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Had they been truly ruthless, the Belgians might have exploited the Congolese without compassion.

But they were not.

They provided a social security system which covered all their African employes ; ;

their program of mass medical care was doubtless the best on the continent ; ;

they put much effort into public housing.

They also instituted a ration system under which all employers in the Congo were required to furnish their employes with clothing and adequate food.

But instead of delivering the ration -- either in actual commodities or in cash -- at intervals of perhaps two weeks or a month, the Belgians felt obliged to dole it out more often.

Would not the children, if they received all their food on the first day of the month, eat it up immediately, and later go hungry??