. PAGE TWO t Tlus'TJSLGOl? STATESMAN. Cala.'Orgoa; TEcrsday Morning, Auial 15. I S13 Senate Raises ' - Pay of Soldier Amendment to Draft Bill Would Hitch Monthly Base to $30 - (Continued from pegs 1) ehse for net : patting this con scription plan Into operation " at once. , - v ''Anyone who knowa anything about it knows that nothing this ' administration has done would Indicate that they were going: to be., inept enough to hare thou sands of mothers going down to ' the station to. kiss their boys good bye a few weeks before the ' election." ; ,: ' " 1 The army has said that its re ! rised schedule called for sum moning 75,009 conscripts on Oc tober 15, 60,000 on -November X, 45.000 en November IS, 100,000 early in December and 100,000 late in December. 'The election is November 5. " " "Before the house military committee-, Secretary of. the Nary Knox rigorously urged the en actment of conscription legisla tion. He said that If England Is defeated the United States, lack ing a two-ocean nary, will need a huge and well-trained' land force, If England Falls . . . , Not st Friend The United States faces a , "grave crisis," he said, because if - England falls, this country would be "left without a friend In the world." This fight over England we're not getting the whole truth about it," he said. "We don't really know what the extent of the British losses are. ... It we had 3,000.000-ton nary, we'd unquestionably control the. At lantic and Pacific oceans, and we'd not be under the necessity of haring a huge army. But we haven't got that nary and won't have it until 1946." The "greatest danger," he said, was not immediate, because after defeating England, Hitler would pause and make a "gesture of friendship ... to calm our fears in the hope that it would Inter rupt measures of preparedness we have taken. Any appeasement of a man like Hitler is playing into his hands. ' Later in the day Senator Pep per (D-Fla) took the floor to ex press his belief that the presi dent should be granted "full war time powers" to marshall indus try for defense. Senator Wheeler (D-Mont). ex pressed belief that Pepper was "close to insiders" of the admin istration and that the program of "aid short of war" to the allies. cuuktiuuvo ana industrial mo bilization advocated by the Flor ida senator was the program which congress was following at ue administration's benest. ' Pepper replied that at all times he . had been speaking "for no body but myself." "Then I congratulate the sena tor," Wheeler said, "that the administration has followed his suggestion." From Defense Commissioner William 8. Xnudaen, legislators received a memorandum saying that equipment for any army of 2,000,000 could be provided by Oetober 1, 1943. Equipment for 1,200.000 (the strength now planned by army officials) could be provided, he said, by the . end of 1942. Difficulties which have been holding up 1 the signing of war- plane contracts were reported dissolving. Fourteen manufac turers were said to be on the point et signing provisional con tracts for 4200 army planes. The . contracts contained clauses to protect the manufacturers against loss in ease congress tailed to r'sass pending changes in tax law. Nixon Cries Nix After Andes Job PORTLAND, Aug. 14-(P)-Di- rector sari K. Nixon gave up tne had food, bad water and harrow ing horseback ridea la the lofty Peruvian Andes today to return to the department of geology and "mineral industries. .The director, granted a (0-day . leave to investigate coal and iron ore deposits for a private concern, . still suffered from the effects of fever, appendicitis 2nd a Pan American airplane crash at Cristobal. He endorsed cooperation be tween the United States and South American nations to develop tungsten, vanadium " and other mineral deposits. Pern has no fifth column and Japanese problems, he said, and the feeling' toward the administration and the reciprocal trade program is one of friendliness. Bonneville Locks Traffic Is Heavy . - , PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. U-fJ?) -The 27,730 tons of shipping ' passing ' through Bonneville locks last month established a new rec ord, the United States army en glneera reported today. ; . The traffic ran IS, 000 tons more than the June record and almost doubled the amount in No vember, 193.9, the record prior to ' 1940., Upstream petroleum prod ucts to The Dalles, Umatilla and ' Attalia totaled 41,513 tons, down . stream wheat; traffic f 840 tons and rafted logs 3 8.691. 