POST-WAR RELIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25385, 17 November 1943, Page 3

POST-WAR RELIEF

PROVISION OF FINANCE LEVY ON UNITED NATIONS RUGBY, Nov. 15. Advisers to Mr Herbert Lehman, director-general of the United Nations’ Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, have decided to sponsor a formula by which the U.N.R.R.A. will be financed through assessments of 1 per cent, of the national income of the participating countries, states an Atlantic City message. There are no indications yet on what year it will be based, but some reports say 1940 would be selected. A Washington message says that Mr Roosevelt sent a message to Congress asking for authorisation to appropriate funds to permit United States participation in U.N.R.R.A., and said he would specify the amount following the close of the Atlantic City meeting. It is understood that the United States share would be between 1,000,000,000 and 1,500,0001)00 dollars. The President said the pfength of the war might be materially shortened if, as each occupied country was freed, the people were enlisted as allies of the United Nations, as happened in Africa, Sicily, and Italy. An Atlantic City message states that each nation would determine the amount and character of its contribution, but member states Would give sufficient to help liberated peoples to rebuild their homes,, factories, and farms. It is explained that U.N.R.R.A. agreement provides the framework only for giving first aid in liberated areas. The U.N.R.R.A. would help to furnish medicine, food, clothing, and the basic necessities to restore the strength of liberated peoples who were deliberately stripped by the enemy.