CITY
EDITION
. . , i
uttinR ONE OF THE CHUTES in booming Martin Rapids nicely 1 sn unidentified Wtm.t..
.1 ih. more than 60 who managed to negotiate the turbulent waters of the famed ranlds ahnvc
.... I nrtcp during the annual "White Water Boat Parade" Sundav. witnessed hv Uimiunili nf
pit spectators. (Howard Studios photo, Wiltsshire engraving).
R. Willcox
k at Hnmfl
fit Ml swaaaw
jer Sickness
Wit toss Baumes Willcox,
tanber of the University ol
tn school of architecture and
Ciri faculty for 21 years and
tor emeritus of architecture
1 1943, died at his home at
Imirare Drive Sunday.
H-known in coast architec-
i circles, he entered the prac
& architecture at Burlington,
hi JR94. He sDent the year
n traveling and studying in
fct and in 1908 returned to
ii practice in Seattle. He was
Pre practice there until com
the University of Oregon in
M in 1943 .
ktesor Willcox was retired in
M continued to teach courses
ij planning and office man
Bit until November, 1946,
i illness forced him to give
a teaching career. '
n In Burlington, Vt., Aug. 2,
it attended Kalamazoo Col
Mich,, and the University of
pjlvanla. He was active In
fcional organizations and in
ripal affairs. A member of
MSene planning commission,
in served as a member of the
it planning commission and
l member and fellow of the
pan Institute of Architects.
ui Director
iMd office as secretary and
tat of the Washington
fcof AIA, and was a director
national group. He also
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White Water Provides Spectacle
Boatmen Make
McKenzie Run
The booming waters of the famed McKenzie River! from
Redsides to the Leaburg Lake, were negotiated without inci
dent by 64 lightweight plywood boats and a rubber craft
Sunday during the McKenzie River Guides Assn.'s annual
"White Water Boat Parade." Thousands of automobiles and
an estimated crowd of more than 5000 spectators lined the
banks of the river, braving intermittent showers and basking
in occasional warm sunshine.
' Safety was the keynote of the event. One of the boat's was
manned by 12-year-old Dick
Helfrich, another, with two
passengers, by 14 - year - old
Dave Helfrich; another by
Coralie Thomson, sophomore
University of Oregon coed,
and another by Mrs; Woodie
Hindman of Springfield, one
of the most experienced pilots
on the river.
Although discouraged from tak
ing part, Kenny Pratt loaded . two;
Eugene High schoolmates, John
Banks and Don Ruth, into an air
craft rescue rubber boat and man
aged to complete the more than
20 miles of river with nothing
worse than a dousing,
Engineers Attend
Although many slate officials
from Oregon, California and
Washington, Including the gover
nors, were invited, none were
present for the event. The parade
was hot without its dignitaries,
however. Colonel and Mrs. O. E.
Walsh and their two children.
made the "run," along with Colo.
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bproval of School Budget
buld Bring $142 per Pupil
ByROCH BRAT5SHAW
Swond of Fmir Actiniae
N Questions and Answers, ,
r age Ten
pjval by the taxpayers next
Nay of the Eugene school
Mil make it possible to
t m estimated average of
IttPUDil for Plumonl-,.,. 1
PT education
P "Mt year. Last year's
F was $134 per pupil,
F the fact that Eiieene
'rate high, both in th
, this expenditure per
JJJ "'in compared to
Blockades
land Shinni
fenJ. Movement
Ks-including food
klU,"' ! Cltv of nearly
S API . "6 uiapuie
"li teamsters and 66
Ift . ,lermea the work
Zih .ckoul" wne -
1 Were a"led..
teks ., uegan piling
tanVv?rehouses Mon
otSj Railroad and sliin-
VwLP bab,y W0l,ld be
car, ,?1ay' a which
Cnd ,hU d be shlmted t0
' for , TJ1" would sit idle
uuaing,
there would
tfi 'l cffecl O" the
Wert'8tnb,esa"d milk
klJ.'?h Hems would
rw"v.l.strike c.n-
i i "i more, tney
K'arlBvvM ...
