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1 X7czZizr , 4 ' Satarday jnaxissai ten peratare 3; nlslrsEia 31; river 2JS feet. . . Partly tlou&T Ssstiay, c caslonal rala west tzl msow flanles east portion Sunday nixttt as. Menday;' warmer Sonday vlgbt. 1 WD re ID - - w) wr-m 1 W'pmkfti m wm IB JUS mi - - - J - - -f -If ' . PCUNC3D 1651 i ' . . - : - . " During the time that Philander r. Knox -wu secretary of state the term "dollar diplomacy came Into use. It carried the implication that, while trade follows the flag, the flag also should follow trade. In other words diplomacy was re carded as a friendly tool for the " extension and protection of our , foreign trade. The idea was for I the state department to support our drummers of shoes in Costa Rica and of machinery in Africa and our roving ambassadors of in vestment for American capital. Then' came the aee of purifica tion; money-changers were driv en from the temple, vendors of machine-guns , were called mer chants of death, and international bankers and world-covering cor porations were left to boil in their own. oiL- r The wheel seems to have turned full circle, for now I note that Sec" Ickes, speaking for the gov- m rnpr i mm PTifinivfiriiiv ui . ranee for government financing " island in the Persian gulf ' across Saudi . Arabia "to ' points on the . Red Sea' and the Mediterranean, where refineries would, be locat ed, it was proposed that, the gov- rnmpnt itlf arnuire a. stake -in the oil fields of Saudi Arabia, but that was given up when the- pos . sible conflicts of sovreignty. were pointed out. Ickes, however, ' wants to spent $130 millions of government -money to -build this ' pipeline for use by American oil companies which have concessions In 4h 'miriril at Standard rf . ..... ....MM... i -ii i California, The Texas company and Gulf Oil company. The com panies would pay for the line over .'a period of 25 years. ' - A few days ago the Truman committee investigating the ques - tion of oil supplies for this coun- try, recommended appropriations for initiating refining of oil from domestic shales and coal, and IS . i .-. a s a - aiso pom tea lowara ioreign cour ce. It endorsed the initiative of American comnanies in obtaining 4I m . conces-' (Continued on editorial S page) " t 5 : : Solons Attack Baruch Plan M 1 ' . centralization ; By JACK ELI WASHING TON, . Feb. 19 -JP) The Baruch plan for postwar re conversion of industry and man power to civilian pursuits ; was challenged in . congress ' today on the grounds that it would deliver the future economic destiny of the nation into the hands of the exe- . ' , Chairman George (D-Ga) of the senate postwar planning commit- - tee led the attack with an asser tion ' that the proposals isubmitted -by Bernard M.- Barucht,73-year- rl financier ; and - nresidential ad- - viser, -posed a basic Issue whether '.congress or.;the executive should ..day down the general policies fof the change over, .... I Sen. Vandenberg (R-Mich), a member, backed up this viewpoint with the declaration that the com mittee is not willing to leave such decisions to "executive lieuten ants' but will insist on the estab lishment of an over-all authority accountable to congress for its actions. " "The senate postwar committee fTnrn in Par 2Strr T ' ' - --- i rz 'ii1 7---, , I7. T 7 i r.i ; - ' MIAMI, Flat, Feb. 19 -HyP-Charles E, Bedaux French-born , . . ' .. ... it ..... .. . " -. ... : lonoer .ananog woo Became : an international figure and an intl- . mate of the Duke of -Windsor, . iouk an own uie nere, an oxu " cial announcement - said - today, : while facing an accusation of trea- ,i son.v . ' i r '. . '-," .'t' Tmmi-ratinn Avont JTnVin V. Tn : ling said the 58-year-old engineer - and industrialist swallowed an ov- - rdose of carefully - hoarded sleeping tablets Monday night, at a detention home where he had .. he was brought from north Af rica 4o Miami December 23, 1943, ' aboard- an army plane. ' ' - : He was lound in a coma by an attorney Tuesday and never re- - gained consciousness before he j hospital. Burling would not reveal 'the text of a suicide note Bedaux left to his secretary. Bedaux downed the tablets a few hours after he was informed that, a board of special inquiry of me immigrauon ana naturaliza tion 'service had ruled that he was a citizen of the United States and could be admitted to this country. "Bedaux further was informed at the time, however," iiurnng re ported, "that a grand jury- would De convenea w inquire uw ius