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t U. Of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon flfl . - 1 mm BEATEN BY REDS William B. Olive, above, American vice consul in Shanghai, was "struck and kicked" by Communist-con-troled police and held incom municado for three days after his arrest on a traffic charge. The police declared Olive start ed the fracas by attacking his captors. The State Department at Washington has ordered, an investigation. Britain Seizes Strike-Crippled Docks Of London LONDON, July 12 (IP) Defiant dockers by the hundreds joined a wildcat walkout today as the British government seized the strike-crippled port of Lon don. The cabinet assumed virtual wartime powers to break up the stoppage officially i blamed on Communist agitation. The army and navy sent 2,380 soldiers and sailors to the wharves to unload food. But the strikers, who number ed 10,222 yesterday, were Joined by' another 2,728 men today. Fewer than 13,000 of the 25,000 who make up the London dock labor force reported for work. The National Dock Labor Board said 127 ships were idle and eight undermanned. Mounted policemen were order ed into the Thames waterfiNnt area to enforce a state of near martial law. Strikers showed resentment as the government took over dock land under the emergency act of 1920. Many who had stayed on the job ever since the unofficial strike began June 27 walked off after a series of meetings at the various dock gates this morning. Meanwhile the cabinet picked an emergency committee to run the docks for the government while the state of emergency, proclaimed yesterday, continues. Two Youths Drown In Oregon Accidents TILLAMOOK, July 12 (IP) A swimming hole mishap took the life ol Levi Robertson, 19, a bellhop here, in the Wilson river last night. The county coroner's office re ported Robertson, who couldn't swim, was on a raft in a deep hole in the river where four n companions were swimming. When the party decided to leave, one of the other boys at tempted to tow Robertson ashore but released his grip when the youth protested he was being choked. Robertson disappeared in the current. LA GRANDE, July 12 (IP) Larry A. De Graw, 10, drowned in Catherine creek near Union yesterday while cooling off in a shallow pool with two brothers. RAISE WAGES, CUT TAXES ClO-Engaged Economist Presents Proposals For Fending Off Depression WASHINGTON, uly 12. WrWControversy grew up fast today over a CIO-sponsored economic report which called upon the nation to fight off a possible depression by means of wage raises, tax re ductions, and public works. The CIO hired Robert R. Nathan, a consulting economist, to analyze the national situation. His findings were issued here yes terday at a big gathering of reporters, cabinet members, senators and others. Nathan has written a second report on the steel Industry alone, for release today In Pittsburgh. Yesterday's report advocated wage raises of different sizes to fit the industry In all except "severely depressed" industries and companies. It said many in dustries can afford to raise wages and cut prices at the same time. That pleased labor unions but ran in the teeth of the conten tions of those industrialists who say higher wages would force prices up and be bad for the economy in this period of de cline. Nathan argued that higher wages greater purchasing power is exactly what business and the country need In order to re verse the trend of decreasing em ployment and production. President Truman, In an eco nomic report to Congress yester The Weather ' Fair today, tonight and Wednesday. Sunset today 7:53 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:44 a. m. Established 1873 Garage Bids Rejected By City Council New Ones To Be Sought; Airport Improvement, Union Hall Considered The Roseburg City Council, meeting in special session last night, rejected all bids previous ly submitted for construction of a corporation garage as too high and a new call was issued asking bids from Qualified contractors. These are to be opened at the nexi regular council meeting Aug. 1. Other matters for discussion of which the special meeting was called included airport improve ments, city garbage disposal and proposed construction of a union hall on Cobb Street. The previously submitted re port of the Airport Committee, headed by George West, was a ain given consideration. Methods of enlargement and im provement, in order to meet spe cifications of the Civil Aeronau tics Authority for feeder service airlines, was considered. City Manager M. W. Slankard (Continued on Page Two) Five Alger Hiss Trial Jurors Think