Daymen s
KC!SA,,n said
ProDoear ejected the
to settle the dis-
amounts spent in other Oregon
schools. High school costs of a
group of schools for 1945-46 ap
pear below, with the Eugene high
school figure at the top:
Eugene . '. . $154
Corvallls 159
Oregon. City 163
Astoria . 183
Coos Bay . . 195
Bend i 159
Roseburg 163
Medford 180
Grants Pass 155
Klamath Falls . 218
Albany
Salem
Pendleton -
177
166
229
. Ability of the district to spend
an average of $142 per pupil next
year will depend on approval at
next Thursday's election of a levy
outside the 6 per cent limitation,
amounting to $454,827. If the dis
trict tried to operate without this
levy, it would be able to spend
only about $41 per pupil, it has
been estimated by Supt. Clarence
Hines.
The increase per pupil,1 which
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Marshall Endorses Aid
For Greece, Turkey
WASHINGTON OP) Secretary
of State Marshall Monday called
the proposed Greek -Turkish aid
program "indispensable" and told
Congress he is in "complete ac
cord" with its aims.
Senator Vnndcnbcrg (R-Mich),
nresidine of fleer 'of the Senate, an
nounced Marshall's endorsement
as the Senate debated the program
calling for $400,000,000 in economic
and limited military assistance 10
Greece and Turkey.
Marshall outlined his views in a
communication from Moscow.
The program will come to a
vote in the Senate at 4 p.m. (1 P-m.
F$T) TuMdiy, '
Oakridge Mil!
to Begin
Pope and. Talbot, Inc., will start
construction Tuesday on a new
lumber mill near Oakridge first
construction . step., in a million
dollar project, it was announced
Monday by L. L. Stewart, forester.
The mill is designed for a produc
tion capacity of 200,000 board feet
a day.
The mill pond will hold 12 mil
lion feet of logs, and the mill will
be linked to Oakridge by a rail
road spur crossing Salmon Creek,
It is expected that the 'mill will
be in operation to turn out rough
boards by next Jan. 1, after which
installations will be continued for
production of finished forest pro
ducts. ,
. A sustained yield unit is plan
ned in cooperation with the U. S.
Forest Service, to provide for a
steady production of 45 to 50 mil
lion feet of lumber annually. The
company is setting up its opera.
tions with the idea of permanent
production, cutting only as much
timber from the unit as is. replaced
annually by growth.
The mill will employ about 125
men and about the same number
will be working in the- woods,
Stewart said, which will result in
about 150 new families moving to
Oakridge.
Already, the company has about
25 houses and apartments f.or rent
to its workers and will build ad
ditional houses in Oakridge for
sale to its employes at cost, said
Stewart;
US Steel Grants
Doliar-a-Day Raise
DTTTsmraRH W Agree
ment nn waff increases of $1 a day
for 140,000 U. S. Steel Corp. work
ers Monday cheered the enure m
rfnctrv with the nrosnect of a year
of strike-free production.
The pay hikes agreed upon
Sunday by Philip Murray, presi
dent of the CIO and the United
Steelworkers, and J. A. Stephens,
"big steel" vice-president won
,,i.ir annroval bv the union's ex-
w.tu hoard. The raises affect
employes of five major producing
subsidaries and are expeciea icsei
the wage boost pattern tor uuier
steel companies as well as other
industries.
The nffreement will go before
the union's 1.75-man wage and
r,niiv mmmittee for final ap
proval. The union said signature
of the pact could De expecrea
Tuesday. '
Accord on a new contract was
v,o,ipri hv some executive board
members as "a great victory."
Reniamin F. Fairless
of the steel corporation issued a
statement in which ne saio ne
hoped the cost ot ine increases
nnM h taken care of in the pres
ent price structure. He asked em
ployes' cooperation in aosoroing
tht COIU Bf imflBVUl WHiavi
LANE CflflJNTy'S HOME NEWSPAPER
VOL. 108
EUGJiNE, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1947 . CIRCULATION YESTERDAY 24,517
NO. Ill
Conciliators Say
Phone Dispute
In Critical Stage
Settlement Formula
May Be Advanced
WASHINGTON OP Smir.
red by new peace pacts in steel
and other industries, Labor De
partment conciliators indicated
Monday they may be ready to
spring a new formula for settling
the nationwide telephone strike.
