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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
No. 9, 1945
(It was Friday)
Oregon Banker's association
officers hold annual meeting at
Holland Hotel.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: This is the
season of the year when some
ado is made over injuries re
ceived by football players, par
ticularly the high school variety.
It tends to frighten mothers
when the statistics and list of
injured are published. More
youths are bunged up and man
gled in autos and on bicycles
than in football games. ;
20 YEARS AGO
Nov. 9, 1935
(It was Saturday)
Nine Ashland residents file
applications for postmaster in
Ashland; term of Fred D. Wag
ner expires Jan. 1.
Carl Y. Tengwald, commander
of Company A, 186th infantry,
appointed to examining board.
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 9, 1925
(It was Monday)
Rogue valley packing houses
ship 1,765 cars of pears and 500
cars of other fruit to eastern
markets.
""NEWSPA PER
UBL.SHERS
ASSOCIATION
Medford budget committee
adopts $93,096 budget for fiscal
year 1926.
40 YEARS AGO
0 Nov. 9. 1915
(It was Tuesday)
Small turnout of Medford vot
ers in rebonding issue.
Ashland Commercial club of
ficials vote against moving Ore
gon building from San Francisco
exposition to Lithia park be
cause of cost.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of lhe 7?
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report
1. Of all Americans in the
forces many more than half,
about half, or many fewer than
half are under 21?
2. The American Dental As
sociation wants dentists put un
der social security on a volun
tary or a compulsory basis, or
neither, or takes no stand?
3. All Souls Day is or isn't
the same as All Saints Day?
4. Governor of New York is
Thomas E. Dewey, Carmine De
Sapio, F. D. Roosevelt, Jr.,
Averell Harriman, Herbert H.
Lehman, or Robert F. Wagner,
Jr?
5. An old car is traded in on
about 40, 55, 70 or 85 per cent
of new car purchases?
6. The present Franco govern
ment in Spain does or doesn't
have diplomatic relations with
Mexico?
7. Tularemia is often called
rose fever, rabbit fever, parrot
fever, scarlet fever, or yellow
.fever?
The answers: 1. Many fewer
than half. 2. Put on voluntary
basis (1955 convention.) 3. Isn't;
it's the day after. 4. Harriman.
5. about 85 per cent. 6. Doesn't.
7. Rabbit fever.
OLD AND NEW
Chicago (U.R) The 71-year
-old Pullman building on Michi
gan Avenue is to be torn down
and replaced by a 20-story office
building of gold-colored alumi
num and black granite. The new
structure is planned to be Teady
by May 1. 1957.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Two Newspapermen
A book which should be on the reading list of
everyone interested in Oregon history, in the freedom
of the press, and in the development of social and
political trends, was published recently by the Oregon
firm of Binfords & Mort, Portland.
It is entitled "An Oregon Crusader," and deals
with three periods in the life of one of Oregon's great
figures in journalism, George Putnam.
'"THE first of these periods was during the time he
A he was editor of the Mail Tribune in Medford, and
was indicted on a charge of libel by a grand jury, after
he had criticized the jury. He was hauled off a north
bound train, jailed overnight in Roseburg, and
brought back to face trial.
He was found guilty, and fined $150, in a trial
which attracted widespread attention due to the fact
that the trial judge failed to allow the admission of
evidence to show the truth of his remarks. (In Oregon,
as in most, other jurisdictions, the truth is a defense
against libel.)
But Putnam carried the battle to the supreme
court, which reversed the lower court and ordered a
new trial, which was never held for lack of prosecu
tion. It is a long and fascinating story, of particular
interest in southern Oregon because some of the
names involved are still familiar.
THE second battle was after Putnam had purchased
the Salem Capital Journal, and was one of only
three or four editors in the
combat with the forces of
as represented by the Ku
This must have been the
for it was against the so-called "invisible empire" of
the klan, wnich attempted a boycott against his paper,
as well as making it difficult for the editor personally.
Putnam was bitter against other papers in the
state, particularly the Portland dailies, for not join
ing him in his battle, which focused on religious preju
dice, and which also involved the passage of a con
stitutional amendment, to abolish all private and
parochial schools in the state.
