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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
Mar 9. 1948 (Sunday)
A Rogue Valley Hoo-Hoo
club, lumbermen's service or
ganization, was formed re
cently at a dinner of the
Rogue Valley Country club.,
A state-wide campaign to
raise voluntary funds for the
Stassen - for - President cam
paign is under way under the
chairmanship of M. D. Tuck
er, Portland. ;
20 YEARS AGO
May 9, 1938 (Monday)
The Jackson County Teach
ers' chorus will present its
annual spring concert at 8:15
pjn. today at Medford High
school.
eFrom Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "The
graduating class of a Mon
tana High school has adopted
a its motto: WPA here we
come.'
30 YEARS AGO
May 9. 1928 (Wednesday)
The first strawberries in
the Rogue valley have been
picked. , .
From local and personal
column: "The cement plant at
Gold Hill is reported to be
closing down for some time."
40 YEARS AGO
May 9. 1918 (Thursday)
Farmers and orchardists of
veiley rejoice over today's
steady rain.
From local and personal
column: "The home guard
company members were meas
ured for their uniforms and
later drilled on the streets."
Yhal's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight ia excellent; five or
tix is good. . ,
1. Which U.S. president was
nicknamed "the rail-splitter."
2. Bible: How old was
Moses when he died?
3. Royalty, the press, or the
legal profession, is called the
"Fourth Estate'??
4. Did the U.S. acquire the
Virgin Islands from Denmark,
Norway, or Sweden?
5. Name the author of "The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
6. Are the Hawaiian islands
north, or south, of the Equa
tor?
7. Name the American na
val hero who is famous for
the saying. "I have just be
gun to fight."
8. What is a somnambulist?
9. Albany is the capital of
which state?
10. Which King sent the
Spanish armada against Eng
land in 1588?
Answers: 1. Abraham Lin
coln. 2. 120. 3. The press. 4
Denmark. 5. Washington Irr
ing. 6 North. 7. John Paul
Jones. 8. Sleep-walker. 9. New
York. 10. Philip II of Spain.
Short Story Yriter '
To Attend Discussion
Ashland W. Verne Athan
as, resident of Ashland and
nationally known short story
writer, will be on the South
ern Oregon college - campus
May 19 to serve as focus for
discussion of short story writ
ing.
According to Walter J.
Arron, SOC instructor in Eng
lish, the meeting will be held
at 7:30 p.m. in the Britt Stu
dent center and Is open to the
public.
losses
Convincing Examples ;
On occasion, we get depressed over the cruel
facts of juvenile delinquency (or,,as some eastern
newspapers have taken to referring to it m head
lines, "JD"). ' .
But if one needs to have his faith in the talents
land abilities, and the essential decency, of the
majority of young people renewed, he has only
to see examples of the work they are doing in a
dozen fields.
,We have had chances to do this twice in re
cent days once at the art display put on by stu
dents in all Medford schools, and once when we
had a chance to watch and listen as the High
School Choir performed at a banquet.
THE artistic talent displayed by the youngsters
would have to be seen to be appreciated. The
art show covered a wide range of media, of sub
ject matter, and of approaches and techniques,
and it showed that Medf ord's teachers have been
able to inculcate not only skill, but also sensitivity
and a willingness to experiment.
' The objects on display included paintings and
drawings in a number of different media, sculp
ture in wood, stone, cast stone and plaster, and
in addition there were experimental pieces which
defy definition in conventional terms, but which
were highly interesting exercises in two and three
dimensional design.
THE choir, too, is an expert group of artists.
- They demonstrate not only the accomplished
training and directing of Lynn Sjolund, but also
the results of training through all their years in
school training not only inihe mechanics of mu
sic, but in its appreciation, which in the long run
is probably equally or more important to the in
dividual. The group, clad in black gowns with red fac
ings, sang a religious number by Beethoven with
great feeling, then swung into a rollicking Ste
phen Foster humorous piece, and concluded with
the too-little-heard state song, "Oregon, My Ore
gon," also known as "Land of the Empire Build
ers." - '
THESE two examples and there are others
are convincing proof that the Medf ord school
system is providing young people with many, of
the things they need for a well-rounded life. '
Not all students, of course, are equipped to
take advantage bf some of these opportunities,
but many are, and they will stand them in good
stead the rest of their lives.
