Multnomah Sheriff Raids Police Party,
KlaftooiniaDaste To,
n ve flKlalHt Fnire9
irdleir to Airmnioes
.-
1
Official Source Discloses Decision; "
Peace Commission to Talk with Reds
NANKING, Wednesday, Jan. lMiiP)-China's executive Yuan has
decided to issue a ceasefire order to nationalist armies and send a del
egation to negotiate peace with the communists, a. high official source
disclosed today.
Details have not yet been decided. A statement is expected to be
Issued later today. ; I
Embassies visited this morning by foreign office officials were
Dtp
TOD OOPS
a.-,-mtra m Yimhination mechani
cal music box promises to become
trying oraeau
perhaps the better trem. for pre
viously one has had to tax his wits
to determine which type of mach
ine suited him best which radio
had the best tone, whicn recora-
.i mAct ri-nrtiral From
here on however the choice will
become far more complicated.
We have grown accustomed to
combination sets: raoiu ami puwi
graph In one cabinet. And to the
extension of the combination to
provide both AM and FM radio
reception, inougn uic
...... nas,l mm ruinular aj
HOI JIIUV - V mr r
its producers predicted- Now one
must consider a television set,
either separate or In combination,
for television is coming-in many
parts of the country it is already
here. Completion of coaxiaj cable
from the Atlantic seaboard to the
Mississippi permits network pro-
grams over a considerable portion
Of the UaA. oeiore nnj uiuuu
such connections will be com
pleted on the Pacific coast. Tele
casting stations are operating in
California and in Seattle and one
vis projected for Portland.
An added complication in the
field of sound reproduction is the
offering of long-playing records.
This makes it possible to put a
lengthy musical selection on one
E latter. The complication comes
i that different players or attach
ments will be required.
The conventional phonograph
has run at a speed of 78 revolutions
(Continued on editorial page)
Salem Firms
Seek Room
For Expansion
Construction of a new Wallace
Bonesteele warehouse and expan
sion of the Salem plant of North
west Poultry and Dairy Products
Co. were forecast Tuesday night
t the Salem planning and zoning
commission meeting in city hail.
. Preliminary information was
presented by Attorney Walter
Keys, representing -the Oregon
Electric railroad, who said peti
tions will be presented to request
the vacation of an alley parallel to
Front street, on which both pro
jects hinge. No action was taken
by the commission.
Keys said OE railroad is pre
pared t to- enlarge the present
Northwest Poultry building from
Front street to the alley, lying
between Shipping and Norway
streets. The addition would be 85
by 160 feet and would enable the
firm to employ at least 50 more
persons. Keys said.
Keys also said Wallace Bone
steele will seek alley vacation in
the next block north across Nor
way street, for erection of a ware
house 76,by 120 feet.
The zoning commission also ap
proved a zone change aimed at fa
cilitating a YWCA building pro
gram. (Additional details on page
2). -
B38 TO TEST IN ALASKA
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Jan. 18
-4P-A United States B-36 six
engined land-based bomber, larg
est known in the world, landed
here this morning to undergo a
two-month Arctic test
Animal Crackers
v. By WARREN GOODRICH
"Why don't we put peroxide
la the sheep UpT.
V6 . -.
told that the government would
I begin to leave for Canton, in
south China, on Friday.
Most embassies have already de
cided to remain in Nanking.
(Communist peace terms, broad
cast last Friday as a statement by
Chairman Mao Tse-Tung", amount
to unconditional surrender. There
has been no official reaction by
the Chinese government)
Observers said earlier that, if
the civil war continues,! Nanking
may become another Tientsin
--prey to artillery fire; and en
circlement A "
Bills Tall
Like Rain'
i
At Capitol
By Wendell Webb
Managing Editor, The Statesman
If the Oregon legislature had
been the New York stock market
Tuesday, reporters would have de
clared "the trend was mixed and
let it go at that
But it wasn't the stock market
and this isn't New York, so the
legislative press had to take it on
the chin in trying to analyze
enough unrelated subjects in new
bills to reach from page 1 to 999
in any encyclopedia on the mar
ket. !