Judge Was Biased NEW YORK. July 12 (IP) The New York Herald Tribune said today that telephone inter views with members of the Alger Hiss trial jury show five think Federal Judge Samuel H. Kauf man was biased in favor of the defense. The newspaper said two of the 12 jurors stated they do hot think the judge showed bias, one de clined to take a stand, three had no comment, and the 12th could not be reached. Judge Kaufman, who has been accused of bias by some members of the House Committee on Un- American Activities, issued this statement last night: After conferring with some or the judges in this court I will stand on the record and will not enter any debates. The record speaks for Itself." Trial of Hiss, former State De partment official, ended Friday night witn the jury split eignt for conviction and four for acquittal. The government plans to bring Hiss to trial again on the perjury charges. Wheat Loan Rates For Oregon Counties Down PORTLAND. July 12. (IP) Wheat loan rates for county Eoints will average 4 cents a ushel below last year, the State Production and Marketing Ad ministration reported today. Terminal loan rates tor port land. Astoria. Longview and Vancouver will be $2.16, down 3 cents from last year. County rates were listed as: Baker $1.85; Benton $2; Clacka mas $2.02; Douglas $1.93; Jack son $1.88; Josephine $1.88; Klam ath $1.88; Lake $1.84; Lane $1.97; Linn $1.99; Marion $2.01; Polk $2.01; Umatilla $1.93; Union $1.86; Yamhill $2.02. day, had urged against wage-cutting, but had made no specific call for big wage raises. Criticism Leveled Many businessmen liked the President's report better. Emerson P. Schmidt, economic research director for the United States Chamber of Commerce, told reporters: 'The president's report has a sound tone. The Na than report is anti social in that it will encourage the pricing of labor out of the labor market." Nathan formerly was deputy director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. At one time he was chairman of the planning committee of tt:e (Continued on Page Two). Bandit Haynes Finally Caught In New Mexico SANTA FE, N. M., July 12. (P) William (Billy) Haynet, sought for four days In a search over mountains of Central New Mexico, was captured last night 1S0 miles south of here. Hubert Beasley, state police chief, said Haynet, alias Bill Brady, was cornered In a sto len sedan at a road block near Bingham, N. M., on U. S. High way 380. State policemen, sheriff's depu ties and border patrolmen took part in the capture. Haynes was carrying a revolver at the time. The. tip on his whereabouts came from a man by the name of Wells, who saw Haynes In a store. Then later a motorist re ported seeing Haynes. Roadblocks were set up. Haynes was wanted by federal, state and county officers. He had been charged with aiding in a jail break last month at Corvallis, Ore., auto theft and was wanted for questioning about a Utah post office robbery. Marshall E. Huff, whom Haynes reportedly helped escape from the Benton County, Ore., pail June 4, is in jail at Albuquerque. Haynes was tracked through the mountains three days. He slipped past the dead-tired offi cers yesterday, and stole the sedan in which he later was trap ped, Beasley said. Rural Telephone Bill Embattled In House WASHINGTON, July 12 -41?) The rural telephone bill came up in the House today. Opponents centered their fight on efforts to minimize federal-aid competition with privately - financed phone service. The bill would permit the Rural Electrification Administra tion to make loans for rural tele phone service the same as it has been doing for years, in the field of electricity for. farms. -!" The loans, bearing two percent Interest, could be made to private corporations, public agencies and cooperatives, with identical terms to all qualified borrowers. Loans could not be made in any state having a state authority for telephone service regulation un less the state body gives its ap proval. Child Ravished, Beaten Suspended From Rafter OTTAWA, Ont., July 12 (IP) A 28-month-old girl was ravished, beaten and suspended nude from a rafter in a shed behind her home here yesterday. The victim, Giselle LaChance, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Tele sphore LaChance, was reported recovering In a hospital today. Apparently sne was seized while at play near her home, re moved to a loft above the shed and later trussed with fishing lines. A man's necktie was tied about her throat and body. She was suspended to a rafter but her weight was carried partially by the cords about her body. This saved her from suffocation. Life Savings Of Eugene