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HEDFOKD, OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1932.
No. 45.
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Tribune
o
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
OPE! It la the bright star, shln
lng on ahead, that leads ua
through the murk ot aorrow and dis
appointment and .heartache that set
ties at tlmea into the Uvea ot ua all;
that keepa us struggling on In the
dark hours when the going seems
rougher than we can bear.
For Colonel and Mrs. Cbarlea Lind
bergh, thla morning, hope la dead.
ONLY a mother 'can Imagine the
atark terrors the past two montha
have held for Anne Morrow Lind
bergh. No day, for her, has held a
ray of aunahlne; no night has been
free from horror.
But through these two months of
Qethaemane the star of hope has
shown above her; still has beckoned
on to believe that her baby would
be found and restored to her.
The atar la gone; fallen from the
aky; Its light extinguished.
Poor Anne I
FAME and glory? Wealth. High
poeltlon. A young and beautiful
wife who has been also a companion.
A golden-haired son.
All these things have been brought
to Colonel Lindbergh by that bold
flight acroea ttie foggy seaa.
But also, let us not forget. It has
brought him down into the valley of
the ahadow of death; that dark valley
In which the star of hope no longer
shines.
For It was the fame and glory,
the wealth, the high poeltlon won tor
him by that spectacular flight that
made him the mark for the fiends
In human form that kidnaped and
alew his Infant son.
MOCKERY and' ashes. The flavor
of Dead Sea apples.' These, to
Colonel Lindbergh this morning,
must be the meaning of fame and
glory of wealth and high' position. '
THESE gangaters, these acum ot the
earth, these Jackals that live on
the fringea of society: these wolvea
In sheep's clothing that have been
talking so blg-heartedly about recov
ering the Lindbergh baby.
What of them?
IF YOU have read carefully the
stories in this newspaper yesterday
you have noted that according -to the
moat expert opinion available the
Lindbergh baby waa slain aome two
months ago. That muat have been
almost Immediately after he waa tak
en from his crib.
What doea that mean?' It means
that these gangaters who were pos
ing as stricken by the sorrow of a
young father, who professed to be
generously offering their services to
recover the lost baby, were simply
"muscling In" on the publicity
capitalizing an opportunity to make
themselves appear leaa horrible In
the public eye than they really are.
IP YOU are so-constituted that you
are capable of Intense loathing and
contempt, pour out today upon the
heads of these enemies of decency
all the loathing and contempt which
you are capable of feeling.
They deserve It all.
AND w,hat of Gaston B. Means
that delver Into the filth of the
guttera, who for the money he would
get out of the Bale of the book drag
ged the name of a dead President of
the United States In the muck; who,
still Itching for filthy money, angled
In the watera stirred up by the Lind
bergh kidnaping and brought up a
hundred thoussnd dollars from a
woman who aought to bring back the
baby to Its dead mother?
Think what you will of him. But
remember that you can't possibly
think of him as much evil as he dc
serves.
a a
IS THIS world, there is much of
good. Thla writer, who la a sin
cere optimist, and haa no regrets
therefor, la .....te convinced that the
tood In thla world outweighs the
evil.
But la thla Lindbergh kidnaping.
this deed of dsrkness that has so
tugged at the heartatrtnge of all hu
manity, and in the nasty efforts to
capitalise upon it that have followed,
there la much of evil, much of dls
Uuslonment. The world has a long way to go
jet before It reachea perfection.
Jenkins Comment
Continued from Thurdy
em this year for their crop. This
doesn't Include the money that will
go into labor for packing.
JUST a word more, partly In repe
tition of what has already been
said In this column:
In California, average production
of tomatoes la around seven tons
to the acre. In the finest tomato
ACoatiniiaVl pa
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BATTERED BODY
Lindbergh Visits Under
taker's Place Mother
Reported Bearing Up Well
Drop Secrecy Man Hunt
TRENTON, N. J., May 13. (AP)
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh ar
rived late today to see the body of
his kidnaped baby taken to Linden
lor cremation.
