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“Elsa Martinelli I have two children Anthony and Loreda I registered last year on this date”

The woh the red cards, pulled one out “Here you are Address?”

“Welty growers’ camp”

The woman put the card in the typewriter and added the inforht, Mrs Martinelli Three people in the faet thirteen dollars and fifty cents per month” She pulled the card out of the typewriter

“Thank you” Elsa rolled the bills into as shtened her fist around them

As she left the state relief office, she noticed a commotion down the street at the federal relief office A crowd of people were shouting

Elsa walked cautiously toward the melee, keenly aware of the money in her hand

She stopped beside aon?”

“The feds cut relief No more commodities”

Soht!”

A rock sailed through the relief office , breaking the glass The

Within hts flashing Two uniforo to jail for vagrancy?”

One of the policeedly dressed man, hauled him over to the police car, and shoved hio to jail?”

Elsa turned to the man beside her “How can they just end the commodities relief? Don’t they care about us?”

The man