Although these ace government
trouble shooters declined to out
line their next step publicly at
this time, thev told a rnnrtr thev
feel the strike has reached a
"crucial stage."
Annarentlv there was nn nrni.
pect of government seizure of the
industry. At least. Presidential
Assistant John R. Steelman said
he knew of no' plans for such a
move.
Entering its third week' ""',
340.000-worker rjhohs fieim stnnri
as the onlv mainr hlot. on nthAr.
wise placid U. S. labor relations
picture.
Violence at Detroit ' '' ;
DETROIT flJ.R) Vlol.nno
flared on Detroit's tftlonhnnn niclp-
et lines Monday, resulting in in
juries to at least thres
and an assault and battery war
rant against a striker accused of
kicking a policeman.
Police battled pickets attempt
ing to block entrances to the main
jviicnigan Bell Telephone Co. of
fice building and outlying exchanges.
Seattle Demonstration
SEATTLE OP) A demon
stration by locked-arm pickets,
DiocKing entrances to the main
telephone company building here,
broke up shortly after 9 a. m.,
Monday, as the pickets dwindled
to about 20 and four policemen
ordered the sidewalks kept clear.
C. R. Garvin, member of the
CIO '- American Communications
Assn., said his own union and oth
er non-striking unions staged the
demonstration in sympathy with
the striking workers. It was the
first such mass picketing during
the two-weeks strike. here,.,:
Sabotage Reported
PORTLAND 01.19 The Pa-
cific Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
Tuesday, reported three cases of
sabotage to its Portland cables..
The company report ' said that
the cables were severed with a
hacksaw by "someone who knew
what he was doing." The cables
were severed late Saturday night
or early Sunday and affected
service to approximately 1200'
customers, the company said.
Unionists Confer
SAN FRANCISCO W
Striking telephone workers in the
five western states served by the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Co. were summoned to strategy
meetings Monday as negotiation
conferences with the company
were broken off.
No further meetings have been
scheduled between P. T. & T. and
the National Federation of Tele
phone Workers, the independent
union which called the walkout
just two weeks ago.
Secret Session Fails
To Break Impasse
MOSCOW (U.F&T The Big Four
failed Monday to reach agreement
on an. Austrian peace .treaty al
though they resorted to a two-
hour secret session in an attempt
to make a deal on three-outstanding
major issues. . '.-:L
. The ministers invoked the
strictest, secrecy about what hap
pened in their restricted meeting
but" official spokesmen would not'
rule out the possibility of further
discussion of the Austrian issues.
They said it was expected that
the ministers would return to the
Austrian treaty again.
' Immediate speculation was that
the western powers offered the
Russians a compromise or vice
versa on the major obstacles to
agreement and that time was
asked for study.
Weather
V. S. Weather Bureau Forecast:
Eugene and vicinity, partly, cloudy
Monday night na Tuesday, con
tinued cool, with light frost pos
sible Monday night. Oregon, same,
with .little temperature change;
frost or freezing temperatures
east portion . tonight . with low
temperature of 25 to 30 degrees;
moderate'northwest to north winds
off coast. . .. -
Local statistics: Highest tem
perature Sunday, 59. degrees; low
Monday morning, 34 degrees;
rainfall in 24 hours ending 10:30
a. m., .02 inches; total ior month,
2.42 inches; normal for month,
2.61 inches; stage of Willamette
River at 7:30 a. re. Monday, plus
.4 feet; wind at 11:30 a. m., North
13; prevailing Sunday, North 6.
Sunrise and sunset (P8T): Tues
day, 5:18 a. m. and 7:04 p. m.!
Wednesday, 5:16 a. m. and 7:05
p. m.
SlUSt.AW TIDES
Hlfh 1J:4S t.m. 1 ft. l:4S.m. T 4 ft.
Imp tiMta, MM, .till sjb.. M ft
KING CHRISTIAN X, 76-year-old
monarch of Denmark, died
Sunday after a 15-day illness. He
1s succeeded by his son, who will
rule as King Frederik IX.
Danes Mourn
Death of King
COPENHAGEN OI.R) King
Frederik IX, 48, led his 4,000,000
subjects Monday in mourning for
his father, King Christian X, who
died Sunday night after a popular
reign of nearly 35 years, spanning
two world wars.
