The bSECOIl CTATEoilAN SaUo, OrecaV Frl-Jay Morning JuirlStf )39
banners Move
-Hit by Labor
AFL , and CIO Together la
Denouncing Request of
!dt'Vage.Exemptioxi ....
WASHINGTON, Jin. 1
TJesflAsserlcan federation of Ls-bor-ead
the CXOIotned. today la
opposing a reqeest of the fruit
aad regetable indastry tor broad
er exemption from the fair labor
standard act for workers In han
dling and processing, agricultural
products. , .
. Testifying at "a wage-hour ad
ministration hearing- on tn indus
try's requests Donald Henderson
of the CIO said additions exemp
tion for agricalte.ral labor woold
"damage tha economic interests of
the farmers' and "speed p the
shift at industry from high to
low wags areas. ' t
Lower Wages Prospect -
Boris Shlahkin, an AFL econo
mist, asserted it would defeat V e
purpose of the act which was to
put a floor under wages and ceil
ing orer hours. v.
Merle D. Vincent, chief of the
exemption $ section, told the : In
dustry and labor representatives
at the end of the hearihrthat
they would Bare IS days in which
to submit briefs on their testi
mony. I .
The wage-hour law provides for
exemptions of workers engaged In
processing farm products in "the
area of production."
Processors Protest Ruling
'""-. Elmer F.
Andrews, wage-hour
administrator, has ruled this
meanr operations done on a farm,
or the processing of agricultural
of horticultural commodities ob
tained .from a farm 1 nthe imme
diate locality. His regulation also
limited the exemption to establish
ments employing not more than
seren persona.
Protests against so restricted a I
definition came particularly, from
the riorwa, camornia and Texas
regetable and citrus Industries.:
Industry witnesses presented I
pictures vot me growing, pacaing, i
storing and canning of fruits and I
regetables as an Integrated opera-
uon. uone m many instances oy i
grower-packer cooperatlTes with-
in a radius of as much as 199 I
miles ez tne pout or production.
Frankfurter Gets
Committee's Okeh
Nevep
Commtuiist, Either
in Party or Beliefs, He
Telia Senator
- . I-
(Continued from page 1)
show lot hostility, he asserted:
? f t n Knllava, tiaf din
erer taken an oath to support the
aw aaww swas w w Ha .vw u w v
constitution of - the United States I
with less reservation than I hare, I
and would now. Nor do I beliere
you are more attached to the the-
orles and practices of American-1
' Ism than I am. I think I offer to
rest my answer in that form."
Alter several senators had
skirted the question without ask
ing it directly. Chairman Neely
(D-WVa), with apologies for his I
bluntness. Inquired:
"Are you now, or have you erer
been, a communist!
MI hare never been and I am
not now a communist, waa the
rantvJ n
"fi ma VeHarran W
.In, "that you hare nerer been en-
rolled as a member of the com-
munist party?"
MlT mean more than "that,"
Frankfurter said. "I mean that I
km nn ftMn aifrnllad and 1 I
hare j nerer been enrolled because
ttiat dnaa nnt renreaant mv
of Ufa or vnv view of rnwrumMt " I
- In the same anlrlt of blunt, dl-l
reet ! questioning. Senator Borah
'iR-Ida asked:
"Do tou beliere in the Amerl- i
eaneonstiUutionr V(t
"1 most assuredly do." Frank-
furter replied.
'Croppers Armies
Remain Encamped
.(Continued from page 1)
them 4 acres of ground, tools
aad teama. . I
audit
3 Wi
rASRINGTON,' Jan. lz WV I
Farm security administration of-1
flciala expressed concent late to-1
flay I oyer reports that roadside I canvass of the rolls would dls- cppeals in San Francisco, yes
demonstrations o f dissatisfied close "many thousands neither I terday, was released from Jail
sharecroppers and tenants in I
southeast Missouri were spread
ing.--' ' . .