Doctor Have Close Call FLORENCE, July 12 UP) A satchel full of money, bonds and jewelry the life savings of Dr. John Scofield, Eugene was returned safely yesterday to the physician. He lost them at an auto service station here. State police said there were $25,376 in cash, $14,100 in bonds and an unvalued amount of im pressive jewelry. The satchel was turned over to officers by Walt Erynd, who said it was left by an unidentified motorist who had a tire fixed at the Brynd service station. Dr. Scofield telephoned auth orities about the loss and ex plained he kept the satchel in trie rear compartment oi nis automobile because he did not trust banks. Firemen Again Battle Flames On Mount Nebo For the second time In less than two weeks flames were climbing up the rugged slope of Mt. Nebo today. Firemen bat tled the grass lire, and it was believed they would have the blaze under control within a short time. Cause of the fire was not immediately learned On July 4. fire blazed all day long ovpr Mt. Nebo, and finally burned itself out during the night. The fire today was slightly to the north In dry grass. British Soldier Slain By Yugoslav Patrol TRIKSTE, Free Territory, July 12 OP) A British soldier was killed by a Yugoslav patrol Sun day along the border of the Trieste Free Territory and Yugo slavia. The Italian news agency Astra said the soldier had wandered across Iht border Into Yugoslavia. ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, JULY Cuts In Excise Taxes During 1950 Probable Favorable Reaction In Congress Appears From Truman's New Program WASHINGTON, July 12 (IP) The promise of excise tax cuts in 1950 along with new cushions against losses was held out to business today by Congress. This was one of the first tangi ble reactions as lawmakers sur veyed President Truman's 11 point beat the depression pro gram. There was evident agreement that only part of it could be put into effect before a pre-Labor Day adjournment this year. How ever, a leading Republican, Rep. Joe Martin of Massachusetts, said that he agrees with Mr. Truman that within a few years the country can achieve a national output of $300,000,000,000 a year. This is a fifth more than the present annual rate. Chairman Doughton (D.-N. C.) of the House Ways and Means Committee joined with Chairman George (D.-Ga.l of the Senate Finance Committee In promising relief next year from some of the heavy wartime taxes. These have applied to a long range of items from furs to face powder, and including transportation fares and communications. President Truman asked for repeal of the excises on freight as one of the measures to keep the economy rolling in high gear and head off a threatened busi ness recession. . But George told a reporter any such move now would cost the government $400,000,000 revenue in a period when Mr. Truman wnu to have resinned himself to ,ln-the-red financing, by drop ping 1iis demand for any major (Continued on Page Two) Dapper Lothario Faces Charge Of Grand Theft SAN FRANCISCO, July 12. (IP) Sigmund Engel, aged but dapper Lotnario, iacea a new ana for him unusual charge today: Grand theft without romance. Engel, Jailed In Chicago, is ac cused by authorities of having netted perhaps millions of dollars in 50 years of fast love-making, and quick getaways. But Mrs. Irene urimes, , says it wasn't that way in her case. Filing a $16,000 grand theft charge against Engel yesterday, she told District Attorney ,a mund G. Brown: Eneel bumped her in a down town store and started fast-talk ing 'n Hungarian. He posed as a diplomat and promised for the $16,000 cash to help unsnarl passport difficulties for her rela tives in Hungary. Ousted Slovak Priest Accuses Catholic Clergy PRAGUE July 12. UP) A Com munist government official ac cused Roman Catholic bishops and clergy today of spying and demanded they be subject to the same penalties as soldier-spies, in cluding the death penalty. Prof. Alexander Horak, com missioner of transport in Slo vakia, who made the charge said the Catholic clergy was guilty of "espionage for unfriendly foreign countries." Horak is a former priest who was suspended by the church for disobeying its ban against the clergy taking part in politics. He now leads tne government-sponsored separatist Catholic Action Movement, denounced by the church. EX-OREGON NEWSPAPER SCRIBES G. L. Moorad, Charles Gratke, F. V. Colvig Listed Among Dead In Crash Near Bombay PORTLAND, Ore., July 12. (IP) George L. Moorad, 41, re ported aboard the KLM airliner that crashed near Bombay, India, today, was a commentator for radio KGW here. Moorad's return to the Far East on this