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Moscow report! Russian sold
tars captured enemy troops
Germans. Rumanians, ana uai
tans, while fighting among
themselves. The Incident is cuea
as . a sample of the hate that
racks the retreating Nazi ranxs.
It is hoped the Russians showed
their bringing up, and did not
Interfere until the foes had fin
ished their internal battle. A
cheer for the Russian boys, who
went forth into a snowy night,
and stole all the cranks from
German auto equipment. Thus
the invaders were unable to
flee, when Red forces arrived
in the mornTrig. It was a neat
mixing of war and Hallowe'en.
The first snow-white black
bird of the winter Is reported
hopping around the rural re
gions of Benton county, and eat
ing with the chickens and the
sparrows. This might be the
snow-white robin sighted every
spring in the southwest part of
town.
ADMIRABLE CANDOR
- (Blnghampton Press)
MEN'S SHIRTS $1.69 These
shirts were bought off-price
nd Just by looking at them
you can tell they won't last
long. AU woven fabrics.
"Every time you take a
breath nearly 100 bolts of light
ning strike somewhere In the
world." Electrical note). And.
come closer to hitting a hired
man driving home the cows,
than . an eminent rascal like II
Due Mussolini.
Con DeVore of the meathouse
reports a snowstorm and his
grandson Mike, hit his place on
Roxy Ann the first c the week.
The war has knocked consid
erable zip and zest out of Rose
Bowl football games and Santa
Claus. It has also removed the
wind and starch from any num
ber of premature May primary
candidates, throughout the com
monwealth. A LADY 8PEAK8 UP
(Oregonian)
'To the Editor: Regarding
La Guardla's advice to head
for the nearest basement In
case of an air raid, the "Little
Flower" can crawl back into
his "hot-house" If he wants
te, but- I grew up in the
brush. If it ever seems neces
sarys for me to desert the
shelter of my present "wick
iup" I aim to split the gentle
breeze that blows toward the
hills." .
There has been a sharp de
cline in local rumor-mongcrlng.
There are Just as many rumors,
but fewer mongers.
i
"Sale of liquor to Indians oc
cupied much of Judge John
eon's time Saturday morning."
(Salt Lake Tribune). Don't get
caught, your Honor!
.The Invincible, etc., gray
green legions of A. Hitler are
now engaged In a strategic ske
daddle towards Berlin "to
shorten their lines." Another
week of spirited sprinting, and
the soldiers will be yelling
"Kameradl", and the world In
formed "the German people
were misled!", as In 1918. This
time the world has braced Itself
not to be misled at the peace
table worse than the German
people.
Mount Mitchell State Park.
N. C, boasts the highest peak
in the east with Mt. Mitchell
rising 6,884 feet above sea level
Children In Grand Rapids, Mich..
primary achools direct tbelr own
study periods.
A Topsy Turvy World Gone Mad
The war situation in the Orient looks as dark, as it
looks bright in Europe.
What a crazy kaleidoscope this war is anyway,
and has been from the start.
"NLY a month ago who would have imagined that
Hitler, then within 30 miles of Moscow and well
within the suburbs of Leningrad, would be fleeing
for his life toward the German border, deserting his
Finnish allies as he fled !
And who, would have imagined Nippon, supposed
ly fighting then for her life against a revived and
avenging China, capturing Hongkong, advancing on
Singapore and occupying portions of the Philippines!
Anyone predicting such a transformation would
have been sent under guard to the nearest padded
cell.
VET there you are. And one can pnly wonder what
the future may contain.
What if, one month hence, little Japan should score
a knockout in the Far East, and, the Muscovite
hordes enjoy a similar triumph in Europe!
You say it CAN'T happen.
Don't be foolish. In this war ANYTHING can
happen.
And in such an event, just how would Messrs.
Roosevelt and Churchill regard the established policy
of continuing all-out aid, in money and arms, to the
advancing legions of Comrade Stalin !
A CRAZY world, brethren, a crazy world. And at
the moment not only crazy but unpredictable.
The only certain thing about it is, NOTHING is
certain ; and as long as the cockeyed ball of dirt con
tinues crashing along at its present insane rate, noth
ing can be.
Survival of the Fittest?