The bills passed were of the
kind that could pass in the peace
and quiet of solitude without wor
rying the public. But a lot of noise
will come out of some of the new
ones introduced. f
One would require licenses for
all practical nurses from the
Aunt Jemima kind on down od
up. Another wants congress to get
at the business of Hood control
through a Columbia Valley author
ity. These two dropped in the se
nate, where time out also; was tak
en to congratulate President Tru
man. The senate's 10 democrats
were tickled, its zu repuDUcans
voted yes, too.
Bills Fall Like Rain
Bills fell like a gentle rain in
the house. They'd up salaries of
state police, tack around 30 per
cent on workmen's compensation
benefits, increase tax exemptions
for disabled veterans, raise more
money for veterans' loans, permit
taxation for reforestation, estab
lish new fire districts on timber
land, require training for insur
ance agents and up fees for opto
metrists. ;
They'd also let a sheriff charge
more than $8 mileage for a single
service of papers if he'travelled to
the moon or way - points for it;
prohibit a seller from specifying
what broker must be given the in- j
surance on property, and assure
cities their 10 per cent; of high
way revenues even if the kitty
didn't show : the previously - re
quired $11,000,000. j
Asks Tax Kept j
Meanwhile, State Taxi Commis
sioner Earl Fisher came out for
retention- of the state withholding
tax, providing farm workers and
domestics were exempted. His re
commendation, to the senate tax
committee, was in line with a bill
introduced last week by Rep. J.
O. Johnson and Sen. Paid Patter
son, but opposed to the" stand of
Gov. Douglas McKay, who pro
posed outright repeal, land Rep.
John Steelhammer who has a bill
to knock the act from the books
Several Other Controversial bills !
also were known to be ready for
sleigh ride through legislative
mills. I
Two, by Hep. Giles French of
Moro, would assess a business tax
of Vx of 1 per cent on? gross in
come and repeal the personal pro
perty tax. i
Proposes Pension
Another, by Sen. Richard Neu-
berger, proposes an outright $50
pension minimum no matter what
funds are available. I
Tuesday was another fTirst" for
Governor McKay. He signed his
first bill and the first one to pass
the 45 th legislature. It pungles
up $200,000 for legislative expen
ses. More will be asked later.
No session of the senate or house
has lasted more than 30 minutes so
far, but committees have been un
usually active for so early in the
year. The bets still were that the
session would end well before the
84-day record set two years ago.
Formal sessions will be resumed
at 10 a. m. today. ;
(Additional details ontpage 3)
ELLSWOTH GRANDFATHER.
ROSEBURG, Jan. lof-Word
has been received here of the birth
of a daughter to Mr. I and Mrs.
Donald Dittman of Chicago. Mrs.
Dittman is the daughter of U.S.
Rep. and Mrs. Harris .Ellsworth.
The child, Weighing 9 1 pounds 7
ounces, was born January IS.
J
Ex-Sheriff
Pratt at
Meeting
PORTLAND, Jan. 18-;P)-Mult-nomah
county Sheriff Marion El
liott said tonight that his deputies
had raided the 1 Rancho village
club east of the city and seized
slot machines, a dice table in op
eration while a social party of
county and city law enforcement
officers was in progress.
Elliott said that there were about
150 men present and that when
his deputies arrived many left all
exits and windows in a hurry.
Elliott said that among those
present were R. M. Pratt chief
deputy of the traffic department
in the sheriffs office, former Sher
iff "Martin T. Pratt. Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Charles Raymond,
Capt Eugene Ferguson and Capt.
Carl Shoemaker of the Portland
city police department and Capt
Carl Prehn of the harbor pa trot
Pratt Suspended
Sheriff Elliott said he was sus
pending Deputy Pratt immediate
ly and would ask the civil service
board to dismiss him for neglect
of duty. -?
I had issued orders that all offi
cers were responsible for the sup
pression of vice and gambling in
their districts whenever found." he
said.
Elliott said the organization
holding the meeting was the Foot
printers, whose membership is
largely law enforcement officers.
Entrance into the club was made
by deputy sheriff Walt Raven, a
member of the footprinters.
Fallowed by Deputies
Raven was followed by uni
formed deputies and sheriff cap
tains led by Elliott himself. There
were eight men in the raiding
party. Elliott said the raid was
made as a result of a telephone
tip that there was gambling in
the El Rancho.