TTHE amendment passed and Gov. Ben Olcott, who
also fought the Klan and who was supported by
Putnam to the extent that the editor changed his
registration to vote for him in the primary, was de
feated in the general election.
But the school amendment was declared uncon
stitutional by the U.S. supreme court, the forces of
bigotry died down, and Putnam was vindicated in
the battle which he thought could have been won
with additional forces of public opinion on his side.
The third battle was against "labor goons" in
the troublous 1930s, when, a number of labor
leaders were arrested, many, of them pleaded guilty,
and several were convicted following a series of dis
turbances, including the burning of a factory which
had resisted unionization.
Putnam was not alone in his support of the author
ities in this fight, but, as his long-time colleague and
competitor, Charles A. Sprague of the Oregon States
man, said in commenting on the book, ". .. . the fre
quency and vigor of Putnam's editorials were note
worthy." GOVERNOR Sprague, although his discussion of
the book is highly favorable, does quarrel with
the title, for he maintains George Putnam "is no
'crusader'." He says:
He has never been one to mount a white horse, fling out
a bannner, flash a sword in the sunlight and lead the mot
ley hosts of "reform." He is primarily a Defender of the
Faith, a conservator of historic political freedoms. He is
critic, not crusader, and shines best when he is tearing
masks off hypocrites, scourging grafters out of governments
and flaying double-take politicians, demagogues and arro
gant labor bosses, though his editorial talent is by no means
limited to use of invective. Putnam has been an institution
in Oregon for most of this century. I fear we shall not see
his like soon again.
'"THE author of the book, too, deserves special men-
tion, for he also is a great figure in Oregon journ
alism, in an entirely different way than the crusty and
pugnacious Putnam. George Turnbull is known and
loved by generations of journalism students at the
University of Oregon, where he taught from 1917
until his retirement, as dean of the school, in 1948.
A small, shy man who has the nervous mannerism
of ducking his head sideways, almost as if in self-depreciation,
he is deceptive, for behind that innocent
facade is one of the clearest minds and gentlest and
kindest personalities alive.
A newspaperman himself, Turnbull succeeded in
instilling in his students his own love of the craft, his
own great idealism and his own high standards. A
scholar, he has produced another book, "History of
Oregon Newspapers," which is considered the defin
itive work' in the field.
The new book, written by one top-flight newspa
perman about another, is a tribute to both, and stimu
lating reading to boot. E.A. '
Wasco Farmers Seek
The Dalles (UP.) Farmers
of the Juniper flat division of
the Wapinitia irrigation district
told a House" interior and insular
affairs subcommittee yesterday
they would be more than able
to repay cost of a $563,000 irri
gation dam.
Chairman Wayne N. Aspinall
(D-Colo.), and Rep. Gracie Pfost
(D-Ida.), questioned farmers
about ability to repay the cost
of construction over a 40-year
period. The subcommittee was
told that increased crop produc
tion, primarily alfalfa, and ir
rigated pasture land would more
than pay for the S12.40 per-
Wednesday, November 9, 1955
state to engage in vigorous
intolerance and bigotry
Klux Klan.
most trying battle of all,
$53,000 for Dam
acres, per-year assessment re
quired. Farmers also told the subcom
mittee .that increased irrigation
would be used for alfalfa and
pasture land irrigation and not
for increased wheat production
to add to the U.S. surplus. Sub
committee members congratulat
ed farmers on this position.
ABOUT TIME
Hartford, Conn. U.R) Con
necticut, the "Laurel State," fi
nally corrected an oversight by
planting some of the shrubs on
the state capitol grounds which
had many blooms but none of the
state flower.
New Russ Ambassador
Gets Cool Reception
From West Germany
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Staff Writer
The West German government
is not putting out its "welcome"
mat for Russia's prospective new
ambassador.
In fact, it has made it clear
that it would prefer to see the
undoubted talents of Valerian
Alexandrovitch Zorin exerted
elsewhere.
It was announced in Moscow
one week ago today that Zorin
had been named as the Krem
lin's first envoy to the Bonn Re
public. On the surface, it appeared
that the Soviet government was
paying Chancellor Konrad Ad
enauer quite an honor.
