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Finances
Of Knotty Problems
Facing Legislature
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Veteran Senate, Inexperienced j
House to Convene in Salem Jan. 10 I
BY PAUL W. HARVEY, JR. j
Associated Press News Staff Writer i "j
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A veteran Senate and an experienced House will meet
in Salem Jan. 10 to tackle the most difficult financial problem
that the Oregon; Legislature has faced in many years. j;
The lawmakers' i principal attention? will be given to
balancing the budget, but there will be other tough questions
that will spell a long session. ' 5 ! i
The Senate j will be well equipped to handle these com
plicated subjects, since 2d of j the 30 members have served in
previous legislatures. r s- 'i . ! .' !:' !? i
But in the House, which has lost several of its key men, only
33 'out of 60 have: had previous service. Another factor that'spells
trouble in the House is its, shortage of lawyers, of whom there will
be only seven. f , ' - .
The Republicans will have everything their own way in the
Senate, with a 24 to 6 majority over the Democrats. However, the
G.O.P. lead in the House will be only 35 to 23, so extra time prob
ably will be required while the House gets adjusted to the two
party system again..- V - ' ' . . j; ;
The Republican lead last session was 26 to 4 in the Senate,
and 49 to 11 in the House.! The Democratic total in the House is
that party" largest since sl937,i thei last time the Democrats ran
things in the lower chamber. I I I
House Must Write Tax Legislation
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The big job for the House will be to write the tax legislation,
since all tax bills must originate in the House. But only one of the
nine members of the (1953 House Tax Committee) will be back in
the 1955 session. Men who know anything about! taxes will be scarce
in the House. : ' i :
; This committee will have the big job of trying to find the
money to balance the budget. - ' JM
The State Department of Finance and Administration estimates
that for the two years beginning next July 1, 'the state will need
between 50 and 60 million dollars of new revenue, i 1 'j
'The Legislature' can find 30 millions of that by a property tax
of six mills; the maximum state property tax allowed by i law. It
would be the first state property tax since 1940. Up to now, income
tax revenues have been large enough so that a property tax isn't
needed. But that day has ended. ; ! 1
- This still would leave from 20 to 30 millions to be raised, or
the budget would have to be cut by that amount. i i'
"'Since education, takes half of the budget and public welfare
costs take another sixth, it isn't practical to reduce spending very
much. So new taxes, or an increase in the state income tax, seems
to be the only answer. I f H i
The Legislature is reluctant to increase taxes or to pass new
ones, because the people have a habit of knocking them in the head
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Long List of Measures 'Anticipated
i Among other problems to be faced are these: i U :
. Increasing the gasoline tax to maintain the road building pro
gram, calling' a convention to write a new Constitution, new insti
tution and college buildings, increased unemployment benefits, a
moderate milk control law to replace the one repealed by the
people, and whether to, make Portland State College a separate
degree-granting institution. V r '
Both houses will be led by men from Eastern Oregon, both of
whom know the ropes well: ; . ) : ; Jj
-The president of the Senate will be Elmo E. Smith, John Day
publisher who has served in three sessions. He is a former mayor
of Ontario, and has handled the highway construction program in
the Senate. " , 'V J : i '' -i .
Like Smith, the new speaker of the House has served three
times, and has been active in support of highway legislation. He is
Edward A. Geary,, Klamath Falls rancher. 0 1
Smith and Geary were chairmen of the highway committees : in
their respective houses in 1953. - t I it !
Seventeen senators served in 1953, and: nine others have been
state representatives.!; . in
The dean of the Senate, and its most expert finance man,!' is
Sen.. Howard C. Belton, Canby farmer who is now chairman of the
Legislative Interim 1 Tax Committee. Belton has served in nine
sessions.; j ; . . , ; - H :- ...a jj j.