Science, mathematics. English, history and
the other "solid" subjects are important, too, im
mensely important. But in this post-Sputnik era
it would be too easy to overemphasize them to
the detriment of a well-rounded educational op
portunity for the citizens of tomorrow; E.A.
Carrier
While we're on the
ing good things (and it's
jects), we could mention
they show up well.
We refer, to the newspaper earner boys the
"little merchants" who are in business for them
selves, serving the public.
Those of us at the Mail Tribune are particu
larly aware of the good
as a result of the Carrier Boy of- the Month
contest which the paper is sponsoring.
THE response of people
dci itco ui uicii tame; . uuB, wnu aic ap
preciative of it, and who take the time and effort
to cast their vote for the boy on their route, has
been heart-warming. . ; T
" Courtesy, promptness and . the. care to place
the paper on the porch and out of the rain appear
to be the things people most appreciate in the
youngsters who bring them their papers each!'
day. . '
Time after time, the letters, notes and 'phone
calls mention these things, and praise the boys
in glowing terms.
One recent note, typical of many, said :
". . . He is always, on time, the paper is neat and
dry, he leaves it in a dry . place, and always with
a smile." ,
. ' .';
THE training which these boys receive is some-
thing which cannot be purchased, or learned
in school.
They learn, through, experience, how to get
along with people, how to meet them and how
to use the important social skills of courtesy, ef
ficiency and cheerfulness.
They leam how to handle money, and the
value of it, keeping their own accounts and rec
ords, and collecting, in many cases, in cash for
their services.
They learn the lessons of competition, and the
fact that one has to be competent in his own job
to earn the respect and confidence of superiors
and the public he serves.
' '
1WIANY noted men earned their first money as
carrier boys, and they are unanimous in de
claring that it was experience which has stood
them in good stead throughout their lives.
Not least, records will show that boys who
are busy, who arc learning the lessons of work
and thrift and getting along with people, are
not likely candidates ' for juvenile court. They
have, little time or patience for the stupidities
which lead some youngsters into difficulty.
The record of newspaper carrier boys lends
support to the growing belief that, in our reaction
against the terrible "child labor" conditions of
earlier days, we may. have, gone too. far in hot
auuwmg youngsters u)1 ODiain me Denenis 01
doing a difficult job well. E.A.
Boys
subject of youngsters do
one of our favorite sub
another area, in which
'
jobs these boys are doing
who are aware of the
Dennis the Menace
'See ma happens vwetiou
Washington Report
By William S. Whit '
THE GOP "TEAM". '
Washington In politics,
cliches may be tricky things.
Take "the- team." The.Re-
"? publicans for
- five years
have usedthis
term to . sug
gest a massive
unity amongst
t h e m s e 1 ves
that never ex
isted. The Demo
crats all this
Willam S. White lime nave
been ridiculing the slogan.
They have been calling it an
advertising man's happy
dream and presenting them
selves as above such trade
marking. But what is the situation, in
fact, in mid-1958? There is no
Republican "team." There is
no high degree of all-party
strength, common party identi
fication or common party pur
pose. And the Dem6crats will win
the Congressional elections
this fall partly because they
are no less than a team. For
five years they have muted
their differences and accentu
ated the positive.
In eliminating the negative
in filing away the sharp
edges of intra-party dispute
they have promoted the party
as a whole. But they have cre
ated no great individual with
in it. . r -
AND the 'paradox goes fur-
- w w m . . . O J
"team" the Republican party
is for the purposes of the
196Q Presidential campaign
actually dominated by a single
star player. , ....
There is only one real prob
ability for1 the Republican
Presidential nomination, Vice
President Richard M. Nixori.
He is line coach, backfield
coach, running back, blocking
back the whole "team." ...