400 Employed in -We Salem Cannery WEST SALEM, Aug. 14 More than 400 employes of the Bine Lake Producers Cooperative in , . West ,, Salem - are now working ' three shifts on beans and black berries. It was expected that the plant would operate at full speed until late la September. Both the beans and blaekber H rles are of fine quality. Market 'r'or the cooperative products In . - elude a large part of the United States, officials said. t . . t - 4 T 1 IX ' View of Milan, Italy, one of the important industrial sections of Italy raided by RAF bombers, show the Arce del Sesnloae. The deeth tell at Milan w reported as IS with snore than 40 injured. Leslie Exhibits Handicrafts . ' 1 -1 " Part of the exhibit of handicraft youngsters, an shown last night auditorium. Statesman, pboto. FDR Gives Clean Slate to Cudahy (Continued from page 1) last week asserting that Cudahy had violated instructions was Is sued after Welles had received from Ambassador Joseph P. Ken nedy tn London a transcript of the notes of the interview. Cudahy told reporters he had taken exception to . the Welles statement in talking with the president today and had been assured the administration had "not intended the action' as a rebuke." Women Credited In Land Use Plan CORTALLIS, Ore., Aug. 14- Men developed the rural land use planning program but women assured Its success by their coun sel. Miss Mary Rokahr, Washing ton, DC, extension economist, as serted today. She advised the western re gional extension conference at Oregon State college that back ward states would do well to ex amine the Oregon system where mesa and women cooperated in solving farm and home problems. J. C. Bower, Montana market ing specialist, said planned man agement formed the basis of suc cessful farm marketing. Paul A. Eke of Idaho criticized some fed eral agencies for using a trial and error method! of farm management without employing trained per sonnel. ' ItV 'Papa Joe9 Gordon now; He's Dad of Daughter EUGENE, Ang. le-CAVlt's "Papa" Joe Gordon now. Friends were advised today that the wife ef the former University of Oregon baseball star, now a member of the New York Yankees, bore a daughter In a New York hos pital Tnesday night. They call ed her Judith Anne. The 8H-pennd yonngster and Mrs. Gordon were report ed to be "doing nicely. The Gordons will return to their home here! at the end of the baseball season, probably late tn September. Redskins Eager I-...,'. For Exhibition -;,tV rf L . " . SPOKANE, Aug. H-CAVCoich Ray Flaherty et the- Washington Redskins looked at Charlie Malone today and decided his .team was entnusiasue enough for its exhibi tion football game August 22 in Seattle. .; , Malone, veteran Redskin end, knocked himself colder than the Inside ot a wen leading interfer ence for Ray Hare,' rookie full back. Four more players Center Vie CafroILi Halfback Chug Just- Ice, End Gene Blackwell and Tackle Bob ! Fisher were side lined with minor Injuries Flaherty blamed to pre-seasoa over-eager ness, t ! '- ' Italian City Bombed by work done by Leslie playground daring a program in the Leslie Legion Head Says Plans Vindicated PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 14- -Raymond J. Kelly, American Legion national commander, said today he was "happy to see the Le gion's defense program vindicated alter 21 years." "WeTe facing a world where a rule of force and terror is com monplaee. We must present a united front to the world." Kelly added in a commercial club speech. Major-General Charles H. Mar tin, ex-governor of Oregon, told the group "the country is again facing a great crisis in which our institutions and very life are at stake." "We went through a previous crisis in 1917," he declared. "And then we had in Woodrow Wilson, thank God our greatest war presi dent. Wilson was in favor ot the selective service a draft if yon want to call it that and look what a great success it was." Plan for Forests - Is Recommended PORTLAND, Aug. 14-jip)-F. L. Moravets, federal forest service authority, recommended intensive management today to preserve two billion board feet of saw tim ber as an economic f a e t o r in Washington county. The timber is the principal sur viving stand ot years of logging and fire depletion. The county's topography and producting capacity is suitable for permanent timber growing, Mora vets said in a special study. Two fifths the forest land area is fairly well stocked with second growth and markets are readily available for forest products. He estimated the deforested sections at 21,000 acres. Fire has deforested 21,000 acres and logging 37,000 since 1930. Woods Fires Few, First Six Months PORTLAND. Aug. 14-(-The first six months of 1940 gave Oregon forests the greatest free dom from fire in five years, N. S. Rogers, state