Evening star., 1950-11-12
FAC Begins Planning
For Move 10 Rome as
Session Here Ends
By Malcolm Lomborne, Jr.

tNtShSStuN Sss
The Food and Agriculture Or
ganization last night wound up
what may be it's last conference in
Washington and began mapping
plans to move to Rome.
The Today meeting, marked at
times by clashes between dele
gates, closed on an amicable note,
- with Conference Chairman Andre
Mayer of France describing the
United States as "the father of
FAC"
Earlier, Undersecretary of Ag-
riculture Clarence Mccormick,
head of the American delegation,
expressed hope that the confer
ence marks the biginning of "a
new and expanding era for FAO."
Here Since Foundation.
Unless the present policy Is
changed, future FAC meetings
will be held in Rome where the
United Nations agency formally
establishes headquarters next
spring. The last two conferences
have been held In Washington,
FAC headquarters since it was es-
tablished.
In one Of its final acts. the dele
gates by acclamation renamed
Norris E. Dodd as director general
and Viscount Bruce of Melbourne
as independent chairman Of the
18-nation FAC council. Both will
serve until next November when
the first biennial conference opens
in Rome.
The council, however, was IN
structed to start looking around
for successors to the two veteran
FAC officials, both of whom have
expressed a desire to relinquish
their posts.
Mr.. Mccormick said his opti-
mism was based on a number of
reasons. He listed the technical
assistance program to underde-
veloped countries which he said
was a ''going concern" and would
mean the doubling of FAO's oper-
ations.
Notes Work in Italy.
He noted that the Italian gov
ernment is completing work ION
a fine permanent home for the
organization which will be a real
credit to FAC" Mr.. Mccormick
added that he saw no reason why
Fac should not move forward
rapidly toward greater service
and expanded contribution to
building a better fed and more
stable world"
On the other hand. a spokes-
man for the international Land
workers Federation, in a state
ment to the conference earlier
yesterday, expressed disappoint-
ment over failure of the delegate
to give the FAC Committee on
Commodity Problems powers to
administer surplus food stocks
for war, famine and emergency
relief
The statement was given by
Gardner Jackson of Washington,
who said the federation was made
up Of some 100000 farm workers
in the Scandinavian countries.
The Netherlands, the United
and the United States.
The delegates also directed MIR.
Dodd to cooperate fully with any .
agency of the U. N. Assembly ;;
formed to supervise Korean re-
lief. Their action followed an
appeal for help from the Korean
delegate, P. w. Han.
"Bleak" and Grisley Outlook.
Mr.. Han declared the severe
winter now beginning, the wide
spread hunger and homeless all
add up to "bleak and grisly
outlook"
1--WE need help" he said. eve
need it des0erately and we need
It as soon as it can be rushed toI
us.
"Our situation is beyond the
word acute. But despite the ruin
alton of my country, despite the
millions of the homeless people
and the refugees, the suffering
and misery of war, the Korean
people still have hope, they have
the will to work.
"They are not despondent be-
cause they know that the entire
civilized world responded to them
in their hour of peril"
Chairman Mayer was given an
ovation for his work as presiding
officer. The meetings were held
in the State Department inter-
national conference rooms, 1778
Pennsylvania avenue NV.