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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30. 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEJIS AGO
February 26. 1947 (Wednesday)
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Junior workshop of the Med
ford Civic theater will meet at
the Medford hotel basement
Thursday with two plays to be
rehearsed.
FrQi Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "Where did
civilization start?" editorially
asks a San Francisco rjaily pa
per. It often looks like it never
started, and if it did, will never
make it.
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20 YEARS AGO
Fob. 26, 1937 (Thursday)
Southern Oregon Art associ
ation will hold a business meet
ing to be followed by a tea on
Monday at the studio in the
Palm building.
An article on Crater lake is
In the March issue of the Na
tional Geographic magazine il
lustrated by oil paintings of Eu
gene Kingman.
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 2S. 1927 (Friday)
H. Van Hoevenburg, president
of the Fruit Grower's league of
Jackson county, will give a re
port soon on the fruit spray
conference at Salt Lake City.
John H. Piper, northwest re
gional Boy Scout executive, will
award certificates to 12 local
Boy Scouts at a meeting soon.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 26. 1917 (Sunday)
J. H. Cooley of Medford is
chairman of new grand jury that
was drawn today.
President Wilson asks for au
thority to place United States in
state of "armed neutrality" to
resist the German submarine
menace.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct Is superior: sev
en or eight Is excellent: five or
six is good
1. The north wing of which
Capitol was finished in 1800?
2. In which year did the U.S.
Congress meet for the first time
time in Washington, D.C.?
3. Bible: In all history who is
said to hold the deepest interest
in Christianity?
4. Hing 'N Valve. Headers,
Gear-Grinders, and D.C. Dragons
are "Hot Rod'' clubs in which
city?
5. Who is the author of the
poem tha immortalized "Enoch
Arden"?
6. The process of removing
oysters from shells is called
what?
7. With what sport do you
associate the name Sammy
Snead?
8. Is Catania on a Mediter
ranean island or on the main
land? 9. Why was the old country
schoolhouse painted red?
10. "I am as fit as a" what?
1. Capitol of the U.S. 2. 1800.
3. Jesus. 4. Washington. D. C.
5. Alfred Tennyson. 6. Shucking.
7. Golf. 8. Island, Sicily. 9. Be
cause red paint was the cheap
est. 10. "fiddle",
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MAIL TRIBUNE
And Do
According to information from Salem, the Jackson
County delegation is getting more letters from their
constituents favoring the SP's policy than opposing it.
This is not surprising.
As has been remarked in this department, one of
the strongest lobbies at the state capital is the railroad
lobby headed by the "billion dollar" Southern Pacific.
The "big boys" don't deal in "mink coats" not
much at; least.
They do deal in a subtle type of blackmail.
That is they contact their big shippers all the way
from Eugene to the California line, and indicate very
politely that certain bills are being introduced at
Salem which would impair the present highly satis
factory FREIGHT service of the ''Friendly S.P.," and
suggesting they register opposition to such action.
This WOULD be much appreciated solely in the
sacred cause of courteous and efficient service, of
course.
Again, according to reports from Salem, the
batting average in this area would make a monkey
out of Mickey Mantle in fact, largely due to the
shrewd selection of customers, the average is said to
be not far from 100.
However that may be State Legislators are only
human of course, particularly the new and inex
perienced ones. So they sort out their mail and decide
the bills in question can't be in the public interest or
so many highly respectable citizens would not oppose
them and they or a majority of them, it is claimed
vote accordingly.
fELL, there is only one way to combat this sort of
well-organized and high-powered pressure. That
is for the rank-and-file who DON'T believe in the
public-be-damned tactic to write to their representa
tives and say so. They might also say they believe the
Southern Pacific, as well as all other public utilities,
owes a definite and inescapable obligation in the
realm of adequate and decent public service. And for
good measure they could add they believe Oregon
might well follow the example of neighboring Cali
fornia in this respect, giving clear and emphatic
notice to the Southern Pacific that it is not going to
determine what its duties to the people are, but the
people are going to do that job through their proper
and legal representatives. .
THAT is all the railroad legislation in question
amounts to. The measures are sponsored by State
Senator Phil Lowry and Representative Al Littrell
of Medford, the former having spent months of hard
and unremunerative work before the session opened
in preparing them.
