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ORGANIZATIONS IN WAR-TIME DENMARK 259
undertake to serve near their homes and for a limited period of
time; the mobile squads must serve whereever and whenever the
authorities may request them to do so. Close co-operation is
maintained between the D. K. B. and the emergency organiz-
ation of the boy scouts and girl guides.
Group III comprises a) members who have received special
instruction for duty in factories and who are required to serve
in the place (factories, etc.) where they are working; b) a general
reserve, i. e. all other members who have received the general
instruction.
The membership of the the D. K. B. has been steadily in-
creasing both in town and country. There is, however, still much
to be done in the way of training and instruction. The leaders
have met on several occasions for summer courses and consul-
tation, and members of the D. K. B. have taken part in the large-
scale air-defence manœuvres organized in various towns.
The D. K. S. (DANISH WOMEN’S SOCIAL SERVICE of
1940). In 1940, shortly after the occupation of the country, re-
presentatives of a great number of the numerous women’s or-
ganizations already existing got together to agree on a program-
me for practical work in common and created the D. K. S.
(Danske Kvinders Samfundstjeneste: Danish women’s social ser-
vice). It consists of women from all part of Denmark, from all
social classes, from town and country. Although their political
views differ, they have agreed to stand together in order that
Danish women may render effective assistance in the solution
of the special problems of the present time.
The activities of the D. K. S. have been most varied. Thus,
during the first months of its existence, it undertook the collec-
tion, by an appeal to all households, of white rags to increase
the supply of cotton available for medicinal purposes. At the
same time, in collaboration with the L. A. B. and other organiza-
tions, considerable quantities of fruit that would otherwise have
been wasted, were collected from the large and small orchards
of Denmark and made into marmelade for poor families in 200
cooking-stations. Another collection on a large scale was that of
second-hand clothes.
For two years in succession the D. K. S., with the support of
the agricultural organizations, addressed itself to farmers and
small-holders all over the country to obtain a supply of potatoes,