FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, January 29. 1958
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
"Dimes " Still Needed
Over the years, the March of Dimes . has
received as much popular support and enthusiasm
as any fund-raising effort and very likely more.
This has resulted from two things:
1. It has attracted top-flight young men and
women in both executive and subsidiaiy positions
in the fund-raising effort, and,
2. The nature of the illness to be fought is
dramatic, highly publicized, and greatly feared.'
IT WAS these things which brought in the funds
which paid for the research which developed
the Salk vaccine, which, in turn, if widely enough
used, gives promise of wiping out polio. Already
it has reduced the incidence drastically.
Last year, for instance, only two confirmed
cases of polio were reported in the county, both
of them people from outside the county. This
compares to more than a dozen during the worst
year some time ago.
This reduction is proof that the difficult the
"near impossible" can be done if sufficient sup
port is given.
Communications
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the writer although under cer
tain circumstances the use of a
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edit all letters with an eye to
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Letters submitted for publica
tion must not exceed ou words.
'ZbeCAus watzz 'wa-ma'. soy.AiHT
THAT SCWfs WAYTO TALK?"
"10 YEARS AGO
Van. 29. 1948 (Thursday)
- State ReD. Frank J. Van
Dvke. Medford attorney, a
strong candidate for speaker
-et the house, files his declar
ation of candidacy for reelec
tion on the Republican ticket.
- Entries being received for
the Old Time Fiddlers con
test, a feature of the Disabled
:American Veterans carnival
in the armory Saturday.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 29. 1938 (Friday)
Southern Oregon picnickers
who visit Medford's Prescott
park on Roxy Anne next
summer will find many im
provements as a result of the
;work now being carried on
i7 the CCC men of Company
468.
: From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "A
spanking new car was spank
ed by a phone pole last eve
ning." 30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 29. 1928 (Sunday)
The annual Lincoln day
jbanquet at Hotel Medford on
Teb. 13 will be the occasion
for a get together of the Uni
versity of Oregon alumni.
Z From local and personal
column: "The county unit,
following considerable work
along this line last week, will
jcontinue to immunize chil
dren of school age against
.'diphtheria this week."
local
Mar-
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 29. 1918 (Tuesday)
- Mark N. Tisdale,
tanker, and James W,
"yin, a well-known local capi
talist, are learning to knit
Sweaters, and expect soon to
J5e able to reel 'em off for the
l)oys at the front.
r All German aliens of Med
7ord above- 14 years old
should get their photos taken
for registration, according to
4he chief of police.
I What's Your I.Q.?
-"Nine or ten correct is superior;
Ueven or eight is excellent; five or
Uix is good.
1. Do all of the planets re-
ryolve around the sun in the
.same direction?
2. Bible: The English Bible
aised by Roman Catholics is
Inown as the "D . ,, . ." Bible?
- 3. Name the capital of the
Bahamas.
Z. 4. What is the English trans
lation of the word "Sverige"?
- 5. Proverb: "The pen is
than the what?
6. Name the headpiece
Svorn by horses in their stalls.
7. Can a person touch a red
liot iron and not be burned?
8. Estonia, Latvia and Lith
uania are constituent "repub
lics" in what federation?
" 9. The aboriginal American
Indian custom was to bury
chiefs in a standing, sitting,
'or prone posture?
Answers: 1. Yes. 2. Douay.
3. Nassau. 4. Sweden. 5. The
pen is mightier than the
sword." 6. Haller. 7. Yes. But
only for a moment, with a
wet finger. 8. Union of So
cialist Soviet Republics. 9.
Sitting posture.
NATURALLY!
: Washington (IP) Brig. Gen.
Homer A. Boushey of the Air
Force says Dr. Edward Tel
ler, "father" of the H-bomb,
was asked recently what he
expected would be found on
the moon.
"Russians," Teller replied.
WHAT, then, is the excuse for continuing the
In answering that, it is necessary to realize
that half of the money raised is retained on the
local level for treatment of patients, not only
when they first contract the illness, but also for
continuing treatment,' for rehabilitation, for
braces, wheelchairs, crutches, and so on, to
enable them to continue worthwhile lives as pro
ductive citizens.