Messages from local FSA offi
cials said that scores of tenant
families la Mississippi, Pemiscot
and Dunklin counties had Joined
many New Madrid county families
In camp along highways In Mis
souri's eottoa belt. : r
Airlines MayBe
Reorganized now
Possibility that Oregon Airlines,
In& - whose Marshfleld-Portland
air service waa discontinued yes
terday, might he reorganised and
a fresh effort made to secure aa
airmail contract wast, reported at
the Salem airport yesterday. Leo
Arany, of the Salem Flying serr
lce was hollared; to be In Port
land - working toward reTislng
plans for the air tine. . . .
Dally serrics etch way aad been
maintained between Portland and
Jlarshfleld anta yesterday, with
stops at Salem within- the last
few weeks.,'; ' .
CoU Tluppert Condition
Is Reported Unchanged
NET7 YORK," Jan. 12-(ff)-Tne
grave condition - of CoL Jacob
Ruppert, brewer and owner of
' tte world champion New York
Yankees, - waa reported unchang
ed tonight by his personal phy
sician. Dr. Otto Schweretfeger.
The 71-year-old bachelor - was
able to tc3La nouiishmen daring
the day. - 4
f'!":. . iV Amis' T,e
l UVf rV XCfA a ampuibiam planes) ulFr VV
l-gg, Mexico "pt
Wbiie ships of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, and airplanes, headed toward the Caribbean m for war
iuml tt was reported. President Roosevelt wowld "cruise to the "war" none to see the manewrers and
- to relax. Drobably saillntr front Charleston. SC. la February. This maw
and planes are converging oa the Panama-Caribbeaa area. Naral Teasels stationed aloaf; the romte, aa
shown, were marking Che route of the narys giant patrol bombers down the west coast AP Telemat.
Croft and Beanter
Service
Doable Funeral Scheduled
for 2 Shedd - Sistert
KiUedTby Train :
irnivv a 4.,ki- tr.H
and her sister. Mrs. Jessie A. Bea-
mer. members of a prominent pio-
anr uuuij in u oucuu iuim-
ity. when the women drore their
car onto urrgou 'f
way track near Tangent In front
- n 11 It I
oi anapproaewng irain. i .
Double funeral serrices win be
held at the United Presbyterian
rhnrrh In Shedd. Satnrdav at 2 1
avioev neT. Georae Rohrbough
ReT Arnold Finkbelner offi-
Mitlne - and burial will be in the
pnrh cemetery: The Fisher Fun-
rai hams is making arrange-
ments. I
Were Oregon Natires
Mrg. Croft and Mrs. Beamer
were daughters of Mr. and Mrs. S.
p. Brock, early pioneers of Linn
county, and had spent their en-1
lre lires In Oregon. Mrs. Croft
llring continuously in Shedd,
while Mrs. Beanter nad resmea
thar most of her life.
Mrs. Croft was born in Shedd
October 8. 1880. Itt June. 101. J
ft
was married to Joe Croft. She
has one daughter, Mrs. Edith
Steward of Shedd, who sunrires.
r ivbvj ici iu cuureu tun ut uio
WCTU.
Mrs. Beamer waa born in Oak-
ridge May 1, 1886. She was mar-1
nea to noy oeamer on vciooer i
9, izu. Mr. earner surrires.
Mrs. Beamer waa also a member
of the United Presbyterian
church. I
The two women are also sur-1
viTed by two brothers, Irrin Brock I
of Salem, and R. is. Brock or
Spokane, Wash., two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Arnold and Miss Tempa
Brock, both of Ehedd, and one
aunt, Mrs. Jennie Snyder ot River-
side, Calif.
Debate Due Upon
Cut in WPA Fund
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12-ttrV
The movement In congress to as-
aert Independence and slash $150,-
000,000 from the fund President
Rooserelt has requested for the
WPA reached the house floor to-
1)1 with lh, Klaaatna- nf tha nns. I
erf ul house appropriations com-
mtu . I
n.fAM ik. K.... . I
A.t t4in. ii... .
T0te on the question, probably
i.tft m h. 'JLmutJL
v vi t I
Telt.g hopeg of getting the fuU
a e aaa v. J . Jl.j
erate the work relief agency until
June SO.
It recommended that the house
limit the appropriation to $725,-
000,000 and that it nullity a pres
idential order placing supervisory
personnel ot the WPA under the
civil service.