For Zorin is a deputy for
eign minister and one of Rus
sia's first rank diplomats.
But the West German govern
ment registered both shock and
resentment at the news.
First, the Russians did not
bother to conform to the usual
diplomatic niceties by withhold
ing their announcement until the
West German government had
approved their nominee.
Notorious Hatchet Man
Secondly, Zorin is one of the
most notorious hatchet men in
the Soviet foreign service.
The agreement to exchange
ambassadors was made during
Adenauer's visit to Moscow in
September.
Adenauer consented only re
luctantly, because he failed to
get the concessions he wanted as
the price of establishing rela
tions. Moscow's premature announce
In The Day's
By FRANK JENKINS
Today's dose of politics:
Sen. Paul Douglas of Illinois
(one of the abler middle-of-the-road
Democrats) brushes aside
contemptuously charges by the
Republican national committee
that Democrats are misusing
congressional investigations to
smear the Republican party.
He calls the complaint "circus
lemonade" which, he says,
was defined long ago by Mark
Twain as consisting of three
drops of lime juice to a barrel
of water.
WITH just one amendment of
his statement, I'll go along
with Senator Douglas. The
amendment should ' read some
thing like this:
The Democrats' political cam
paign charges against the GOPs
including the demogogic ful
minations of Minnesota's Sen
ator Humphrey in southern Ore
gon the other day are just as
ridiculous as the Republican
complaint that the Democrats
are using committee investiga
tions to SMEAR the Republican
party.
OF COURSE they are! When
the Republicans were out and
wanted in. they used committee
investigations to discredit the
Democrats.
That's politics as practiced.
WHY these tactics which are
used by both sides?
The answer is simple.
The politicians are sure that
at least 75 per cent of the voters
Communications
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Che name and address of the writer
although under certain circum
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the right to edit all letters with an
eye to clarification and condensa
tion Letters submitted for nublica
tion must not exceed 400 words.
Faith Vindicated
To the Editor: A few days ago
I read in your paper a very un
kind letter from an Ashland
woman, about the treatment a
Negro family had received in
Medford, when their son was in
jured. She was ashamed to sign
her letter, and rightly. I was so
happy Sunday morning when I
opened the paper and read what
the people of Medford had done
for the unfortunate family.
Again my faith in the goodness
of the people of Medford was
vindicated.
May our blessed heavenly
Father bless all who helped
them.
Mrs. Bertha Huson,
423 North Grape,
Medford, Ore.
Why All The Yapping?
To. the Editor: Why all this
continual yapping and criticism
about Senator Wayne Morse
changing political parties? It has
always been my understanding,
as American citizens, that this
is our right and privilege. Oth
er well known politicians have
switched over and carried on as
very conscientious leaders.
Even in religion, we are free
to change in our way of think
ing. I was brought up in one
church and later on in life ac
cepted another faith. I may
change again. Who knows?
Wayne Morse is an outstand
ing man in the Senate and a cre
dit to the State of Oregon. Let's
keep him there.
Harry Parsons,
Camp White, Oregon. "
ment of Zorin's appointment may
have been inadvertent or
may not.
But certainly the appointment
of this particular man seems to
be particularly a notification the
Kremlin plans not to maintain
normal friendly relations but to
conduct a campaign of subver
sion. Zorin is a master of subver
sion and intrigue.
Zorin's chief claim to fame is
the fact that he is credited
if it may be called that with
engineering the coup by which
the Communists seized power in
Czechoslovakia in 1948.
Zorin was the Russian ambas
sador in Prague at that time.
Master Mind
The late Klement Gottwald
was the Czechoslovak Commun
ist leader but Zorin was the mas
ter mind.
Zorin is short, heavily -built,
hawk-nosed, with gray hair. He
is 53.
He has been one of the Krem
lin's brighter operatives for a
long time. He was only 20 when
he was given an executive job
in the Russian Young Commun
ist league. .
He entered the foreign service
in 1941. He was named ambas
sador to Czechoslovakia in 1945.
