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Stop the plow, brother fanner,
and take a look around. Scan the
skies and you will note ample
signs of a weather change econ
omic weather, I mean, ead this
jrom the Wall Street Journal:
. "Canned food prices are wilt
ing across the nation. .
"Wholesalers are snipping their
prices to get vncomlortable in
ventories off their laps before a
new pack of fruits .and vegetables
rolls in. Retailers are I trimming
price tags to get increasingly
balky' housewives to buy.
Stocks in hands of packers and
wholesalers are about 50 per cent
higher than a year agq, as of
March 1st Tie that fact in wun
thie-
This season's fruit and vege
table pack (being watched close
W bv food men) is expected to
total about 513 million cases. Last
season's pack was 440 million cas
es. How big these super-packs
are can be noted by comparison
with the pre-war 1939-49 sea-
son's production ot z3 minion
Th m law of cuddIt and de-
nmH ic rttinff - in its licks. In
the canned goods field it is op-
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era ting more efficiently wan me
moral suasion oi rresiawu. nu
The wind that blows well for
v the consumer is blowing 111 for
Ifae producer. For the brokers and
wholesalers, their whiskers singed
- h 108 narks are twice shy
' on commitments for the 1947 out-
. a
tt1 f food Drocessing piams.
tkv lnrJc for twice concessions
from the packers. "The latter face
continued high wage rates, sugar
prices higher than a year ago,
tins a little higher, freight rates
v;Kr Uarritu maT be shaved
along the line; but it is evident
that if heavy paring is to be done
the producer will be the one to
Since this valley produces a
huge amount of canned, frozen
and dried fruits or vegetables the
consequences of the "weather
change" will be felt here. Ac
cording to report local canners
disposed of their 1948 pack-quite
successfully. Naturally they do
not want to make a bum guess
on 1947. Showing the effect of
the change is the report that 15c
Ss talked as the price for straw
berries this year, against double
that a year ago. Facing this,
growers will trim their costs as
much as they can. , . .
It must be remembered that
- comparisons with 1946 are with
peak prices all along the line. II
the comparisons go back- to the
1930s the present is- still favor
able, except that costs may prove
more resistant than selling pri
ces. We all knew it had to come
sometime. The thing : to do is ac
cept what seems inevitable and
adjustments to the changing con
ditions: ----- -' ' "
Berry Buys Share
In Woolen Mills
Wilbur Berry, superintendent of
the Kay Woolen Mills for seven
years and with the Kay sales de
partment in the east for the last
two years, has purchased a half
interest in the Paris Woolen Mills
at Stayton. v - :""M --.-"--v :
J B. Powell, who Tesides on
the edge of Turner, purchased the
Paris mill in 1944 and will con
tinue in the sales department of
the organization. Berry will assist
Powell with the management and
expects to live- in Salem, doing
some sales work. He recently re
turned to Salem from Rhode Is
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Py WAj Goodrich .
?l told yoa to stay out oi
those Winescps?
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Changes
Defeated
By GOP!
WASHINGTON, April 2 -CP)
The' republican economy ;( drive
scored a major victory tonight
when the house passed,' 307 to
30, an interior department appro
priation bill totalling - $161,413,
513 about 45 per cent less
than President Truman asked.
The republicans ; s u c c e js fully
fought off all amendments to
boost the funds except five of
their own. : '. j
- The net increases approved by
the house before sending the bill
to the senate after nine hours of
tempestuous debate amounted to
$4,875,000 over the appropria
tions committee recommendations.
The appropriations committee had
cut the bill 47 per cent ibelow
budget estimates before sending
it to the floor last week. It
recommended $156,538,513, ja re
duction of $138,881,907 below
budget estimates for the depart-
ment's operations for the
fiscal
year starting July 1.
Amendments Get Nowhere
Democrats, who had hoped to
pick up enough republican
to -override the committer's 47
per cent slash, offered dozens of
amendments but got nowhere on
them. Many GOP votes they had
hoped to corral apparently! were
weaned away by amendments ac
cepted by the committee. ; I -
These amendments 'added
$2,000,000 for s the - Colorado-Big
Thompson- reclamation project in
Colorado, $1,000,000 for- the An
derson ranch dam project in
Idaho, S2J3DO.O0O for the. Colum
bia basin project in Washington
state, $175,000 for the Glendo
project in Wyoming, and $150,000
for the bureau of fisheries.