They should be passed.
And now if the people as a whole who have no
special ax to grind, but want the SP and all OTHER
public utilities that shirk their plain public responsi
bilities brought to. time will let the Jackson County
delegation at Salem know by card or letter just how
they feel, we are confident this CAN be done.
But if they let "General Inertia" take command,
and wait for "George" to do it, history will repeat
itself, and this billion dollar "public-be-damned"
corporation will have put over a fast one, AGAIN.
As is true in this democracy and all others it
is up to the people. Messrs. Lowry and Littrell have
done their part and done it well. This is an appeal
to the people of Jackson county to now do theirs.
R.W.R.
Why A Lieut-Governor?
The Mail Tribune has favored the creation of a
Lieutenant-Governor in Oregon whenever the matter
has been proposed.
But, as has been frequently noted, the Legislature
has PROposed, but the people when they went to the
polls have OPposed.
Then why try again?
That is a fair question: "WHY?"
'IX'ELL, as far as the Mail Tribune is concerned, for
one principal reason, namely: because we be
lieve such action would contribute to more efficient
and satisfactory state government.
THE long deadlock at Salem this year, costly in cash
as well as legislative progress and senate harmony,
would never have occurred if we had, as so many
states have, what might be called a state "vice presi
dent," to succeed the Governor in case of death or
disability. One "of his duties would be to preside over
the state senate.
The tie-vote would then have been broken at once
by the vote of the Lieutenant Governor, and business
would have proceeded according to schedule.
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OREOVER it is' fair
Governor, having been
the entire state, with gubernatorial qualities in mind,
would be better qualified to act as chief executive of
the state, than the president of the state senate, only
having the endorsement of the voters in his district
Moreover this would surely be more in accordance
with the basic principle of democracy.
a a a
FINALLY, as the state has grown, the obligations,
problems and duties of the Governor have grown,
and the aid of a qualified assistant, to. take some of
the load from the shoulders of the state executive for
some years has been clearly indicated.
So, as remarked, we are for the creation of the
office of a Lieutenant-Governor, not because Gov
ernor Holmes has advocated it but because we feel,
as we have always felt, that such action would con
tribute to better and more efficient administration of
the affairs of this state. R.W.R.
Tuesday, February 26, 19S7
It Now
to assume the Lieutenant-
elected by the people of
Troop Reduction, Economies,
Bring NATO to Turning Point
By CHARLES McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization has reached an im
portant turning point.
Government
economy pro
grams, and in
creased empha
sis on nuclear
warfare threat
en to reduce
NATO troop
strength to the
danger point.
The entire fu
ture of NATO
Charles MeCann
may be decided at a series of Al
lied conferences which started
in London today..
The talks will continue until
May 2, when representatives of
all 15 countries which belong
to the Grand Alliance will meet
in Bonn, the capital of Western
Germany.
Gen. Lauris Norstad, new
commander-in-chief of NATO
forces, is alarmed over the outlook.
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Oregon's Governor Holmes
took occasion the other day to.
deliver some words oi wisdom
on the subject of fairs state
and county fairs in general and
the Oregon state fair in partic
ular. His comment was prompted
by a bill, just introduced in
the Oregon legislature, to put
control of the Oregon state fair
back under the state department
of agriculture.
"T have noted with regret and
-dismay," he said, "that many
fairs and particularly state fairs
have taken on a carnival nature.
Yet emphasis should be on ag
ricultural production, on crops
and on livestock, on mineral and
wood resourcses and on the pro
ducts derived from all of them."
'I am not against wholesome
fun, and I approve of Ferris
wheels and merry-go-rounds and
whips and other amusement de
vices, but the fair belongs to
trie people and specifically it be
longs to those on whom we de
pend for fodder and food and for
the payrolls that derive from
our great agricultural industry."
pi PRINCIPLE, I quite agree
with Governor Holmes. If the
state of Oregon or any sover
eign American state is - to use
taxpayer money to promote
fairs, the fairs it promotes should
be expositions of the progress
of the state's basic industries,
such as agriculture, mining, man
ufacturing and such.