The new king and his queen,
formerly Princess Ingrid of Swe
den, drove to Christianborg Cha
pel alone early Monday and re
ceived holy communion.
King Proclaimed
Prime Minister Knud Kristen
sen read the formal proclamation
of Frederik's succession from the
balcony of Christiansborg Palace
while a 81-gun salute was fired
and all churches rang their bells.
The cabinet offered its formal res
ignation but was asked to remain
in office. ,
Although the death of the 76-year-old
Christian had been ex
pected since he suffered a stroke
Easter Sunday, the Danes were
deeply moved. There was univer
sal, agreement with Kristensen's
words, "We have lost a beloved
king and a good, true Dane;"
The body of the 6 foot, 6 inch
king will, lie in state in Amlein
borg Palace, where he diefl. for
two days. It then will be borne
to the Christiansborg Church to
lie in state another' eight. 48..
Traditional Burial i :'iL iy ':;,,,
Burial will be at the Cathedral
of Roskilde, where Danish kings
have been'buried for the past 1000
years. . . r , ;.!.., '
Denmark will be in a state ol
mourning-tor-six months. '
Succession, of Frederik IX car
ries on a custom that Danish kings
alternately are named Christian
and Frederik. .' Only once since
1448 has there been a break in
this tradition. - That was : King
Hans Jn-1481. .. , .
Dept. of Interior
Funds Slashed
By Committee
Northwest Project
Appropriations Cut
WASHINGTON (U.B Swinging
its sharpest economy axe to date,
the House Appropriations Com
mittee Monday chopped 43 per
cent off the funds asked by Presi
dent Truman for the Interior De.
partment.
It voted to give the department
$183,649,313 for fiscal 1948 instead
of the recommended S322.531.220.
The total incliBW $27,110,800
which Congress is required by law
to give the department each year.
Omitting these funds over which
the committee, has no discretion,
the slash was nearly. 50 per cent.
For Its vast projects, the de
partment's reclamation bureau .
was allotted only $62,717,600 of
the $145,952,200 recommended
a 50 per cent out
From a percentage standpoint,
the cut in interior department
funds was the biggest voted by
the committee in any of the three
major appropriations bills it has
acted on thus far.
It trimmed the Treasury-Postof-fice
bill from $13,285,302,721 to
$12,386,029,971. But the $897,272,
750 reduction though the biggest
in dollars represented only a 6
per cent saving. The $78,825,520
cut it made in the originally re
quested $1,763,412,300 for the La
bor Department and federal secur
ity agency represented a saving of
only about iVz per cent.
Senate May Relent
The bill is due for House action
late this week. - The bill will go
to the Senate, which usually is
more liberal in voting money for
the Interior Department
. WASHINGTON (U.B Funds rec
ommendations by B.e House Ap
propriations Committee for the two
major water and power projects
in the Pacific Northwest were
about two thirds below original
budget estimates, said to be "se
verely limited." . ,
President Truman asked Con
gress for $20,278,000, for the Bon
neville Power Administration and
$27,500,000 for the Columbia Basin
Project. . . .. ' , ,
-'The economy - minded House
committee recommended only $6,
907,800 for Bonneville and $9,
435,000 .for the Columbia Basin
project.
REDS BURN SUPPLIES
NANKING U.R) Large fires
were reported in the Ching-Chin
coal mining area, 27 miles west of
Shihchiachuang in Southern Hopei
Province, Monday as the Commun
ists applied the "scorched earth"
policy to the coal supplies they
captured last week.
ST I:
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. i.-ar )i' tos r, -.:v;
THAT 'GREEN STUFF on the table will be translated Into
green playing fields for Eugene's kids, and the determination of
Century Fund Parks and Playgrounds backers is that the change
will come soon. Shown here adding to the stack is Jack Vlckery,
53 Fifteenth Ave. W. Leta Mae Brant, left, and Pauline Burris are
guarding the table. (Wiltshire photo and engraving). . .
Kids' Drive for Parks Rolls
On Beyond Halfway Marker
The kids were past the 50-yard
line Montiay in their drive to the
$50,000 Century Fund goal for
parks and playgrounds, and indi
cations were that by the end of
the week they would be in touch
down territory. . The Saturday
night total stood at $27,633.