Among other things the renowned Dr. Goebbels,
considerably subdued, predicts an ultimate German
victory on the time-honored basis of the survival of
the fittest.
Yes, that's the Nazi theory.
Perfect the machinery of cruel and heartless de
struction, better than any other race, and the world
is yours. (Under Hitler, Germany has probably done
that, in spite of the present debacle on the Eastern
front.)
DUT the learned doctor is wrong.
The fittest race or nation, in this day and age, is
NOT the one that has most highly perfected the
science of destruction, and nothing more.
And the present situation in Europe clearly
shows it.
1MAN for man, and machine for machine the Ger
"mans probably still have today the most efficient
war machine in Europe.
But how about the spirit BEHIND that machine?
And even more important how about the attitude of
the human masses of Europe, irrespective of nation
ality, regarding it?
In short the spiritual
spiritual imponderables.
Aye, there s the rub
"Kamarad!"
I7ITH the downfall of France the Nazis firmly be
" lieved they had won the Second World War.
So did 99 of the military experts in the world.
And they had, on paper.
in this world are not won
bullets.
TVioro trmat nnf nnlir Ka
stroy, but an equal ability to reconstruct
And that is an ability the Germans have again
demonstrated they completely lack.
CO what?
Why with all her efficiency, Nazi Germany today,
i3 precisely where imperialistic Germany was near
the close of World World War No. 1, she hasn't a
REAL friend in the world.
Only two extremely unreliable elements keep the
Axis from collapsing completely, fear and force.
The cohesive element of all political and social
stability in this modern world, GOOD WILL, is con
spicuous by its COMPLETE absence.
CO granting that essentially this world STILL IS
a world of the survival of the fittest; because of
that very fact, Nazi Germany is doomed to defeat
For no nation however great its capacity to destroy,
but with no capacity to conciliate and reconstruct,
can, with any true understanding of the term, demon
strate its fitness to survive.
At long last the absence of good will, destroys her!
Those Dragons ' Teeth
TTIIE truth of the above conclusion, has been brought
into sharp relief, by two items in today's news
report.
One, the desertion of Finland, by Germany.
Two, the refusal of Spain to join the Axis, and
increasing anti-German sentiment displayed in Denmark.
Imam'iifl what tho foplincr tnu-nrrl Htimanv in !
Finland must be today!
mark, here were two countries, where at the time !
of downfall of France pro-German sentiment was
strongest.
Had the Nazi Germans, NOT displayed not only
no capacity for making friends, but a positive
imponderables, doctor, the
in your Nazi philosophy,
But permanent victories
on paper, nor alone with
tVia atinoviftr nVnlitv fn rln-
While in Spain and Den
GENIUS for making enemies, both of these countries
today would be at least potential allies of the Axis.
But the Nazis, persistently seeking to USE both
countries, solely for Germany's benefit until popular
resentment has reached the boiling point now as in
1918 stand completely isolated in Central Europe.
There is Fascist Italy, of course, but Fascist Italy
no longer counts!
Personal Health Service
Br William
Signed letters pertaining to perional health and hygiene, not to dtacsa
dlagnMli or treatment, will be antwered by Dr. Brady If a atamped self
add retted envelope la encloted. Letters tho aid be brief and written to Ink.
Owing to the large n amber of letters received only a few can ha answered
here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instroctlona.
address Or. William Brady, tS El Cam too, Beverly Hills, Calif.
KEEPING
Your column Interests me and
tempts me to write,' but not
about anything seriously wrong
as long as it Is so public (writes a
woman, as I
imagine, but I
cannot teU, be
cause the sig
nature gives no
clue). When
there is any
thing seriously
wrong let me
go to a Doctor
who can live
up to his creed
and keep it a
secret between
us two (she
continues). That Is not meant as
a reflection, on you as a Doctor,
you understand, but, well, let us
say there are some things that
cannot be cured by remote con
trol, so to speak. No doubt
many are helped by your advice
and teachings, but the best cure
for imaginary heart trouble, for
instance, is to have a Doctor use
the stethoscope and then tell
one there Is nothing wrong at
all. What a wonderful feeling
that Is. It makes one want to
sing and shout. Doesn't it make
you glad too when you are able
to calm anyone's fears? I'U bet
it does. (W. A.)