. Tee ea Awael s m! a tVa Mam.
bershin. the groun exoressed tha
opinion that the works progress
administration's rolls ahould be
l purged oi "malingerers and many l
others who manage to remain en I
the rolls continuously." and aaid I
also that It thought a thorough
rightfully or Justifiably thereon."
War Minister
. Ijsalis Hore-CeUsha, Great Br!taln8
secretary of state for war, is shewm
atartiax for a &orstsgJa skiisg en
the faaoQs Crarrald ESI, at Straa,
hoara; lraace. where he spent Lis
, vacation
Saturday
,
- -r - ti ; f v.
d d 1 1 1 o o
. . in thm Neum
ROME, Jan. 11. -tin- Prime
' minister unimoentiii loamj uwu i
a "Tiring squad" or a iiauua I
squadron, BO lads from ilx to
eight years old, daring: a fascist
youth display.
The boys, who marched with
bayonets fixed on miniature rifles,
g?." " J?? direct lm at th
Cnamberlaln was TMtly naei
... .- almultaneonslT I
nr "ou
mnl guns in the exhibition
hn ..nA him
w. vu tmA mi.nii, ww.
.,. h. nAar1. ioBt hi hi.
.... 1
I
wtnnwnvr xr v t i I
j-idaho. shag'gy mongrel dog
hA ttrrtwi natinnwida
tion two vpin m whn ha was I
triad hnfnra a inatfoa nf th amm I
on a charge of causing a boy to
drown, was dead today.
The black-haired dog. owned
by Victor Fortune, Just a puppy I
at the time of his trial, was struck
and killed bran automobile last
nig&t. 1
Idaho was accused of Jumping
" "o l suieu sreiet
14. while the boy was swimming.
causing f mi-to arown. ue was
wo years oi conime-
ment by Justice of the Peace Ho
mer Benedict.
Fortune kept Idaho fastened to
a rrmt In ft 1st verl netffl ira 4ath
MONTICELLO, N. T., Jan. 12.
(Wi Threa - months - old James
McClean suffocated today because I
ni parents could not afford a I
mattress for his crib.
His unemployed father, Robert, I
found the boy with his face bur-1
led in a folded quilt, used as a I
mattress, and - which apparently I
waa too soft to permit mobility.
Arms Request Is
Cheered, Jeered
LONDON. Jan. 12.-(AVPresi-
i dent Rooserelt's message to con
gress calling for a half billion dol
lar defense program encountered
cheers from Europe's democracies
and sarcasm from the dictator
countries tonight.
British - and French applauded
the United States rearmament
proposals, nasi Germans and Ital-
ian fascists asked against whom
the American government wanted
to defend itself.
President Roosevelt's nronosais
were displayed prominently on the
front nirm nf all mnrnina- nawa. 1
ninen in nrlln. twa of w h 1 e h I
rnmmenteri hitinrlv. I
Said the Deutsche Allegemeine
Zeitunc:
"rT, mav wn v nnoa nn I
who In the world is thinking ot
attaovm- imr(i. antianiv. who.
.arinnai m.rin h m. I
thing chases shadows and sees
ghosts that are not of this world."
Mazurosky Freed
As Case Reversed
PORTLAND. Ore Jan. 12-0P1
-Joe Maxuroskr. Portland lewel-
er Whose Conviction on charge
ot using- the mails to defraud was
rerersed by the circuit court ot
today on 11,000 bond.
United State District Attor
ney Carl C. Donaugh said he
would hare to tudy the appeal
decision before . deciding wheth
er Mazurosky would be tried
again.'
Masurosky waa convicted In
connection with act! Titles ot ava
alleged ring of take eye. doctors
tad. ru sentenced to seven, yeara
tn prison and a fine of $11,000.
Japanese Vessel
At Seattle Pier
I Irawfl hmlrMT
nrnm v.. f r.. I
tng signs protesting "Japanese ag-
; gresslon" la Chins is women and
one man demonstrated today near
a tr where tha Jananeae mntnr.
Ship Blkawa Mara waa tied.
I Mrs. Edith Stelnmetx,. a mera-
f-er of the roup, aaidahe aad her
Iblleaguea were -Christian Deo -
Wo.. t'- . I ' v f s ? r
une siga suuee: . ? , .