But
There's a practical side to the
subject.
If expositions of a state's ag
ricultural and social progress are
to be worth what they cost, they
must DRAW CROWDS TO SEE
THEM. Otherwise, they will fall
into the general category of hid
ing your light under a bushel,
kissing a pretty girl in the dark,
and so on.
Do you reckon in this modern
age massive crowds could be
assembled at the state capital
or the county seat or the district
center just to look at the biggest
pumpkin or the reddest apple
of the latest model of a saw
mill? I wonder.
npHERE was a time in our his
tory when the county fair
was hot stuff. All the papas and
mamas, all the boys ' and girls
and all the swains and sweet
hearts looked forward to it from
one year's end to another. It
provided an excuse to knock off
from the hard work that was
then the rule and go to town
and see the sights.
The state fair was then a
fabulous event that if you were
lucky you attended once in ten
years and talked about to the
folks at home who hadn't been
so lucky for the next nine years.
When you went to the state fair
back in those days, you were apt
to load a camp outfit into the
wagon and CAMP OUT in the
grounds provided at the state
capital for such affairs. -
But even in those days, as I
recall it, you didn't spend all
your time looking at the biggest
pumpkins and the reddest ap
ples and the ripest watermelons
and the fattest hogs. You rode
on the merry-go-round and you
watched the medicine shows and
you listened to the barkers and
(with your best girl looking on)
you whanged the jiggers that
measured your strength by
bouncing the little marker high
er up on the pole than anybody
else could bounce it.
AND-
If memory serves me cor
rectly You went in the afternoons
to the EOSS RACES!
TANDOR compels the admis-V-'sion
that sometimes you
made wagers on the outcome of
the races. You justified this risk
ing of your hard-earned cash by
the reasoning that you were
merely putting to the test your
knowledge of the capabilities of
good horseflesh in a contest in
volving speed and endurance.)
DO, GOVERNOR, I'm afraid
you're indulging in wishful
thinking when you flirt with the
idea that the Oregon state fair
Any significant reduction in
troop strength could have most
serious consequences for all of
us," Norstad warned in a
speech last week.
But it seems pretty sure that
the reduction is coming.
Harold Macmillan, Britain's
new prime minister, started the
ball rolling soon after he as
sumed office on Jan. 10. He
named Duncan Sandys his de
fense minister, and gave him the
authority to carry out a drastic
economy program.
As part of the program, it
was made known that Britain
intends to cut the strength of
its forces on the European con
tinent, assigned to NATO, from
80,000 men to about 50,000.
It is now reported that Brit
ain may pull back to its own
territory part of its NATO tac
tical air force.
French Finance Minister Paul
Ramadier announced last Thurs
day that France faces a financial
crisis and must cut its defense
budget.
JENKINS
could be made a rousing success
WITHOUT the carnivals and the
hokytonks and the hoopla and
the hoss recing.
Human nature is still human
nature in Oregon and else
where. Communications
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an eye to clarification and conden
sation. Letters submitted for pub
lication must not exceed 400 words
Nasser, The Big Bully
To the Editor: The hi-jinks be
ing pulled off in the middle-east
lands and United Nations bring
to memory the same at the Old
Brick School in Michigan. The
pupils ranged from we little ones
to adult size boys and girls, some
50 to 75 of us, depending on the
time of year. Teachers had been
"run out" one winter fast as the
school-directors hired them, till
they finally presuaded fiery,
black-eyed Leslie Hoffman to
take over. Certain hulking "big-
boys grinned gleefully when
they sized up this rather small
sized man. But what a rude
awakening.
Seems like it was only the
second or third day when Teach
er Hoffman came down from the
back row with John Springett's
coat collar twisted in his fist. He
gurgled out, "teacher-teacher "
as he was dragged down over the
very tops of the old split-board
black-walnut desks we small fry
crouched under in terror. Kick
ing John's feet from under him
and slammed to the floor a
couple times up front by the
old cast-iron box stove, he was
kicked in the seat-of-the-pants
back up the isle with the warn
ing, "if I catch you chewing
tobacco and spitting down that
floor knot-hole again, you'll get
a lot worse than this."
