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and women of the utilities and transportation groups in the stricken 

 area. My admiration for them knows no bounds. Frequently when 

 we fail of expression we turn to the pens of immortals. 



Two lines in one of Kipling's poems — "Sons of Martha " — beautifully 

 express the work of these men and women : 



" Not as a ladder from earth to Heaven, not as a 

 witness to any creed, 

 But simple service simply given to his own kind 

 in their common need." 