the German government and of the Vichy French government, ;.and - that the grand jury would con fiier whether he should be In dicted for treason and for. com-rr-rJcrtir with the enemy. rarcsTY-TRiaD yeah us rm n to Maomtes imeji-iBgeBi i Other Islands in North Fall to American Forces By WUliam US PACIFIC FLEET HEAlQUAr4S' Pcarl Harbor, Feb. 19 (AP)---WUh a might iwb Ameri can marines captured Engebi island y .s important airbase one day after landing on Et$0 k atoll irf the Mai-cYinll-. i h 0 Several other islands in the northern portion have also fallen to the Americans. . .Ji, , ;Adm. Chester W. Nimitz so announced today, say ing that preliminary reports ties have been light. Other were,. not named, ' but islands' f rotja that area : include Muzinbaarikku, Ueiri and Allied Ships Shell Rabaul, Kavieng Base Shore Batteries Silenced ; Large Fires Burn in Harbor ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIF IC, Sunday, Feb. 20-P)- For the first time in the war, allied warships shelled the big ' fort ress of Rabaul and the enemy base of Kavieng, headquarters announced today. Shore batteries were silenced ' and large fires started at Simp- son harbor at Rabaul. one of the most commodious naval ..bases- in ... ,' - - -1 - -the Pacific. The ' shelling was done by de stroyers Friday. The destroyers were undam aged 'in their bold move against the New Britain stronghold. At Kavieng, 160 miles to Ra baul's northwest on New Ireland, the bombarding warships ex ploded a tanker, damaged a doz en small vessels, silenced coastal batteries and departed undam aged, i Both Rabaul and Kavieng have been struck by air repeatedly but never before had warships dared venture into their sectors. - Air, attacks in the Rabaul area (Turn to Page 2 Story B) Council May Consider Ward iiment A realignment of city wards in the east end of Salem may be one of : the" principal items of business when the city council meets Mon day night, it. 'became apparent Saturday after Attorney i General George Neuner had advised Dis trict Attorne23liller ;B Hayden that, there is no provision ,of law in Oregon requiring" county courts to take, into consideration ward lines when establishing and bounding an election precinct within an incorporated city. ' " When 'the county court recently created a. new precinct, cutting into two already-established vot ing units which bad exceeded the legale maximum of 500 registered voters, it failed to note that the new precinct straddled ward lines. Because of this no common city ballot could be used there and city fathers two weeks ago by resolu tion asked - for . a rearrangement.' - Neuners opinion indicates that the court, because it acted, as di rected, by law in establishing, the new precinct, could not now re scind its action. Only, limitation . upon the 'au thority to establish election pre cincts - in incorporated cities and towns, Neuner said, is that no pre cinct shall include territory, both inside; and outside the corporate limits.- - Bulletin . LONDON, 'Sunday Feb. Z fjP)-BriUlns bombers re turned to Germany ' last night far- the first Urre scale attack since the night ef February 15 when Ber lin was hit, the - air ministry announced today. The night's target was not Immediately named. In the February 15 jittack en Berlin, some 1CC9 binberr dropped 2,SS9 tons of bombs in history's greatest raid on a sin gle target. -- - Realin 23 PAGE3 - f f f : Hippie indicated American casual islands of the atoll captured - Ruiiyoru, : southeast, of O Engebi, ' land Bogon, Bogarikk, Bogallua to the Elugelab I and northwest - Assaults on other portions of the atoll pre proceeding on sched ule, Adit. Nimitz said. His an nouncement did not indicate how much resistance the Japanese of fered thi American ; invader at Engebi with its 5000-foot air strip. The capture of Engebi puts our forces 750 statute miles! west of the Japanese great fortress of Truk which was attacked by a great force of American carrier based planes and the result of which hai not been disclosed be cause radio silence must be ob served by ships of the attacking forces. There was no indication of the size of the Japanese garrison de fending Engebi and the surround ing islands, in the westernmost Marshall but' it is probable pre liminary Ifship bombardment and plane bombing and strafing killed many ot the defenders and knock ed out many defense positions be fore the! 22nd marine regiment charged ashore. - . " - For the first time Truk Is within range of American land based planes. Fenape, 425 miles southwest ef Engebi, Is wilhla : easy " range even' of mediant Mitchells and their 75mm can non. , I : . - . 