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Medford and Jackson County
History from the file of Tha
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 30. 1947 (Thursday)
Jackson county collections for
the March of Dimes now total
$5,672.82, Ralph Sweeney, coun
ty treasurer, announces.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "20 BE
1 LOW ZERO FOUND BALMY"
(Headline Salem Capital
Journal) Something besides the
weather is "balmy."
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 30. 1337 (Saturday)
W. V. Walker, president of
Commercial Finance corpora
tion, Medford, is reelected di
rector of Mercantile Acceptance
Corporation of California.
Rex Barnett, Grants Pass auto
mobile man, is reelected captain
of Hillah Temple's Shrine patroL
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 30. 1927 (Sunday)
Mrs. Dwan L. Reid, 703 West
13th st., Medford, is elected win
ner of Gates and Lydiard music
contest broadcast over KMED.
In two days air mail letters
can be sent anywhere in the
country from Medford for 10
cents for each half ounce.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 30. 1917 (Tuaidav)
City council debate until mid
night nn thp four bids submitted
for the $35,000 bond issue and
adjourns until today for more
debate.
Fnroilmpnt at hich school In
creases almost a 100 students
since last year, according to Y.
H. Daily, principal.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct l superior;
en or eight U excellent; fin of
St I food.
1. The first Temperance So
ciety recorded (1808) in the U.S.
was formed by 43 members re
siding in Saratoga County in
which State?
2. The head of which church
issues encyclicals?
3. Bible: "Unto the church of
God which is at Corinth . . . "
comes from which New Testa
ment Book?
4. Is an automatic divorce
without court action possible in
any State of the Union?
5. The Internationa Date Line
extends east and west; true or
false?
6. What novel resulted from
the shipwreck of Alexander
Selkirk?
7. Clearly visible mirages can
be photographed; true or false?
8. Is the feminine first name
Celeste from Italian? Spanish?
9. "Before" refers to a rela
tive position in time, place, etc.:
does "in front of" describe as
wide a scope as "before"?
10. "The dome of thought,
and palace of the soul." Byron.
To what part of the body is he
referring?
Answers: 1. New York. 2. Ro
man Catholic church. 3. Corin
thians. 4. No. 5. Falsa. North
and south. 6. "Robinson Cru
soe". 7. True. 8. No. French. 9.
No. Refers to a physical posi
tion only. 10. Head.
"Death for
"It is my feeling that state government has an obligation
to be civilized, even in the exercise of its obligations to
protect society from desperate and murderous criminals.
And I find nothing in enlightened religion or the ethics
of modern civilization that justifies an 'eye for an eye'
philosophy. Thus, inasmuch as capital punishment neither
prevents murder, nor edifies and refines the society that
exacts the death penalty, I recommend strongly the im-
mediate repeal of the capital punishment law."
This is a paragraph from the inaugural message
of Gov. Robert Holmes. It is food for thought.
The undersigned, in the course of his reporter's
duties, at different times has witnessed the gas
chamber death of two men. It is a memory which will
never leave us. To watch the deliberate taking of a
man's life is a sobering and shocking experience.
IITE ARE in no position to debate the religious or
" philosophical or even the ethical arguments re
garding capital punishment, but on purely pragmatic
grounds it just does not add up to effective and in
telligent penology.
Carefully kept statistics show the death penalty
is no deterrent to capital crimes. Those who kill in
the heat of passion are not thinking about that, and
the professional murderer wouldn't do it if he thought
he couldn't get away with it.
When a particularly brutal murder is performed,
it is natural for people to become aroused, and to
demand that "that so-and-so be sent to the chair."
But do they really mean it? After the long delays of
a trial and of appeals have passed, is there still any
real and extensive insistence that the man's life be
forfeit? Do we still insist, when passions pass, on a
life for a life?
IF IT is agreed that capital punishment is no deter
rent, and that we do not subscribe to the "punish
ment" theory of death, then it comes down to the
practical matter of the protection of society.
We suspect the real objection to eliminating cap
ital punishment in Oregon is the fear that a brutal
murderer may, if allowed to live, be set free and
perhaps to murder again.