Indian Raise Fails
"Turned back by voice
votes,
that were thunderously one-sided
were amendments to increase
funds for the office of the secre
tary of the interior, for the soli
citor's office, for 'the " Bonneville
power administration, for the
Alaskan native service and for the
Indians.: j
Among the 307 votesby iwhich
the bill passed were those of
ep. Ellsworth, Norblad and Stock
man of Oregon. Rep. Angell op
posed the measure. . j .
Salem Veteran
Farm Winner
E. K. Keesecker, Salem war vet
eran, is one of the lucky winners
of a. plot of land in the fertile
Yakima, river valley as the result
of i Yakima, Wash, "fishbowl"
drawing, in which 28 veterans re
ceived rich homestead areas for
farming purposes, the Associated
Press reports.
On the winners, four were! from
Oregon,' 14 from Washington, two
each from Idaho, Utah and Cali
fornia and one each from Mon
tana, Kansas and Colorado,
names' of 28 alternates also
drawn. , - ,
The
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HUNGRY BURGLAR .
A burglar who came in by
breaking a window on the! rear
porch of the T. I Kuhns home,
994 N. ; Summer st, Thursday
night, raided the refrigerator and
took nothing else, city police re
port. The burglar did not enter
the house. .
UAW TURNS TO FORD
DETROIT, April 25-;P-The
CIO United Auto Workers,! hard
upon a - compromise settlement
with General Motors, asked j Ford
Motor Co. -today for immediate
negotiations for a wage increase.
Arrtiy Collects LVOid
r By Robert E. Ganrware
- City Editor. The Statesman!
A cross-section of. the lower
Willamette river valley wap on
record today - in support of most
phases of Willamette basin; de
velopment as , drafted by U. S.
army engineers. j
- Dozens - of - spokesmen - among
151 men and women from six
counties ' who attended Friday's
public hearing in Salem armory
emphasized - and '- re-emphasized
the need for stepped -up flood
control projects on tributaries of
the Willamette, although some
speakers qualified their support
with requests for more consid
eration of fish : and - wildlife ; or
for projects not appearing in! the
apny plan. ).'-
The testimony, all given (into
microphones during five hours,
was recorded. Col O. E. Walsh,
Portland district engineer, jwbo
conducted the hearing, announc
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Oregon. Saturday Morning, April
Ktoaoses Faamds;-Addled
Marion County's Healthiest
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Ronald La than, Salem Heights, and Joyce Terraolt, Prospect school.
Marlon county's healthiest boy and girl relax over milk shakes after
v- leading the sixth annual health parade at the 17th annual 4-II
-spring show Friday. (Photo by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.)
Liberty, Fruitland, Parkersville
Win 4-H Health Parade Flags
By Marguerite Gleason
Statesman Valley Editor
Liberty, Fruitland and Parkersville schools won the flags for
their entries in the sixth annual 4-H health parade, held Friday
through Salem streets as part of the 17th annual Marion county
4-H spring show.
Liberty took first honors for schools of four or more rooms
with Stayton. second and - Salem Heights, third; Fruitland was
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State Police
Of ficer Slain
By Gunman
HOOD RIVER. Ore., April 26
(Jfj-A gunman killed State Patrol
man Delman E. Rondeau, 32, al
most .at the door of the police
station here late last night, then
escaped after failing to break in
to a service station.
Police set up a road block early
today in an ' attempt to trap the
killer.
Rondeau apparently saw the
man attempting to break in. He
called into the city police sta
tion for aid, then ran toward the
service station, 75 feet away. A
gun duel followed, with Rondeau
firing, five shots. A bullet in the
chest killed him. v
- Police found an ex-army sur
plus truck abandoned a '
street. In it were three rifles and
two shotguns. One of the rifles, a
J2Z caliber, was believed the death
weapon. The truck had a Wash
ington, state license.