This need must still be met, and will be nec
essary as long as any one-time victims of polio
are still around. This will be a long time.
In , our view, then, the need for contributions
to the March of Dimes, while perhaps not as
urgent as it was a few years ago, is still an
imperative one.
TTHIS feeling pervades the March of Dimes
organization, which this year is working with
undiminished energy to raise the money needed
to cany on the patient-care program, as well as
continuing research, which is still seeking for
better, surer and more efficient means of com
batting the disease, and which has branched ou'
into other phases of virology, for the ultimate
benefit of mankind.
The drive for funds this year, perhaps under
standably, is lagging in comparison to those in
prior years.
Funds raised by the "special events" which
have long been enthusiastically conducted to aid
the drive, have so far brought in about half as
much as they did in previous years.
TTHIS has not diminished the enthusiastic work
of some of the young people, particularly,
who haveentered into the "Teens Against Polio"
campaign and others with exuberance.
(So much exuberance, incidentally, that it
may have led them to errors in judgment, such as
the "roadblocks" set up recently. In this, the drive
loses its purely voluntary character and takes on
an element of coercion, which, if not checked,
could damage the drive and its acceptance in the
future.)
But the shoe-shine projects, the wheel-barrow
.races, the car-washing, the dances, the Christmas
tree collection and burning all these add spice
and interest to the drive, and are to be commended.
It is to be hoped that the drive will pick up
sharply this week, to the end that the polio foun
dation's needs can be met. E.A.
Matter of Fact ey
Stewart Alsop
Stupidents
The other day we relayed a question of the
traffic safety division of the state department of
motor vehicles, which wanted a new name for a
traffic accident.
The division claimed that "accident" is a
misnomer, for most such incidents are caused by
faulty driving.
We've received three suggestions, all from
Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Knutson, of 615 North Colum
bus ave., in this city.
They suggest "causident," "carelessadent,"
and "stupident."
Any others? E.A.
Puppies
"Will you please write'on editorial about Christ
mas puppies? The fact is that they are not toys, but
require much the same care as human babies, especial
ly in the cold damp weather. They are susceptible to
colds which could become pneumonia, or if under
nourished could easily be distemper victims. Sure,
they are lots of trouble, but if given half a chance,
will repay you many times over in love, loyalty and
. protection."
The above note, written shortly after Christ
mas, somehow became mislaid in the mountain of
papers on the editorial desk.
But its message is just as valid now as it was
when written maybe more so, now that the
novelty of newness has worn off the Christmas
pets. E.A.
HOUSES OF GLASS
Washington As far as their
record is concerned, both par
ties live in glass houses of
parti cularly
fragile sort
"Nev ertheless
to judge by re
cent oratory
by Presidential
Aid Sherman
Adams and
Jothers, the air
ufekSBis enins to be
r I m o
Stewart Alsoo stones auriug
this campaign year. And
good many of fhe stones in
the Democratic rockpile are
clearly marked with the name
of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
It will be interesting to see
whether, and in what diree
tion, these stones will be
whirled. Until a few months
ago, it was almost universal
ly agreed among Democrats
that there was "no mileage in
the defense issue," because of
the President's military repu
tion. Since the Sputniks
the President's reputation for
infallibility in defense has
been shaken if not shattered
And especially since the bit
terly partisan speech by Sher
man Adams, the temptation
among the Democrats to take
out after the President him
self is getting to be an itch
which almost has to be
scratched.
Consider, for example, the
heavy rock imbedded in the
testimony which occurred
few days ago in an executive
session of Lyndon Johnson's
Preparedness Subcommittee
Sen. Stuart Symington of Mis
souri was interrogating Thom
as Lanphier, Vice President of
the Convair company, which
makes the Atlas ICBM.
9
QJYMINGTON: "Mr. Lanph-
ipr. l think . . . the so-
called ballistic missile was
started in 1946 and cancelled
in 1947 when the Army Air
Corps was part of the Army
, . is that correct?"
Lanphier: "Y e s, sir. We
checked the record before we
came and it was July of
1947."