trip was a return to news beats he had been covering off and on since the early 1930s. Almost immediately after his graduation from the University of Oregon in 1930 and study at the Northwestern College of Law, Moorad went to China. For five years early In the Slno-Jap-anese War he worked on the China Press and the Shanghai Times. He also was full-time cor respondent for Time and Life In that area. In 1937 he returned to the United States to become news editor of the Santa Cruz, Calif., Sentinel. I In 1941 he became Pacific are 12, 1949 Rep. Paul Geddes Named On Committee To Study Plan To Revise State SALEM, July 12. (IP) Oregon's "little Hoover commission," which will study whether the state government should be reorgan ized, was appointed today. It will 1951 Legislature. Members of the commission, named by Senate President Will iam E. Walsh and House Speaker Frank J. Van Dyke, are: Sen. Philip S. Hitchcock, Klam ath Falls; Sen. Angus Gibson, Junction City; Rep. Rudie Wil helm, Portland; Rep. Charles K. McColloch, Baker; and Rep. Paul Geddes, Roseburg. Governor Douglas McKay, Walsh and Van Dyke named the committee to study whether Ore gon's colleges are adequate. It will recommend whether junior colleges and more colleges should be constructed. Members of this committee are Edgar Smith, Portland, president of the state board of higher edu cation; Dr. H. Morgan Odell, president of Lewis and Clark college, Portland; James W. Bushong, Bend; Oscar I. Paulson, Salem, state director of vocation al education; Sen. Thomas Park inson, Roseburg; Rep. Sprague Carter, Pendleton; and Rep.. J. F. Short, Redmond. Walsh appointed the senate committee to investigate state institutions. Members are Sens. Vernon D. Bull, La Grande; Rus sell Gardner, Newport; Frank H. Hilton, Portland; Carl Engdahl, Pendleton; and Stewart Hardie, Condon. Pleas May Stay Two Executions WALLA WALLA, July 12 (IP) Appeals to stay the execution nt twn men scheduled to die minutes apart Friday on the Washington.- state , penitentiary, gallows were in the malls today. Dr. Sol Levy of the Eastern State Hospital spent three hours yesterday in a mental examina- r. . . t. - oi tlon or Annur mute rciiwuo, who has been condemned to death for the murder of an elderly Olympia couple. Dr. Levy de clined to comment except to say that his findings will be in the hands of Governor Langlle by Wedntaday morning, when mem bers of the Perkins family will make a personal appeal In Olympia for executive clemency. The other appeal is, of course, by Jake Bird, who already has managed to postpone three prev ious meetings with the hangman. Blrd'i attorney, Murray Taggart, said he has mailed a writ of certiorari to the U. S. Supreme Court, seeking a review of Bird s conviction for the slaying of Mrs. Bertha Kludt two years ago in T Thiswlll be the third time the .ir Nrrm had laid his case before the country's highest court. And the serpentine odyssey of Bird's many appeals has led almost numberless times through every tribunal which would hear him. Military Policeman Held For Manslaughter EAST NASSAU, N. Y., July 12. HP) A military police corporal was held on a charge of second Hooree manslaughter today in the fatal shooting of a girl near a wrecked Jet plane he was guard- '"The victim was 25-year-old Marion Anna Noreen of nearby Brainard, N. Y. She was walking with her fiance, Walter Martin, 26, of East Nassau, and Martin s stepsister, in a wooded area near the crash scene early last nigni. Tho oirl who was to have mar ried Martin in September, died a few minutes alter me snuuuiig. She was shot In the neck. director of public relations ior the American Red Cross. After Pearl Harbor he returned to news work and covered the Guadalca nal landings for the Eaiuraay t-vonln? Post. Then he followed the 32nd and 41st divisions, dur ing the Buna ana anannnua campaigns in New Guinea for CBS. Knhumiienllv he covered the war almost around the globe. He was back In Manchuria In 1946 when Russian trouble threatened. He also covered tne atomic bomb tests from Kwajalein Is land. He Joined the KGW otaff In 1946. Moorad published a book on Ru..ia. "Behind the Iron Cur tain" and another, on China, had hn rnnted for DUb cation. He was born in Portland and was graduated from Lincoln High School here. Survivors In 162-49 Government make its recommendations to the ft. v REP. PAUL GEDDES Draws committee Job. Annexation Suit ' Won By Eugene SALEM, July 12 m The State Supreme Court ruled valid today the Nov. X litta, election at which Eugene annexed the South Willamette Street area. The suit contesting the Eugene annexation election was brought