As a rewaTd for his hatchet job
there, he was promoted to be a
deputy foreign minister. He
later served as Russia's chief
delegate to the United Nations.
The word from Bonn is that
the West German government
will accept Zorin. But the Krem
lin can be in no doubt that he
is not welcome.
News
are morons, and plan their cam
paigns accordingly.
rpHE Soviet Union is cele
- brating the 38th anniversary
of the Bolshevik revolution of
1917 which is the Communist
FOURTH OF JULY. It was in
the early days of November of
1917 that the people of Russia,
led by the Bolshevik party, arose
in their right and threw off the
yoke of the czars.
The 1917 revolution in Russia
had all the possibilities for hu
man betterment of our Declara
tion of Independence and our
ensuing Revolutionary war. It
fizzled because the communists
who engineered it had no vision
of the fundamental rights of
man.
rjUR Founding Fathers had a
deep sense of the rights of
man which they expressed in
this passage of the preamble of
the Declaration of Independence:
'"We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that ALL men are
created equal ,that they are en
dowed by their Creator with
unalienable rights, that among
these are Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of Happiness.
"That to secure these rights
governments are instituted
among men. deriving their just
powers from the consent of the
governed."
THE Communists who lead the
1917 revolution had no such
vision of human liberty. All they
could think of was THROWING
SOMEBODY ELSE OUT OF
POWER AND GETTING INTO
POWER THEMSELVES.
What a tragedy that was! '
Sharp Increase in
Timber Cut Volume
Portland (U.R) The region
al office of the U.S. Forest Ser
vice here today reported sharp
increases in the volume and the
value of timber cut and sold in
the Pacific Northwest during the
past fiscal year.
Regional Forester J. Herbert
Stone said volume of timber re
ported cut was 939,000,000 board
feet, an increase of 263,000,000
over the first quarter last year.
Value of timber sold was $26,
383,265, an increase of more
than $14,000,000 over the cor
responding period last year.
Of total timber sales, more
than half were in Oregon. Three
forests in Oregon reported more
than 100,000,000 board feet of
timber cut: Willamette, 115,000,
000; Umpqua 105,000,000; Mount
Hood 102,000,000.
Leading producers in Wash
ington state were Olympic, Gif
ford Pinchot and Mt. Baker for
ests, all with less than 100,000,
000 feet cut.
Tokyo Bank Manager
Charged in Swindle
Tookyo (U.R) Howard F.
Larson, manager of the Tokyo
Branch of the American Express
bank, was indicted today on a
charge of conspiracy with a Jap
anese employee charged earlier
with swindling depositors of
180,000,000 yen ($500,000).
Larson was released on 300,
000 yen bail tonight to await
trial.
Neither Larson nor other bank
employees would comment, on
nrdpr"; nf thp hanlr's TCpw Vnrk
office. " "
Is That So?
By Eugene Burns
Ranger-Naturalirt
High time we give folklore
the hot-foot again.
Fallacy: The groundhog is so
named because he belongs to the
hog clan.
Fact: Far from it, he is a
rodent. Furthermore, our lumb
ering, roly-poly friend has been
known to climb trees although
he seems to do so reluctanly.
Usually he stops at the first
fork, but one was seen high up
in a tree, at least 40 feet up.
Fallacy: Before going on his
long winter's sleep, lasting up
to six months, he eats a prodig
ious meal and sleeps on that.
Fact: The woodchuck fattens
up during mid-summer, usually
around August, putting on a
heavy layer of white fat around
his chest and shoulders, in the
axils of his legs, and about the
visceral organs. Then, before
hibernation, he fasts his in
testinal tract is free before he
goes to sleep. It may take him
anywnere trom a tew days to a
month to enter into his deep
torpidity.
Fallacy: Once he eoes to sleep.
he becomes a cold-blooded an
imal.
Fact: This is nartlv true if.
warm-blooded means keeping a
normal temperature of 98.8 de
grees Fahrenheit, his usual
temperature. When he goes into
his deep sleep, his body temp
erature drops with his environ
ment and has been known to go
as low as 38 degrees. Along with
it, his heart beats reduce from
75 to four or five a minute; his
breathing to about a dozen
breaths an hour.
