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"We've got to fight starvation, and we've got to beat it," Arthur / continued doggedly. "I'm telling you this right at the outset, / because I want you to begin right at the beginning and pitch in to / help. We have very little food and a lot of us to eat it. First, / I want some volunteers to help with rationing. Next, I want every / ounce of food, in this place put under guard where it can be served / to those who need it most. Who will help out with this?"
The swift succession of shocks had paralyzed the faculties of most / of the people there, but half a dozen moved forward. Among them was / a single gray-haired man with an air of accustomed authority. Arthur / recognized him as the president of the bank on the ground floor.