Wilhelm signed to the two men to be seated, and asked what he could do for them.
"I heard through the mechanic Groll here," answered the stranger, pointing to the other man, "what you did for Frau Wander.

That encouraged us to come to you with a request." At a sign from Wilhelm he continued: "You have seen one of our cases for yourself, and that not by any means the worst.

We have dozens of such cases, and there will probably be hundreds more.

Our union does what it can.

Every member gives up part of his week's wages for the unfortunate victims, and thereby we perhaps save the government from the crime of having condemned innocent women and children to death by starvation.