The Senators next in line, as 'far as length of service is con
cerned, are Phil Brady - Portland1 Democrat, and Truman A. Chase,
Eugene. Each has served in eight sessions. I i i:
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Th Oregon Statesman Salem, Oregon, Sunday, November 21, 1954
PRICE 10c
No. 231'
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Mentioned in the news several
days ago was the departure of
the last alien from Ellis Island,
for 62 years the entrepot for
millions of immigrants. Down
New York Bay from Bedloe's
Island on which the Statue of
Liberty stands, Ellis Island was
both the hope and the dread of
immigrants: hope that its gates
would open for them to enter the
Promised Land; dread lest, for
some reason the bars would not
be lowered and they would be
forced to return to the homeland.
Now it no longer functions as
the detention station for immi
grants. This work has been trans
ferred to office buildings in
Manhattan. But Ellis Island will
live long in the memory of those
who passed through its gates and
long in the history of American
settlement 1
The very name of Ellis Island
opens up the long history of im
migration to the United States.
The first, annual record showed
that 8,385 immigrants arrived in
this country in 1820. By 1850 the
annual influx had' risen to 369,-
980. ; It reached a peak in 1910
with 1,041,570 admitted. That
was in the period of cheap steer
age passage on big steamships,
and hundreds of thousands
pressed through the portals of
Ellis Island looking for work and
prosperity in the fabled land of
plenty. -
World War I put a stop to the
flight from Europe to the New
World. In 1921 when the incom
ing total reached 800,000 Con
gress moved to restrict immigra
tion. Previously the entry of
diseased persons and paupers
had been prohibited: and due to
race antagonisms the -
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
Senate Will Include Nine Lawyers
. The Senate! doesn't have its lawyer shortage any more, either.
It will have nine in the new session, compared with six last time,
when it didn't have enough to man the judiciary committee.
.There also will be seven businessmen in the Senate, four
farmers, three , publishers of weekly newspapers, two insurance
men. a colleee nrofessor. a labor , official, and a radio station
manager. . ! j j : , i i
In the House, there will be 18 businessmen, 17 farmers, seven
lawyers, seven insurance men, five laborers, two housewives, and
one each of the following: union official, optometrist, physician,
: and retired sheriff. 1 i ( i S P
The dean of the House is 3tep. Harvey Wells, Portland insur
ance man who has been in 13 sessions. Next are Reps. Herman H.
Chindgren, Molalla farmer, and Henry Semon, Klamath Falls potato
grower, each with 11 sessions.1 Rep. Earl H. Hill, Cushman, Lane
County, has served 10 times.
.What has handicapped the House most is that many of its best
men go into the Senate. . - - I r -
Seven Representatives, all valuable men in the 1953 House, will
be In the new; Senate. I i ' i , , ; i f
They are Mark O. Hatfield, Salem, who headed the House State
and Federal Affairs Committee last time; Lee , V Ohmart, Salem,
who was tax committeej chairman; Donald R. Husband, Eugene
lawyer; Carl H. Francis, Dayton, wh was judiciary chairman;
Francis W. Ziegler, Corvallis, a key finance man; Rudy Wilhelm,
Portland, speaker of the House; and Monroe Sweetland, Milwaukie,
Democratic national committeeman. . 1 ? -
Four Women Included in Legislature
Four women more than have ever served in the Legislature
at one time will be in, the next session. All will be in the House,
and all are Democrats. , ; ' fi
They are Mri Maurine Neuberger, Portland, wife of Oregon's
new U. S. Senator; Jean L. Lewis, Portland lawyer; Kay Meriwether,
TWiand. who is secretary of the Hells Canyon Association; and
Mrs. Ben Musa, The Dalles,! who knows the ropes because she wasJ
secretary to ner nusoana wnen was a uw semim. i . , ;
The Republicans always can be depended upon to have a ma
jority on all committees'of the Legislature, but this time, it will be
hard for them to control the important House Judiciary Committee.
This committee is made up of lawyers. There axe only seven
lawyers in the House, and five of them are Democrats.
The 1953 session lasted 100 days, and the 1955 Legislature will
be lucky if it gets through that soon. ' ;
-it will be an interesting session, chiefly from the standpoint
that the Democrats will have enough strength to make things lively.
