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Interviewer:

F.A.O. is strictly U.N.

Perkins:

Yes--strictly U.N. This is entirely independent and has its own governing body, which is elected according to its own charter. The charter has not been materially changed since the original charter of the I.L.O. in 1918. It has a governing body, and various officers of the governing body are chosen in rotation, and the five principal countries have always been recognized as having a place--the five principal industrial countries, not principal political countries. The five principal industrial countries always have a representative on the governing body.

Interviewer:

What are the five?

Perkins:

The five are the United States, England, France, Brazil--you have to have South America. What's the fifth? I don't remember. Germany wasn't in, you see, then. It will be. I can't remember now what the fifth is, but it's based upon the products, the dollar value or the franc value of the production.

Interviewer:

How did Brazil get in instead of Argentina? I would guess that Argentina would have a larger production.

Perkins:

No, I don't think it has. Oh, no. Argentina doesn't have much of an industrial operation. Argentina's





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