You see, the preceding teach
ers had whaled us small ones,
hoping the bigger ones would
take warning. We had a fine
school that winter, no bullying
of small fry and all doing right
well with the three Rs and go
graphy." In the middle-east we see little
Israel refusing to quit that Gaza
strip and Aqaba Harbor till
there is some guarantee that big
bully Egypt will not restart her
border depredations. "Tuff
teachers" Britain, France and
Israel proceeded a short while
back to topple swell-head Nasser
and get someone there who
would play fair.
But "school directors" U.S-A.
and others sided in with big big
bully Russia and forced Britain-France-Israel
to back down. Now
top-dog Nasser is making a
shameful shambles of the mid
east school-room doings. With
Uncle (Sugar) Sam pungling up
the first $20,000,000 to clear the
big ditch, Nasser lets them pro
ceed till only his small cargo
ships can get through, then he
closes down the wreck (what he
ordered) clearing. A pretty
kettle of fish, what?
F. J. Clifford
1211 West Main,
Medford, Ore.
Israel it The Goat
To the Editor: "Ike's Position
Angers Israel."
This was Thursday night's
headline, Feb. 21, and it's
enough to anger anyone.
Israel has been plagued by
the Egyptians for years and now
when she has herself in a good
defensive position to protect, the
President tells her to withdraw.
The President states if the U.N.
does nothing about Israel's with
drawal, then it will have to ad
mit failure. As I see it, it is a
failure!
Everyone knows the torture
and murder that Hungary had
thrust upon her, with no help
whatsoever, from the U. N. or
otherwise. But then there is no
big American oil interest in
Central Europe. Israel has to be
the goat again so it seems. Same
old story, the big get bigger and
the small smaller.
A. C. Roberts
Jacksonville, Ore.
France, West Germany and the
United States all oppose the pro
posed British troop cut.
But France already has
slashed its NATO troop contri-'
bution by sending its men to
Algeria to fight the rebels.
West Germany's rearmament
is proceeding slowly, and its
draft term for the new army has
been reduced from 18 months to
12.
There also are indications that
West German Defense Minister
Franz-Josef Strauss aims at re
ducing the total strength of the
German defense forces, from
500,000 men to 300,000.
Six Countries Talk Defense -
The opening defense confer
ence in London today is being
attended by delegates of Britain,
France, West Germany, The
Netherlands, Belgium and Lux
embourg. Allied defense problems win
be one topic for discussion in the
conference which started in
Washington today between Pres
ident Eisenhower and French
Premier Guy Mollet. Defense
will play a big part also in the
talks when the President and
British Prime Minister Macmil
lan meet in Bermuda March 21.
There will be similar talks
among Allied leaders in West
European capitals as the occa
sion arises, leading up to the
big NATO conference in May.
In defending reduction in de
fense spending. Allied leaders
talk of increasing firepower, with
the aid of atomic tactical weap
ons, instead of depending upon
mere manpower.
The trouble is that Soviet Rus
sia, which the NATO forces face
in Western Europe, has both fire
power and manpower which
could rip through weakened Al
lied lines if war came.
Matter of Fact
Sticks and Carrots '
Washington On the surface.
the current phase of the Middle
Eastern crisis appears to be a
contest of wills between two
men Israel's David Ben- Gur-
ion and Pres
ide n t Eisen
hower. But the
key role is be
ing played by
another man
Egypt's Pre
sident Gamal
Abdel Nasser.
Foreign pol
icy is the art
stewait aisop of infl uenc
ing other nations to your own
ends. Other nations can be in
fluenced by judicious use of the
carrot of reward and the stick
of punishment. Before Secretary
of State Dulles suddenly with
drew the Aswan Dam aid offer,
thus precipitating the Suez Can
al seizure, we had a carrot to of
fer Nasser but we have none
now.
Before the British, French and
Israelis invaded Egypt the West
ern powers had a stick t h e
threat of force. The West would
still have a stick, if Britain and
France had not bowed to in
tense American pressure, halted
their advance, and withdrawn
without any commitment of any
sort from Nasser. But we do not
have a stick now, to use against
Nasser.