This will be the first session under the" new reapportionment
of the Legislature. This reapportionment, first ince 1910, was voted
by the people two years ago.' i t i r i;
Reapportionment is partly responsible for the Democratic gain,
but the main reason is that when Richard L. Neuberger was elected
to the U. S. Senate, he carried a lot of other Democratic candidates
in with him. : I ' ," . ' . ' r .. ?"
Neuberger, a thorn in the side of Republican Senators for the
past three sessions, won't be back. Neither ! will Sen. Jack Bain,
: Portland Democrat who was elected Multnomah County Commis
i sioner. Their successors, who will btf Democrats, will be named by
i the Multnomah Commissioners. : ; - i
But the Democrats will have Monroe Sweetland, their national
committeeman, to carry on in the State Senate where Neuberger
leaves off. , s , ? .
- " And in the House, of course, with 25 members, the Democrats
, will be able to make their weight felt without any trouble at alL
Confederate
Vet Bags Deer
EG LIN AIR FORCE BASE, Tla
I William A. (Uncle Bill) Lun
dy, one of the three surviving Con
federate veterans, opened the deer
season by bagging one of the first
deer killed on the large Eglin res
ervation. .
The 106 - year - old warrior shot
the six - point, 140 - pounder near
auxiliary field 3, and promised,
"I'll be back -next week and get
another one." ;
Lundy, an ardent deer hunter
most of his life, said the buck
"ran right out in front of me and
hiked up his head in the right posi'
tion for me to paste him right be
tween his eyes."
He said that shooting the animal
made him "feel good just like I
do after taking a good swig of
homemade skeeter juice. 1
Aren't They Cute? - But, Oh, All Those! Diapers
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Giving the world a cheerful stare Is the above set of triplets, daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Maitland Carter, 1120 Hood St. The girls,
all born last May 21 in Salem, celebrate their 6 months birthdate
today fall of bounce, health and plenty of energy. (Photo by John
Ericksen, Statesman Staff Photographer.) , i .
U.S. Planes to
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eace
More; Rain Due
Following Respite
The Salem area had a long
awaited respite from rain Satur
day, but the outlook for today and
Monday is more precipitation.
When rain passed up the area
Saturday, it was the Iirst time .in
15 days the skies didn't weep at
least a little. Thti Weather Bureau
reports that the last pervious rain
less day was Nov. 4.
Sprinkles are expected today and
occasional rain is in the forecast
for tonight and Monday.. . ,
In Costa Rica
WASHINGTON (JB i- Govern-;
ment officials said Saturday night j
the United States is flying 1
"around" six jet fighter planes to
Panama immediately, as a peace
keeping move, to be ready in case
of an. armed . attack on neighbor
ing Costa Rica. I !
'The swift U. S. action was taken
at the height of . a rapidly increas
ing tumors of a plot to overthrow
Costa Rican President Jose Figu
eresi - i -.
These officials, who requested
anonymity, said the planes are be
ir.g j sent as a "precautionary
mov$" with the hope that this; will
demonstrate the United States in
tendj to live. up to its treaty com
mitn?er.ts to keep hemisphere
peace and might dissuade any
would - be attackers.
They will be stationed at U. S.
Air Force fields in the Canal Zone
about 250 to 300 miles from the
Costa Rican capital of San Jose.
Under the Rio mutual ' defense
treaty, the United States, as well
as other hemisphere countries, is
committed to go to the aid im
mediately of any member state
attacked by another.
Rumors of the plot to overthrow
Figueres vary widely in substance
and include elements from Nica
ragua, Guatemala, Venezuela, the
Dominican Republic and Hondur
as." : ': - '
The! rumored plotting afoot nev
ertheless seems to originate from
the years - long enmity between
Figueres and Nicaraguan Presi
dent Anastasio Somoza.