This shipment (of freight)
saus unaer vnnsaaa protesi.-
; Another said:
."Christians like Japanese nee -
pie, but not Japanese aggression.
5ay lloplune li-bocialist
2S52'a&&-2a
retary er. Commerce , Harry : U
popklna is shown on board -of
eiecuoas recordx as hating been
registered . here as a sodaliat
jtarty member in 1115 and Ills,
I
T9ARMVE l'
nit
shows the rem tea by which ships
US Fleet Steams
Into Panama Bay
. c IT!. . n
w rvm wuicn u a; use
Through Canal fpr big
Caribbean Tactics
PANAMA, Panama. Jan. 12-
steamed into Panama bay to-
nlght, all lights
Diaxing, en
through the
loute to passage
lw"w " hiiuuru iuo
maneure.
There Vas no attempt to main
tain the secrecy with which the
100 fighting ships set sail from
Bn wego, calif., Dec. 27.
To More This Morning
Canal authorities anponneed
the fleet's transit throurh the
closely guarded canal would be-
tin at 6 a, m.. tomorrow, with
all preparations to halt commcN
cial traffic nntil the bar la
cleared of the war fleet.
Westbound traffic in the ca-
nal already had been suspended
tor 48 hours.
I The war games In the Atlantic
twill be Joined by 140 warships
and 600 planes.
Last Curtain for
Jack Byrne, Actor
NEW YORK, Jan. lz-p-The
final curtain couldn't wait for
the "climax" of Jack Byrne's
stage career.
After a quarter-century in the
theatre he celebrated the anni
rersary use summer Byrne sign
IN I lew weeks ago lor the lead
role in George Abbott's "Mrs.
O'Brien Entertains.
Byrne and Abbott were so
confident that he would be
smash hit that when Byrne fell
sick, Abbott held up the produc
tion pending his recovery, and
even made out his contract to that
effect.
But today death abrogated the
contract. Byrne died in the Co
lumbia medical center.
A Teteran rauderllle, stock and
Broadway performer, Byrne was
born in Brooklyn and made his
debut at Young's Atlantic City
Pier when he was 23.
"Sonny Boy" Case
Principal Killed
CHICAGO, Jan. 12-(;P)-Walter
f Stoma, deputy chief o'detec-
tlTeS, announced tonight that
John Quinn confessed he had
ahot and killed his brother-in-law,
Gordon E. Mordotf, a major
figure In the list "sonny boy
paternity tangle.
L0 ?XJijL"?i
I aide home about seren hours after
it. Moraoii was latauy wounaea
afternoon while running from
his office In suburban Wllmette.
The "sonny boy case began
Feb. 12. 1020, when Miss Margar
et Mann, 24-year-old clerk, ob
tained a warrant charging Dr.
Mordotf with kidnaping the child
then abouUhree and a halt.
Circuit Judge Rudolph Deaort
finally ruled the youngster was
Miss Mann s.
World Conference
On Wheat Planned
LONDON, Jan. 12-PV-The in
ternational wheat advisory com
mittee, attempting to solve
double problem of huge surpluses
and low prices, agreed today to
i call a world conference to consid
er the wheat situation.
Such a meeting, the first since
ISSS. will be subject to general
acceptance ot an agenda. A sub
committee including the United
States, Britain. Argentina and
Canada, was appointed to work
out details ot that problem.
At eonunlttee sessions today 10
exporting nations tarored satnl-
xnunt price agreements aa a eola-
f Inn nf wnrH arliaat (Tta ,m 41.
I gates from 12 importing eo
wre uawinu swi UTima avB c-
I Uil fT-M T35lia
I mua j ajuaa A UTaJUi;
I - , ' -
Bonds Are Acted
I j The West Salem elty eouncil.
1 al a special meeting this week.
I passed "ordtnancea calling for aids
i on a SiO.OffO serial bond issue for
I tu ahare of a WPA narlusr nrtw
t ject xor au atreeu ox the city.
I The bids will he opened at the
1 next regalar eoaneU aaeettBsr.
I Monday, February C At that time
the ceauoca: orer selection of
citr attorney win alas ha aattlad.