Bob Duncan, Jackson county's young freshman
representative, has long had an interest in the elim
ination of capital punishment, yet he recognizes this
argument as a valid and effective one. In working
on a measure to end capital punishment, he is also
seeking to set up a safeguard against premature re
lease of a man convicted of a capital crime.
This could be done in
providing for a life sentence without parole, or for
99-year sentences, or in other ways. This is a matter
which could be worked out on the advice of legal and
penal experts.
RUT the fact remains that the deliberate, legalized
taking of a human life benefits no one. It is eth
ically questionable, at the very least. It is no deter
rent to crime. It causes lasting scars on the lives of
others involved. It upsets prison administration. And,
the jury system being what it is, it can cause the death
of one man and let another no less guilty live out
his life.
Oregon, for the few years between 1914 and
1920, did away with capital punishment. It was re
instated following public revulsion at a particularly
horrible murder. Perhaps we have progressed suf
ficiently by now to recognize that a "death for a
death" (for some, anyway) is an obsolete concept.
. ' E.A.
Oil and Science Fiction
A couple of English engineers have come up
with a proposal to make transportation of oil easier
and faster, in view of the pinch created by closure
of the Suez canal.
They propose that giant plastic "dirigibles" be
constructed, to be filled with oil and towed behind
a tanker. When pumped dry at their destination,
they can be collapsed and flown back again to the
source for immediate
umes tne quantity ot oil transportable by sea.
The cost would be small, compared with that of
new tankers.
This sounds like a fine idea, and we are sure the
English engineers are to be congratulated. It would
be interesting to know where they got the idea.
XfE FIRST heard of it, or rather, something like
it, in a science fiction magazine more than a
year ago. The story concerned World War III be
tween the U.S. and Russia, when both sides were
running out of oil to operate their war machines.
The U.S. had developed
oil exploration, and were pumping oil from sub-sea
wells just off the northern coast of Russia.
To get the oil back, they used big, collapsible
"dirigibles" towed by submarines.
The stoiy, a highly exciting one, was written by
Frank Herbert, who spent several days in Medford
last spring as press aide for Phil Hitchcock, then a
X ? 1 1 ? J1 I. . . T-1A
senatorial candidate. j&.a.
Tunisian General Dies
Paris (U.R) Habib Djel
louli, 78. retired Tunisan gen
eral, died today of injuries suf
fered in the crash of a chartered
French air liner at Orly Field
Tuesday night Sixty-eight other
persons aboard the plane sur
vived. The big four-engine Armagnac
airliner cracked up while land
ing on a flight from Tunis. Forty
six of the passengers were in
jured, 16 seriously.
Wednesday, January 30, 1957
a Death "
one of several ways by
re-use, thus multiplying many
submarines for underwater
In Paris Plane Crash
S. Sgt. John Piccover, Paw
tucket, R. I., was on duty at the
U. S. Air Force sector nf the Tn.
ternational Airport when the
plane pin-wheleed in. He said
within 40 seconds of the crash
the first American firetrucks
were racing to the scene.
Lt. Col. R. S. Wilson fltla-
homa City, commander of the
U. S. Air Base at Orlv said mnrp
than 100 American airmen joined
in the rescue operations.
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lication must not exceed 400 words.
Wanted A Statewide Plan
To the Editor: Dividing and
destroying Medford, the only city
so treated in 300 miles across
Oregon, ruining Hawthorne
Park, and possible lovely park
ways along Bear creek, by a
federal-state-built freeway, does
seem unnecessary, even though
present cost is said to be less.
As to sparing farm and orchard
lands again, it's present think
ing, it seems to me.
Noting the rapid population in
crease in all Pacific-bordering
states makes one wonder how
soon farms and orchards will
give way. Acreages, cut into
"building lots," have sprung up
like mushroom patches all over
the valley. Dollar receipts for
homesites, etc., would doubtless
exceed present farm values for
a freeway.
Last summer Pasadena news
papers show seven half-page pan
oramic pictures of their large
valley being converted from
orange groves and other food-
producing lands to residential
areas. This valley cannot escape
'developing the country "pro
gress. But must spoiling our
fair city, polluting the pure air
with oii and gasoline smoke and
other fumes, become part of the
sacrifices?