7. Seabee probably followed .the assault troops ashore and began immediate rehabilitation : of the battered Engebi field after its capture.. 1 A triangular shaped island, En gebi is ; jkpproximately one mile long on each of its three sides. The 5000-foot Irun way is located on the northwest shore and bears east to west.' As a prelude to the major-at tack on; Truk and the invasion of the Eniwetok atoll, army and navy planes and warships joined in neu tralizing attacks t on Ponake .and Kusaie, bbth important Nipponese base in he Carolines and other bases in February the Marshall between 34 and 18. Sirnqvic Backs TitqParlisatis LONDON, Feb. 19-F)- Gen. Dusan Siinovic, who guided King Peter's government in the Yugo slav: revolt against the . axis and alignment1: with the allies, came out of retirement tonight to urge support -for. Marshal Josip Broz (Tito) and declare that allied help would come to the Balkans this spring. ' - a Making slear that he was speak ing as a Idier and not as a poli tician, Geju Simovic asserted that "To workifagainst the national lib eration rnovement is to work against otr allies and give assis tance to- Che enemy.? . '.'- 1 Tito, leader of the' national ar my of lihf ration, has accused the forces of ! Gen. Draja Mihailovic, minister; of war in King Peter's government,' of attacking his troops.1 ' I ':- -. : - -" Dr. MiUer issioned Dr. H. G. Miller, superintendent of the Oregon Fairview home, was commissioned . a lieutenant com mander iri the US navy Saturday and ordered to report March 13 in Washington, DC. , - Lt Cmdr. Miller will be as signed to phe psychiatry section of the navy I medical corps, he-has been notified. In addition to his work as i superintendent of the state institution -which cares for the mentally - deficient, Dr. Mil ler has served the state as physi cian for llillcrest girls' school. Mrs. Miller and their children will move from their residence at the home ; Into Salem to reside duties the-doctor's" leave of ab sence while in the service. Salmi Oreon. Stmday Morning. Tabruarr 23. 1944 Doughboy Touch $ ' 4 ? : VVhUe Inspecting an' infantry unit hower, supreme commander, demonstrates hit "doughboy touch by firing a Browning light machine gun off Its meant and from the hip. (AF Wtrephote from signal eorps radiophoto) ; Candidate For Sheriff By RALPH Employes used to be envious fctrut around importantly even g payroll" That ws when payrolls were hard to meet. But now adays when meeting payrolls is no worry at all, employers and political leaders are in the same boat; their worry is to find someone to' put onii the payrolL - f , Hereabouts the quest for candidates to run for public offices whose occupants are unsuitable toO- Certain groups, continues without publishable result but things are beginning to jell in some instances.' For example, that ji matter of . a republican candidate for Mrion county 'sheriff. Certain people have oeen waiting . to learn whether Karl Steiwer, who gave Sheriff A. C. Burk a run for his money four years, ago, would be 'a candidate again. Certain other people have been urging Steiwer - to run. He Will not. t f That leaves the first-mentioned f certain people" out on the end Of the springboard," and at this moment they hesitate but - prob ably will dive in. Speaking of persons urged to run, but who Von't, it - is an open secret . that Bert Smith, long-time deputy in the sheriffs office, is one of these. I In Salem another; quest is un der way- and since; the; job; in volved is part-time and unsalaried, it shouldn't -be so difficult - and yet the quest was unsuccessful up to Saturday. Certain people who tjhink law' enforcement in Salem shouldn't be so strict have been seeking a candidate l! for; mayor to oppose the ""incumbent, I. M. Doughton. I -r . ' f- Manpower. difficulties even ex tend . to the matter of . campaign managers, and in that connection it may - be reported that whereas Wayne L Morse goti of f. to a slow start . as a candidate! for the re- pubUcan nomination for United States senator,' it's logical to as sume 'he has now caught up with incumbent Rufus Holman.. .For, though it was reported some time ago that Ruie's campaign organiz ation was prettyjwell ; set; reports here the last few days indicate it isn't so." E. A. Miller Pf Salem who if - taking a friendly hiterest in Holman's candidacy, i; was