ACTOR SEEKS' EQUAL BILLING
HOLLYWOOD (UP) Actor
Sterling Hayden had" a $250,000
damage suit on file in Superior
Court here ", charging . producers
and distributors failed to give him
equaL billing with Frank Sinatra is
the picture "Suddenly." i
Football Scores
Oregon . r 33 Notre Dame . . .
Oregon State ,. . 14 Iowa . . . . . .
UCLA ... . , I .' 34 Ydaho . . .
-USC . . ....() Brigham Young
California .... 28 Kentucky ; .
Stanford
wsc
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injrton
LSU.
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska .
Ohio State
Alichigan .
20 Tennessee .
l 26 Mich. State .
L . .-7 Marquette .
. 7 Northwestern
. 6 Illinois . . . . .
55 Wisconsin . .
7 Minnesota . .
21 Rice
7 TCU
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Salem Triplets
Six Months
Old Today
Die Tests
white House Bomb Shelter
Corrumunications
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By GARDNER L. BRIDGE
1 WASHINGTON i - President
Eisenhower tried out the commu
nication lines in a .White House
bomb shelter Saturday as top gov Llatioas
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ernmeni ouiuais scauerea 10 set
ret emergency s posts miles from
the capital in an atomic attack
drill. . .- ' ::; :. ; . . .i
"For six! hours, many operations
of government were, directed - in
theory from the : remote control
stations in Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia, North Carolina and
possibly elsewhere that would be
manned in event of an actual at
tack., i' ? " ;' i - i- -
Eisenhower, who directed the in
vasion of Europe from; bomb-battered
' England in World War n,
spent 10 or 15 minutes receiving
operational reports in an under
ground shelter at the White House.
Aides said he carried on a two
way conversation with an outlying
control center designated "High
Point and wound up by recom
mending more such exercises to
familiarize government officials
with remote control operations.
Nearly 2,000 key government em
ployes took part in the drill, one of
eie
a series that started in June to test
the Mcontinuity of government" un
der jconditions - that might force
abandonment of Washington instal-
They fanned out. to 30 emergency
stations within 80 miles to the west
and (north of .Washington and 300
miles to the south.
These relocation centers, which
would be manned for the duration
of an ; emergency, were not dis
closed, except that they are in re-H
sort towns, colleges, and communi
ties having unoccupied ' federal
buildings. '. , -. . ,
The President communicated di
rectly with Arthur S. hemming,
director of the Office of Defense
Mobilization, and received reports
front other . relocation centers
through Cmdr. Edward L. Beach,
naval, aide - in charge ';. ot White
House emergency plans.
With Flemming at "High Point"
were Secretary of the Interior Mc
Kay, Secretary of Labor Mitchell,
Secretary of Welfare Hobby, Depu
ty Secretary of Defense Robert An-
Lake Yields
Hunter's Body
. FLORENCE ( The body of
a ISf-year-old duck hunter was
recovered from Woabink !, Lake
Saturday, afternoon J several hours
after i he had ' been . reported
missing, - , , ,i .
' State police began Investigating
the death of Walter Keith Radkey,
19, - a Florence food market
employe, who left on the bunting
trip Saturday morning. ,
His billfold and a gun were
found 'in his car, and his hunting
vest, car and I jacket .were: found
about 200 feet ' away. . The ; death
appeared to be from ; drowning.
The search lor him started after
he failed to report to work at
8:30 ajn, ' j -.)- x i
.Radkey is survived by the widow,
a smaU daughter, his mother, a
brother and a sister. K
'Hot Numbers'
Nearly Burn
l PHILADELPHIA (UP) A
special police raiding squad broke
into the home of Mrs. Emma Wynn
Friday just in time to see her
hastily turn on her electric waffle
lifting the lid of the waffle iron,
police found slightly toasted num
ber slips showing 137 bets. ;
Milk Served to, :
Mendes-France
' WASHINGTON (UP) Milk is a
rare drink at the National Press
Club, but a glass was brought ut
especially for French Premier
Pierre Mendes-France who prefers
it to hard liquor. ' ',
"I do . hope the (milk) fad
doesn't spread around the club.