But the Democrats, who his
torically have . raised their
combat morale but weakened
their fighting strength by hell
raising within their own out
fit, are now bound together in
a corporate, team-like em
brace. The only national leadership
they have had since 1952 has
been the Democratic Congres
sional leadership. This Texan
hierarchy Senator Lyndon
B. Johnson and Speaker Sam
Rayburn has stoically and
continually turned the party
toward compromise and make
do rather than inner debates
and diversions. 1
-
THE results have been sev
eral: 1. There are no Democratic
prima donnas any more cer
Try and
-By BEtyNETT CERFr
ONE O? THE DARNDEST baseball yarns I ever heard was
told by my Mt Kiseo neighbor, H. Allen Smith. In June,
1911, a man sat in the death house of the Nevada State peni
tentiary awaiting execution
for murder.' His name .was.
Pat Casey, - and in . better
days he had been a profes
sional baseball umpire.
His last request?" He had
one, all right He wanted
to umpire one more ball
game. So the game was ar
ranged and ' played the
afternoon before Casey
marched to his death. Pat
called balls and strikes for
nine innings and not one
did a convict player dis
pute a decision.
Two ladies in a backwoods town were comparing note about their
husbands. "Which one f them ornery critters," demanded one,
"would you say was the laziest?"
-Tm not fuesin." declared the ether firmly. "Things is baa
enough without iterting contests." , 1
O 195S." by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by Kin Feature Syndicate. -
Hit we cookie jr ?
tainly not in ' Congress. And
even the less-disciplined Dem
ocratic Governors have not
between them made anything
like the' splash that a single
Democratic Governor say
Franklin Roosevelt or'Adlai
Stevenson made easily in for
mer days of Republican con
trol of the White House.
2. The Rayburn -Johnson
leadership has made this the
most responsible opposition
Congress in recent history.
But it is not a Congress to
create and illuminate sharp
national issues or to raise
clear-cut partisan images.
The political middle has be
come so very large that there
is little room any more for the
fringe groups on the right and
the. left. Whether all this is
good or bad is a vastly com
plicated question. .
3. Accordingly, the Repub
licans and Democrats, as they
begin to confront the supreme
test of I960, are in situations
as different -as night is from
day. The Republican problem
is that the party has only one
real possibility, Vice-President
Nixon.
"PHE Democratic problem is
that the party has alto
gether too many possibilities
and that none of them has
been, able to thrust his head
up high enough and long
enough to become an instantly
recognizable national figure.
" This is true of the Demo
cratic. Governors Robert B.
Meyner of New Jersey, George
M. Leader of Pennsylvania, G.
Mennen Williams of Michigan,
and so on. It is even more true
of six urgent young 'men of
the Senate who are in the
reckoning for the Democratic
Presidential nomination.
All are wrapped in the com
parative anonymity of their
party. Each, compared to Nix
on, is the man nobody knows.
This correspondent intends to
deal candidly with these six,
one at a time and once a week,
until all have been briefly de
scribed. The first to be reported on
in a column to appear within
a couple of days, is because
he. is the most urgent of all,
the Golden Boy of politics
Senator John F. Kennedy of
Massachusetts.
(Copyright, 1958, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.) -
Geneva, Switzerland (IB
Marcus Daly, an American in
vestment executive, has been
installed as new director-general
of ' the 27 ' nation Inter
Governmental Committee for
European Migration. He re
places American Harold H.
Tittmanri who announced last
autumn that he wished to re
tire. Stop Me
r
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oaper; in fact the contrary is often thejaif
She Wants a Chang
To the Editor: It seems to
me that when a man comes
forth with a constructive, in
telligent program which will
be for the best interests of
our county, the people should
back him 100 per cent. The
future of Jackson county is
important . to . all of us and
any progressive step that Has
been proved successful should
be adopted. No one is going
to help us but ourselves. We
must take all these, things
into consideration when we
go to the polls to vote May
16th.
I speak, of sound platforms
offered by those running for
Governor, to those seeking
the office of County Coroner.
I feel that any office . is im
portant. The platform offered
to us by Frank Perl is good.
I am fully aware how hard
he worked two years ago to
have the biU passed - that
would qualify Coroners. It
passed three to one in the
State. Due to . great opposi
tion from those who profit
from the office, the. Legisla
ture decided to put the whole
matter into the hands of a
legislative interim committee
for further study. They hope,
and I quote from the Ore
gonian of May 4th, to qualify
Coroners by. appointing Medi
cal Examiners or Trained In
vestigators, thus taking the
whole thing' out of politics.