forester, said todsy. The state forest department re ported 505 biases through June compared with 737. the average. Destroyed acreage totaled about 9900, chiefly from one fire. Lightning caused a greater num ber of conflagrations than In pre vious years but campers and smokers less. , Nazi Bomber Shot Down : A SOUTHWEST COAST TOWN, England, Aug. 1 3 (-Spectators lining the shore tonight saw a German Helnkel bomber . shot down at sea. Three ot the plane's tour-man crew parachuted to the sea as the wings came off the wrecked plane. They were rescued. . - KOAC GcU Increase ; WASHINGTON. ' An r. 14fSV- Deelsions of the federal communi cations commission today: KOIO. Corvallla. Or. bbMia lsed to increase day power from one to five kilowatts. British Wiffirie Suggests US Ballot Board Impartial Body's Duties Would Be to Enforce Election )Lawa COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.. Aug. 14-(iiP)-Wendell L. Willkle suggested today the creation ot an Impartial board to enforce fed eral election laws. The republican presidential nominee told a press conference that he was waiting with interest to ascertain whether the demo cratic national committee would comply with his suggestion that about 1640,000 collected in the sale of campaign book advertis ing be returned. He added he would "keep af ter" the matter until some action was taken. Expressing confidence that Attorney General Robert Jackson was "an able lawyer." Willkle added be believed Jack son would "give an opinion and give a tight one." Discussing the creation of a board to see that federal election laws were enforced, Willkle said that when an administration came to power it often was tempted to prosecute misdeeds of its oppon ents and ignore those of Its sup porters. Members ef an election board. Willkle said, should have long terra appointments and should be "strictly impartial." He said mem bers of both major parties and other interests should be repre sented. Willkle added: "Ton would have a much bet ter chance ot enforcing the elec tion laws with such a board than with officials who are Interested in the outcome of an election. Where a man's treasure is, there is h heart also." Huge Shipments Sent Fire Areas SPOKANE, Wash.. Aug. 14-A) -Tons ot everything "from matches to tents" are morlnr from Spokane toward the tire lines of north Idaho and. western Montana, Cliff Hunter, forest service procurement officer, said tonight. The largest shipment, amount ing to 20 tons of equipment and including 1200 sleeping bags, moved by train tonight toward the Yellowstone nark area, vhum some ot the region's wildest for est nrea are raging. A food shipment grossing 23. 000 pounds was destined for Elk City, Idaho, and the Nes Perce forest flreline where 1100 men were fighting an 8000-acre, wind whipped blaze. Equipment for 2 SO men was dispatched to the Canadian border in the Kaniksu forest ot north Idaho, where. Hunter said, the crew was on guard to prevent the spread ot a fire from Canada across the international line. Elsie Vaughn of Fox Valley Dies FOX VALLEY, Aug. 14 Mrs. Elsie Vaughn, wife of Arthur Vaughn and mother of Evalyn Vaughn, died at the family resi dence in Fox Valley at 4 a. m. todsy. Surviving in addition to the widower and daughter are her mother, Mrs. Pruner, one sister, Mrs. Harry Vaughn ot Eatacada, two bothers. William and Glen Pruner of California, and nephew, Frank Vaughn. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p. m. at the Lyons Methodist church. Burial will be In the Fox Valley cemetery. Wed dle mortuary of Stayton is In charge of the arrangements. Carleson Remodels Cafef Will Open WUh New Name R. V. Carleson, owner and man ager ot the Porthole restaurant, said yesterday that bis establish ment will be reopened, probably Sstarday, under a new name, aft er being completely remodeled, modernised and enlarged. New name of the restaurant, located on the southwest corner et State and High, will be Carleaon's. Police Book Violators Arrested Wednesday r night by city police were Paul L. Harrison. 