I ror joia ma tut.
I' Indian Pbrer 7i
r SEATTI, Jani r : li-wvJeff
I Heath, 22, Clereland Indian, bat-
I ting. star, and Mies Aithea Belie
iCaliand. If, obtained a. marriage
license here today.
onton, Italian
Do not Yield
Meeting la Held 'Draw
as " Both Strengthen .
Favor at Home '
(Continued from page 1)
taliaa foreign minister, a partici-
eant la the talks.
Mnasolinl hlmseir spent a baa
hour, yesterday with the newly ar
rired Japanese ambassador. To-
shlo ShlratorL
A spokesman f or . the British
delegation aaid aa announcement
that Chamberlain and Mussolini
each had stat4 his wosJUoa and
understood that of tJfe-tthr-didl
not mean their points ot Tiew war
Identical. ' r - -
It merely meant, he carefully
explained, that they "came to an
understanding ot one another."
Frestth to Be Told .. '
Farleye Outtcosne s. -' - r
The formal eonTersatlons were
concluded tonight although Cham
berlain's Tisit to Rome still had
more than a day to go. British
Foreign Secretary Viscount Hall-
fax will go to Genera tomorrow
night for a League of Nations
council session and will inform
French Foreign Minister Georges
Bonnet of the results of the eon
Tersatlons.. . i "
The 'Trench had been appro
henihre lest Mussolini present de
mands oa them through the Brit
ish. .,' - '-
(la Paris, Edouard Herrlot, ad
dressing the chamber ot depu
ties on the occasion or his re-elee-
tlon to the presidency of that
body, called on France to speed
up and perfect her armament In
face ot Italian dangers to her
colonial frontiers. -
("Free peoples do not bargain
for their frontiers," Herrlot
shouted, "-they defend them.")
The BrIItsh spokesman said.
Our position could not haTS
changed since we started on the
expedition and that position Is
sufficiently wen known.
That was Interpreted aa mean
ing the British still were unwlll
ing to grant Spanish insurgent
Generalissimo Franco belligerent
rights, for instance, unless "sub
stantial' number ot Italian troops
were withdrawn from Spain.
Italians hare indicated it was
Mussolini's attitude to let Franco
fight toward .rictory on the pres
ent basis.
Short Wave Ban Lifted
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-0PV-Two
American broadcasting chains an
nounced tonight that a three-day
bait on ahort ware broadcasts to
America concerning Prime Min
later Chamberlain's rlsit to Italy
would be lifted tomorrow.
Men's and
Young Men's
1 1 i. :
I HATS I
MaBory Contract line
Held at $4X0 and $5.00.
All Others Reduced
, JJkTEST SHAPES AJfD
SHADES -
Snap Brim TTata Quality wool
To close at ., &79
Fine Far Felts to close oet at
Yahwe to SJOO
Sweaters
Newest styles tn hwttoa dow
flarttan
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i
m atl fi6SSI r .am; fflMaaWaWaaae .
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Caumningrjr
atop a gtaaft
holds the smallsat motor sat axhihitiaB
BOXChed
New York City. The big engine, largest la the show, weighing 20,760
poods, wI3 be used br the U.S. Coast Guard. The little one, weighing
eight-end-e-htlf pouada, works ap one-half horsepower.
First Lady Asks
Anti-Lynch Bill
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12-P-Urging
that the rights of mino
rities be observed, Mrs. Franklin
D. Rooserelt told the national
conference on negro problems
today that she would like to see
antl-lynching legislation passed.
As her audience of nearly 1,
000 negroes applauded, the first
lady also declared thit "the
right to work should know no
color line" and suggested that
the remedy. If work discrimina
tion exists, would be in "better
organization."
"Organization which knows no
color line," she added.
And la a good labor organiza
tion, she said, workers must en
dearor "to giro better service as
well as to get better treatment."
Special
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Store-Wide Choice of $30 Values $
. Alt If - J.1 all 0- 111 .a -
au xuoacis, au
Latest Styles for
Manhattan Famous
mm
A "Brand Mew
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Broadcloths, Poplins, White om White
SCoCtfa, gftUd Cskn, Pmttena. Brttaria
Strlpea.