The little battered body had been
placed In a light oak casket and
a hearse was waiting at the door
of the undertaker's establishment
where the autopsy was performed
when Col. Lindbergh drove up In an
automobile alone and entered the
building. It was not known whether
he viewed the body before It waa
taken out to the hearse.
Previously It had been announced
that neither Col. Lindbergh nor his
wife would view the body, as they
wished to keep fresh In their memo
lies the picture they had of their
baby before he was kidnaped.
PRINCETON. N. J.. May 13. (AP)
Dr. John Grler Hlbben, president
of Princeton university and close
friend of the Lindberghs, said today
that Mrs. Lindbergh, although over
whelmed with grief, was "bearing up
just as she has all along."
HOPEWELL, N. J., May 13. (AP)
The Lindbergh baby Is dead; mur
dered, brutally.
They found the body It was hard
ly more than a skeleton late yes
terday afternoon. A negro truckman,
pushing his way through thick brush
of the Sourlands not five miles from
the Charles A. Lindbergh estate
made the dlscoverly.
Police were called. Identification
was confirmed. A baby hunt, cau
tious and painstaking, was ended; a
man hunt, wideflung and intense,
swept forward In Its place.
To Quiz Intermediaries
.Two 'Intermediaries of the baby
search, men who for weeks had been
moving In and out of the back
ground, their movements carefully
guarded for fear of endangering the
child's life, were called to give an
accounting of their hidden activities.
One of these men was Drv John F.
Condon, the 72-year-old educator of
New York City who, negotiating
through the newspapers as "Jafsle,"
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EAGLET'S COFFIN
WILL BE SEALED
FROM KIN'S EYES
TRENTON, N. J., May 13. (AP)
The broken little body of "The Eag
let" will be laid away without his par
entt having seen It.
Ann and Charles Lindbergh will al
ways remember their lost son as a
handsome little chap, with yellow
curls and blue eyes and a radiant
smile.
Prank W. Swayze, the undertaker
In charge of the body, said today he
had been Informed that neither Col
It. onel nor Mrs. Lindbergh would see
It will be placed in a sealed coffin
before It Is delivered to them, he said,
he did not know when the burial
would take place, or what the funer
al arrangements were.
Police today held back a throng
which loitered In the street outside
the funeral establishment. In the
morgue at the rear the curtains were
drawn.
Of those whom ne had learned to
know and trust In the few months
that were his span of life only his
nurse. Betty Gow, saw the body of
little Charles Lindbergh.
He used to call her 'Oow."
Watauga settlement In Tennessee
set up Its own government In 1772
and became the first Independent
state In America.
WIL
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KIDNAPED CH LD
Flash of Lindbergh News
Associated Press 'Scoop9
NEW YORK. May 13. (AP This
la the manner In which the finding
ci the body of the Lindbergh baby,
one of the greatest news beats In
newspaper history, was given to the
world :
Francis A. Jamleson, Associated
Press staff correspondent In Tren
tn. was working on another angle
of the kidnaping when he learned
Colonel Norman H. Schwarzkopf, su
perintendent of New Jersry police,
had summoned newspaper men to
the Lindbergh home In Hopewell for
an announcement. Samuel O. Black
man, another Associated Prww staff
man. was on his way to Hopewell.
Jamleson Immediately ran to the
executive offices of Oovernor A.
Harry Moore In Trenton. Oovernor
Moore was not there.
Jamleson called the governor at
home. While waiting he phoned the
New York office of the A. P. and
held the wire open.
Governor Uoare said bs b4 Just
Will Rogers Hopes
Slayers Of Infant
Arrested, Punished
SANTA MONICA, Cal., May IS
(AP) Brushing away tears, Will
Rogers said:
"There's nothing one can say
that means anything In a time
like this. I knew the little fel
low, held htm In my arms a few
weeks before he was killed.
"I hope the responsible ones are
caught and caught quickly and
that there's a full measure of
Justice ready for them when they
bring them In.
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TRENTON, N. J., May 13. (AP)
The Trenton Times today said Prose
cutor Erwln E. Marshall, In a confer
ence last midnight with Or. John P.