Colin Kelly School was the first
to report complete returns. At the
Monday meeting of school dis
trict chairmen in. the Eugene Ho
tel, Colin Kelly School leaders an
nounced that all 398 calls in the
scattered district were finished
and that $502.84 had been col
lected and turned in.
109 Needed
Mrs, L. B. Schmidt, who pre
sided, announced that nlf 109
of the needed 1106 workers remain
to be recruited. Roosevelt school
needs 19 workers; Washington, 36;
Willard, 14; Wilson, 25; Edison, 5;
Condon, 5 in the main district
and 8 in Riverview section.
Schools will be open from 7
till 9 p. m. Monday, Mrs. Schmidt
said, but during the rest of the
week packets will ha,ve to be
turned in to school principals dur
ing school hours. All calls must
be completed and packets turned
in by close of school on Friday, she
said.
One from Texa-
W. Rosborough, - former
owner of the Rosborough Lumber
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'Hold Prices'
Nation Bid
By Truman
President Calls for Prompt Action ;
To Prevent Boom-and-Bust Cycle
NEW YORK (UP) President Truman warned Monday
that the much-predicted economic depression might well be
come a reality unless labor and industry take "prompt" stepi
to halt the "sharp and rapid rise in prices."
In a major address here on both domestic and foreign
issues, the President asked business to lower prices where
profits are excessive, urged labor to use moderation in. wage
demands and appealed to farmers to make an all-out effort
to produce more goods. ,
Mr. Truman, speaking before the annual luncheon of the
Associated Press, said America was shattering all records for
peacetime production but that.
Fire Destroys
Daintee Plant
Vera Minkler, manager of the
Daintee Brand potato chip plant
and wholesale grocery distributor's
office at 260 Ferry St., Monday
morning surveyed the ruins of his
building after the fire Sunday
night which did damage unoffici
ally estimated at $125,000.
The fire was reported at 8:02
p.m. and city firemen had the blaze
Firemen Thanked
Mrs. Mary Zunke, 477 Thir
teenth Ave. E., said Monday that
she wanted everyone to "give a
big hand" to the city fire depart
ment for Its "prompt, wonder
ful" work In "going right into
the flames." She said the whole
block of homes would have been
destroyed had the firemen been
slow, and pointed out that the
plant contained highly-Inflammable
vegetable oils.
under control within an. hour but
the intense heat destroyed tons of'
food stocks and valuable equip
ment. - ; . ' , ; ,'.. ;.
Partly Insured
. Office Manager Harry. Nelson
was not prepared to make precise
estimate of the damagt but said
it was "partially covered by in
surance, , : ,
Also lost in the same fire was
the stock and some equipment, of
Chefs Famous Foods manufac
turing plant in the northern end
of the building. '
F. W. Brunner, manager of
Chefs plant, said -that he expected
to be in temporary quarters this
week and supplying customers.
Will Supply . . . -
Minkler had received word
Monday morning that a Washing
ton concern would supply potato
chips to his specifications and that
he would be supplying his buyers
In "two or three days."
The two-story building was al
most a total loss with only the
front two end walls still standing.
The second floor, used to store
stocks of some .250 food -products,
was a knee-deep mesa of gooey
pickles, corn meal, flour, exploded
tomato cans, and thousands of
gallons of water.
Seek Cause
City, fire marshals were Inves
tigating the ruins in an effort
to determine the cause of the
blaze. No one was in the build
ing when the fire started but ear
lier in the afternoon some em
ployes had been at work in pre
paration for expanding production
this week.
Both Minkler and Brunner ob
served that it was "pretty dis-.
couraging just as the busy season
is starting." Both were confident
that they could be filling orders
this week, however, and Minkler
said that the plant would be re
built "just as soon as possible,"
probably on the same site.
Merger
CIO-AFL
Discussions Invited
WASHINGTON UP) The AFL
Executive Council Monday invited
the CIO peace committee to con
fer here Thursday on merger of
the two big labor organizations.
AFL President. William Green
announced . the invitation after a
meeting of the council to discuss
general problems, including the
prospect that congress -will enact
sharp restrictions on labor union
activities.