The lady wins that bet. I can
take all the criticism leveled
against me, whether it seems
Just or unjust, if once in a while
some one drops me a line to re
port any benefit he or she may
have obtained from advice or
teachings in this column or by
private correspondence.
Incidentally all correspond
ence between readers and me is
as private and confidential as
any communication a patient
may make to a physician in the
consulting room. In the years I
have conducted this column no
confidence has ever been be
trayed. The Hippocratic oath
takes care of that. Says the Oath:
"Whatever in connection with
my professional practice or not
In connection with it I see or
hear in the life of men which
ought not to be spoken of abroad
I will not divulge."
Doctors hear and see many
things in the course of their ev
eryday practice which they nev
er divulge, and the courts of the
land have always upheld the
principal of such secrecy. But In
a hysterical moment a legislature
may enact a statute defining as
a misdemeanor, punishable by
fine or imprisonment, failure of
a doctor to report immediately
t the police any case of gunshot
wound he sees or treats. No such
law applies to cases of criminal
abortion or various kinds of crl-
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
(Continued Prom Page On.)
(despite the opposition of big
oil companies). Rubber tires will
not be available. Synthetic rub
ber will eventually be furnished
as a substitute. It wears better,
but costs much more. Out of
our lives will go new radios,
typewriters, vacuum cleaners,
washing machines, housing fac
ilities. Limited will be the sup
plies of furniture, furnaces
Prices will continue to rise.
Rents will be put under con
trol. In short the consumer will
suffer in every line which de
mands metals or raw materials
from the far east.
...
THIS country Just hit Its real
defense production gait as the
Japs struck at us. By New
Year's day we will have spent
about $20,000,000,000 on de
fense armaments (half the na
tional debt we were woiried
about). Three-fourths of this
represents defense armaments
actually produced (the rest be
I n g administrative expenses,
etc.).
But our stride will widen In
creasingly from now on. Our
old program calls for $32,000.
000,000 next year, $40,000,000.
000 the year following. For the
three years this represents
roughly a $80,000,000,000 ef
fort. The billion dollar figure has
been used so loosely in the last
few years, it has lost its im
prosiveness, but you can get a
bar suggestion of what It
Brady. M. D.
IT SECRET
minal attack, attempted suicide,
etc., only to gunshot wounds, so
far as I know. I still maintain,
notwithstanding the contrary at
titude of many or most physic
ians, that a doctor should not
divulge to any one except with
tha patient's consent the fact
that he has seen or treated the
victim of a shooting. It is no part
o. a physician's duty to pass up
on the morals or the legal status
of his patient. The Hippocratic
oath does not discriminate be
tween angel or devil, but as
sures to every human being the
absolute secrecy of whatever the
physician may learn or even sus
pect by reason of the confident
ial relation involved. At any rate
that's the way I look at it, and
that's the way I'd want it if I
were the patient.
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
Brain Cells and Resuscitation
How lone can a person remain sub
merged and still be resuscitated?
When do brain cells start to d ten
orate? ' G. P. D.)
Answer Due to the circumstances
accurate, dependable information on
that point la not available. Person
ally, I'd believe a victim or submenv
lon or total deprivation of air or
oxygen might possibly be resuscita
ted after ten minutes In some cir
cumstances. In any case artificial
respiration should be carried on for
at least half an hour, longer If there
la any sign at all of life. Physiologist,
say the higher brain cells die if
deprived of their constant supply of
oxygen for even a few seconds, but
this does not mean death necessarily.
On request If you Inclose stamped
envelope bearing your address. I am
glad to send a booklet on "Resusci
tation" with Illustrations to show
the correct method as described by
Schafer. in contradistinction to the
Incorrect method taught by many
"life saving" Instructors. Of If you are
Interested In anoxia, natural breath
ing, vital capacity, angina pectoris,
mouth breathing, snoring, etc.. inclose
twenty-five cents for booklet "How
to Breathe."
Sauerkraut
Our main vegetable food In winter
time Is sauerkraut. Please state
whether It la enough for good nu
trition. I am afraid It isn't. (Mrs L.M.)