With the Talent irrigation pro
ject finished, more and larger
reservoirs, and the present
watershed survey completed,
enough more water may be in
the Bear Creek flow to maintain
nice parkways. Such parks
would be attractive as recrea
tional areas.
If farm lands are to be main
tained as food-producing, some
thing must be done, and soon,
to stop the mushroom-like com
munities from springing up
wherever somebody has one to
10 acres of land to cut into
building lots" where 10 to 100
families may be "stranded" with
out sufficient future water sup
ply or sewer disposal facilities.
Planning, it seems to me, should
be on a valley, watershed, coun
ty or state-wide basis; and 50 to
100 years viewpoint ahead, as
near as possible. Some of the
most beautiful homesite view-
Oil Lobby Funds Ruled
Not Tax Deductible
Washington (CQ) Contrib
utors to the Natural Gas and
Oil Resources Committee big
gest spender in the publicity bat
tle over the controversial natural
gas bill will not be allowed to
take tax deductions for their con
tributions. Congressional Quarterly has
learned that Internal Revenue
Service field offices will be in
structed to rule th ealmost $2
million in contributions non-deductible.
The ruling, subject to
appeal, could cost the donor oil
and gas companies involved
more than $1 million.
This ruling on the NGORC
could have important and far
reaching implications for the
tax-exempt status of other so
called "informational" groups
whose activities touch on legis
lative matters.
Were Deductible
Previously these groups so
long as they were not registered
as lobbies were aided in so
liciting funds because potential
contributors could be told their
contributions were tax deduct
ible. Many such "informational"
organizations receive the largest
share of their funds from such
contributions.
But so far the Internal Reve
nue Service has not said its de
cision will be applied to other
groups; neither has it published
a formal ruling on the NGORC.
The decision on the big "infor
mation" group, whose backers
favored the 1956 bill to exempt
independent natural gas pro
ducers from federal regulation,
stems directly from , the 11-month-old
Senate investigation
of lobbying practices.
President Eisenhower vetoed
the gas bill last Feb. 17 after
Sen. Francis Case (R-S.D.) re
vealed he had been offered a
$2,500 campaign contribution by
backers of the measure. The
President has asked Congress to
pass a similar measure this year.
Interviewed by Committee
In New York, Steward , R.
Sheldon, executive director of
the NGORC, said he had received
no word of the ruling. Sheldon
also said no reports had been re
ceived on the tax treatment
given any individual contribu
tions to the NGORC.
The NGORC was one of the
first groups called before the
Special Senate Lobby Investi
gating Committee headed by
Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark.).
Leonard F. McCollum of Hous
ton, Texas, president of Conti
nental Oil Co. and chairman of
the NGORC, testified last June
14 the group received $1,957,393
in "assessments and contribu
tions" from Dec. 1, 1954 through
March 31, 1956. Expenditures in
the period totaled $1,753,513,
with most of the money going to
an advertising and puDiicity
campaign handled by the public
relations firm of Hill and Knowl-
ton.
The NGORC did not register
Editorial
Comment
SCENERY
Jn Washington we find bi
partisan concern over the scenic
vistas that border our new free
ways. Sen. Richard L. Neu
berger, a Democrat, has intro
duced a bill to control outdoor
advertising along these high
ways. Sinclair Weeks, the Re
publican secretary of commerce,
has testified that such a law
might be wise.
Is this federal interference in
a local matter? Of course it is.
But, as Editor Charles Sprague
points out in the Oregon States
man, Uncle Sam puts up 90 per
cent of the money for these free
ways. Thus the federal govern
ment has some moral right to
regulate the conditions under
which it is spent. And, he con
tinues, government action is
likely only because the local
governments have failed to do
anything about the situation
themselves.
Two years ago when the Leg
islature passed its law regulating
billboards on freeways, we point
ed out that the job was not
really done. The law limits bill
boards to one every thousand
feet. Freeway speed averages in
excess of 60 miles an hour or
5,280 feet a minute. That means
we stand to meet a billboard
every 10 or 12 seconds. And
that's just too often. It also
means that between Portland
and Medford a driver is likely
to be treated to as many as 2.000
billboards. That's also too many.