131 state street, violation ot basic traffic rule; Helen Curtet, 1005 South 21st street, no driver's li cense; Arthur A. 8chlappl. Port land, failure to stop. StQiarged - ; a unists Jimmy Cagneyy Franchot Tone, Bogart Named . as filembers -i (Continued from page 1) Is an ex-communist and one-time advocate 'of our government's overthrow by force and violence. Is true in the slightest degree," March said.1 "I do-not even know the man 'I have never knowingly con tributed a single penny to the com munist or any other unAmerican cause.""" ' Leech was the principal ' wit ness before the grand jury, which indicted five men on charges of murder - in connection with a waterfront slaving frre years ago which he attributed to differences over communistic influences in a labor union. To further the work of the party among motion picture people and to obtain funds for party support, iaech testified, "study groups" in which tenets of the party were taught were organised among writers, producers and actors. Staader: MLoyal, Trusted Member.' Concerning Stander, the tran script showed Leech testified: "Sometime in 1935 he came into my office at 224 South Spring street and presented his member ship book and his transfer from New York to Los Angeles. I took a payment from him andirfsve him the offfcJ41 receipt of ooM munist party, made out In the name of J. Rand. I have known him as a loyal and trusted mem ber of the communist party. At times he contributed as much as 175 a week." Leech declared Frank Davis, actor and producer, "made the largest contribution to my knowl edge ot any individual, 2500 a month." He testified James Carney had been a heavy contributor to party funds and was "both a member and contributor in 1934." Humph rey Bogart, he aald, possessed a communist party book and was on a "master list" of contributors. The grand Jury today called as witnesses several ot those named by Leech as communist party members. The nature of their testimony was not disclosed. Stander, however, previously had denied in newspaper statements that he was a member of the psrty. The transcript showed that Leech testified Franchot Tone's contributions raa from 275 te 1150 monthly. . ...... Captain Trailing His Vessel Again PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 14-) -Still a captain without a ship, Ralph A. Oliver. 52, ot Philadel phia, faced another 900-mile Jaunt today before he eould re gala his command. Already be has traveled 900 miles a hurried train and bus jsunt to overtake the vessel, the American-Hawaiian line's Vir ginian, which sailed from Oakland Sunday without him. He caught her here, but line officials an nounced that he was instructed to return te San Francisco by train. There, they added, he prob ably would take over again. A dinner date held him while Capt. O. L. Thompson, the com pany's coastwise pilot, shoved off from the California pier. Captain Oliver explained that he under stood the ship would be ready to aall at 10 p.m., but when he ap peared it was gone, having moved out at 8 p.m. ,,r j-:' : . ' f'i- . . .. - : . . . ... -. 1 :': -:; - wr- Prime MlBlteT Wlnstoex'cj.urcbJlL mUm mixlrit ahwnm tiuuiriti J24ach railway canncss. -.--V Beans in Boston? No Chance, Says Stewart Holbrobk PORTLAND, Ore., lag. 14-' (A-If yow want "beans in a Boston restaurant, eat lobster. Jlhls la. the. advkeof Stew art Holbrook, author of "Holy Old Mackteaw sued "Etham Al len, s resident for- twe years f Boston. "Yon can't jt a bean that fit to eat 1st a Doetow restanr-ant-or hotel, the former- Port land writer said. "It is a. scasi du, I- spoke , t the Bostosi chamber, of commerce) about, it. -They told me I was right, bat said they couldn't do a damn thing aboat it. . , ' Holbrook Is conducting"' for-" est fire prevention .campalgm la Waslilngton this summer. : - FDR Tells Youths To Keep Studying Serve Nation Better by Keeping up Education, President Says WASHINGTON, Ang. -14-(&)-Preeident Roosevelt told the na tion's youth today that they would serve their country better by stay ing In school and continuing their education than by going to work' la a defense Industry or enlist ing in the armed f orces. The president's views were made public in a letter to Paul V. McNutt, federal security ad ministrator, replying to a mem orandum In which McNutt had re ported that universities faced a serious problem - because young people were dropping out for "pa triotic" reasons. "Young people should be ad vised. Mr. Roosevelt wrote, "that It IS their patriotic duty to con tinue the normal course ot their education unless and - until they are called so that they will be well prepared for greatest useful ness to their country. "They will be promptly notified if they are needed for other pa triotic services." Meanwhile Aubrey Williams, national youth administrator, in structed state youth administra tors to increase the employment ot out-ot-school youths on resi dent projects. To compensate for the expan sion of full-time resident projects, in which shop and mechanical work will be carried on, Williams said that "less essential types" of projects would have to be elim inated. Leopold's Clhildren Are now at Home BRUSSELS. (Via Berlin) Aug. 14 (Jfy-Ji prisoner ot war la his own castle. King Leopold ot Bel glum has his children with him again after weeks ot separation amid war's tumult but he still awaits the return of hundreds of thousands of his countryman who fled to France during Germany's invasion ot the lowlands. About 1. 