James H. Walker, manager of
the club, was cited to appear
next Monday before the sheriff
to answer a charge of illegal
possession of slot machines.
No other arrests or citations
were made.
Senate Votes
To Tax Tickets.
Inauguration
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -UPh-
The weatherman today pledged
reasonable cooperation in Presi
dent Truman's inauguration on
Thursday, but the senate threw in
a financial monkey wrench.
The forecast, for the hour when
the president is sworn into his
present job at better pay, is for
wind, clouds and chilL No rain
or snow.
But the senate atmosphere was
frigid as it voted, 47 to 44, against
exempting tickets to inaugural ev
ents from the 20 per cent federal
tax. It was the first administra
tion defeat in the new democratic
congress.
The tickets have been sold out,
with no tax collected. It was gues
sed unofficially that the tax on
parade, inaugural ball and other
tickets might be $60,000.
Committee Has to Pay
A spokesman for the non-par-
Itisan, non - profit inaugural 'com
mittee said he supposed the com
mittee "will have to pay it
there's no other way."
Nobody was able to say im
mediately whether the anticipat
ed profit, which was to have gone
to charity, would cover the bill.
Senate Says Ne
The committee had though con
gress would, as in past years, ap
prove the exemption. The house
did so yesterday but the senate
stunned administration leaders by
voting no. And then, on a recon
sideration vote, said no again.
Weather
Max.
44
39
.. 47
34
Min.
23
26
36
17
36
Precip.
.M
.00
.00
1 15
trace
Salem
Portland
San francisco
Chicago
New York
47
Willamette river' of a foot.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu-
reau. McNary field. Salem: Partly
cloudy today with occasional Ugnl
showers. Continued shower activity
tonight and tomorrow. High today near
40. Low tonight near 25.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
(Sept. 1 to Jan 19)
This Year
21. as
Last Year
26.23
Average
20.30
Marion County Outgrowing Its Legal
Britches; Proves Headache to Solons
By Lester Conr
Staff Writer. The Statesman
Marion county has literally out
grown its britches in recent years
and in the process has created a
legal headache for the 1949 legis
lature. Lane county, too, is suf
fering from growing pains.
Unless state laws regulating
government of both counties are
rewritten and repassed this ses
sion, both counties will automati
cally Inherit Multnomah county's
laws after the federal census is
completed in 1951.
The statutes now affecting Mar
ion and Lane counties are written
for counties with less than 100,000
population. Conservative estimates
of both counties place them well
above the 100,000 bracket
To- avoid enactment of drastic
changes more than 30 separate
acts must be completely rewritten
by the Marion and Lane county
delegations and passed in the
legislature.
88th Year
Midwestern
Freezing Fog Plagues
Columbia River
Flow Rising;
Adds to Power
Sub-freezing temperatures con
tinued to plague the Salem area
Tuesday, and the weather man
held out little hope for a warm-up
today.
A minimum of 23 degrees was
recorded at the McNary field wea
ther station Tuesday morning and
temperatures were expected to
drop to about 24 today. Fog shut
tied in and, out of the area Tues
day night making driving condi
tions hazardous
Oregon weather was generally
warm enough, however, to loose
the ice - jammed Columbia and
also add a little more water for
power producing. River flow at
Bonneville was up 2,000 second
feet to 83,000 Tuesday to increase
kilowatt output by 7,000
Despite a slight increase in pow
er production, the situation re
mained critical in the northwest
And disputes over responsibility
for the shortage warmed between
Bonneville administrator Paul Ra
ver and utility and industrial of
ficials.
Raver said he doubted utility
operators were m a position to
give an "objective opinion on whe
ther too much Columbia river
power is going into aluminuia
payrolls and production.
Columbia river tugs were trying
Tuesday night to break a trail
through ice on the river gorge
area above Bonneville dam.
Freezing fogs added greatly to
the woes of Oregon motorists
Tuesday and early Wednesday by
spreading a treacherous glaze
over state highways and streets.
Fog and freezing temperatures
dropped over Salem early Tues
day night cleared briefly, then
returned to add a new layer of ice.
County Tax on
Property Sales
Recommended
A plan to add a state tax on
real property transactions, similar
to the existing federal tax, was
outlined to Marion county court
Tuesday by Marion County Re
corder Herman Lanke.
