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were advised that this was, at that time, the most important need. This group then raised the money for the materials, bought them, and then constructed the building. They also, because of the need to prevent their materials from being taken for less important objects, provided the protection for them. On completion, it was equipped by other contributors. It was staffed by local and resident volunteers who looked after children brought by parents going to demonstrations. This informal series of events permitted a necessary service to occur, and gave the participants a chance for direct involvement.

Not all services functioned as successfully. The security services, for example, caused resentment among some of the residents they were to protect. Originally, security was to have been handled by the Marshals, a group formed from among the residents of the City. Soon, failures and excesses of duty occurred, and there were attempts to improve the organization from above, and attempts from within. However, lack of successful contact between the two efforts prompted a young bricklayer from Detroit, Johnny Patterson, to form, on his own volition, the Tent City Rangers. They wore sharp uniforms and badges provided by Patterson from donations and purchases. They were abe to fill in some gaps in security and in services such as rush transportation. But, there was more a sense of competition than of cooperation between the Marshals and the Rangers, and, amid occasional announcements from City Hall that the Rangers would soon be disbanded, security continued to be a problem in the City. 


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