100.000 Belgians were wandering refugees in France when the armistice was signed. They have been returning only gradually to their homes. Also with the king now are his mother, the dowager -Queen Elisabeth, and bis brother. Prince Charles. They are living In Lask en castle, near here, the usual residence of the royal family. Public Will Scan Eugene Contract EUGENE. Anr. 14-MPV-A ro. posed contract with the Bonne ville power administration will be piacea oerore the people for com ment and -criticism, the Eugene water board decided yesterday. Board officials said the ceak load and emergency agreement would not be signed until the city received assurance that its control over rates and operations would be respected. Readying for the Invasion : -V- , v : "'v:.-,V - f-.-- - ? ... i .. ' v is s tw of CritUh defeases against --- "rTr " "osca poai M watch a rna crew bancla a "Reds" Set up Defense Posts Stronjr : "Bine" i Divisions Jjtected to Thrvw ; : Heavy Attack r " " Br JACK B. BEARD WOOD SOMEWHERE - IN SOUTH WEST WASHINGTON. Aug. 14- (jpy-rxclng probable intensive at tacks - ail along a so-mue ' xrout during the night or early morn ing, the northern ; "red" army scurried behind its own lines to- nignt to set up oeiense positions from which to hold back the much stronger southern -blue". array in the United States army's biggest west coast peacetime maneuvers. The first of the- four-day mock war brought feeler actions' by re connaissance troops ana cavsary. Two major engagements occurred on a double-bulged line which the "reds" established early today by getting; a four-hour Jump on the southerners. - More than 21.000 men were within the war area tonight with the remaining 10,10 lying be hind the lines as reinforcements that could be pushed up when the "blues" started an offensive. The ""blues." on the- defensive at the start because the -"reds-violated a mythical 'neutrality sona by Invading- the Deschutes- Nisqually river demilitarised area- today went on the offense. Under army plana, the southern army ef 20,000 men was to attack the "red" army of 18,000. Battle at Bridgehead The most violent battle of ths day occurred this morning when regular army troops ot the "blue' Infantry stormed a Deschutes riv er bridgehead held by advenes "red" detachments, and drove the defenders back several miles to Rainier, Wash. . Another ma! or ensrasement oc curred in a lake region southeast ot Olympla, Wash., where the northern cavalrv and artlllerv huf taken up positions. Southern ln- lantry attacked them and officers said there were aoma mvthicai casualties and an undiaclnuuf number ?f prisoners taken. The southern armv took an m. sitlons between the Deschutes riv er and the "red" front, and beran feeling out the opposing army for the expected attack. Moving1 up in a solid front were national guardsmen of the 41 at divtainn from California. Utah and Neva- aa, ana regular army troops from tne mira division. All troops kept well under cov er during the rday, except for spo radic attacks, while 20 observa tion, planes attached to each army criss-crossed the region in at tempts to spot troop movements. Bombers Comlax The northern defense force will be bulwarked by a potent alrforce tomorrow when eight four-motor ed bombers. 21 pursuit and four cargo planes from Hamilton Field. Calif., join them. The bombers will drop flour sacks to simulate bombing attacks. la addition, the "red" force will so i aided by 11 . bt-motored medium bombers from McCoxd Field. Wash. In real warfare the cargo ahipa would coatala para. cnute troops. Rampaging Rivers Do Great Damage (Continued from Pago 1) 14 Industrial plants. Two burned as the wster rose about tliem. The town. Isolated, was without water, ngnt or telephone facili ties. Pronertv damaa-a thare waa a. tlmated at 12.000,000, and Mayor it. f. atcNeUl said for Wilkes county as a whole It probably would reach $10,000,000. He said 500 were homeless and 2S00 out of work. Police Chief John Walk er exnressed fear that man had arownea oeiore they eould be warned of the raoldlr rislnr wa ters. The city called on the Red Cross, meanwhile giving food aad sasiter to the needy. The water was xast receding tonight. Menace .' .... . - . .... . . N. tfeeatesuid Gem. Im raa uennasi land Inva- Invasion Iry HeldNeanii Aerial Attacks Continne Unabated ; Train Hit J at Southampton T'rContinued