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The "Report <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> National Committee" states that:<br />

"The National Committee and its subsidiary organizations were not subject to<br />

control <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Belgian Public Administration and nei<strong>the</strong>r was it accountable to<br />

<strong>the</strong> Public as a public authority. The National Committee existed by itself<br />

according to <strong>the</strong> will <strong>of</strong> its founders and those who had given it <strong>the</strong>ir support.<br />

That is why it was sovereign in <strong>the</strong> decisions it made and excluded all control<br />

<strong>of</strong> its actions by <strong>the</strong> Public."<br />

Hamill says:<br />

"From its <strong>com</strong>mencement, <strong>the</strong> Food Division had been organized and<br />

conducted on a <strong>com</strong>mercial basis. The Commission for Relief in Belgium<br />

raised its sale prices to <strong>the</strong> National Committee by an amount equivalent to<br />

<strong>the</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>it that had formerly been taken by it. Hoover referred to this as<br />

'benevolence'."<br />

Francqui had previously been a partner <strong>of</strong> Hoover in <strong>the</strong><br />

Kaipeng coal mine swindle in China, which set <strong>of</strong>f <strong>the</strong><br />

Boxer Rebellion, [with] <strong>the</strong> Chinese vowing to kill all<br />

"white devils" in China; and <strong>the</strong> Congo atrocities, where<br />

Francqui was remembered by <strong>the</strong> sobriquet, "<strong>the</strong> Butcher<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Congo". He was an ideal choice to be partner in a<br />

benevolent enterprise.<br />

The National Committee report published in 1919<br />

showed that as <strong>of</strong> Dec. 31, 1918 <strong>the</strong> Committee had<br />

spent $260 million. In 1921, trying to make <strong>the</strong> accounts<br />

balance, this figure was revised upward to $442 million<br />

showed as spent during <strong>the</strong> same period. However, $182<br />

million was unaccounted for. In Dec. 1918, Francqui<br />

showed expenditure for relief <strong>of</strong> $40 million, four times as<br />

much as for any previous month, although <strong>the</strong> war was<br />

now over. On Jan. 13, 1932, <strong>the</strong> New York Times

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