Condon at the Lindbergh home, was
Informed the sleeping suit missing
from the Lindbergh baby's body had
been turned over to him in the nego
tiations which resulted In payment of
$50,000 ransom money.
The sleeping suit, r. Condon said.
Is In the possession of Col. Lindbergh.
Two other bits of evidence sup
posedly establishing the authenticity
of the alleged kidnaping group that
dealt with Dr. Condon, also are In
the possession of Col. Lindbergh, the
paper said Dr. Condon told the prose
cutor. They are two diaper pins. A
diaper which the baby wore when It
was kidnaped Is missing.
Dr. Condon told Prosecutor Mar
shall, the Times said, 'that early In
the negotiations with the supposed
kidnapers the diaper pins were sent
to him to prove the men he was deal
ing with had actually stolen the baby.
In the final negotiations, when the
$50,000 ransom money was turned
over, the baby's sleeping suit was
given as the final bit of evidence of
the kidnapers' Identity.
TRENTON, N. J., May 13. (AP)
After a lengthy conference with offi
cials of Mercer and Hunterdon coun
ties. In both of which the Lindbergh
estate lies, Attorney General William
A. Stevens left the state house today
on a mission he Indicated might pro
vide developments.
"When we come back," he told re
porters as he left with several other
officials, "we will have something for
you."
TRENTON, N. J., May 13. (AP)
District Attorney Erwln Marshall an
nounced this afternoon that nothing
had been found to Implicate Dr. John
P. Condon, the "Jafaie" of the search
for the Lindbergh baby.
"Ha has been releaaed and has gone
back to New York," Marahall aald.
PrTTSBTJRaH, May 13. (AP)l-Clty
detectives, on request of New Jersey
state , police, today began checking
court records of two sisters employed
aa domestics and arrested here in
1939.-
The New Jersey authorities did not
say whether the Information was
wanted In connection with the hunt
for the killers ot Charles A. Lind
bergh, Jr. The detectlvea aald, how
ever, the requeat came from sn offi
cial who went abroad in the Lind
bergh kidnaping Investigation.
' The telegram to Pittsburgh officers
said the sisters were named "either
Tlnko or Tlnco."
Major Charles Schoeffel, assistant
superintendent of the New Jersey
state police, went to England and
Scotland In connection with the
Lindbergh case.
FINDER OF BODY
WOULD LIKE JOB
HOPBWKLL, N. J., May 13. (AP)
William Allen, quiet-spoken negro
who found the Lindbergh baby's
body, doesn't care o much about a
cash reward, but he would like a bet
ter Job than helper on a truck.
"I feel I'm entitled to some money,"
he said, "but If Col. Lindbergh has
none, but can find me a Job. I'll be
satisfied. I just hope that police
catch the man who killed the baby.
He must be a devil."
learned Col. Schwarzkopf had been
trying to reach him by telephone.
Jamleson asked the governor If he
would call Schwarzkopf Immediately.
While the governor talked on an
other line to Schwarzkopf. Jamleson
held the wire be had Into the Moore
residence.
In a second or two Governor Moore
shouted to Jsmleson;
"I have ssd news for you. The
Lindbergh baby haa been found
dead."
Then came the other details,
quickly relayed by Jsmleson to the
New York office through the adja
cent telephone, even as ha talked
mith the governor.
But over the Associated Press news
circuits running to all sections of
the world, flashed one of the great'
est news be ate In newspaper history:
"Plash Oovernor Moore announces
Lindbergh baby 'found dead."
More than one hour later Co
Schwarzkopf made the formal an
nouncement at Hopewejj,
FEDERAL SLEUTHS
WILL TAKE TRAIL
OF BABY SLAYERS
X
President Orders Unrelent
ing Search to Bring Crimi
nals to Justice Strong
Language Is Employed
WASHINGTON, May 13. (AP)
President Hoover today directed the
law enforcement agencies and secret
service of the federal government to
set out upon a hunt for the mur
derers of the Lindbergh baby, "never
to be relaxed until those criminals
are Implacably brought to Justice."
The president, employing strong
language, directed the federal police
authorities "to make the kidnaping
and murder of the Lindbergh baby
a live md never to be forgotten
case."