from page'l) i attack' and insisted there was no -military damage. ' .British reports said plane fac tories . at Milan and Turin were smashed. - 'British warships went tato ac- . tion ln the batUe for BriUsh So- maliland. Firing salvos from light . naval units in the Gulf of Aden. the BriUsh said they scattered Italian v armored columna and troop concentrations driving to ward Berbers, capital of British Somsllland. : ! British reports from Cairo said the Italian ' advance- had been stopped well before Bulbar, 49- - miles west of Berbers. i Britain lost another large liner, j The admiralty announced the armed merchant cruiser Transyl- . vania, K.I 22-ton cruise liner which plied the West Indies holi day trade during peace times, had been torpedoed by a German sub marine. Between 20 and 40 lives were believed tost. The Transylvania was the sev enth largest passenger liner to go down daring the war. She was a sister ship of the Caledonia, sunk by a German submarine June IS under the name of Seotstoun.4 Greece, friend of Britain and' object of 'a bitter Italian -press campaign; looked to her defenses. ; I Premier John Metaxas confer red tor hears last night with his army chief of staff and bis cab inet. Foreign circles expressed be- . lief Greece was getting ready for a possible military threat from Italy by way ot Albania. Greece's Italian-held neighbor. , .. - ' Authoritative IUlians have charged Greece with territorial designs on - Albania. - , Inquiry on IVIilk Board Is Begun (Continued from page 1) the control board, reported that the control board had ample fig ures on which to compute equal isation TOOla. but that itnrtnr In- - Junctlve litigation Involving local aairy sucn iniormatron was hot furnished It.' Folio win r a decr nf ti preme coJhrt upholding the con trol board in this a nit ha uM it was necessary to compute milk poois ior penoos already past.' During this period the board ex pressed its willingness to consider -any agreement on the matter reached by local producers, i Such an arreement was nnM4 ' ed forthcoming in Jane, the at- tornersaio. put tne control board was tnfonned Jn ST tht n negotiations were at an end. and as a result it took legal steps .to re Quire producers Involved .to show cause why they had refused payment oi equalisation assess menls or suffer toes ot their deal ers .licenses. - J H. Ma pes. first witness for , the producers and milk board ad ministrator, ; testified that suffl- ' cient data , was on band la his office for computation of equal- . lsatloa payments, and was fol lowed br Qua Slither. Kalam mtlV producer, who told of negotiations between the Maimi Kmvs ms producer-distributors for a eons-V promise settlement of equalisa tion payments. Final witness was Hans Hof stetter, manager of Cuiiys dairy. 1 who described more fully the his tory ef the negotiations looking toward a solution of the ;. - ment question. . I The ease was continued until : August 29. f when hearinra will probably occupy two days. " . V Finger 'Created5 J For Infant Girl Bj Stching Toe NEW YORK. Anr ll-Jrii successful Vereation" of finger for a 1-year-old girt from one of her toes a mrviii fM performed so skillfully as to make wiwuon uixiicuit was described todsy in the Annxst ln nr An. nals ot Surgery. ' The transplanting was done by Dr. THrar P. Blair and nr. T. Byars of St, Louis, who grafted the toe to replace the first Joint Ot the middle flnrer of th rirV right band.! So successful waa -the nnn.f 1 tion. the article aald. t h a t six weeks later x-rav nleturea ahowed that color 'and cireulation appar- enuy were satisfactory. Although' the joint remains - Straight now. the rlrl alre1r has developed noticeable voluntary uexion and extension -of the new member, and eventuaTir. the anr- geons boned, normal movement of the finger would be reached. ? Youtlx Foundation osed to A1TC NEW YOKK. Anr llJin- 1 Formation ;of the National Foun dation for American Youth, to unify young people's groups op posed tA Ihl llfffriMn Tnnth Congress ' was announced todsy by Gene Tunney, its temporary national chairman. . - The- CX.heavrwMtrYit W1nr champion vigorously .championed me cause pi an anti-communist blod which was refused admit tance to the AT Cm national con- yenuon recently la Lake Geneva, Try i t - Hot Spring Barns Boy . YELLOWSTOXT5 PATtlT. WtO Aug. 14-5-Keiineth James, 15, ot Banning, Califs suffered second , ' degree burns tor bis right leg when he broke through the crust cover ing a: hot sprint? In Yellowstone national park. .He was taken to ; a hospital, at Mammoth Hot' Springs where physicians said his . - A - s conmuoa was -not serious.- -