Answer It Is wholesome food, tho
by Itself hardly aufflclent vegetable
food. Cabbage In any form, parboiled,
raw (coleslaw), fermented (sauer
kraut), yields only about 140 calor
ies per pound (potato 440, peanuta
3500, beets 310, parsnips 300. dried
peas 1850, Lima beans or dried beans,
10A0 to 1700. If you cannot obtain
any freaa greens or fresh vegetables
or fresh fruit tn.the inter, use fac
tory canned tomato or tomato Juice
to supply vitamin O to prevent
scurvy.
(Copyright 1041, John P. Dllle Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D- SSS M
Camlno. Beverly Hills, Calif.
means by recalling that this
figure equals what every man,
woman and child earned In the
U. S. this year.
But this old program is to
be extended. The figure of
$130,000,000,000 Is being freely
used as a goal. That represents
a hope still on the astronomical
side, but the defense economists
can see where $130,000,000,000
could be spent by the end of
1943. They are measuring avail
able labor, plant, expansions,
full possible utilization of re
sources. Such an expenditure would
lift our national income from
$82,000,000,000 this year to
about $125,000,000,000 for 1843.
This is nearly $1,000 average
for every man, woman and
child in the country.
...
ftJO one here is being deterred
' by any thought of difficulty
in raising these unprecedented
sums of money or of paying
the interest on the Increased
debt later. We are moving Into
an ever rising new plane of in
come, debt, expenditures. The
swelling national Income repre
sents an expanding reservoir,
from which the treasury may
siphon greatly increased sums
in taxes and bond issues to pay
for its bigger expenditures.
As for servicing the post-war
debt burden, the economists
foresee a much higher peace
time plane of business for the
future which will produce more
revenue for government. Open
ing of foreign markets, after
I victory, coupled with the de-
feired demand for the autos
and vacuum cleaners you can
not buy now, should be enough
I to preserve balance.
The current price inflationary
trend Is bound to continue. No
I one knows how far it will be
.permitted to go. But this, too.
I may prove to be a factor that
msy be useful in handling the
debt later.
Kelly's
Comment
From Washington .
Japanese Money
Tied Up in U. S.
German Concern
in U. S. Also Tied
Weather Reports
Military Secret
, Br Jobs W. Kail
Washington, D. C, Dec. 19.
Preston Delano, comptroller of
currency, has men in the Mitsui
offices in Seattle and Portland;
in the Japanese specie banks,
and has tied up the account of
every Japanese national in the
United States. Agents of the
comptroller moved swiftly and
while the country was still rock
ing back on its heels from the
Pearl Harbor disaster Delano's
men had frozen every dollar
and yen controlled by Japanese
in America.
A westerner (although credit
ed by the administration to
Massachusetts) Preston Delano
came to the national capital In
1933 with the purpose of spend
ing two weeks assisting Russell
Hawkins on the HOLC and has
been here ever since; now rates
$13,000 a year and has super
vision over every bank in the
country. Grants Pass, Portland,
Seattle were the scenes of his
activity before the late Mr. Haw
kins, northwest lumberman, was
called to the capital with HOLC.
Years of living on the west coast
gave Mr. Hawkins the Pacific
coast slant on the Japanese.
...
WHEN congress voted a dec
laration of war against Japan,
in nothing flat, the comptroller
moved. His agents walked in
and assumed charge of every
Japanese bank and trading com
pany on the west coast, and the
agents are still- on the inside and
so are the Japanese. Interests of
the Japanese, especially on the
coast, are immense; their trad
ing companies have massive
holdings. The Mitsui operations
are extensive throughout the
Pacific northwest and the per
sonal fortune of the Japanese
imperial family is largely in
vested in this trading company.
The Japanese fishermen, res
taurant proprietors, farmers and
business houses almost invari
ably are depositors in American
banks. To all banks the comp
troller has issued an order freez
ing the accounts of these deposi
tors and holding the bank man
agement responsible. Any Japa
nese can draw sufficient funds
for living expenses or to finance
some pending deal, such as dis
tilling the mint grown near
Salem, but that is all. A check
accepted from a Japanese dur
ing the war means trouble for
the acceptor and dealing with
the enemy will not be healthy.
...