Symington: "At which time,
think the record should
show that the Chief of Staff
of the Army was Gen. Eisen
hower . . ."
The fact that Gen. Eisen
hower happened to be Chief
of Staff vhen the first Atlas
contract was cancelled by the
Army is insubstantial stuff, as
Symington himself implied la
ter in the testimony. Yet the
kind of partisan rewriting of
history in which Adams and
other Republican orators have
recently indulged has been
largely made up of just such
insubstantial stuff.
Not entirely, to be sure.
For however cocky and con
descending ex-P resident
Harry Truman may be dur
ing his morning walks, he
cannot get away from one
fact, which is very much on
the record. He appointed
Louis Johnson as Secretary of
Defense, and in the pre-Kor-ean
War period Johnson un
questionably cut new weapons
research to ribbons.
It "Burns Her Up"
To the Editor: It just burns
me up to hear those guys on
TV, Channel 5, say "Write 'em
and invite 'em to Oregon." If
I were to write any of my
friends an invitation I surely
would want them to spend
the time with me, not. in a
hotel or motel, and if there
was any employment here
they wouldn't have to beg
people to come .here.
But I'm sure if all of us
people were to invite people,
we would all be standing in
the soup-line soon, for there's
nothing to work at. If there
were jobs for us all, we could
do something like that, but
not now. The mills are all
down mostly, and how could
we feed extra people on what
little we all get? The packing
houses only use a few people
and get by without paying
overtime. It's all straight
time. The cannery pays over
time so why can t the packing
U.S. Eyes Campaign Against
Persistent UN Use of Veto
By CHARLES M. MeCANN lot of smaller countries in the
United Press Correspondent 82-member UN dislike the
The United States is devel- idea that any one country
oping a new campaign against shall be able to block action.
Russia's persistent use of its Amendment Necessary
veto power in One obstacle to a legal re-
the United striction of the veto power is
Nations. that an amendment of the
P r e s ident charter would be necessary.
BUT there is another fact plant pay too? 1 have worked
whirh i ic irr v, at both places and I know.
on the record. Johnson's dis
astrous budgets were devised
with the advice and consulta
tion of the then Gen. Eisen
hower. To protect himself,
Johnson used to speak osten
tatiously of his first two budg
ets as "Ike One," and "Ike
Two."
. As for the more recent past,
the testimony before the John
son Committee provides the
There should be some furni
ture factories or garment
plants here so we all could
work. We would love to have
our friends come here.
B. P.,
(Name on file)
Medford.
Traffic Hazard
To the Editor: Understand
there will be a state traffic
Democrats with a veritable representative in Medford
E i s enhower,
in his letter
of Jan. 12 to
Soviet Pre
mier N i kolai
A. Bulganin,
n o i n ted out
Cnarles M. . -d;
Mccann that Russia
had resorted to the veto 82
Passage of the amendment
undoubtedly would cause
Russia to withdraw complete
ly from the UN.
That would cause no pain
to a lot of people. But what
the United States is trying to
do is to put pressure on Rus
sia to agree to some restric-
times to block UN Security tion.
rock - quarry, if throwing of
stones on the defense issue
starts in earnest. Take, for ex
ample, the executive session
testimony of Allen Dulles,
chief of the Central Intelli
gence Agency, a brother of
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, and an impeccable Re
publican
soon, and hoDe he will not
overlook the worst traffic
condition in the state of Ore
gon, referring to the intersec
tion of route 62 and 99 for
south bound traffic on both
routes.
Cars going south on 62 do
not have any protection what
ever if the driver wishes to
Dulles' testimony was both get into the right hand lane
honest and accurate, and for on sa 10 mrn rignt onto Mc
that very reason it added copi- Andrews or any other street
ouslv to the Demnrrats' rnrk- There have been many acci
pile. For Dulles testified, in ?ems at tnls intersection and
it seems that there has never
been any action taken to cor
rect this condition. -
If the traffic department
wishes to help safe driving
they will investigate this con
dition and install two traffic
fused to listen to what they lights and help prevent more
did not want to hear. accidents at this place.
THE Republicans, of course, "If8- that is"!ed
I . . . ' ' ed in Medford is a ennd liva
-- ha vp a rnrkni Ip fcn Tn itcp . . . . i .