by Charles Wltham, a brewery operator who lives In the annexed territory. It was brought against Mayor Earl McNutt and the Eu gene City Council. Wltham claimed the election was illegal, charging insufficient notices were posted, that persons favoring the annexation election eered at the polls, and that ballots were given to persons who did not live in the territory Involved. But the high court, in a deci sion by Justice James T. Brand, disposed of all of Witham's charges, which were denied by Mayor McNutt and the council. The decision upheld Circuit Judges Dal M. King and G. F. Skipworth. Idaho Polio Incidence Nears Epidemic Stage BOISE, Idaho, July 12 (IP) The polio incidence in the state of Idaho approached the epidemic stage today with the report to the State Public Health Depart ment of seven new cases, bring ing the year's total to 71. Twenty-five cases have been reported since July 1 and 26 dur ing June, most of them in the latter part of the month. (In Seattle, the Seattle-King County Chapter of the American Red Cross appealed for register ed nurses to travel to Idaho to help care for the stricken). DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED John Wayne Kornegay, Rose burg, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunk' driving In Municipal Court today, was fined $100 and his driver's license revoked for one year, Judge Ira B. Riddle re ported. Kornegay was arrested by City Police July 9. IN AIR TRAGEDY rfiirt the widow and two sons, and his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth S. Moorad of Portland. r.harl Gratke Charles Gratke, 48, started his newspaper career In Oregon and served as foreign editor of the Christian Science Monitor since 1937, he went to tne Monitor in 1097 He served as editorial manager In Berlin during the rise to power of the Nazi regime. Then from London he directed the Monitor's European coverage as turopean ttHitnrinl manager. After his return to Boston he made repeated trips abroad. In 1943 he was one of five guests of the .Swedish eovernment through snecial arrangement with the kihia tVnnrtment. made. -suWey of Germany und,r In April and May oi jsmo ne (Continued on Page Two). I II Ji nSHtlftlillMI Flaming Tragedy Near Bombay Kills 45 Persons, Including 13 American Correspondents Airliner's Fiery Crash On Summit Of Santa Susana Pass, California, Takes Lives Of 1 1 Persons, Injures Thirty BOMBAY, India, July 12. (API Thirteen American eorre. spondents and 32 other persons died today in tha crash of a KLM Constellation groping through monsoon rainstorms toward a Bombay island airfield. Tha American reporters wars returning home from a tour of Indonesia sponsored by tha Dutch government. It was tha second tragedy to befall planes of KLM (The Royal Dutch Airlina) within three weeks. Tha Constellation that carried tha report ers to Indonesia crashed on its return trip to Europe, killing 33 persons off Bari, Italy, June 23. Tha correspondents killed included Charles Gratke, foreign editor of tha Christian Scienca Monitor, and two Pulitzer priia winners H. R, Knickerbocker and S. Burton Heath. A 14th American killed was Lynn Mahan, representativa of a New York public relations company. Tha others killed war 1 1 Dutch crewmen, including tha general operations manager of KLM at Karachi, Pakistan; 17 other Dutchmen; two Chines and ona Briton. Sabotage Fear Saves Woman In Plane Crash MANILA. July 12. OP) Wil liam R. Mathews, Tucson, Ariz., publisher, said today Miss Doro thy Brandon of tne New York Herald Tribune had refused to re turn aboard the ill-fated KLM plane that crashed near Bombay for fea.r it would be sabotaged. Mathews, who arrived here aboard a Pan American plane from Bangkok. Slam, quoted Miss Brandon as saying the plane would be "sabotaged as sure as your life," so tar no evidence tnar. tne plane was sabotaged has been un covered, Mathews said members of the American newspaper group had requested permission from In dia's Prime Minister Nehru for the plane to return by way of intua. The Arlzonan said Miss Bran don expressed fear because most newsmen aboard the plane had been Impressed by the Dutch side of the Indonesian question. The group originally went to Southeast Asia as guests of the Netherlands government to study the Indonesian conflict. . SEATTLE, July 12. (IP) Miss Dorothy Brandon, whose life was saved because of belief that Dutch. Airlines plane bearing 13 American correspondents to In dia would be sabotaged, is a for mer prominent Pacific Coast wo men's editor and Red Cross work er. Miss Brandon was women s ed itor of the Seattle Star from 1939 to 1942; with