Eugene Register Guard.
points are in and along the foot
hills. With far-sighted planning,
water should be piped along
such areas for homes, not acre
ages nor factories and the fertile
valley farm lands maintained for
food production. It will be need
ed.
A few unscrupulous, over-
greedy ones have already wasted
and destroyed most of America's
natural resources. Millions of
acres of destroyed forests, the
half million square miles of the
Great American Sahara in the
SW right now are agonizing.
These should cause us to stop,
look, and think of the desert-like
lands we are making.
John E. Gribble,
139 Kenwood ave.,
Medford, Ore;
under the Federal Regulation of
Lobbying Act.
McCoUum testified that "not
one cent of our funds has been
spent for campaign contribu
tions or legislative contact work
. Such activities would be out
side the field of the committee,
which had the single assign
ment of conducting a long-range
information and education pro
gram.
Under questioning, McCoUum
conceded "one of the purposes"
of the NGORC was "to influence
legislation" similar to the nat
ural gas bill, but he maintained
"that wasn't the sole purpose
. . . It was not the principal pur
pose." McCoUum said that his own
company had charged its $57,000
contribution to the NGORC as a
business expense for tax pur
poses. Similar testimony was
given the committee by repre
sentatives of Stanolind Oil and
Gas Co., Socony-Vacuum Oil Co,
Shell Oil Co., Gulf Oil Corp.,
and Humble Oil and Refining
Co.
Ask for Inquiry
Sen. Clinton P. Anderson 0
N.M.) during the hearings ques
tioned the propriety of the de
ductions and said the companies
were asking "the Treasury of the
United States to put in 52 per
cent of the money ... for this
educational campaign." (The con
tributions, if non-deductible, will
be subject to the 52 per cent cor
poration income tax. This would
cost the companies about $1,
017,844.) The Committee then asked the
Internal Revenue Service to in
vestigate the tax status of the
NGORC contributions.
The ruling on the NGORC ap
parently was based on Sections
501 (c) (3) and 503 (e) of the In
ternal Revenue Code of 1954.
Contributions to an organization,
"a substantial part of whose ac
tivities is carrying on propagan
da or otherwise attempting to
influence legislation," are made
non-deductible by these sections.
O Gordon Dell, then acting
Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, wrote the McClellan Com
mittee last Aug. 15 that the
NGORC contributions would be
ruled non-deductible "if it is de
termined that one of its prin
cipal purposes was or is lobby
ing or attempting by propaganda
or otherwise to promote or de
feat legislation."
The same section of the Rev
enue Code was cited in a 1955
Internal Revenue ruling, deny
ing tax deductibility to contri
butions to the nationalist group,
For America.
Doubts Raised
Tax experts told Congressional
Quarterly the NGORC ruling
and 'the earlier decision on For
America raise doubts about the
tax status of all so-called edu
cational groups whose work may
Soviet Russia May Pay
For Help Given by Red
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
Soviet Russia may pay dearly
for the help it got from Commu
nist China in framing a new pol
icy for its East
European s a t
ellites. Chinese Red
Premier Chou
En-lai went to
Moscow lit the
urgent request
of t h e Soviet
government to
aid in reshap
ing policy in
refrstwi.,' i
Charles McCann
light of the Polish and Hunga
rian revolts. In Russia's behalf.
Chou also visited' Warsaw and
Budapest to talk to Polish Com
munist leader Wladyslaw Go-
mulka and Hungarian puppet
Premier Janos Kadar.
The result was a joint state
ment issued by Chou and Soviet
Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin.
Chou and Bulganin said that
Communist countries are sov
ereign independent states" and
that Russia remains the center of
world Communism.
But it looks now as if the most
important result of Chou's mis
sion was to strengthen the pres
tige of Red China at Russia's, ex
pense. Sort of Arbiter
Chou semed to be the domi
nant figure in the Moscow talks
a sort of arbiter between Rus
sia and its satellites.