Fallacy: On Groundhog day,
February 2, the woodchuck
comes out. If it is a bright day
and he can see his shadow, foul
weather is due and he promptly
goes back for an additional six
weeks' snooze; if cloudy and he
sees his shadow, then mild
winter is in store and he remains
awake. . ,
Fact: This Old World myth
was transferred to America.
There on . Candlemas Day, the
European hedgehog, badger, and
bear were supposed to be able
fo foretell weather. Here, where
there are no hedgehogs, the
groundhog was pressed into the
service of weather prophet. (For
some reason, badgers and bears
were forgotten.) To be sure, it
is a myth without a shred of fact
to substantiate it.
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Union Butchers Reach
Agreement in Portland
Portland (U.R) AFL butch
ers reached agreement with
three Portland area meat com
panies yesterday : for 14-cent
hourly wage increases, and pick
eting of the firms stopped.
The firms involved were Pa
cific Meat, of North Portland;
Krummer of Hillsboro, and Ar
row Packing of Cornelius. '
The Oregon Meat Council said
negotiations also brought about
a wage' increase to cover new
employees in the common labor
classification. This phase of the
agreement would also cover the
five meat companies which had
signed with the union earlier.
MORE READING TIME
Wprcester, Mass. (U.R) The
Worcester Free Public Library
now allows patrons to keep
books 28 days without renewals,
instead of two weeks as in the
past.
"FORECASTING"
TURKEY DINNER Central Point Grange Hall Friday 6 to 8 p.m., $1.50 and 75c. Sales from
old fashioned country store. Prizes.
BUCKAROO BREAKFAST Legion Memorial Hall, Central Point, 8 to 11 a.m. Friday.
COOKED FOOD SALE Saturday starting 10:00 a.m. by Beta Chi Theta Rho at Faber'i
Market, Centra! Point. Benefit Jackson County Home patients.
VETS DAY BREAKFAST Legion Home, 531 So. Riverside, Friday from 7:00 a.m. followed
by Dugout with lunch. , .
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Meiford Ashland
Matter of Fact by joe and stewart ai
MORE SERIOUS" THAN
KOREA
Washington In his discus
sions at Geneva with the Israeli
leader, Moshe Sharett, Secretary
of State John
Foster Dulles
frankly - char
acterized the
Soviet sales of
arms to Egypt
and other
Arab states as
perhaps "more
serious" than
the Soviet ag
g r e s si o n in
Korea in 1950.
Joseph Also S e c r e tary
Dulles admitted to Sharett that
he regarded the- latest Soviet
move as the beginning of a
grandiose but well conceived
Kremlin power play that would
eventually involve not only the
strategically vital Middle East,
but probably North and Central
Africa as well.
No important public comment
on th Middle Eastern crisis has
as yet been drawn from Secre
tary Dulles,,
who has also
gon to the
remark able
length of
pleading with
the American
newspapermen
at Geneva to
sound an opti
mistic note
about the ob
vious fiasco of
the foreign
Stewart Alsop
ministers meeting
Hence the foregoing report of
Dulles' real views about the
Middle Eastern crisis may well
produce one of the usual . of
ficial denials. Yet it is Dased
on undoubted information! There
is no doubt at all that these
are the real views, not of Dulles
only, but of the vast majority
of the American policy-makers.
In London, the British policy'
makers are every bit as alarm
ed.
The main reason why the
Western leaders have not sound'
ed the tocsin in public is that
they have not as yet made up
their minds what ought to be
done. Dulles further told Shar
ett that the Soviet intrusion into
the explosive Middle Eastern
situation urgently called for a
major Western response, but he
gave no indication of what form
the response might take.
Thus far, moreover, the of
ficial State Department line has
been to pretend that the policies'
which have never born fruit be
fore may somehow be made to
bear fruit now. ;
TY SOME miracle or other,
" the often rejected Jordan
water agreement is at last to be
approved by the Arabs and
Israelis. By some miracle .-r
other, the increasingly disturb
ed Arab-Egyptian border is at
last to be pacified. By some
miracle or other, an agreement
to live and let live is at last
to be reached between the
Israelis and Egypt and the other
Arab states; and this agreement
will then be guaranteed and
rewarded with economic aid by
this country. ,
All these have been the worthy
objectives of Western policy in
the Middle East for the last
several years. They have always
been unattainable, and they are
too less likely to be attained
now, when the situation has
frighteningly deteriorated.