reported to be seeking a suitable man to serve -as . the senator's campaign manager, though unmccessfully at recent report. Cronin Telte Newsmen Jap Police Should BeExecuted PORTLAND, Feb. ilVPt-Whtn the Yanks land in j Japan firing squads should execute every mem ber of the Japanese military police captured, Raymond P. Cronin,- for mer chief of the Associated Press bureau in Manila, asserted tonight The Japanese make military po- ce out of army i mcorngibles, Cronin, who was repatriated af ter long internment j in the Phil ippines, said in an Qregonian in terview. "These "gorillas reccsnize no au thority other than their own, be Slid, "They disregard army orders E&d those of the Japarsese" foreign officeJ; They are entirely ,out of control. Even the .other Japanese fear and hate them." j Cronin predicted better .treat ment of captured Air. ;r lean civil ians and soldiers as the war gets closer to the Japanese mainland. No internee in Japanese prison camps ever hastx?f;i allowed to broadcast directly relatives ia America, he said. The messaza 1 M f - 2 V in England, Gen. Dwfght D. Eisen Search on ayor , CURTIS .' - - of political' big shots who could though they "never had to meet Allied Subs r j j.jLiL Enemy Vessels . WASHINQTON, i Feb. 10 -IP) Allied submarines,' ranging from deep in 'Japanese i waters to the Atlantic, Mediterranean and the southeast: Asia area, have ' sunk 32 enemy vessels, probably six more, and damaged eight others. Thirteen of the - vessels ' were Japanese merchantmen, which Were sent to the bottom by two American submarines. For the first time, in announcing the sink ings today; the navy disclosed the general areas covered by the war patrols of the two submersibles "deep in Japanese empire waters." This seemed to indicate strongly ihat the strength and ability of the submarine - fleet has grown to such an extent v that the Jap anese have : full knowledge"- it. is operating - regularly along 'the shores : of Japan itself; penetrating mine fields and evading anti-submarine patrols on the "surface. - - f The new. tag apparently includ ed, some large, ships of the badly curtailed Japanese merchant fleet, for the sub skippers .reported ton nage sunk totalled ; 68,500 tons. That would mean that each of the 13 merchantmen destroyed aver aged more than 5000 tons) sizable units- badly needed by the enemy in keeping men and supplies mov ing ; to ; garrisons on islands throughout the Pacific. - vTbe extent to which those mer chant-craft have been -battered by allied forces' is shown in the total of 1844 Japanese ships of all types that have been reported sunk, pro- (Turn to Page S Story ,A are made up from letters written home and broadcast by an Ameri can traitor and an English-speaking Russian girl, he said. r . Cronin told .. editors and pub Ushers of the state that "we are now. pecking away at islands and atolls, but don't you ever over look the fact .that; we are' only fighting on the edge of the Jap anese battle line. - The Japanese have three fleets, Cronin sail - the heme fleet, the mandated Islands fleet ' and the China eea fleet la adJillon to a not-yet used snb--marlse fleet , generally ranked' as the greatest fct the wcrlJ. He warned that failure to defeat Japan now might give rise to a vast color, war against the white race. , ' "If Japan, isn't brought , to her knees now, she will rise again under the leadership of the black and yellow races in a holy war to wipe out the white race," he pre (Turn to Pass 2 Story C) ' M 32M6re . - - . 5! . f i W AUno Tr o JTh 77 77 1 . l - ' , - - - - - . - , ' ' . - , - - ' H i ' ;-., -. s i - - - , i i With Slam "... vf' ter 4 Reds Knock Out In Korsun Trap , Immense Armory ) I Of! Tanks, Trucks- : Guns Are Captured i By TOM YARBROUGH K LOipON,. Sunday, Feb. 20 (Pj-i 'the Russians announced last night that they had not on ly, killed or captured 73,200 Germans ' in the 14-day battle .3-4 i: . .", of the) f Korsun : trap but had seized j an immense armory of nazi equipment; including 10, 000 trucks, 619 guns and 116 tanks, pie nazi eighth army coni mander's body also was declared found among the dead. . " -The lannouncement- said j t h a t 10,000 more ; Germans had been counted since figures on German losses in the great Dnieper bend debacle first bad been made pub lic ls Thursday. . Among these were 300 dead, making a total of 55,000 jslain, and 7200 additional prisoners for a total of 18,200 cap tive; j , The -Announcement was made in a statement broadcast