All mortuaries will then have
consideration instead of only
a few.' I understand that
Klamath county adopted this
way and the people are high
ly pleased with the results.
Mr. Perl is offering us the
only solution to this problem,
until such a time as. this bill
becomes a law. His is one of
fairness to all five mortuaries
and not just one. His plat
form has not onlv been" prov
ed workable but is sound and
just. Knowing Mr. Perl to be
a man of honesty; integrity
and above all else, charitable.
I . sincerely hope; the people
of Jackson county stand be
hind him on May ,16th. As a
resident of Medford for some
50. years, the progress of our
county has always been an
important issue with me.
AFTER THE OFFICE HAS
BEEN IN ONE LOCAL FIRM
FOR THE PAST -16 YEARS,
IT : CERTAINLY - IS TIME
FOR . A CHANGE. ,
.. Mrs. Mary E. Jacobs,
604 PiAe st.,
" ; Medford "
The Weighmaiter : Record
To the Editor: After reading
Alan B. Holmes open letter to
Candidate for Sheriff Vern
Smith, published in your pa
per of. May 5, 1 would like to
clarify ,' the record of Vern
Smith during his position of
Weighmaster under my super
vision. W
Vera' Smith was employed
July 1, 1946 and resigned
April 20, 1949 to accept anoth
er position. Al during; this
time Mr. Smith was in com
plete charge ef the weigh
master's department, having
supervision over all other
weighmasters and. deputy
weighmasters.
He returned to' the position
of weighmaster April 1, 1955,
at which1 time Robert Flagg
was chief weighmaster. Mr.
Flagg was very anxious to re
sign from the position' of
weighmaster and obtain other
work with the County where
he would have regular hours.
He asked me to designate Mr.
Smith ! as chief weighmaster,
and he would be willing to
work under him until, such
time as I could find him a po
sition other than weighmaster.
Mr. Smith refused to accept
the title of chief weighmaster
at that time, "but did assume
complete supervision oyer Mr,
Flagg and other weighmasters.
It was not until Mr. Flagg
was transferred to another po
sition that I gave the title of
chief , weighmaster to Mr.
Smithy and he has been occu
pying the same position up to
this, time.
. During both periods of em
ployment of weighmaster, Mr.
Smith was considered the
head weighmaster, chief
weighmaster, or whatever oth
er title he may have been giv
en, and he was drawing chief
weighmaster's pay during that
time.
Paul B. Rynning,
County Engineer.
East Main St.
DAIRY -
WANTED!
Midget tight rope walker to walk $ix foot
span in our small carnival of values.
Fears a Wooden Gallows
To the Editor. I'm amused
by- the effrontery with which
some claim that Judge Ed
ward C. Kelly can't be objec
tive in criminal cases because
in past years he had consid
erable criminal trial experi
ence. The illogic of this shoddy
"pitch"- is sharply focused by
their claim that the candidate
they favor can be objective
because he enjoyed a brief
period of experience . as a
prosecutor. - - ,
This illogic is further point
ed up by the frequent refer
ences and quotations Mr.
Nunley makes to and from
Judge Samuel Liebowitz,
whom Nunley considers to be
a great jurist. Before his ap
pointment to the bench, Judge
Liebowitz was outstanding
and nationally famous for. his
brilliant and conscientious de
fense of unpopular criminal
cases. .' v':"
Seemingly", the 'only criti
cism his opposition has of
Judge Kelly is thatas an at
torney he was honest and de
terminedly insisted that his
clients have their constitution
al rights.-1 personally prefer
a man who has demonstrated
his honest belief in omf con
stitutional form of . govern
ment 'to one who campaigns
on the implied promise that
he will, if elected, violate
constitutional liberties. ' r
: Stripped of its demagoguery,
Judge Kelly's opposition says
nothing more than "Elect
Nunley and make our lumber
industry prosper with a wood
en gallows on every corner."
Hugh B. Collins,
10T East Main St.,
Medford ,
Water Spotted Windows
To the Editor: As a profes
sional window cleaner of .11
years experience, . I am con
stantly confronted with alkali
water spots on . windows of
most homes. J could safely
say the number of homes hav
ing alkali is about 70 per eent
This trouble is caused by
letting water from ,hydrants
reach windows, causing" a
gray spotted film. Unfortun
ately, to -my present knowl
edge, there is nothing on the
market tcf remove this.