Lanke estimated the additional
tax. from stamps printed by the
state and collected by counties,
would yield an additional $40,000
in revenue for Marion county
coffers.
The plan Is simple. When a
property deed is recorded at the
recorder's office an additional
county fee, equal to the federal
fee. would be collected. Lanke
said hi proposal has been sub
mitted to Sen. Allan Carson. Earl
Fisher of the state tax commis
sion and to F. L. Phipps, execu
tive secretary of the .. Association
of Oregon counties.
The present fee for federal tax
stamps on property deed is a min
imum of 55 cents on the first
$500 of the sale price and $1.10
on each $1,000 thereafter. On a
$48,000 transaction. Lanke said,
the federal government now col
lects $52.80 and the county only
75 cents. The county, Lanke point
ed out, does all the work in re
cording and maintaining it as a
permanent record. 1
Deputy Attorney General Rex
Kimmell, in charge of bill draft
ing for state departments, said
Tuesday his department was too
busy to handle the project and
said that it would probably re
quire several lawyers several
weeks to rewrite the measures.
A legislative law committee was
also too busy to handle the Job.
Marion and Lane county dele
gations will meet with the Marion
county court today following ad
journment to determine who will
take on the gigantic legal project.
In the case of Marion county
a judicial district by itself dras
tic changes would occur if pres
ent laws are not rewritten.
In 1951 the county court would
be abolished. Another circuit
judge would be added. The county
judge would become a circuit
judge in the probate department
and the present three-man court
14 PAGES
The
Area Snowbound as New Storm Hits
Too Pretty
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 17 That was
1 ' i 1 m' . 1 iiiissssssstlCi"""1" I
Counselor Key A. Flsn today when he asked dismissal ef eareless
drivinr charges against 23-year-old Jean H. Klein, dress designer.
Besides, he said, witnesses were lacking. The Judge dismissed the
case. The city charged Miss Klein's ear rammed a fire plag at
street intersection. She claimed the ear skidded on wet pavement
(AP Wirephoto to The Statesman).
Frost-Injured Crops in
Valley Need Rain, Soon
y Llllie
Jrm Editor, The Statesman
Farmers watched skies and barometers in vain Tuesday for signs
of the clouds which would bring rain to save their frost-injured
grain crops. Unless a good rain comes shortly, losses will be rather
heavy in many areas in the Willamette valley.
"Our assets are certainly frozen, remarked one farmer near Sa
lem as he viewed his vetch, pulled
Boost in Power
Rates for Area
Under Study
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18 -JPH
Senator Cordon (R-Ore.) said to
day the Reclamation bureau Is
studying a question of possibly
higher electric power rates in the
Pacific northwest
Cordon said he raised the ques
tion of rate increases at an Interior
department meeting at which rec
lamation officials explained their
1949-50 program to members of
congress irom wasmngton, Ore
gon, Idaho and Montana.
Reclamation Commissioner Mi
chael W. Straus said after the
meeting:
'We are always studying cost
trends but we have no specific
proposals under consideration for
raising, northwest power rates, and
'.we do not advocate raising them."
would become a five-man com
mission. Under Multnomah county laws,
Marion county would be required
to hire a domestic relations judge
and a jury commissioner. A jury
list of more than 2,000 and not
more than 5,006 would be need
ed. A deputy prosecutor would
be employed to handle juvenile
cases.
Jailers and matrons would be
mandatory at the county jail and
a probation officer would be ap
pointed by the circuit court.
County employes could no longer
participate in the state retirement
system, but would need their own
pension system.
A humorous aspect to the prob
lem was injected by one Salem
legislator who pointed put that
Marion and Lane counties would
be subject to the statute applying
to the Portland Rose festival.
"What would the Cherrians
think of that" be mused.
Finds Gambling
POUND HI
1651
Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Wednesday January 19. 1949
0 m '
Willamette Valley Drivers
to Prosecute'
the reason given by Associate City
L. Madsen
out by the roots, lying on top of
the soil. It could be raked up like
hay, he said. A good soaking rain
would, however, drive much of
the planting into the- ground again
and save considerable of the crop,
Harry L. Riches, Marion county
agent said Tuesday.