4,200 Hear i
Billy Graham
In Portland j
II PORTLAND UFi Evangelist
Billy Graham addressed a capac
ity crowd of 4,200 at the Portland
Civic Auditorium Saturday night
and then he stepped outside and
spoke briefly to the estimated 1,000
who were .unable to gam admit
tance. . r , : -
. The year-old1 North Carolina
preacher has scheduled another
appearance. - at Multnomah Sta
dium here Sunday. His topic then
is "Who is on the, Lord's Side?"
"The other day Sen. Morse said
that the senators should stand up
and be counted on the McCarthy
issue. I want everyone to stand
up and be counted on God's side,"
Graham said. ' - ..;.'. r.
I Discussing ' his recent appear
ances in Great Britain, Graham
said he had the largest audience
of his career there 180,000 per
sons. This included 120 members
of the House of Lords, asmany
from Commons, three cabinet min
isters and the Archbishop of1 Can
terbury, who led the prayer Gra
ham said. 1 . :- . ,!
An estimated 230 persons men,
women and children came i. for
ward at the end of Graham's talk
for further spiritual guidance.
ILS.. France
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Refuse to Stall
Europe
Treaty
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Portland
Baker
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North Bend
Rose burr
San Frmnciaco S3
Chicago 42 f
New York i. S4
Ln Anseles 90
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derson, and representatives of other when , introducing Ihe . French
departments and agencies.
I Premier at a luncheon.
"WiBamett River XJ ictX. '- .H
FORECAST ' (from U. S. weather
bureau. McNary field. Salem):
'Mostly cloudy witit a tew sprinkle
today; mostly cloudy with occasional
rain tonight and Monday; Riga today
near SO, low tooirh near 46. .
Temoerature t 11:01 a. m. today
was 43.
SALEM WtEClPITATIoy
Sinet Start f WeatJaer Year S'pC 1
This Year . Last Year Normal
(.30 ' .. S.60 805
By CONRAD PRANGE
Staff Writer, The Statesman
The Maitland Carter triplets, all
girls, are six months -old today,
and already they are a joy and a
chore to their parents.
Debora Jo, Dianne Rae and Den
ise Ann created a minor sensa
tion when they were born May 21
at Salem Memorial Hospital Hos
pital records indicated they were
the first triplets born in Salem
m the past 10 years. .
"They are getting along just
fine,"; said Mrs. Carter this week
as she arranged them on the dav
enport for their picture. .
Debora Jo, largest and plumpest
of the; trio, smiled and gurgled.
Deni3e Ann and Dianne Rae,
smaller -but fat and healthy, were
pleasant but a trifle bored about
the whole thing.
They keep both Mr. and Mrs.
Carter busy, alright, at their home
at 1120 Hood St. .
Heavy' Eaters f
"It takes about one and one-half
hours to feed and burp the trip-
lets,'said Mrs. Carter. "And they
feed about every four hours now.
rney eacn taxe aoout s ounces
of milk at night, plus other solid
1UUUS. y ,
"They sleep through the night
now on most nights. But even So
I simply couldn't handle it all, if
my husband wasn't so good about
helping me." ' ;
This last statement made i
marked impression on John Erick
son, Statesman photographer, who
will soon become a father.
Father Carter is sales manager
in the appliance department at
Hogg Brothers Furniture store in
Salem: He wasn't present for his
daughters pictures and interview,
but his place was taken by the
Carters' son, Steve, 4, who made
the babies laugh for the camera.
Lots of Washing . '
' Yes, Mrs. Carter admitted as
she bounced first Debora Jo and
then Denise Ann (or was it Dianne
Rae?) on her-lap, she had a lot of
washing to do every day. She
thanked heaven she had an auto
matic clothes washer and dryer.
Debora Jo weighs about 15Vi
pounds and her twin sisters just
under that ' " ;
' Mrs. Carter said she hasn't real
ly noticed whether any of the
babies show 'different emotional or
character traits" from each other.