' I do however have my own
chemical formula for remov
ing same. This is an added
expense, and can be, avoided
Keep hydrant,- water front
reaching windows. However,
if you wish to turn hose on
windows to wash off dirt, this
can be done with no risk of
alkali providing all water is
remoyed. from glass at once,
and jlot left to dry;'"
Please teU this to all your
neighbors and friends. I will
gladly, give any further infor
mation if desired.
V Dale C. Eldred,
1840 Barnett rd.,
Medford.
A Morris Fan Writes
Tp the Editor:-1, agree with
Mrs. Priscoll and Mrs. Sted
man about the coroner's of
fice. Why should we change
the office just to be changing
t when the man in office now
has done such a fine job. If we
keep this type of man in office
Jackson county will not have
to worry about how the offices
are being conducted. In all
my contact with him I have
never heard him say one word
about his. competitors, on the
contrary I .have often heard
him say nice things about
them. ; ' -. ' .
For . my money, and vote,
Carlos Morris is the best cor
oner Jackson county has ever
had and I only hope all the
voters feel the same when
they. go to vote.
Thanks for publishing this
communication for -me.
Mrs. LaVelle Ricks,
3306 New Ray rd.,
Central Point.
Prophecy is the Answer
To the Editor: Answering
Mr. Krauss, in World War I,
I was of the same belief.
Studying Bible prophecy and
anatomy, I find the Bible re
veals many facts, which the
world has only learned lately.
Bible prophecy revealed the
village, the year, the day and
hour, how and why Christ was
born, the one that would be
tray Him, the exact price paid.
What the money would be
used - for, His death, burial
and resurrection, was foretold
SMITH
at G it essce
Babson Predicts No
Strike in '58
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass. It is
not my custon to discuss
strikes. Now, however, Mr.
Reuther's ask
ing that the
n e g o tiations
be postponed
until the tool
ing time comes
truly arouses
o n e's anger.
This is a So
viet - type
threat. Every-
Rorer w. Babson one should
rise up against iUIri this year
of poor sales and profits ' in
the auto industry, the.. UAW
is boldly asking for a general
wage increase, equivalent to
about ' HCn hour. It also
seeks a considerable broad
ening of tne present pension
plan, expanded hospitalization
and insurance benefits; as
well as more money for skill
ed workers.
In addition to all these
requests, the Union is ' de
manding that the Big Three
General Motors, Ford, and
Chrysler adopt a new type
of profit-sharing plan. This
seems to me a very poor time'
to make such an expensive
and far-reaching demand, and
I predict that the auto mak-
in detail 500-to 1400 years be
fore taking place. ,
Zachariah-' 12:10 said He
would be crucified. Psalm
22:16, they would pierce His
hands and feet. Isaiah 53:12,
would be crucified with crim
inals. Psalm 11:1, tells the
words He would say on the
cross; 69:21 they would give
Him vinegar to drink. Isaiah
53:9 would be buried in a rich
man's grave.
Bible prophecy gives a pic
ture of world kingdoms from
600 B.C. until now. History
proves the prophecies correct,
only God could foretell his
tory so far in advance. Why
did the world lie dormant for
hundreds of years, then make
such gains in knowledge, in
such short time? Prophecy
foretells this; 2500 years later
we know it is fact.
Christ said: These things
are written, that ye might be
lieve, and believing ye might
have life through His name.
Christ believed, and taught
the prophecies, said He: "All
things must be fulfilled, which
were written in the law of
Moses, and in the prophets,
and in the Psalms concerning
me," Luke 24:44.
A local print shop has com
pleted a 22 page paper for
me, I use hundreds of Scrip
tures Showing the prophecies
of the old .Testament, and
their fulfillment in the New
Testament. This paper should
prove to the most doubtful,
that Christ was and is the Son
of God, and that the Bible
is . the immutable Word of
God. This paper will be mail
ed free to any address.
-F. E. Beverly,
634 Crater Lake ave.,
Medford.