When asked to estimate losses
in the county. Riches stated this
would be impossible as yet as so
much depended-. upon the weather
of the next week. He did say, how
ever, that grains and vetch seed
ed late and in the lower places
were badly damaged and that the
grains seeded early seemed to
show very little damage. Where
there was snow, even a very light
covering of snow, crops. Riches
believed, would come through in
fine shape. But snow missed much
of the country, while in other sec
tions from light to heavy snows
fell.
Newly seeded ryegrass on poor
ly drained ground is completely
gone, several farmers reported.
Older stands of grass seem to be
uninjured.
Riches also estimated consider
able loss in vine berries that were
trained on the wires. Some of the
vine berries on the ground esca
ped injury although in some sec
tions even these, where there was
no snow, suffered some damage.
No damage was believed to i
done to shrubs or trees, fruiting
or ornamental. In some of the
more tender varieties the tips may
be somewhat injured, but nur
serymen held that as a whole any
thing that. is deeply rooted will
have escaped heavy injury.
Elliott Wins
GOP Position
PORTLAND, Jan. 18-(P)-Rob-ert
A. Elliott who managed the
Oregon presidential preference
primary campaign for Harold E.
Stassen last May, was elected
chairman of the Multnomah
(Portland) county republican cen
tral committee tonight
A young Portland insurance
man and a young republican state
federation leader, he succeeds
Donald R. Van Boskirk who de
clined to seek reelection.
Elliott's opponent was Thomas
Purcell, publisher of the Gresham
Outlook. He was named alternate
Chairman of the committee.
Sub-Zero Cold
To Cover Zone;
Tornado Kills 1
By n Associated Preaa
Heavy snows had blanketed a
large section 'of the mid-continent
by late Tuesday night and fore
casters predicted sub-zero cold for
a large part of the area.
It was still snowing heavily in
central and southern Wisconsin
shortly before midnight. .The fall
was diminishing in eastern Iowa,
northern Missouri and northwest
ern Illinois.
By 7 p.m. (EST), eight inches
of snow had fallen in Kansas City.
Traffic was stalled, schools closed
and some business houses forced
to shut down.
Chicago fared better. The weath
er bureau, which late Tuesday af
ternoon forecast a five-inch snow
fall for the nation's second city,
near midnight reduced its fore
cast to "one or two inches."
A tornado killed one person and
destroyed numerous buildings at
Caledonia, Miss., Tuesday. Mrs.
Mary Leonard, 90, died of storm
injuries. The tornado ripped a
path several hundred yards long
through the farming community. .
The new flurry of crippling cli
matic punches which winter threw
at the midwest threatened to sur
pass the worst the weather
groggy mid-continent had previ
ously suffered this season.
J. R. Lloyd, district weather
forecaster at Kansas City, called
it as bad a storm as we ever
had in this section of the country
at any time.
Control Board
Douses Lights
To Save Power
There was plenty of light be
ing shed on state business Tues
day in fact too much. The
sun alone was enough.
Not until near the end or a
board of control meeting, where
the power shortage was being dis
cussed, did Gov. Douglas McKay
notice that all lights in the room
were going full blast.
They were immediately ordered
turned out.
The discussion centered on a
suggestion by State Treasurer
Walter Pearson that all state of
fices clce at 4 p.m. instead of
5 p.m. until the power shortage
is relieved.
Impossible te Close
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bry replied it would be impossi
ble for his office to close at 4
p.m. during the legislative ses
sion. Governor McKay suggested
stricter conservation of electricity
in state offices rather than, adopt
ing an earlier closing plan.
The board approved a proposal
by L. L. La Ws, ' manager of the
state flax plant, that flax seed be
sold to growers, who contract their
product with the state, at $4 per
bushel. The market price is ap
proximately $6. Laws said a low
ering of the price for seed prob
ably would encourage more flax
production and insure the state
flax plant raw material.
Production Too Low
"At the preseht time flax pro
duction is too low," Laws de
clared. Second payments for flax de
livered at the state flax plant in
1948 also received approval. This
payment was fixed at $15 per ton
for No. 1 flax, $12 per ton for No.
2 flax and final payment of $14
for No. 3 flax. The total payment
would aggregate approximately
$9,700. For the past several years
the three payments on No. 1 flax
have amounted to $60 a ton and
$48 for No. 2 flax. The second
payment would reach the growers
about March 1.