"Tbey are all good babies," she
said loyally as she played with
Dianne Rae (or was it Denise
Ann?). ' : '
"01 course ! she laughed, "they
have their squalls once in awhile.
Then it brings up the problem of
whjch to pick up first And they
have- their moodj. The other day
they rwere crabby and .fussy.
Mrs. Carter said she lost her
best" day-time helper when her
daughter, Sharon, 9, fractured her
arm- recently. Sharon! can't help
her 'mother much now but she
does the best she can. '
."The babies were quite a lot of
trouble at first,"? said Mrs. Carter.
"But we wouldn't trade them for
the world now. W
Debora Jo, on her mother's lap.
smiled. Denise Ann (or was it
Diannl Rae?) titling up in one
corner of the couch, blinked her
eyes.- Her sister yawned widely.
MOSCOW WV ' Soviet Foreien
Minister V. M. Molotov offered
Saturday to postpone the Russian-
proposed all-European conference '
on collective security if the West
ern powers hold up ratification of
the Paris agreements on rearming !
West Germany; His offer, however,
met with prompt U. S. - French re-.
jection. ' v
He coupled the offer with a
warning that the Soviet Union and
the "peace loving European'
states" Would take countermeas
ures for their own security if the
West persists in bringing West
Germany into the Atlantic defense .
alliance a move which he said ,
poses the "threat of a new wait' :
Russia had set Nov. 29 asJ a
date for the security , conference,
which would include the United
States. Communist China was in
vited as an observer.
(Recent events have indicated
the Soviet Union is planning to set ;
up an East European security sys-
tern as a countermeasure to the
West's North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization. , !
Swift Rejection 4 "
WASHINGTON tfl French Pre-:
mier Mendes France and Secre
tary of State Dulles turned down'
swiftly Saturday a move by Soviet
Foreign Minister Molotov to delay
ratification of German rearma-;
ment by the Western powers. In
stead they called for "early ratifi-;
cation" by all the allies before t
any new conferences with Russia. '
They declared themselves
against "improvised . debates in-;
tended mainly for propaganda", i
an obvious slap at Moscow, .but
expressed willingness to join in:
adequately prepared, negotta--
tions" in good faith.
Points of Agreement - .
From the communique and from
information provided by officials
these other points stood out in the
talks: : -;
L Dulles and Mendes France
agreed that the- organization- of
three new Communist divisions, ,
two of them "armored, in Northern
Viet Nam creates a serious ew
threat in Indochina. I : v
2. Dulles agreed to consider ' use
of United States influence to try
and prevent any, outside agitation
to make trouble for the French;
among the Arabs in North Africa.
Mendes - France has contended
Cairo and Communist Hungary ;
have been sources of agitation in '
North Africa. 4 5
3. Mendes - France reviewed ,
'"hopefully" possibilities for estab
lishing better relations between
France and Germany as a step
toward creation ofJa united and
peaceful Europe. Dulles said the
United States attaches greatim
portance to this.,
4. Dulles assured Mendes-France
that when France makes a formal
appeal for British and American,'
support of an agreement with Ger
many on the long disputed Saar
territory, the United States "gov--ernment
will do whatever it pos-'
sibly can to give such support j
Employes Tell
Preference in
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Yule Presents! -
NAPERVILLE. 111. (UP) j The;
5,000 . employes of the Kroeher; ,.
Furniture Making Company were:
telling their bosses what they AS'ant .
for Christmas Saturday. And. the
company promised to get itlior;
them. - ;.j ; J - :.
The company, which has plants:
throughout the nation, plans? to
spend $300,000 in playing Santa'
Claus for its employes. !
All the workers have to do is
write on a "gift certificate" what
they'd like for Christmas. On the
day before Christmas theyTKget'
their wishes, along -with a free
lunch. ',' ;
The employes have about 50 gifts
to choose from, averaging in value,
from $75 to S85. They include bi
cycles, electric "appliances, cloth-;
ing, furniture made to order, iowl
ing balls and left-handed golf clubs.i
I: the worker prefers, be can ask;
for two, cheap gifts.
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