He certainly strengthened his
country's position as an influ
ence in the neutralist coun
tries of East Asia
There have long been signs of
Russian-Chinese rivalry in East
Asia. Russia has made a big bid
to build itself up there, especial
ly in India.
But Red China has moved in
Congressional
Quiz
(Copyright. 1956
Congressional Quarterly)
Q The top Democratic posts
in the new Senate and House
both are held by men from the
same state. What is the state
and who are the men?
A - House Speaker Sam
Rayburn and Senate Major
ity Leader Lyndon B. John
son ara Texas Democrats.
Q True or false: House
Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Texas)
has occupied the Speaker's chair
longer than any other man.
A True. Rayburn already
has served as Speaker one
year longer than any other
person. He first was elected
Speaker Sept. IB, 1940, and
has served in that post ever
since, except during the Re
publican 80th and 83rd Con
gresses (1947-49 1953-55)
when he was Minority Leader
of tha House..
Q Senate Repulicans have
elected a new Whip, or Assist
ant Floor Leader, for the 85th
Congress. Can you name him?
A Eventl McKinley Dirk
sen of Illinois. Dirksen re
placed Leveretl Salionsiall of
Massachusetts, who became
GOP Conference Chairman on
the retirement of Eugene Mil
likin of Colorado.
Q On July 5, the House vot
ed 194-224 against a bill to give
federal aid to states for school
construction; But before that
vote, the House agreed 225-192,
to a controversial amendment
that would have barred aid to
certain states. What was the
amendment and who sponsored
ed it? - ,
A The amendment, spon
sored by Rep. Adam C. Powell
Jr., would have barred aid to
states operating racially seg
regated schools.
Morse Sees Action
Needed for Lumber
Washington U.R Sen.
Wayne Morse said today that the
outlook for a strong lumber mar
ket will continue to be poor un
less strong remedial action is
taken.
Morse said the distress grip
ping the leading industry in Ore
gon "continues to worsen," and
blamed the administration's
"high interest, tight money pol
icy" with shrinking private
home building.
The senator said he saw no in
dication in the president's budg
et or state of the union messages
that relief was in sight.
"We must seek action to stim
ulate renewed private financing
of homes by reversing -the tight
money program, and by backing
an ambitious program of public
housing," Morse declared.
be -aimed at influencing Con
gress. The McClellan Committee
staff has interviewed govern
ment witnesses on this problem.
The Committee's recommenda
tions for overhaul of the lobby
ing law, due by May 31, may
include legislation to clarify the
tax status of educational or
propaganda groups.
Copyright 1957. Congressional
Quarterly
WELL EQUIPPED
Flint, Mich. (U.R) Dr. R.
Gordon Brain is a psychiatrist
here.
I -1
Chou's present tour of Asia
which he interrupted to visit
Moscow, seems almost openly
aimed at giving China the No. 1
position in relations with India,
Burma, Indonesia and other
countries.
Another stage in the develop
ment of Russian-Chinese rivalry
lies in the indefinite future.
Wants U.N. Seat
Chou has shown, in speeches
he had made recently in India
and other East Asian countries,
that he is looking forward to the
day when the United States may
recognize his government, and
Red China may be admitted to
the United Nations.
There has ben no sign that the
Defense of Dulles
Lacking in Senate;
He Gets Rough Time
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) The
Democratic assault on Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles
spotlights a serious propaganda
deficency in
depart ment
defenses.
The department-
lacks a
d e p e n d able
and aggres
sive defender
on capitol hill.
Department
agents have
been r. o s i n g
Lyle C. Wilson
around for years seeking such
an individual.
There are several aggressive
and effective Republicans in the
Senate who could do the job
if they would. Such men as Sen
ate Republican Leader William
F. Knowland (Calif.) and Sens.
Styles Bridges (N.H.) and Wil
liam E. Jenner (Ind.) would fit
the pattern.
Jenner, however, is more often
off the party reservation than
on it. Neither Bridges nor Know-
land has done any real slugging
so lar in defense of Dulles.
Dulles Has Rough Time
Dulles, meantime, has been
roughed up in public congres
sional hearings beyond the ex
perience of most men. The gen
eral trend of attack has been
that the secretary is responsible
for Middle East policies or lack
of policies which brought the
threat of World War III very
close. .