Standard Price 2.C045
Standard Price StSOOS
3.50
We Pass
These Barings
Along to .Tow
.. llxnhattan Pajamas
-- America's best sad real
. IJ09 ralnea st
htaahattaa i ,.-( sL ' Of
" $1.80 pajamaa '2 JLi&S
ltaahattaa silk and lazary fabric.
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V-lff
dteeal marine engine. Anita Speeht
at tha National
nal ssotoTooet snow tn
Hitler Warms up
To Riissian Envoy
BERLIN, Jan. ll.-ifVRe I ens
fuehrer Hitler surprised the for
eign diplomatic corps today at his
New Year's reception by talking
especially long with soviet Rus
sia's ambassador, AlekseJ Mere-
kaloff.
Both Hitler and the ambassa
dor omitted the- conrentional ex
pressions concerning the friend'
ship of their countries at their
prarious meeting, July 13, when
Merekaloft presented his creden
tials.
The chancellor appeared at the
reception, held In the new and im
posing wing of the chancellery
which he designed, in black trou
sers and the usual brown coat dec
orated with a swastlca arm-band
and Iron cross, instead of in full
evening dress.
Purchase
Added Attraction to Our
Mid-Winter Sales Now On
I lis
AT BROOKS REGULAR
CASH PRICES
You'd Save From $5.00 to
$10.00 on Suits and O'Coats
So Now Compare the Values and
Greater SaTings for This Event
igru
styies. Ail sizes in tne
Men and Young Men at
Stock. AU Latest Ge
Shirts Vr 05
One of
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Yalue.
Neckwear
Silks and
tares.
Reg. 85e
qaallty sats
39s
Reg. $1.09 finest
hand-made tlea
e .
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Oregon Reps Put
3 V
Bills Into House
Duty-Free Flax Machinery
Importing; - Battleship
Oregon Bills in
WASHINGTON, Jan. U.-h(JP)-
Representatlre Knutson (RrMinn)
proposed todayr a constitutional
amendment to permit the federal
gorernment to tax Income from
state-issued securities sad state
governments to tax Income from
federal securities.
Identical bills to establish min
imum prices tor agricultural prod
ucts were Introduced by Repre
aentaUTe. Pierce CD-Ore) anal oth
er representatives. .
Other Bids Placed :
Dimond D-Alaska) To aire
control of Alaska .fisheries, except
fur-seal and sea otto, to Alaska;
to appropriate $200,000 for con
struction of a bulkhead along the
Nome waterfront
AngeTJ (R-Oregoh) To permit
free Importation ot flax scutching
machinery; to authorize the sec
retary ot the nary to cooperate
with Oregon in preservation ot
the battleship Oregon as a na
tional memorial: to authorize the
coinage of 50-cent pieces in com
memoration ot the completion ot
the Bonneville dam.
New Farm Bill Is
Put to Congress
(Continued from page 1)
than the coat of production price 4
for products which they purchased
or processed for domestic con
sumption. They would periodically deliver
to the secretary ot agriculture
their warehouse reserves and ex
port quantities, to be disposed ot
"to the best adrantage In the
world market."
If the world price of a product
were below the domestic price,
the tariff on imports Of that pro
duct would be raised to the
amount ot the difference, plus 10
per cent.
The bill would leare Intact the
soQ conservation program, adjust
ments in freight rates on farm
commodities, development of new
uses and new markets, the federal
surplus commodity corporation,
loans on agricultural commodities
and refunds to the department of
agriculture of 20 per cent of the
duties collected on imported farm
products.
Lemke referred to the bill as
a "streamlined rersion of the Mc-Adoo-Elcher
bill," which failed ot
passage In the senate at the last
session by only six rotes.
. aai I
Yes," Sir t Two Pants
Suits' are included ' and
Highest Priced Salts Jn
the Store. Proportionately
Quality
t.ii -"
We Purchased Entire Stock
from - Retirinr ' Owner of
Longviewg Finest Men's
for a Fraction of the Real
.
Slacks and Pants
A7J wool Latest patterns and
sty lis.' Gabardines, coverts,
cheviots and fine - worsteds.
Valnes te S.tl aad $5.10 now
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