by Mos cow ra&io. "j - LateiJ, a Moscow, midnight bul letin ' gitve detail of .steady Rus sian advances in the north ; where 130. more communities- were cap Ltured In. thet&ree-way .drive, on Pskov, gateway to the Baltic states. I . " ' The p-ail station of Plyussa, 58 miles northeast of . Pskov on the Leningrad-Pskov ! . railway," was taken after a tense fight which cost : the Germans " hundreds of dead the late bulletin said. Ski troops iwere active, making surprise-raids behind enemy strong points and suddenly flanking po sitions fthe Germans had counted secure, j ' ' , To Che east the Russian forces (Tub to Page 2 Story E) Labor Charges CoQt of Living EaetsiDisforted . By y JOSEPH A. LOFTUS ? Labor xhembers of the president's cost-of-living 'committee contend ed today .that the bureau of labor statistics index "distorts the basic lacts "f - wartune living : costs even as the White House an nounced that the 40-year-old index had been upheld by a .non-partisan committee of experts. " , -Actinir as a minority group in the presidential committee Georfee Meany ' of -. the AFX. and. . J. Thomas? of the CIO sent to the White House the report they made public January 25 contending liv ing costs have risen' at least 43.5 per cent since January, 1841, com pared with about -24 per cent shown by the BLS index. . Press j Secretary Stephen Early told reporters at. the-White House that the president had received the labor members report and letter but since , it was - what he called an "ex parte" report solely from the labor members the chief executive "doesn't feel he can pass judgment ' oo the ' problem" until the full committee has reported. : . (Turn to Page 2 Story F) Firiei Sweeps Aster iSrill . - i - MOrrjTlEAL, Sunday, Feb. 20 (A1) .A; fire, swept' through the Astor grill in the heart of Mont real's theatre district last night, but police said early today that it .was under control after a three hour, f iht and that ' there . had been nof loss of life. . . . T - 'Injuries were . Jimited - to f one person- iMIy burned, as patrons of the rJht club- filed out The Victory theatre in the same build ing also j was emptied. The theatre &nd a ftcre also were damaged to seme; extent. . , - - . A police cfficial said "loss was considerable but would not ven ture to make an estimate. How the firej began wes not immed iately determined. , . ; A f 47 73,200 Nazis Pric. 5e j ii - Bay . II OmkM Fifth Armjr Troops Fall Bacls But Prevent Face Four ? Infantry Divisions 5 1 4 . ' By Richard ALLIED. HEADQUARTERS, Naples, (AP) -American and British troops have carpeted the ground before their Anzio beachhead line yith German dead and in four days have wired out as many as half of some nazi units- In one. of the greatest and most cru cial battles of the war, front dispatches reaching here disclosed 'tonight. - '"'".'''' Metingr the German attempt to push them back into the sea with a hurricane of steel, fifth army troops fell back ! in one sector but kept their lines intact and prevented a break-through. The allied soldiers were fighting doggedly to wear out the Germans. I Against mem the Germans haveC thrown at least four divisions off infantry and armor in this battle on the beachhead front south" of Rome.' j Allied airmen In a day of in tense activity over the beachhead today shot ! down at least 15 nazi planes a nd probably destroyed five others pf the more than 100 enemy aircraft which attacked the British' and American ground troops. - ,i i - , - The grim determination of the British and. American infantry men at the: beachhead was praised by Lt Gen. Mark W. Clark today who said that these soldiers had risen ' to new heights of courage and skill in fthe bitter struggle. . He roade i this statement after another visit toy his advanced headquarters at -the beachhead, nd said he was inspired anew by It ? war the allied trooM had guarded their "position against nu merically superior forces. He had praise : also j for the .Fifth army tankmen and .the allied naval forces engaged in the battle. : ,.. Warnings that further German assaults could be . expected. Gen. Clark said: . that the enemy was finding it increasingly difficult to . s-l .i ... ..... . imca sot spots in uie perimeter oi the beachhead. In the day's air battles over the beachhead American medium bombers shot down eight out of 20 German j planes that tried to intercept their bombing of nazi supply dumps v around i Carroceto. Returning pilots said that five more German planes were so bad ly f damaged., that they probably crashed. The bombers blew up a gasoline dump, which sent. flames spouting 200 feet in the air. . ' , Seven German planes were shot down by British fighters and two by American fighter bombers! British Wiit - it - i I vf : -' . puyorev: - , ; i LOJiTDON, I Sunday1, Feb; , 2(y-(Jpi The Moscow' radio "announced to pay that Adm. Sir Bruce Frasef, Adm. Sir John C rJackT - Tovey, Gen. Sir Harold " Alexander r and Air. Marshal -Sir-Arthur Harris, alLof whom are Britons- had been awarded ; Russia's high military; award the order of Suvorov first class. 