1 J.J.. p iih that wniil tho T TNT
wvw vv wvuiu li . tuv. w xl
effect, that the Eisenhower ad
ministration in the pre-Sput
nik era paid little or no at
tention to his hard intelli
gence of Soviet missile prog
ress. The President and his ad
visers, in short, simply re-
.council action.
"I propose that we should
make it the policy of our two
governments, at least, not to
use veto power to prevent the
Security council from propos
ing methods for the pacific
settlement of disputes," the
president said.
Henry Cabot Lodge, United
States chief delegate, fol
lowed this up in the UN.
Lodge proposed to the UN
"interim committee," which
operates when the General
Assembly is not in session,
that the veto power be
dropped on questions relating
to the peaceful settlement of
disputes and on votes taken
to decide whether an issue in
the Security council is to be
regarded as a question of pro
cedure or of substance.
In the Security council, a
question of procedure con
cerns the technical manner in
which a dispute shall be han
dled say, referred to a com
mittee for consideration. Sub
stance concerns the issue it
self and the question of spe
cific council action on it.
Five Powers Have Veto
There is also another diffi
culty concerning legal restric
tion. The United States never
has used its veto power. It has
not needed to. But had it not
been given the veto right in
the charter, it is certain that
the Senate would have re
fused to approve American
entry to the UN.
That is what happened
when the old League of Na
tions was organized after
World War I. The League
covenant, corresponding to
the UN charter, bound mem
bers to defend each other
against aggression. President
Woodrow Wilson refused to
accept reservations demand
ed by Senate Republicans.
Hence the Senate refused by
six votes to give the neces
sary two-thirds vote of appro
val. It broke Wilson and, with
the U.S. a non-member, it
eventually broke the league.
Railroads in Real
Trouble, But Little
Relief in Prospect
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington (IP) Those nu
merous individuals who
would like to substitute for
the Ameri
ican way of
life a father-
knows -best
system of
state social
ism should
find consider
able comfort
in the plight
of the nation's
Lyie c. wiison railroads.
The railroads are in trou
ble. The trouble is so serious-
Fivp nowpr h9v tho ot and deeply imbedded in the
rieht in the council thr """y as Slve me s"ua
TTnitprf Rtntps nrt -Rritair. tion the color of a national
France. China and Russia' calamity.
They are permanent members Railroad troubles are as bad
of the council. The six other ana Prooaoiy as dangerous as
seats rotate among the rest of are the trouble afflicting
the UN members. American farmers. They are
Technically the vtn w- as urgent and just about as
. - 1 j i J
er is restricted to matters nf oseiy reiaiea 10 national ae-
substance that is. to real ac- lense as are the troubles the
tion by the council and does United states is having with
not aDDlv in matters nf nrn- "s sateiiue-iauncnmg rocKets
cedure. railway managers were
Russia has managed to Pet as numerous as farmers, there
around this restriction by woula nere in congress a
first denying that a question powernouse rauroaa dioc cap
is one of procedure, and then abIe of and determined to di-
vetoing action when the sub- yert great chunks of the tax-
stantive staee is rear-hoH payers money to the relief
Lodge, in his nroDOsal Fri- 01 tne carriers, me compan-
day, moved largely to get the son is a eood one because
veto question formally before what afflicts the railroads is
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";u.f.- vi TA e,xresi- bring them to the attention of
r t 1 ai c "luldrdI: the proper authorities. Then
ty leader Adlai Stevenson and these conditions would be
vendue couci j-ijiiuuii ouiiii- taken fare r,T
son are vulnerable on the de
fense issue
Stevenson in 1956 bought
the no mileage in defense"
idea, which may have been
the better part of political val
or, but which certainly did
not contribute to any elevat
ing "democratic dialogue." As
for Johnson, his voting record
on defense has been good. But
he is obviously open to the
charge that he only summoned
his Preparedness Subcommit-
Melvin F. Allen,
Trail, Ore.
just about what afflicts the
Russia bovr.ntts all meet- American farmer
ings of the Interim committee. costs and low income.
holding that the UN charter Had Liltle HPe
high
does not authorize it.