The federal government does not
have direct police authority In the
present case, he pointed out, despite
lt brutality and the nationwide
horror It has caused, but federal
agencies will be "unceasingly alert"
to bring the murderers to punish
ment. The president Issued the follow
ing statement:
"I have directed the law enforce
ment agencies and the several secret
services of the federal government
to make the kidnaping and murder
of the Lindbergh baby a live and
never to be forgotten case, never
to be relaxed until these criminals
are implacably brought to justice.
"The federal government does not
have police authority In such crimes,
but Its agencies will be unceasingly
alert to assist the New Jersey police
In every possible way until this end
has been accomplished."
FOR RELIEF GOES
TO SPECIAL GROUP
WASHINGTON. May 13. (AP)
Senate Democrats turned the 'Hoover
compromise $1,500,000,000 relief plan
over to a special committee for study
today.
A second conference of the Demo
crats failed to develop an absolute
approval of the compromise. The
special committee was determined
upon to go over the plan. Senator
Robinson. Democratic leader, whoae
conference with President Hoover
opened the way for a compromise,
will serve as a member.
Other members are Wagner of New
York, Walsh of Montana, pittman of
Nevada and Bulk ley of Ohio.
As a result of last nights confer
ence at tie White House between
the president and Republicans of the
senate banking committee. Republi
can leaders were confident of a gen
eral agreement In their ranks on the
proposal to extend federal aid to the
states for unemployment relief and to
finance public and private construc
tion by means of the reconstruc
tion corporation.
CAMPAIGN HOOEY
A letter, signed by a rancher of the
Rogue River valley, assailing the
sheriff, the county court, and the
circuit Judge, was received today, and
la under consideration for future ac
tion by the proper officials. The
epistle rambling and misspelled
has one bit of humor It alleges that
some of the officials, are "full of
Swedish d liter bancs, as we used to
call It In Cripple Creek, Col."
The Bible Is quoted, and Wall
street, the bankers, the method of
construction of roads, and things In
general are assailed The gangland
phrase "bump" for death Is used
two or .three times.
Circuit Judge H. . Norton, is de
scribed "as placing himself above the
Creator.''
The letter Is attributed to a crank,
Inflamed by campaign chatter.
DUNFORD BITTEN
BY RATTLESNAKE
While leading a aearch for Marlon
Lon(. 70, missing since yesterday
from his Ashland home, O. w. (Ike)
Dunford. county Jailer was bitten by
a rattlesnake. The accident occurred
s'hortly before noon, while Jailer Dun-
ford waa beating through the brush.
The fangs of the reptile atruck Just
above the right ankle. First aid waa
applied by aute policemen, and the
wound "bled". Jailer Dunford waa -a-moved
to the Sacred Heart hospital
HI- condition la not aerloua.
The morning hunt for Long, re
vealed no trace. One tneory now ad
vsneed by authorltlea Is that Long
la alive and travelling alcng the Pa
clflc highway.
NEWBERQ C. P.. Butler i:i erect
uimsto caocery at hit aim north of
town.
BODY OF
HASTILY
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AsRormiPU Press leiepnoio ahnvC
body of the kidnaped son of Col. and Mrs. C'harlrs A. Lindbergh wus
five miles from the Lindbergh home near Hopewell.
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first and exclusive photograph shown of the rlh In the nursery of the Lindbergh home "cur Hopewell,
N. X, from which the hnny was stole March I and found dead 73 days later. This Associated Press tele
photo, showing the rurried blankets, probably looks the same as when Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh saw It the
night their son was kidnaped.
COSHOW DENIES
EOF.
DALLAS. May 13. (AP) Judge
Oliver P. Coshow. former chief Justice
of the Oregon supreme court, today
resumed his place on the witness
stand here testifying In his own be
half. He Is being charged with four
other officers of the Empire Holding
corporation with devising a scheme to
defraud. Coshow, the second to be
tried, faces Judge Arlle O, Walker's
court In his fight to avoid the verdict
rendered the first officer, Prank J.
Keller, who was found guilty.