There is clear proof, in fact,
that the more sober and real
istic American policy-makers do
not really expect great results
from calling the Israeli and
Egyptian ambassadors to the
State Department, as was done
last Saturday, and pleading with
them to be terribly calm and
terribly good and terribly fore
bearing. The proof is- provided
by the character of the new
project for a Middle Eastern
settlement that is now being
solemnly discussed on the high
est level of the U.S. government.
In effect, it is a project to
bribe the Egyptians to abandon
the link with the Soviet Union
that they are now forming, and
to return to alliance with the
West. Part of the bribe is to
take the usual form of offers of
more generous economic aid. For
example, the gigantic new dam
at Aswan, which the Soviets are
offering to help the Egyptians
to build, is instead to be built
by the United States. Since the
Aswan Dam alone is estimated
to cost 1.2 billion when finish
ed, it can be seen that it will be
necessary to reverse the Eisen
hower administration's present
policv of cutting foreign aid ex
penditures in the next budget.
THE REST of the bribe, how
ever, will be still more dif
ficult. .The bitterest of all Egyp
tian complaints- is that the
Israeli holdings in the Negev
divide them from Trans-Jordan,
and therefore cut off Egypt from
the rest of the Arab world. By
solemn' warnings 'and anxious
exhortations, the Israelis are to
be persuaded to yield a corridor
across the southern Negev be
tween Egypt and Trans-Jordan.
On this basis, an American-
guaranteed Egyptian - Israeli
agreement is to be negotiated.
This project, which is gaining
ground in Washington, also has
the strongest backing in Britain.
Unfortunately, 'however, t h
Israelis seem to be even more
determined not to yield an inch
of the Negev than they were
five years ago, when a similar
plan for settlement was first
put to them.
A week before the attack at
El Auja, the Israeli government
quietly ordered a partial mobil
ization. Prime Minister Ben
Gurion has grimly declared that
the Western great powers may
wish to treat Israel like Czech
oslovakia, but that he, thank
God, is no Benes. Altogther, the
outlook may be described as
bleak.
Copyright 1955,
New York Herald Tribune, Inc.
Resurgent Demos
Elect 68 Mayors
In Tuesday Voting
Indianapolis, Ind. (U.R) Re
surgent Democrats elected may
ors in at least 68 of Indiana's
104 cities including 17 of the
top population centers, in Tues
day s municipal elections.
The capture of a majority of
Hoosier cities was a complete
reversal of present political
strength. Republicans lost con
trol of at least 35 cities, with the
outcome at 10 others still in
doubt.
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Vote Significant ."
Among the cities switching
from GOP to Democratic rule
were Indianapolis, South Bend
and' Evansville. The Evansville
vote was counted as significant
because its county has never
failed to give a plurality for a
winning presidential candidate.
Among the defeated Republi
cans was Mayor. Paul F. McCor
mack of New Castle, who called
out national guardsmen last
month to put dwn a shotgun
strike riot at the Perfect Circle
Corp. foundry.
McCormack's associates said
his appeal to Republican Gov.
George N. Craig for troops lost
the election for him.
Troopers Watch Voting
Troopers watched the voting
at New Castle and state police
guarded polling booths at Gary,
where violence flared in last
May's primary. Gary stayed
Democratic, while Fort Wayne,
the state's fifth big city, re-elected
its Republican mayor.
The Democrats had elected
only 33 mayors to the Republi
can's 70 in 1951, the year before
President Eisenhower's election.
In 1947, the yfer before ex-President
Truman's election, the
Democrats took 54 and the Re
publicans 48.
LOW BIDDER ,
Portland (U.R) Ferraati
Electric, Inc., en Engsh man
ufacturing concern with offices
in New York, was apparenffoWj
bidder yesterday for building
and supplying 21 transformers
for The Dalles dam powerhouse.
The firm bid $2,080,940.
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