State police threw road blocks
across the Columbia river high
way in Oregon and the Evergreen
highway in Washington. ;
Wallace Plans
Portland Talk
new york; April 25-wvrhe
partial itinerary of a coast-to-coast
speaking tour by Henry
Wallace was announced today by
New Republic magazine, of which
Wallace is editor. -
The former vice president and
cabinet member, due home short
ly from a European tour, will
open the series of talks in this
country with a, (CBS) network
broadcast from New York at 7:15
p. m. (EST) next Wednesday.
Subsequent addresses are sche
duled at Cleveland on Mvy 2;
Detroit, May 9; Minneapolis, May
12; Chicago, May 14; Los Angeles,
May 19; San Francisco, May 21;
Portland, Ore., May 23, and Se
attle, May 26.
ed thai the full record would go
to the war department and con
gress In Washington, D. C
Amid enumeration of flood
losses and pleas for better pro
tection of rich farmland and fam
ily homes, a note for the future
was sounded when Dave Turn
idge, Sidney farmer for 30 years,
urged that river control projects
be expedited "so that we may
leave something here for our
grandchildren and our . great
grandchildren."
Salem and ' ' Marion , county
spokesmen, voicing their support
for projects ranging from a con
crete lining for She! ton ditch in
Salem to construction of the huge
Detroit dam, asserted that all pro
jects outlined along the Willam
ette would benefit the Salem area.
Polk county leaders, headed by
Ray Walker of Independence,
called for an additional dam one
28, 1947
Price
first for two room schools, Scotts
Mills, second and Cloverdale,
third; Parkersville was first.
Crawford, second and Prospect
third for one room schools. ,
Mt Angel received special men
tion for its well executed marches
but was not given the award be
cause it did not carry out any
special theme, Mrs. Agnes Booth,
school superintendent and one of
the parade judges said in making
the announcement at the program
in Salem high school auditorium
Friday afternoon. Brown and
Gene Vandeneynde were the oth
er judges. '
Carrying out the international
theme, several school units in the
parade had members in costumes
to represent the United Nations
and the' idea of promoting peace
with food was a theme used by
several..
Tinkham Gilbert, president of
the Marion county health associa
tion, presented 4-H summer school
scholarships to four groups of
schools for improvement in gen
eral health conditions.
Union and Prospect received
the honors for one room schools,
Cloverdale and Central Howell,
two room school honors; Liberty
and Salem Heights, four or more
room honors; Mt Angel and
Butteville were given the award
for having maintained high stand
ards over a number of years.
- Mrs. Willow Evans, president of
Marion County Leaders associa
tion, received the award from
Western Electric Co. for Marion
county's excellent work in pro
moting' better methods of doing
things among club members.
More than 150 girls took part in
the style revue announced by Car
malite Weddle, rural school super
visor. Ninety-four took part in
the cotton division alone, and
came as Monday girls who
washed; Tuesday girls who ironed.
Wednesday girls baked and came
to the platform. to the strains of
"Can She Bake a Cherry Pie"
augmented in all cases by whistles
from the masculine members of
the audience.
Thursday girls went shopping
and Friday girls wore school
dresses as they kept - time to
"School Days", Saturday was par
ty day and the few formals made
their appearance, then Sunday
was "best dress" day.
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-Valley Views on Basin Project
on upper Rickreall creek to pro
tect Dallas water supply and
improved irrigation and sug
gested building the proposed
Lewisville dam farther up the
Luckiamutte to benefit lands
above the Lewisville site.
Clackamas county interests
stressed need for harnessing the
unruly Molalla river by rebuild
ing an old dam and improving
banks to restore a former channel
in the vicinity of the Portland
Girl Scout camp and valuable
farmlands.
Multnomah, . Washington and
Yamhill counties also were heard.
The hearing was conducted coun
ty by county, with Wade New
begin of the Willamette basin
commission presenting the com
mission's county chairmen who
in turn introduced individuals
covering various phases of the
problem. ... x. , . . .....
