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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 10
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through five youre of guerrilla warfare, sith bridges gone, highrays impassable,
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there would act be tims enough to get supplies te the towns ad
Even if the roada had been in good omdition there are not enough trocke ond
harees te Greeee ta tale care of oven euergecay tranmortation, Athens sent serd
back to the village agent that food was on ite uaye "Streteh cut shat you have as |
long a6 you ean,” they told hime
Dot whet be had in stovk mae not enough fer two daye foods It fust did act -
som possible thet this sould be etretohed aut ey further, I¢ tas here that the
Ggent desided te ase @ Little psychology. Ie knew that sith the hope ef more food
wefore thea, the pecpie sould be able to endure their hunger better. Accordingly
he piled a3] bie avei table atod eof trot ante © oart md, in the alddie of the
aight, drove cut of teen with it. ,
The ‘next worning the people @f the village were heartened to see hin trtving
& ort loaded with food domn the unin thopoughfares ae te
"the food te coning,” be told thems “rhie is oy te fire ohigment, More.
‘fa on “the waza” .
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Tat dey he doled out fects "But yoa are ) not Sving sé nore says" vate vite _
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ik wo must teke inventory Aret,® he op ained.We aut avoount for every !
wt le tee ee Tos on wae sa.”
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but people a6 net grumble for they nen Vint sou, Sse © nent ready areas the fond
sar there for them te take, “Patience,” the agente told them, And they were pation.
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