That is a serious indictment.
Equally serious is the charge
often now repeated that Dulles
has lost the confidence of Con-
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Rugged weather notes:
No break in Oregon's cold
weather is visible today, al
though temperatures this morn
ing (Monday) were slightly
warmer than those of Sunday
when new records were set all
over the state.
Portland reports it hasn't had
a temperature above the freez
ing point since Jan. 18. The
Columbia river is full of ice,
and tugs have to pinch-hit as
ice breakers in order to deliver
oil fuel to The Dalles.
THE worst wmter storm m
years hits Southern Califor
nia with snow jamming traffic
in suburban Los Angeles.
The City of the Angels itself
had icy rain, sleet, hail and a
light snow that melted quickly.
Hmmmmmmm.
One can't help wondering
about these weather sharps who
have been telling us the tropics
are moving northward herring
400 miles farther north in the
Gulf of Greenland, possums
moving up into Canada, and so
on.
D'ya reckon their faces may
be getting red these icy morn
ings? BITING 80 mph winds continue
to pound the west coast of
Britain. Bad weather hampers
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We Never Close
"It is
than
ft . jr.
Dearly
China
United States is even thinking
of recognizing the Red Chinese
regime. But it may do so. The
Communists are pretty firmly in
control of their country of 600
million people, and they seem
likely to remain in control.
If and when American recog
nition comes, China's position
will be strengthened further at
Russia's expense.
Russia loses no opportunity to
demand Red China's admission
to the U.N. But there is a strong
suspicion that the Soviet govern
ment is well content with the
present situation, in which its
own position as chief spokesman
for the Communist world is un
challenged. gress and of the United States'
major European Allies. Whether
Dulles actually has lost the con
fidence of Congress remains to
be seen.
More likely than not, the Ei
senhower administration's pro
posals for staving off Communist
penetration of the Middle East
will be approved by Concress
without destructive changes.
Such approval would be an ex
pression of confidence, at least,
in that policy. That is the one
which has brought Dulles for
days recently before the Senate
Foreign Relations and Armed
Services Committees.
Little Defense
The defense of Dulles in Con
gress is neither as sharp nor as
sustained as the attack. The be
lief is spreading here that Presi
dent Eisenhower must shortly
speak up sharply for his secre
tary of state if Dulles' prestige
is not to be very seriously dam
aged. Mr. Eisenhower did so private
ly Tuesday when he paid a sur
prise visit to the capitol to lunch
with Re-publican senators.
Bridges told reporters after
wards the President described
Dulles as a "well-qualified, con
scientous, hardworking, dedicat
ed secretary of state" doing a
"terrific job, under handicaps."
Dean Acheson got rough treat
ment from Congress during his
term as secretary of state, per
haps as rough as Dulles has been
experiencing, but with a differ
ence. The difference was Harry
S. Truman. Mr. Truman, who
placed Acheson in charge of the
State Department, was his ag
gressive defender.
JENKINS
the search for two Danish ships
missing off Greenland.
But
HEAT is the problem "down
under." Marblebar, in western
Australia, had a reading of 108
degrees yesterday.
THIS troubled world note:
Violence flares again in the
Holy Land. Syrian guns open
fire on Israeli fishing boats on
the Sea of Galilee.
In Cairo, Egyptian sources say
that unless the U.N. forces Israel
out of both the Gaza strip and
the shores of the Gulf of Aqaba
there will be trouble. These
sources say Egypt may once
again close the Suez canal or
LAUNCH MILITARY ACTION.
AT THIS point, another Hmm.
We take the weather in
stride because we CAN'T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
We're WORRIED about the
Middle East because we can do
something about it AND ARE
AFRAID WE MAY HAVE TO.
MORE trouble:
Th Paric rfocicrnerc an.
nounce this morning that
SKIRTS ARE TO BE LONGER
which means that if the ladies
have already let 'em out as long
as the material will permit NEW
ONES WILL HAVE TO BE
BOUGHT! ! ! .
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t..tlv-.'jis
Mrs. Litwiller
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better to know us and not need us.
to need us and not know us."