No. 26
Parking
Meters I
Seven hundred thirteen of Sa
lem's 1,163 parking meters are
overdue, as of midnight, Friday,
April 25. Only a telegram say
ing the additional meters were
shipped Thursday has been re
ceived .by city officials from the
Michael-Arts Bronze Co., Ken
tucky meter manufacturer.
The first 450, Friday collections
from which probably netted $600
after a week's operation, were
shipped air express last week and
all were installed on the following
day. V '
Salem's contract with the man
ufacturer provides for 25 cents
per meter to be paid the city for
each day beyond April 25 that in
stallation is not accomplished.
Meanwhile, two city policemen,
Chief Frank A. Minto and City
Manager J. L. Franzen -collected
about 100 pounds each of nickels
and pennies from the meters
which have arrived. A counting
machine is now awaited by city
officials, who ordered the device
from a Portland firm. It is to be
delivered Saturday, to count and
roll money which Salem Banker
Guy N. Hickock .estimated would
be $455 in nickels and $147 in
pennies.
Estimates on a comparable ex
pected income for a year would
indicate about $30,000 in revenue
to be collected by the city from
the meters. 1
Mill to Reopen
At Silvertoii
SILVERTON, April 25 The
Oregon Pulp and Paper company
plant at Silverton, which is the
former Silver Falls Timber com
pany , plant. Is scheduled to re
O&en in July. A new planer is be
ing installed to operate tin con
junction with the reopened mill.
The mill has been closed since
May 1945.
The big pond has been re
dredged and logs will be hauled
into the mill property both by
railroad and trucks. At: present
the firm has a cold deck of three
million board feet in the pond.
Estimated capacity of the re
opened mill will exceed 100,000
board feet daily.
W. N. Mills, general superin
tendent of Oregon Pulp and Paper
Sawmills, has been here this week
inspecting the general plans for
reopening the mill,
Carl Hoyen of Snoqualmie
Falls, Wash, will be superintend
ent of the mill. -
Car Accidents
Said on Decline
Despite the increasing number
of motor vehicles on the high
ways and the unprecedented
amount of gasoline being con
sumed there has been a recent
downward trend in traffic ac
cidents. J. D. Whittall, connected
with President Truman's traffic
conference, told members of Gov
ernor Earl Snell's state-wide
traffic committee at a meeting
here Friday.
It was decided that the over
all traffic organization in the
representing the four congression
al districts, counties and most of
the larger cities. Members of these
committees, to work with the
state-wide group, will be an
nounced later. i
American Cotton to
Co to Occupation Zones
WASHINGTON, April 25
Senator Eastland (D-Miss) an
nounced, today that the war de
partment had agreed to ship
American cotton exclusively to Ja
pan and the British and American
zones of Germany until January 1.
The testimony followed a pre
sentation of the army tentative
plan by Col. Walsh, who pointed
out that the plan incorporated,
in addition to flood control -dams,
many other features designed to
improve irrigation, water i supply,
fish facilities, recreation,! pollu
tion abatement, navigation and
drainage. Col. Walsh held a simi
lar hearing for upper Willamette
counties Thursday in Eugene.
Some objections were ; voiced
by fisheries and wildlife inter
ests, although Chairman Merle R.
Chessman, Astoria of the tri-state
Columbia Basin Fisheries f Devel
opment commission, said his or
ganization "has never opposed
the Willamette valley project as
such." -
Chessman continued that chief
objection of the fisheries inter
ests centers in the contemplated
substitution oi a high dam at
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BERLIN. April 25 Secretary of State George Marshall (right)
talks with Gen Lucius D. Clay, military mt Germany daring his
stop in Berlin today enroute to Washington from the Moscow con-
, ference by plane, (AP Wlrephoto via radio frem Berlin to The
statesman.)
Report to Nation Due Monday
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, April 25-WVThe piano flying Secretary
of State George C. Marshall from Moscow to Washington landed
here at 10:30 GMT tonight (2:30 p. m. EST) and left 90 minutes later
for the United States capital.
The secretary of state, head of the American delegation st the
4-power foreign ministers confer
ence in Moscow which adjourned
Thursday, was met at the airport
by Icelandic Foreign Minister
Bjarni Benediktsson and officers
of the American legation.