TWO other moves have been
marie bv Delano's agents: they
are in control of the important
dye and chemical industry ana
the film factory owned by Ger
many. The company officials
cannot hire or fire anyone, for
employes are frozen as well as
the assets, and every order ship
ped out (there is no effort to
rln the nlants) must be ap
proved by these government
agents, who handle an me
funds. One of these dye plants is
believed to be headquarters of
the Gestapo in this country.
Italy had a couple of banking
Institutions and these have been
taken over, the doors locked and
the agents are preparing to
liquidate the assets as rapidly
as possible. Action against the
German industries and the Ital
ian banks came with the dec
laration of war against these
nations, after Mussolini and Hit
ler had first announced the ex
ltnr nt m state of war. but all
steps in the procedure had been
planned weeks ago.
e
BANK accounts of suspected
Germans, naturalized and un
naturalized, and of Italians
under suspicion have been
"blocked" the same as the Japa
nese. These will be permitted
sufficient to live on but they
cannot withdraw funds to smug
gle out of the country. Burden
of enforcing this order rests
with the Individual bank, each
of which has posted a typewrit
ten list of depositors affected by
the order.
Back of the freezing order is
the knowledge that the Ameri
can dollar is the most depend
able money in the world and
that all nations at war with the
United States are anxious to get
as many dollars as possible.
Armed with American dollars.
Hitler would seek to buy agents
all over the globe and for this
reason deposits of nationals of
the conquered countries have
also been frozen. Deposits of
Finns', Greeks, Hollanders, Aus
tria ns. Roumanians cannot be
drawn upon. The theory is that
these countries are under the
domination of Hitler and the
depositors are not free, and if
permitted to withdraw funds
the Gestapo would force them
to surrender the money under
threarbf reprisal on relatives lav'
the old country.
e I
KNOWLEDGE of weather
conditions being vital to air
plane operations, publication of
daily forecasts has been forbid
den by the weather bureau on
orders from the war department
These reports will still be re
ceived by American fliers, but
in code received at Everett, Mo
Chord, Portland, Pendleton and
Spokane. As a military secret,
weather is thus taking on a new
significance on the Pacific coast.
By Frank Jenkins
PORTLAND. Wednesday.
Members of the advisory
committee that superintends
Oregon's annual expenditure of
$100,000 for promotion of tour
ist travel to this state voted this
afternoon to suspend for the
present plans for the advertis
ing to have been done next
year.
THE idea of advertising Ore
gon's vacation advantages Is
not to be abandoned. It is mere
ly to be held up for the pres
ent. The department of the state
highway commission that han
dles the advertising is to be
continued and will resume' its
normal duties- as soon as life
on the Pacific coast returns to
a sufficiently normal basis to
permit people to make plans
again fbr such pleasant inter
ludes as vacations.
Oregon people are realistic.
They recognize at once that
under present conditions there
is little time for planning vaca
tions. There is too much else
to be done.
THE department handling this
advertising consists at present
of three persons a director and
two assistants. All three have
been commandeered by the gov
ernor's office and are working
all day and far into the night
on state defense activities.
Oregon's state government.
you see, is doing what all the
rest of us are doing it is de
voting all its energies to meet
ing the new situation created
by America's sudden entrance
into the war.
THERE is much talk these
days about business as usual.
The idea is basically sound. The
life of the nation must go on.
We must produce as we never
have produced before, for mod
ern warfare is unbelievably
wasteful and waste can only be
made up for by increased pro
duction . .
But this basically sound Idea
of business as usual needs some
clarification. We can't carry on
business AS USUAL, for in
time of peace business is the
first thought of all normal
Americans. It isn't the first
thought now. With our country
at war, WINNING THE WAR
must be first In our thoughts
all the time. Everything else
must be secondary.
Back of the idea of "business
as usual" must be a clear un
derstanding of this fact We
must carry on business as usual
only to the extent of keeping
up normal production and keep
ing up normal morale.
We must be prepared all the
time to do unusual things when
ever called upon. If we don't
no one can say what the con
sequences will be.
BACK of all these plans for
civilian - defense is this
thought of being ready and pre
pared to do unusual things.
We can't let the unexpected
creep up on us and find us
unready. That would mean de
moralization, and demoraliza
tion of the civilian population
is the objective that Is foremost
in the minds of the ambitious
gangsters who have upset- the
world. .