Coshow took the stand late yester
day and told of his connections with
the holding corporation and of his
activities as president of that group.
He said he was a native Oregonlan
and was 69 years of age. Ho related
his early law career, and up to the
time he assumed the office In the
corporation. The judge declared all
his acts were made In good faith. The
vetern Jurist declared he was un
aware of misstatements or of any
violation of contracts or applications.
The case, nearlng the close of the
second week of trial, was expected to
be completed and in the hands of the
Jury early next week.
C. OF C. SINGERS
WILL TRY VOICES
Tonight, at the At. Mark's Oulld
hH on North Ofkdale. the first try
out for organization of a men's glee
club In this city will be conducted
under direction ol Jsmea Stevens. All
men Interested In music and forma
tion of the local organization are
asked to be present at 8 o'clock.
Music to be wed arrived from Port
land this morning. Accompaniments
will be played by Sebastian Apollo,
who. will also arrance munlc for the
organization, which will b patterned
after the Eugene Oleemrn. A lartte
attendance Is eapeM attorHghr'f
meeting.
Tick Blamed for
Death of Pankey
KLAMATH PALLS. Ore . May 13.
(AP William Pankey, Klamath
county pioneer, died here Thurartsy
from Rocky Mountain lira; fever.
Although there have been many
rases of the fever, thla was tM fust
death.
LINDBE' oH BABY
BURIED IN WOODS
Minwiug liewsiuniermen mid Hprrtatnm
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It 3 St f
ORIGINAL RANSOM NOTE
REVEALS CAREFUL PLAN
NEW YORK, May U (AP) The
New York American published today
what It aald It had learned from re
liable aourcea was the text of the
ransom note left by the kldnapera
of the Lindbergh baby.
It read aa followa:
"Dear sir Have IB0.000 ready.
2ii,ooo in $20 bills, ais.ooo in aio
bills, and (10,000 In t9 bills. Have
them In two packagca. Pour days
we will Inform you to redeem the
money. .
BASEBALL
RESULTS
National.
B. H. K-
Brooklyn 8 11 0
Cincinnati 3 8 3
Battcrlea: Vance and I5pez; Ben.
ton, Kolp, Ogden and Asbjornson.
R. H. E.
Boston 3 0 3
Chicago 3 11 3
Zachary, Bantwell and Hargrave;
Bush and Hsrtnett,
New .York at Pittsburg postponed;
cold and wet grounds.
Amrrlran.
R. H. K.
Detroit 0 3 0
Washington' T 11 1
Batteries: Wyatt. Herring and Hay
worth, Suace; Crowder and Berg.
R. H. B.
St. Louis 4 8 0
Philadelphia - B 17 1
Batterlea. Blaeholder. Cotfman and
Ferrell. Bengough; Earnahaw and
Cochrane.
Cleveland at Boston and Chicago
at New York postponed; tain.
DATES AND PLACES OF
FLOWER SHOW I0LD
. Th annual .flower show of the
Medlnrd garden club will he ataged
this year In the apacloua boya' gym
nasium of the new senior high school
May 2 and 27. according to an
nouncement today. More complete
plana for the event will be reported
In the Sunday Mall Tribune.
! WA8H1NOTON, May 1.1. (API
; President Hoover today renominated
j Anthony Savage lor reappointment aa
United Slates district attorney for
I ut western aisiricv of jasuuviivraii
Associated Press Photo.
IimiImiir nv tue i,it nliern the
found near Mt. Ruse, N. J., a scant
"We warn you for making anything
public or for notifying the police.
The child la In gut care.
"Identification for letters are slg
nltures. Answer three fold (1-3-3-4).
Two rings In blue Ink, with centra
ring ot red. A blue Ink line ot the
blue circles on the outer edge of
the red. A hole on the outer edge
ot each dark circle and one In the
centre of the red.
"Don't publlah thla letter."