BERLIN, April 25-P)-Secre-tary
Marshall left Berlin today
for Washington to report to the
American people on the Moscow
conference after discussing with
Gen. Lucius D. Clay possible ef
fects of the four-power meeting
on the German occupation.
He stated "I do not think the
difference of opinion .between
Russia and the western allies was
increased at Moscow. It was clar
ified." (The state department in Wash
ington announced that the secre
tary of state would make a four
network broadcast Monday, from
8:30 to 9 p. m., eastern standard
time.
At the Templehof airdrome the
American secretary, nattily dres
sed in a blue sport suit, parried
questions of German and allied
correspondents- which he said
were not "general enough" and
might disclose information he
wanted to give first to President
Truman.
Sackett Named in
$100,000 Libel Suit
PORTLAND. Ore., April 25-JP
Sheldon F. Sackett and his newly
acquired Portland Sun were sued
for $100,000 today on a libel alle
gation by Hal M. White, secretary
to Mayor Earl Riley.
White said in his complaint
that articles on gambling and vice
printed in the Sun were malicious
and intended to damage his rep
utation. Named with Sackett were Jack
R. SUH, 'former owner and mana
ging director, and Ivan Smith,
managing editor.
Jewish Resistance Move
Necessary : Wallace
PARIS, April 25 -(JP)- Henry A.
Wallace ended his 18-day program
in western Europe today with a
news conference at which he said
the Jews were entitled to a voice
in the United Nations, and that the
Jewish resistance movement in
Palestine was necessary to "arouse
the conscience of the world."
Waterloo on the South SanGam
in place of earlier planned Green
Peter, Wiley creek and Jordan
dams. He termed the Waterloo
project a hazard to the passage
of fish to spawn and pointed to
fishing as the third largest in
dustry of the state.
Lloyd Reinholdt, basin com
mission chairman for recreation,'
warned that the Detroit dani
should not occasion inflated hopes
for recreation, as little fishing
and no swimming probably will
result, although, some boating
may be possible. He also asked
that the engineers consider in
their plans that the recreational
opportunities of Oregon, such as
hunting and fishing, are the main
attractions drawing population,
and expressed confidence that a
workable solution will be found
to preserve fisheries and still
control floods.
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Auto Insurance
Rates to Rise
Automobne insurance rates In
Oregon will be increased from 15
to 30 per cent, starting May 1,
Seth Thompson, state insurance
commissioner, announced Friday.
- Rates on public liability and
property damage policies will in
crease from 15 to 20. per cent
while collision insurance will be
upped 30 per cenCV
Thompson said accidents have
increased materially due partly to
faulty equipment The new rates
were filed by the national bureau
of surety and casualty underwrit
ers. Independent companies are
not included In the premium
schedule filed by the rating bu
reau. '
Qothing Grant Cut
From Welfare Aid
In Summer Months
PORTLAND, April 25 -W)- The
state public welfare commission
today cut its food funds and
eliminated clothing Items - from
grants for July, August and Sep
tember. .
: The commission said -the action
was necessary to stay within the
budget set by the legislature for
the next two years.;-
Food minimums were set at:
$21.50 a month, for an adult liv
ing alone, $41 for couples and
from $10.75 to $24.25 for child
ren, depending on their: age and
the number in a family. The pre
vious standard allowed 121.50 for
women and $23.45 for men.
The commission said seasonal
earnings could take care of sum
mer clothing needs of nuxt wet.
fare recipients. - :
County Caqcer Driye
Contributions Counted
With many collection bottles as
yet not included, the April can
cer fund drive in Marion county
has reached $1091.25, Chairman
Clair L; ' Brown announced Fri
day. To this total, the " mercantile
group has contributed $114, schools
$33.91. Donald school $10, North
Howell school $721, industrial
$279.06, automotive $268 .50, pro
fessional $296.36. Contributions
are still being received at the
campaign offices at 207 Masonic
building.
MASS PICKETING: BAN
PORTLAND, April 25-WMass
picketing was banned here today
by striking members of the Uni
ted Telephone Employes of Ore
gon. -
Weather
Max. Min. Preelp.