We mustn't play Into their
hands. ' ' "
"THE people of Oregon and the
entire population are re
sponding magnificently to the
sudden emergency. On every
hand, by the hundreds of thou
sands, they are asking: "What
can we do?"
There will be plenty to do In
the months to come. But mean
while. RIGHT NOW. there is
something everybody can do:
Give, within the limits of our
means, to the Red Cross.
Ye Poets Cornei
Here is something we must keep
in mind
We must go ahead and not
behind
We will whip Hitler, Mussolini
too
And blow Japan plumb into
So don't get worried, fret and
stew
For I'ncle Sara will take care
of you.
J. C. H.
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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson Connty
History from th. files of lb. Mall
Trlbnne IS and 10 years ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December 19, 1931
(It was Saturday)
Schools of city close for
Christmas holidays.
Bob Thurman is named pres
ident of the Junior high student
body.
Hi oh school to open quint
season tonight with Chiloquin
as opponents.
Slayers of veterans during
Armistice day celebration at
Centralia freed from prison.
Cloudy and unsettled weath
er; high S7, low 27 degrees.
Five officials of the Empire
Holding corporation are indict
ed. Fraud charged.
Banker warns senate forcing
Germany to pay war debts will
mean rebellion.
California Oregon Power com
pany building budget for com
ing years totals $1,097,394.
Economic survey of valley re
port ready early in January.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TOrJAY
December 19, 1921
flt was Monday)
War clouds gathering in Ira
land. Peace efforts fail.
Special session of legislature
rejects world fair tax levy plan.
Rain mixed with snow falls
over valley; high 34, low 29,
rain .02 inch.
House to appropriate $20,
000,000 to aid starving Russia.
Steve Nye and Bob Norris,
students at OAC, return home
today for Christmas vacation.
All stores except groceries to
open evenings until Christmas.
Regarding Jap-Russ
Appeasement
To the editor: The subject of
my letter is "Appeasement",
prompted by the editorial in
Sunday's Mail Tribune "Don't
Look Good", to which I take
exception. The article infers be
cause Russia did not throw mili
tary strategy to the winds and
go into a two-front war at once,
that she is appeasing Japan.
Also farther on insinuates that
Russia might negotiate a sepa
rate peace with Germany for
which up to date there are no
grounds for such a premise.
To prove the article ground
less, I will refer the writer to
the article on the upper right
hand corner of the first page of
his own paper (Sunday). While
we are on the subject of ap
peasement it is this humble
writer's opinion that appease
ment by the allies, Britain and
France, is to quite an extent re
sponsible for "Hitler aggres
sion." It must certainly have
been very apparent to any one
in close touch with German af
fairs that an army and a strong
one was being built up.
By using a smoke screen of
demogogy, of anti-communism
and terrorizing the Jews, all
suspicion of Hitler's world con
quest ambitions were allayed.
Also Hitler was a barrier against
communism, so of course got
the green light, bought every
thing he needed to accomplish
his object, from raw material to
the finished product, most of it
from the allies.
When it was realized the ani
mal was about to move west in
stead of east with his war ma
chine and could not be diverted,
the "Chamberlain Government
of Appeasement" first threw
Czecho-Slovakia before the ani
mal, next Poland, then came
France and after all these acts
of appeasement it was some
time before the beast turned
east.
As for the U.S.A., It Is a well
known fact up till very recently
cargoes of American oil have
been landing at Spanish ports
which easily could be passed on
to Hitler.
Incidentally, the C.B.S. news
commentator. Mr. Gates, made
the statement 'That the U. S.
has furnished Japan with 90
per cent of its war supplies for
the last four years." From the
above anyone can guess where
the eggs came from which the
birds were hatched that flew
over Fearl Harbor recently.
Note the irony of fate that the
plotted against as the victim,
must now come to the rescue of
the plotters.
Here Is hoping for an early
victory over the aggressors, and
that a new and better world
order will be established.
VAL S. WARE.
Central Point, Ore.. Dec 17
1941.
E. S. Tucker of Tocopilla,
Chile, holds the world's record
for catching the largest broad
bill swordfish. It weighed 860
pounds.
Employes of the federal gov
ernment have Increased by
about half a million persons un
der the defense program.
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