1,. I X j. The broadcast - was recorded here, by the Soviet monitor. An identical award had been made - by the Russians to Gen. Dwight D. J' Eisenhower, allied commander; in chief. Russian dec orations also! have been given., to SO other 'American army,' navy and merchant marine officers and men. ; - -i-J ": - K - i Gen. Alexander is the allied commander: in Italy and Air Mar shal Harris is chief of the British bomber command. Adm. Fraser commands the British home fleet, and Adm. Tovey Is admiral of the fleet and former home Beet com mander. ; - Salem Hospitals Underotaf f e0 ; ? 1 1 1 t Any severe accident i during early hours, of this morning would have found hospitals 'in Salem un able to provide their usual emer gency service, city first aid men said they believed after -one pa tient had been sent, first to one and then tq the other Jfor care At one hospital lack of help was giv en as reason for the request to take the , accident victim ' else where. At! the other, every bed was filled by 11 pjn. and the nursing staff was less than SO per cent that usually required for op eratkn ef the institution, Capt Percy Osrk, city fire and first aid c r:r( .rnt sc;i. . MS gm Break - through; G. Massock Feb. 19 - " 1 i ' . . - j ! L m tassino Abbey Used by Huns For Observing NEW YORK, FeU lM-Frank Gervasi, Mediterranean corre spondent for Collier's Magazine, said tonight on return from Italy that while Germans were using the Abbey De Monte Cassino as an observation - post he saw as many as 800 allied soldiers go out and only 24 come back "be cause the Germans could see every move and 1 turn their -fire upon them. ' vf jy - . : uIn Jthe .beginning," eaid Ger vasi, as he stepped from an Amer ican Export Airlines Flying Ace, "we could have easily blown the whole works to pieces. Because ' of politics and because of the Vati can's request to respect Vatican property, we did I not move until the Huns had had time to com pletely fortify It j Gervasi, admitting that a largo tear in the front of his jacket was caused by a piece of shrapnel, said "Our men had a hell-of-a-time kow-towing; to politics. "We knew for a long time." he T (Turn to -age;2Story C) i Willkie Yisit Brings Backenr PORTLAND, Fehl 1-(P)-Wen-deil Willkie's recent visit to Port land was reaping a political har vest today as four; Oregon repub licans,: led by Former Governor Charles .A.r -Sprague, lined,"up ' squarely . .behind - the presidential candidaie. - ''" . , The Oregonian reported that- in addition- to" Sprague; . E.- P. Dodd or Hermiston, ex-legislatof Tand one-time' candidate- for governor; Robert O. WelchJ' Portland, and George M. Roberts, Medford, have declared "for Willkie. AXl except -Roberts, a onetime classmate of Willkie who is spear heading his friend's forces in the fourth district, are' running as delegates to the republican nation al convention, the paper said. Oregon republicans will elect 15 delegates in the May" 19 pri mary - 7 from the state at large, and two from each of the four congressional districts. i Food Poisoning Cases Treated It . i1 ; Five cases of food poisoning which originated, it was believed, in a cream pie, were taken to Sa lem Deaconess hospital late Sat urday afternoon from Blue Lake cannery in West. Salem and had shown marked improvement prior to midnight, attendants at the hos pital said. . When the five employes, all of whom it was said,; had eaten some of the pie at the noon lunch hour, became ill the management or dered them taken! to the hospital immediately and called for rapid medical ..services. Source of the. pie was unknown at the hospital. Spsaldin in; Action - U jg) Clifford Spaulding of Newberg reported i having seen several small' freighters bomted as he participated, in en air raid over Japanese shipping at Rabaul on Thursday, Associated Press dispatches frcn an ; Tv: iced south raclfis t-se early r,crr."r.:i declared. ' If I"' " 5. . ':