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Frieda and Milt laughed. “No,” he said. “See that D.F. 68 printed on the bottom? Well, I heard of the D.F. One of the government men started it mostly to keep the camps clean, and then so the camps would have self-government for their problems. Wherever there’s some D.F.s in a camp, they have the people elect a camp committee, a women’s committee, and the like. Finally, they got to putting out Educational Bulletins to tell the workers about the laws for them. This is number 3. This government man pays for ’em, just does it on his own hook to help the people. D.F. means Democracy Functioning.” “Now, where in the world did you get that mouthful?” asked Mrs. Starwood. “A fella here in camp was telling me. He must be the one come to the door.” “What’s it got to do with a union?” Frieda asked. “Nothing, just hopes it’ll educate the people to get in a union and protect themselves, I guess.
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