. crowding the already full refugee camps of the region. I would like to join with my colleagues today in urging that our Government respond promptly and generously to this disaster. which could result in the death of over 200.000 people in Ethiopia alone unless food aid can be brought quickly into the rural and mountainous regions of that country. We have serious political and ideological differences with the Government of Ethiopiaas we have had in the past with the Governments of Romania and China. and Cambodiabut our humanitarian concern compelled us then. and now to protect human lives. no matter what the ideology of the nation where the people reside.