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We will earry the foed om cur packs," the people seid, And they prepersd o4 parties te go doun the pountela paths eo the depot. Fortumtely for the aware _ adden rainetorns ws thie projet impracti esl three days laters when ¢he cua ahown again, the Mationel Mutual aid agent was ‘peully desperates the people of the village gathered in front of his small office aad prem rea~” fer the trip to the nearby town to pick up the supplies they believed gere waiting for them theres They were hungry, they were ocld, yet they leughed and sang--for ° food, they thought, ses aot fer offs ; a . Down the racd they went, el) of then confidently heppy—all except the agent who thought of the bitter Gssppointewent thet eusited thems But somewhere along the line the unexpected had happened Teporte of train . eqipsent mde it possible for the milroed to run extre treine and the ehippent reached the raithesd « few days earlier ghan it wight hevee There Aperican jeeps and trueke, purcinsed frap US. Arny eurplus stocks ia Europe, mete transportation aveseecd@ and when the people of the village reached the depot the fook was salting , for thats The agent, by his Little “deception substituted hope for food—-but it sas good enoigh to keep up the morale and good cheer of people whe might otherwise have Becomes desperately frightened. . Yea, so near 16 Greece to etarvetion today thet a few days ean wake 6 difference between life and death. The hel ping hand that peighbar gives neighbor je « weak ham, for all are weak and hungrye . . a teu months age a ship carrying food to the Island of Chios, ‘te the Agesn Sea, "as derqed by sterme for several dayss Fact atarvetion, the people organ- ized parties of men, Somer, boys end girls to go out inte the soods ond gather roote, herbe, ma any edible substance eney eould find. The food ship wan sighted dust a0 the partion were leaving the towns and villages. And while the Islmd of coe ane caved fron etarvetion thet tim there hang: over the peopie there, end in almost all of Greece, the dread of hunger if any little thing goes erenge v Bad weather dectroying even o one fraction of ¢he total crops sen Been death by starvation to whole villages and towse A rain store thet delays a food trust or mashes aay @ makeshift railroad briage--this| oan mean thet hundreds of families wast die the slow death of hungere - oof Put all ie nc grim md tragic in Greece, There is hope inthe hearts of the - peot i@s Wope that they will be given the opportunity te work ip freedom, te Fe~ wollé what war hes destroyed, 4 werk with ghe people of other nation rr Et sohicvemat of vorlé ponerse 0 oe so ae fey ’ ee a tt Wats ete ew wom - tl a eTbTe e Vala at a “a . . a -— - ee ee ale ee ne ee ee