Green said a telegram was dis
patched to CIO President Philip
Murray suggesting nhe meeting.
The groups have made frequent
gestures toward union, but no real
progress in that direction.
The council's decision to bring
up the matter again at this time
appeared traceable to the crisis
building up for labor unions in the
form of legislation in Congress.
Baseball
national n.n.r.
Cincinnati .000 0M 000 O 3 1
Chicago 1.000 003 OOx 3 10 1
peteraon, Rlddla (S) and Latnannoi
wyse ana ncneninv. ,
American " n.n.r.
Chicago .... JO oil 000 a 10
Dcirolt .. ,.000 0,10 0104 7
soaring prices were forming
the "one cloud" that Is "shad
owing bur economic future."
"Some say this eloud Is certain
to burst," the President Mid.
"They are sure of a recession or
depression. I do not share their '
belief that either of these is In
evitable. "I believe that we, as a nation.
can prevent this economic cloud-
burst. But It requires prompt.
preventive steps."
In his address, which was broad
cast nationally, the President also:
1. Called for extfmslon of rent
control, now scheduled to die June
30, until construction costs are
lowered and the present acute
housing shortage is eased. ' '
it. Reiterated his opposition to
income tax reductions In thla
period of "great inflationary pressures."
J. Said credit controls cannot be
relaxed so long as prices are high,
4. Warned that recent Increases
in wholesale prices carried the
"inevitable" promise of still high
er prices at retail stores.
5. urged malntence- of exsert
controls to avoid additional pres- '
sure on domestic prices from for
eign purchases. ' - -: ' .
6. Rejected charges' that the
government' a farm price- support
program was a large factor in cur
rent high food. prices.. Without H,
he said, production would be dis
couraged and resultant shortage
would thenjselves. force; prices up.
Die
As Freight Hit
A Portland eounle-met Instant
death at 4:03 a.m. Monday when
the car-they were driving 'south
crashed into a southbound Oregon
Electric freight train, at tie Har
risburg crossing. -
They were Mr. and Mrs. Leo 3.
Murphy, about 39 and 37, whose
address was given by Linn Coun
ty Coroner Glenn Huston as 7828
North Willamette Blvd., Portland.
w. n. uunnam, Portland, con
ductor of the train, said he gaw
the 1941 Mercurv auto enmln
about a mile away, and that it was
uavcmig at a nign speed. The
train, he said, was loins about in
to 12 miles an hour.
The car crashed Into the train,
derailing one freight car loaded
witn Hour. The car was dragged
130 yards down the track and de
molished. Personal effects of the
couple were scattered along the'
tracks. ;
Dr. D. O. Clark, Harrisburg,
first at the scene of the1 accident, "
said he had never seen such com-
plete destruction. ,
Coroner Huston said the couple
died instantly. A fractured skull "
was given as the cause of death .
for Murphy, while his wife died
of a crushed chest. Both also suf
fered other injuries.
With the exceDtion of the con
ductor, there were no witnesses of
tne accident.
Huston said 1 Mr. and Mn.
Murphy were apparently on their
way to Myrtle Creek from Port
land. He was engaged In the
trucking business.
The bodies were taken to Miller
Sherman Mortuary In Junction
City. Names of survivors had not
been learned late Monday, but
Huston said he believed at least
one young son survives the couple.
Texas City Disaster
Toll Still Climbing
. TEXAS CITY WW Roy Wade.
official of the Department of Pub- .
lie Safety, announced Monday that
the explosion-dead in this sorrow
ing coastal city now totals 421 and
said the death list will total not
less than 575.
Wade, administrative assistant
to Col, Homer Garrison, chief of
the Texas agency, said 295 persona
still are missing and 132 victims
remain unidentified.
Mayor J. C. Trahan reassured
Texas City that there was no
danger of new explosions from
leaking naphtha gas. . '
Earlier Trahan had criticized
the Red Cross for its handling of
relief activities in the blast-torn
town. An official of the Red Cross,
1 1 however, assured him that the or-
Orove. Papbfc (S) and Trash: . New- aaxi-atlnn rfnlx
and . . .. . .. -
houstr. Bnton (8)
XaMMtta, Iwlft (N,
Overman (01 . and
possible to aid victims.