the American Red Cross in Seattle, 1942 to 1943; radio editor of the Port land uregonian from 1937 to 1939 and women's editor of the San Francisco Chronicle from 1934 to 1937. Bond Drive Nears Finish; Douglas $50,000 Short Harry Pargcter, bond chair man, today reminded Douglas County residents they have only a lew more days to help put tne county over the top in this year's Opportunity Bond Drive. Pargeter said the accounting deadline had been set for July 18, leaving less than a week ior county residents to help meet the Douglas County quota. The latest check revealed the county was nearly $50,000 short of the goal. Pargcter said the county now ranks 22nd In the state far below the usual posi tion. Property Assessments Of Douglas Increased Douglas County's property assessments hRve increased $4,- 326,080 over that of last year,, bringing the total assessment to $44,185,2(50. Properly assessments nsiea ny the State Tax Commission for Oregon counties this year total $1,290,432,435, which is up $111, 108,124 from the 1948 figure. Multnomah gained J35,0l2,in, for a new total of $510,411,885. Lane ranked second In gain, with $18,612,160, and Marlon gainea $10,000,000. Marshall Plan Aide To Britain Appointed WASHINGTON. July V1.-(IP) W. John Wenney. former under secretary of the Navy, today was appointed cntel oi ine marsnau t'lnn mission to nriiain. Kenney, 45, succeeds Thomas K. Flnletter, who resigned the Lon don post recently. American Leaguers In Lead At End of Fourth At the end of the fourth In ning of the All-Star gam be tween the National Leaguers and A m t r I o n Leaguers at STaSS osns. Thirtv-three bodies had been recovered by nightfall, approxi mately 14 hours after the crash. The plane struck a rocky hill top while approaching the Santa Cruz airfield, 15 miles north of Bombay. It hit a hill near Ghat kopar, on the opposite side of tne au-mne-iong lsiana irom aan ta Cruz. Monsoon rains beating down on the scene of the crash ham pered search parties. The first to reach the area said wreck age was strewn over a two-mile area along a slope 800 feet high. The accident was said to De the worst in India's aviation history. The Indian government beean an Investigation and grant ed special authorization to KLM to send an aircratt ana uutcn technicians to the scene. Dead Reporters Listed The American reporters listed as dead by the American con sulate: Nat A. Barrows, Chleago Daily News. James Branyan, Houston (Tex.) Post. Fred Colvig, Denver Post. Miss Elsie Dick, Mutual Broadoaatlng System. Jom Falco, Business - Week. , Magazine. Charles Gratke,' foreign edit or of tha . Christian Solenoe Monitor. 8. Burton Heath (horns Dar len, Conn.) Bertram D. Hulan, New York Times. H. R. Knickerbocker. Vincent Mahoney, 8an Fran cisco, Chroniole. George Moorad, Portland Oregonlan and Station KGW. William H. Newton, 8orlppe Howard Newspaper Alllanoe. John Werkley, Time Maga zine, y California Crash Kills IT Persons LOS ANGELES, July 12 -W A Los Angeles police radio car hmnrlrait tndav that 11 Persons were killed and 30 injured in the flaming crash of a Standard Air lines plane near the summit of Santa Susana pass. The crash occurred shortly alter tne puoi reported that a fight had broken (Continued on Page Two) Three Nations In Accord On Pacific Alliance Plan BAGUIO, PhlllRDlr.us, Juiy IX . IP The Philippines, Nation alist China and South Korea got behind the proposed Pacific front against Communism today. ine Dig question was: wiu uiw United States come in? The Philippines and Nationalist China initiated the Pacific Union in a three-day conference between President Eipldlo Qulrino and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek which ended today. , Little South Korea, with a Com munist North Korean government to think about, quickly approved the idea. "Korea stands ready to Join," President Rhee said in Seoul. i The United States will be askea to line up with countries of the far Pacific In a political and eco nomicbut not military alliance. Qulrino made It clear a military pact was not contemplated. The State Department in Wash ington said with caution yester day It is "sympathetic" with ef forts to bring the Pacific nation! together to aid each other. Secre tary of State Achcson has frown ed on a Pacific defense treaty aa premature. tuirino toia newsmen ne was happy to hear the State Depart ment was "sympathetic." He de scribed the front as "moral re armament to defend ourselves against the Communist advance." Livity Fact Rant By U T. Retzanstein The Insurgent wing of Repub lican leaders appear bent on changing National Chairman Scott's nam to 'Scoot.'