But the question of restrict
ing use of the veto is arising
with increasing frequency. A
German Negotiator
Sets Russian Talks
By PETER WEBB
United Press Correspondent
Bonn, Germany (IP) Chan-
tee to make a serious inquiry celJor Konrad Adenauer's spe-
into preparedness after the ?ial eny. Ambassador Rolf
issue had been dramatized by ahr flies to Moscow Thurs-
the Sputniks y resume iraae taiKS Wim
AlWether' with one nr two the Soviets that may develop
exceptions, it is hard to see "" s""""' r a sum
how anyone is going to make mlt conference. "
any political hay out of a Lahr, one of West Ger-
name-calling, rock - throwing many's ablest negotiators, is
contest on the defense issue, regarded here as Adenauer's
Perhaps for that very reason, ace-in-the-hole in sounding out
that sort of contest will be the Soviets on summit talks,
avoided, as both President Foreign ministry officials
Eisenhower and Senate Lead- said Lahr had no specific in
er Johnson devoutly wish. Ob- structions to discuss a summit
viously defense will be an is- conference but was prepared
sue, and ought to be an issue, to listen to anything the So-
since it is the hardest proD- viets might have to say.
lem- Neaotiations Not Letter
the country faces. But the Adenauer recently called
kind of sleazy rewriting of on the Soviets to stop writing
history which politicians like ktters abQut negotiations, and
get down to discussing them
Sherman Adams and Demo
cratic Chairman Paul Butler through dipiomatic channels
only 'do both parties and
the country the maximum
of harm.
(c) 1958 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
Try and Stop
By BENNETT CERF
SOME AMATEUR hunters were out to bag their first wild
elephant. "How," they asked the native guide, "will we
know when the elephant is within range?" "Don't shoot," fid
vised the guide, "till you
detect a faint odor of pea
nuts on its breath."
An insurance salesman who
had a run of miserable luck
finally persuaded a secretary
to summon her boss to the ,
phone. "I don't suppose you're
in the market for more life
insurance?" began the sales
man. "Why, yes," replied the
prospect. "How large a policy
would you' suggest?"
"Exc-c-use me, sir," stam
med the salesman. "I must
h-h-ave the w-w-rong number!"
"My angel," cooed a young man, 'when I recall that tomorrow
Is your birthday, and that one year ago we had not yet met
"Never mind all that," interrupted his loved one. "Don't let's
talk about our past. Let's talk about my present."
1958, by BenoeU Cerf. Distributed by King features Syndicate.
Lahr's opposite number in
the trade talks will be Soviet
Deputy Foreign Minister Vla
viet high commissioner in
dimir Semyenov, former So-
East Germany and one of
Russia's top experts on Eu
ropean affairs.
Diplomatic sources said
Lahr would be available for
any contacts once the Soviets
accepted Western proposals
to prepare a summit confer
ence through diplomatic talks.
They said that his presence
would be particularly valu
able following the declaration
by U. S. presidential press
secretary James Hagerty that
the United States was ready
to attend a summit conference
if agreement on an agenda
Twenty four presidents of
United States railroads recent
ly were in Washington to at
tract Congressional attention
to the industry's distress sig
nals. They came without
much hope and probably left
with less.
The railroads are stuck
with a popular conception
that goes back toward and
beyond the turn of the cen-
could be reached previously, tury that the roads are a
They said Lahr had the best filthy-rich monopoly and hog-
pipeline into the Kremlin for gish for profit, to boot. The
such talks, especially as the airplane, buses, trucks and
Soviets were obviously un- privately-owned
willing to discuss the agenda
at foreign ministers level.
A foreign office spokesman
emphasized, however, that
West Germany would not go HAVE THE PUBLIC
it alone, in such talks but ANY RIGHTS?
would work only in close co- Last November, comment-
operauon wim her western jng on developments in the
allies. Portland Traction company's
There is little doubt though interurban hassle, The Jour-
inat Adenauer has once again nai said the main question is
iaKen tne lead among Eu- whether a company subject
ropean nations in pressing the to the public utility commis-
ouvicus io Degiu serious aiKs. Sion can do as it pleases
iis recent letter to boviet
Premier Nikolai Bulganin
called for an end to polemic
correspondence, and a return
to diplomatic negotiations.