- ,
SO NOW, most astutely, Nasser,
is usine the carrot-and-stick
technique on the United States,
instead of the other way round.
In conversations with American
Ambassador Raymond Hare and
other Western emissaries, Nas
ser has been making sweetly rea
sonable sounds. He has, for ex
ample, more than hinted that
he would be willing to settle the
canal issue by turning over canal
tolls to the World Bank, to be
split on a 50-50 basis a very
reasonable proposal.
He has indicated that he would
agree to the placing of a United
Nations force in the Gaza Strip.
And he has even hinted al
though far more obliquely that
he would graciously permit Isra
eli ships 'free passage both
through the canal and through
the Strait of Tiran to Aqaba,
once the Israelis had withdrawn.
All this amounts to a large,
juicy, and tempting 1 carrot. But
Nasser also wields his stick.
There is no longer any doubt
that Nasser is delaying the re
opening of the canal, on various
rather transparent pretexts. The
canal, he has indicated, will stay
closed until the Israelis pull out
of the Gaza Strip and Aqaba.
And he is perfectly aware that
he can now go very far in us
ing the canal for purposes of
political blackmail, without fear
of the stick of force being used
against him.
"ASSER'S carrot 'and stick ex
plain in' part why President
Eisenhower has taken a far
stronger line with Israel than
anyone had expected. The Pres
ident has taken big risks. His
position is opposed by our Allies,
by very friendly countries like
Canada and Australia, and by
the entire Congressional leader
ship. The President thus finds
himself isolated as he has never
been before.
Yet the carrot Nasser is offer
ing must seem worth big risks.
For Nasser is offering or seems
to be offering at least a begin
ning toward a real Middle East
ern settlement, provided only
that the Israelis withdraw, as
the , British and French with
drew, without conditions.
State Department's
Press Officer's Job
Said Important Post
BY ROSCOE DRUMMOND ,
Washington The quality of I
the man whom Secretary Dulles
will soon appoint to fill the now
vacant post Assistant Secretary
of State for Public Affairs is
tremendously important.
The work of this ottice is tar
more than a convienient service
to the press. It is vital to the
effective functioning of the
whole department because a
Secretary of State today , can
accomplish little without pub
lic understanding and support.
There are two prime qualifica
tions for this job from which
Carl W. McCardle, formerly
Washington bureau chief of "The
Philadelphia Bulletin," has just
resigned to enter private busi
ness after four years of public
service:
A public affairs chief must
have the full confidence and
backing of the Secretary.
. He must have sufficient sta
ture and independence of char
acter so' that he doesn't feel he
is risking his future when he has
to cross an important Foreign
Service officer in the depart
ment. Carl McCradle has had these
qualifications to a high degree.
The department will be the
weaker if his successor does not
possess them.
. If the new Assistant Secretary,
as has been hinted, is to be
Andrew H. Berding, now an as
sistant director of the United
States Information Agency and
former Washington and foreign
correspondent for the Associated
Press, then the outlook is good.
F WOULD be ridiculous to say
that Mr. McCardle has never
By Stewart Alscp
Anxious to seize the Nasser
carrot, the Eisenhower adminis
tration has in its turn been us
ing the carrot-and-stick tech
nique on Israel. The carrot took
the form of the Dulles offer to
try to safeguard Israel's interests
in the Strait of Tiran and Gaza
Strip. When Ben-Gurion refused
the carrot, the Administration
turned to the stick," warning of
possible sanctions.
PEN-GURION refused the Eis-
-- enhower carrot because all
Israelis are convinced the Nasser
carrot is a fake. To withdraw
Israel's forces from Gaza and
Aqaba without firm, public guar
anties would be, in Israel's eyes,
to return to the situation as it
existed before. And Israel in
vaded Egypt in the first place
because, in Israel's eyes, that
situation was intolerable.
It may be that the Israelis are
wrong, and the Nasser carrot is
the genuine article. It may be
that Nasser, whose internal pol
itical and economic situation is
shaky, really does want at least
a breathing space. It may be, as
Administration spokesmen con
tend, that only Israel's intran
sigence is preventing a real start
toward a Middle East setUement.