7S 3S .M
7 43 JBO
7S ,J ' .00
51 : 43 .00
Salem
Portland
San Francisco
Chicago
New York : 53 . 4
Willamette river IS feet.
FORECAST (from VS. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem : Light
wind and continued warm tempera
ture. Very favorable for both dusting
and spray in r today. Some increase in
cloudiness Sunday, but weather, will
continue favorable for farm work. In
creasing hijeh cloudiness today. High
est temperature 73. Lowest tonight 42.
jftejeciea
WASHINGTON, April 25 -CT
The American Telephone and
Telegraph company tonight re- -jected
an offer of its striking
long lines operators to . settle
their strike if given a wage in-
crease Of $8 weekly half their
original demand. . . .. .
. John . J. Moran, ' president of
vK niiKiiuui uiuo3 or leiepnone -workers,
asked for a $6 "across
the board" increase, at a nego
tiating session tonight
But George S. Dring, assistant
vice president of the A. T. & T.
long lines division, replied that
the offer was "unacceptable."
Dring, however, offered to ar-r
bitrate wages on a community
basis. This was rejected by
Moran. 'y , .
The compromise ' development. u
coupled with a. settlement with
plant and maintenance worker
for the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone company in Maryland, v
had given rise to hopes that the
19-day old nationwide walkout
might be brought to an end soon.
- Union President J. A. Belrne -said
that the policy committee
authorized all 39 of the, strikingr
unions in the federation to settle
locally for a $8 pay raise.
There remain - other issues.
These included demands for V
union shop (in which all workers
must Join the union), check-off
of union dues by payroll deduc-
uuiib, icuucuonj ui we airier
ences.in pay for the same job ia
different cities, cutting the length,
of time it takes to reach top pay
levels, improved vacations and
better pensions.
While the national federation
granted local unions power to
settle the wage issue at $8, it
held on to its insistence that the
final contract in ail phases muft
be approved by it
Following, reports of sabotage of
long distance lines. C.'W. Werkau,
strike director, said "we neither -take
part in nor condone wilful -damage
to compnay property.
Salem Strikers
Prepare for
Seige
Preparing for a long etge Sa
lem locals of I th . L'nit4 tyi.
rphone Employes of Oregon plan
io meei iwonaay to discuss pay
ment of strike pickets from out
side earnings of other - union
members.; Don K. Crenshaw, joint
chairman of the locals, announc
ed -Friday the session will be at
7:30 p.m. In the Labor temple.
If the program is adopted, all
but a few members would ar
range for other employment and
would contribute to a fund to
reimburse regular pickets up to
so each per day. Crenshaw said
the plan, successfully used in
Pendleton, -will mean that the
telephone workers will not use
picketing aid from other unions.
No Salem union members have
returned to their jobs. Crenshaw
averred, and Astoria locals, once
reported back at work, are pick
eting 100 per cent
Flower Show to
Open Today- j
The annual spring; flower show
of the Salem Men's Garden club
will open at 2 pjn. today in the
local YMCA, with i entries from
numerous garden clabs and indi
viduals covering a wide range t
flowers, bulbs, ' plants- and ar
rangements. ; . - - j
Competition for prizes is divid
ed into five main grouping hor
ticulture, professional exhibits,
arrangements, garden club dis
plays and young gardeners en
tries. '
Judges for the shew are lillie
Madsen, Silverton; Mrs. C. O.
Sloper, r Independence, and Mrs.
Allie Hennagin, Dallas. ; " ;
Portland Subtirb!s
Stores Cut Prices;
Business Booms 1
PORTLAND, Ore., April 25-P)
The little town of . Multnomah
near here Joined the "Newbury
port plan . today, reducing store
prices 10 per cent the first Ore
gon town to participate.
-A minority of merchants there
refused to join at once, however,
announcing they would v wait "a
week to see what happens."
One merchant estimated busi- -
ness increased 90 per cent, and
others predicted that by tomorrow
it would "be a madhouse."
Portland merchants interviewed
by reporters said they had no in
tention of joining the movement
Long
Our Senators
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