Truck Load
Cut on Roads
PORTLAND, Jan. 18-;P)-Dan-ger
of damage to thawing road
beds prompted the state highway
department to place load limits on
trucks today.
The department put a limit of
36,000 pounds and an axle limit of
8000 pounds on sections cf 15
highways. Major routes affected
are the 12 miles from Hatchery
creek to Philomath on the Alsea
highway, and from Cogswell hill
to Belknap on the McKenzie high
way.
Price 5c
No. iSI
lo lake
No 1 Spot
In Cabinet
WASHINGTON, Jan. It -4y-Dean
Acheson, 55 - year - old
lawyer s - diplomat won senate
confirmation as the new secretary
of state by an overwhelming U
to 6 vote today.
Before the vote Senator Van
denberg (R-Mict.) served notice
that confirmation does not neces
sarily mean approval of future de
velopments in administration for
eign policy. He praised Acheson,
but said President Truman's for
eign policies may be "impromptu
and unpredicted.w i
But Chairman Connally (D
Tex.), chairman of the senate for
eign relations committee, hailed
the vote as a "ratification of our
foreign policy of firmness and
vigor," He called Acheson emin
ently qualified to handle the "gi
gantic" duties of the nation's No
1 diplomatic post.
Te Succeed Marshall
Achesok is expected to be sworn
in Thursday or Friday as the fifth
secretary of state the nation has
had in five years. He succeeds
ailing Gen. George C. Marshall,
who resigned following a serious
operation.
Six republicans cast the onl
votes against Acheson. They were
Senators Bridges (N.H.),. Cape
hart (Ind.). Jenner find.). Know-
land (Calif.), Langer (ND.), and 1
Wherry (Neb.). ! ,
Wherry told his colleagues ha 3
was going to vote against con fir- f
mation because, he said, "it is f;
common knowledge that Mr. Ache- !
so nhas been an appeaser of Rus-
sia." ' j!
GOP Changes Minds I
Other republicans who had been I
lukewarm toward President Tru-
man's choice for the all - import- i
ant diplomatic role had apparently
changed their minds, however, ia f;
the light of Acheson's own test!- t
mony last week.
In public and secret sessions of
the senate foreign committee, Ach- t
eson had vigorously denied that he
was an Mappeasetnd had blast- f
ed communism as "fatal" to a frM E
society and to human rights.'
i
North Bend
Founder Dies
NORTH BEND. Ore- Jan. It
(HLouis J. Simpson, 72, Oregon
and California lumberman, rail
road executive and banker, died
at his Barview home here yester
day. He was a son of CaDt Asa JJL
Simpson, early Pacific coast ship
ping and, lumber tycoon, and in
his youth had attracted Interna
tional attention as a "gay blade
in Europe, particularly in Paris.
He founded this city and ac
tively carried on the lumberinsr
and industrial enterprises estab
lished by his father. The family
fortunes stemmed from California
gold strikes by the elder Simpson
in 1850. "T.
Big, Little Inch
Lines Explode
BATES VTLLE. Ind.. Jan. 18-arV
The Big inch and little inch pipe
lines burst into a giant torch to
night, destroying two dumping;
stations one and one - half miles
east of Batesville. i
State police at Connersville re
ported three persons were burned,
none severely. . ;
The pumping station on one line
burst into flames ' and the other
followed it less than an hour later.
The two lines, carrying natural
gas to the east coast from Texas,
run within a few feet of each
other at the point of the fire.
It was the third big fire in
volving the pipelines in Indiana
within a year. J
Truman Pledges to
Exert All Efforts to
Get Peace in World
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18-f
President Truman declared to-
night in a pre-inaugural talk that 1
he intends to carry out democra-
tic platform pledges and exert all
his efforts to "get peace in the I;
world." tf
Mr. Truman spoke, at a $15-a- i
plate dinner of the Truman-Bar- if
kley club. He said that he and his ;
vice president-elect Senator Al- jjj
ben W. Barkley. are in accorA x
more completely than any presi- f
dent and vice president have ever :,
been. , . s ' : is
'You' and congress must get be-
hind us and help us - - to get these
things which are necessary and to i
help get peace in the world," he if
aid.
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