Lahr's mission to Moscow
may well provide the answer
as to whether the Soviets are
automobiles outer space.
have vastly changed the
transportation industry in 50.
years. Today's railroads are
about as monopolistic as deep
dish apple pie.
Railroad presidents who as
sembled here to testify before
a Senate interstate commerce
subcommittee c o m p 1 a ined,
that nonetheless, their carriers
are taxed, regulated and be
deviled like true monopolies.
They complained, especially,
that, whereas the railroads
must provide their own fa
cilities, such as stations and
rights of way, and must pay
taxes for the privilege of do
ing so, their chief competi
tors do not.
Advantages Outlined
Buses and trucks, they
argued, use the public high
ways, comparatively tax-free.
Airplanes take off and land
on airports usually publicly
provided and owned and, be
tween stops, are guided by
publicly installed flight bea
cons. Barge lines on the na
tional waterways enjoy simi
lar advantages.
Ahead of the industry the
railroad presidents foresaw
either new federal regulatory
and nev general tax policies
or bankruptcy and, ultimate
ly, resort to the socialistic de
vice of government owner
ship and operation.
James M. Symes, president
of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, was one of the subcom
mittee witnesses. He said:
"In short, an essential in
dustry and source of employ
ment that should be advanc
ing with the economy and the
defense set-up is drifting back-
wards. It cannot drift much
further backwards without
going around on the social
istic mudflats of government
ownership."
The railroads are getting
little attention and Jess sym
pathy for their problem al
though it seems to be as basic
to the national welfare as the
problem of the American
farmers or the problem of
Editorial Comment
By its unannounced halting
of all passenger service the
traction company apparently
is out to prove that it can.
The issue here is not wheth
er rulings of the public utili
ties commissioner to date are
rieht nr wrong. These can and
ready to back their words arp being tested in the courts.
with deeds. The issue is the sinmle and
basic one of whether the pub
lic, which is represented by
the commissioner, has any
rights at all. In view of the
Democratic Chairman Dave ',, iuic iM
Epps today announced the ap- sem academic Actions of
pointment of W Gordon Allen the Portland Traction com-
Salem Man Named To
Demo Finance Group
m m - i i lcii lo a i. an. xii view vi niv
?Z,??J long history of public utility
of Salem to the position of
chairman of the Democratic
Sate Finance Committee.
pany, have taken it out of
that category. And we ought
to find out immediately
whether our public utility
laws mean what we have as
sumed they mean or are so
much verbiage.
The attitude of the com
pany apparently is that pub
lic utility laws are wonderful
so long as they protect a
monopoly on a very lucrative
freight service but are a mere
nuisance when they allow rul
ing contrary to wishes of the
company.
Howard Morgan, public
public utilities commissioner.
has complained in the past
that our laws are less than
adequate. Now the question
seems to be whether we have
any law at all.
Perhaps the time has come
for a thorough reexamination
of our public utility code. Cer
tainly the high-handed action
of the traction company sug
gests the public does not have
the protection to which it is
entitled. Oregon Journal.
Portland Lists Second
Traffic Death of Year
Portland OP) The
coroner's office today listed
the death last week of John
F. Churchill, 83, as Port
land's second traffic fatality
of 1958. Churchill was struck
by a car Jan. 5.
East Main St.
DAIRY-SMITH
at Genestea
Ice Cream is a health food . . .
We are in the ice cream business
for our health.
C. M. Litwiller
The Better
Service
For over 23 years, we
have served this com
munity 24 hours out of
every day.
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Mrs. Litwiller
Our door has never been locked during this time (WE
NEVER CLOSE!) This service has meant much to our
many patrons. Our charges are consistently much lower
than those charged elsewhere . . . and we are 100
locally owned.
LITWILLER
Funeral
ir
Home
Mountain View Chapel
Hwy. 66 at Normal
Office 88 N. Main
ASHLAND
We Never Close
"It is better to know us and not need us,
than to need us and not know us."
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