Yet Israel's skepticism is ' at
least understandable. Nasser,
after all, has publicly dedicated
himself ini the past both to the
destruction of Israel and to the
elmination of all Western in
terests in the Middle East. It is
largely a result of American
policy hat Nasser has emerged
from defeat as the key man in
the Middle East, able to threaten
punishment and offer rewards to
the great powers of the West.
Surely this elevation of Nasser
is hardly a triumph of diplo
macy, whatever the outcome of
the current crisis.
1957. New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
West Supporter New
Japanese Premier
Tokyo (U.R) Nobusuke Kishi,
a proponent of cooperation with
the West, friendship with Asia
and expanded trade with Red
China, has been named Japans
eighth post-war Prime Minister.
The Parliament elected the 60-year-old
politician by a decisive
majority over his only rival. So
cialist party chairman Mosaburo
Suzuki.
Kishi, who held a cabinet post
under Gen. Hideki Tojo, suc
ceeds Premier Tanzan Ishibashi
who resigned because of his ill
health. Ishibashi had been imof
fice only two months.
CONSTIPATED?
New laxative discovery un-locks bowel blocks
without gag, bloat or gripe
Constipation is caused by what doc
tors call a "thrifty" colon that, instead
of retaining moisture as it should,
does the opposite: robs the colon of
so much moisture that its contents
become dehydrated, so dry that they
block the bowel; so shrunken that
they fail to excite or stimulate the
urge to purge that propels and expels
waste from your body.
To regain normal regularity, the dry,
shrunken, constipating contents of
your colon which now block your
bowel must be remoistened. Second,
bulk must be brought to your colon
to S-T-a-E-T-C-H STIMULATE it tO
action; to a normal urge to purge.
And, of all laxatives, only Colonaid,
the amazing new laxative discovery
possesses Colonaid's great moisturiz
stubbed his toe or had it stubbed
for him when he was loyally
covering up for somebody else.
But in all the matters which
count most from the standpoint
of communication to the public
and the press, Mr. McCardle has
wrought a considerable revolu
tion within the department. 1
There are still some officials
who are shaking their heads
after giving up their resistance.
Here are some of the things he
has accomplished:
Because of his close relations
with Mr. Dulles, Mr. McCardle
didn't have to work on the
fringes of policy formulation, as
has usually been the case in the
post. He was always in the center
of policy formation and this was
invaluable to his effective func
tioning. He opened up the whole State
Department to the press and to
the public as never before. Sec
retary Dulles has held 81 full-
length, full-questioning press
conferences. Other officials in
the' department have totaled
about 275 press conferences
yearly. This in addition to num
erous background briefing ses
sions. The Secretary's press con
ferences now are for direct quot
ation and are televised.
HE full documents of interna
tional conferences are being
promptly published. The record
of the meeting of tne Big tour
Foreign Ministers in Geneva,
for example, was published in
eight days; it has usually taken
eight months to eight years.
Some department officials
used to make themselves un
available to those they deemed
"unfriendly" c o r r espondents.
Mr. McCardle put an end to that.
With notable success he fought
the battle for full disclosure
apart from security and pend
ing negotiations. His argument
wasn't that this should be done
as a "favor to the press" but as
the right of the public to know
and in the interests of a foreign
policy which can rarely be
stronger than its public accept
ance. ANYBODY who knows Mr. Mc
Cardle's u n d e rstanding of
the role of a free press would
know, without being told, that
he opposed the State Depart
ment's untenable decision to use
the rights of the press as an in
strum'ent of negotiation with
Red China. The department
would not be in the box it made
for itself if Mr. McCardle's view
had been allowed to prevail.
President Eisenhower and Sec
retary Dulles have taken the
position that American news
papers should not be free to re
port the news from Communist
China at first-hand as long as
the Communists hold the re
maining ten American behind
the Bamboo Curtain. Now Red
China has indicated that it would
release these prisoners if Amer
ican reporters were allowed to
travel to China and the Depart
ment can't accept this offer with
out appearing to barter what
isn't barterable the freedom of
Americans who have committed
no crimes.
Mr. McCardle's influence has
almost invariably been on the
right side.
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