TLA! GIRL
IN DEATH LEAP
PORTLAND, Ore.,' May 13. (AP)
Miss Msrjorle Kaufman, 17, was
killed today when ahe leaped from
tha sixth floor of a down town de
partment atore,
Employee of the atore aald they
obaerved her for 30 mlnutea prior
to the plunge in a dejected attitude
at a table. Suddenly, after a fit
of weeping, ahe daahed to the open
window.
' Mrs.' M.'J! Braden and Mra. P. H
Asbury, both of Los Angeles, were
knocked down by the awning through
Which the falling woman plunged.
Neither was Injured.
A note left by the girl asked that
police notify her mother. The note
said her family didn't "understand
her.
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SUNNYVALE, May. 13 (AP)
Confronted with tha necesalty of
valvlng out more of the ahlp'a helium
supply In order to mske a landing.
Commander C. E. Roaendahl of the
dirigible Akron chose to cruise over
this far-west naval air base today
awaiting more favorable atmospher
ic conditions before tlelng up at the
mooring mast.
A message dropped hy Com made r
Roaendahl said It waa necessary to
conserve his helium supply for fur
ther operations, Indicating prevloualy
announced maneuvers with the Unit,
ed States fleet, now at sea, will be
carried out,
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BATTL
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Republicans in Argument
Over Prohibition --Bitter
Rift in Democratic Ranks
Over Choice of Candidate
Br HYROX PHK'B
WASHINGTON. May 13. (AP
The pre-convention curtain raiser to
Vie 1033 campnlgn is ending, as It
began, with the Republicans still ar
guing about what to do about prohi
bition, and the Democrats still dis
puting what to do sbout a candi
date.
Recent developments appear to
have deepened, if anything, the bit
terness of feeling within the parties
on these two prime questions. The
present mood of the contending fac
tions foreshadows that neither of the
June conventions can be called ex
actly a lovefeast.
Oovernor Roosevelt continues to
press strongly for the Democratic
nomination, and so do his rivals. The
Ohio primary has stiffened the hopes
of wet Republicans, and the resist
ance of dry Republicans. And so it
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PORTLAND, Ore., May 13. (AP)
A directed verdict of acquittal ,-s
ordered today In the esse of Mayor
Oeorge L. Baker and four other defen
dants on trial In circuit court hers
on malfeasance chargea. They were
accused of having agreed to pBy
$200,000 too much for a municipal
market alte.
The other defendanta on trial with
Mayor Baker were City Commissioners
John M. Mann " and Earl Riley, ac
cused with him of .malfessanca, and
O. Laurgaard, city engineer, and C.
Lee Wilson, contractor, Indicted ss
scceasorles, ,
The arguments for and against the
directed verdict of acquittal lasted
two and a half days. The Jury waa
excluded during these arguments.
The trial opened 12 daya sgo. Judge '
Robert Tucker explained In handing
down the decision that he would be
derelict In his duties If he declined to
grant the motion for acquittal and
had submitted the case to the Jury,
The four city officials and Wilson
were accused of havlpg agreed to pay
too much for the site, the sgreed
price having been 1,409.963.
In an effort to betteT conditions
at Savage Raplda dam which they
allege now make ascent of Rogue
river difficult for fish. Prank Ovel
man and Al Plche are today work
lng to secure a caravan of valley
sportsmen to visit and view the dam
Tueaday morning, leaving tha local
chamber of commerce at 8:30 o'clock.
Care from Ashland. Medford and
Central Point will Join the caravan
and motion pictures of the caravan
and fish conditions will be mads
by Copco, according to Plchs, who
asks anyone Interested to plan to
make the trip Tuesday.
WILL
ROGERS
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., May
12. Now York, which always
thinks it's ahead of everything,
is going to "walk for beer."
The rest of the country don't
have to walk for it.
Davo lngnils of Cleveland,
Ohio, our naval aco in the world .
war, is nominated on the Re
publican ticket for governor of
his state. His ticket was "Let
the rcoplo vote on whatever
they want to whether it bo pro
hibition, kneo breeches for dip
lomats or shall Mickey Mouse
be allowed to produce sex
dramas."
The Democrats have already
started arguing over who will
be speaker at the conveution.
What they better be worrying
about is "who is going to listen
to 1W0 delegates that will
speak."
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