Sugar Industry
Rejects Pay Demand
Honolulu OPi The Interna
tional . Longshoremen's ' and
Warehousemen's Union's de
mand for a two-year contract
containing' a 25-cent hourly
pay raise has been flatly re
jected by the. Hawaiian sugar
plantation companies' negoti-ation,-committee..
"
The action marked another
deadlock in the strike that
has tied up the island sugar
i n d u s t ry for over three
months. .
The union demand, which
was-rejected Thursday, call
ed for . a 16-cent hourly in
crease effective immediately,
with a 7-cent hourly increase
to follow next Feb. 1.
Philip P. Maxwell, chair
man of management's negoti
ation committee, warned that
if its "final" 15-cent, two-year
offer presented to the union
on April 22 was not accepted
soon, it. would be withdrawn.
fT"-". Tit si A
Hp
Yip -MJ
For State Representative
J Bengtton for Representative Caamitt,
George Tucker. Chairman,
Pd. Pel. Alv. 525 North Riverside.
ers will refuse to go along
with it..
Likelihood of a Strike
Many observers believe that
the current negotiations will "
result in a stalemate and
finally in a. strike. They con
tend that automobile indus
try managements are in a bet
ter position to stand, firm
against -tne more unreason
able demands of labor than i
they have been in recent
U1AUT fihnilt .t.l lr a r .. . r :
length, and here is why: . "
The UAW treasiirv ha
ready been hard hit because :
so many members are work
ing only-part time or are not
working at all because of
plant slowdowns and shut
downs.- Only recently the
UAyyr m order to ease its
financial position was oblig
ed to cut salaries of some '
employees. Although so far
as is known, Mr. Reuther has
not yet backed down on any
of his 1958 demands, I fore
cast that in the end he will
feel obliged to compromise
and a strike should be avert
ed. But if by chance a strike
should be called, I believe
it will be a short one.
What Workers May Get
It is interesting to note that
the Supplementary Unem
ployment Benefits plan now
in force in the auto industry
and which the Union seeks
to expand was originated by
management (Ford) and not
by labor. I expect that bene
fits under this SUB plan will
be increased as a result, of the
present negotiations. Other
so-called "fringe" . benefits
may also be increased, but
only fractionally..
Provision for a wage in
crease of the size asked for
by labor now., seems impos
sible. Perhaps management'
and labor-will reach a satis
factory compromise on this is
sue. Possibly this will take
the form of a sliding-scale in
crease or decrease tied up
with sales volume or profits.
Labor-Saving Machinery
In all this discussion of ne
gotiations between manage
ment and workers in this vital
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uiausiry, x am airaia we are
losing sight of one important
fact: Labor's fortunes are still
dependent on supply and de
mand. In recent years, man
agement has shown more re
spect for the workingman and
his place in our economy. As
a result there is usually less
wrangling in labor negotia
tions than was the case some
years back. But management
will not sit idly by forever
and make concession after
concession to labor, if labor
does not do its part by boost
ing productivity and upgrad
ing quality.
' Unwise acts by labor unions
tend only to stiffen the atti
tude of management and to
hasten and increase demand
for labor-saving 'devices. Au
tomation will become more
universal during the next
ten years. There will be vast
changes in our labor situation
during the next generation or
two, changes calling for a se
ries of adjustments on the
part of both management and
workers. j
What Management Can Do
The agreements f i n a 1 1 v
reached by the UAW and the
large auto companies will un
doubtedly have . an eventual
impact on other industries.
What can management do to '
protect itself from the pitfalls
that lie ahead? First of. all,
it must do more than simply
give in to labor's every de
mand.
Management needs more in- -
tensive training in labor rela
tions for it will still be quite
dependent on labor even
when automation becomes
more widespread than it is
now. If we are to avoid so
cialism in this country, man
agement must have the ca
pacity to look ahead and lead
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things. Such negotiations,
however, must be carried on
in mutually Christian spirit
and without either side using
Russian-type threats or sharp
maneuvers.
THE MAN
who is qualified through
the EXPERIENCE of 2 term
and will us his Training
and Ability to gtt RESULTS.
Study His Record in
Public Srvic.
Vote for
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