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Medford and Jackson County
History from the file of Tht
il Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
: Nov. 16. 1949 (Wednesday)
The trial of Harry Bridges
on charges of .perjury and
conspiracy continues.
Stockmen association re
: quests city council to allow
grazing on Camp White land.
20 YEARS AGO
Not. 18. 1939 (Thursday)
Shell Oil will build mo
dern service station at 333
North Riverside ave.
From Arthur Perry"! "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "A brief
review of the life of Alphonse
Capone, ex-gangster czar, due
for early liberation from a
federal prison, shows .that
outside of a few murders, and
committing most of the ma
jor felonies, was not . a bad
sort of fellow.
30 YEARS AGO
Not. 16, 1929 (Saturday) '
purvey made for Williams
creek road cut-off shows dis
tance to the coast lessened.
County budget calls for
raising of $315,765 by county
4ax levy. '
40 YEARS AGO
Not. 16. 1919 (Sunday)
Eamon D'Valera, president
of Ireland, passed through
Medford by train last night.
Work on Prospect-Crater
Lake rd. is stopped for win
ter. x
50 YEARS AGO '
Not. 16, 1909 (Tuesday)
John Stevens, former chief
engineer on the Panama
Canal, is in Medford gather
ing data for a possible electric
road in the valley.
Fish Lake Ditch company
will begin $1,250,000 irriga
tion project in Rogue valley.
What's Yocr I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct it superior:
(even or ekjhl it excellent; five at
six is good.
1. Was the prohibition
amendment to the Constitu
tion the 14th, 18th, or 20th
amendment? -
2. An instrument used for
detecting radioactivity is
known as a what?
3. For whom was the Lib
erty Bell tolling when it
cracked?
4. The first woman in U. S.
history to be appointed as an
Ambassador was the daughter
of a famous Democratic ora
tor and politician; who was
she?
5. Who is known as "the
father of medicine"?
S. Which of these States has
the largest number of lakes
Florida, Michigan, Minnesota?
7. ' What invention is credit
ed to Dr. Rudolf Diesel? '
8. Under what social and
economic system did vassal
age exist?
9. The Thousand Islands
are a group of islands in the
Mississippi, the Hudson, or
the St. Lawrence river?
10. Puerto Rico is bordered
on the south by what body of
water?
Answers: 1. 18th. 2. Geiger
counter. 3. The death of John
Marshall (1835). 4. Ruth Bri
an Owen Rhode. (Daughter of
7."2I;am . Jennings Bryan.) 5.
r -pecrates. 6. Minnesota. 7.
: f--e! internal combustion en-
"3. tY Feudal system. 9. St.
: -.wreace. 10. The Caribbean
Veterans9 Day
If we are going to pretend to honor veterans
on Veterans' Day, let's do it right, or let's forget
about the sham. The present situation is abso
lutely ridiculous.
As it is now, city and
fices are closed as is the state unemployment of
fice. The banks, most public utility offices and
the public schools are
other hand, most retail
Each year, the situation becomes more con-
f usin' than -amusin',"
be done.
e e e
COME veterans are quite indignant about the
half-hearted observance. These reason they
gave years out of their lives to serve their coun
try and they feel some sort of recognition should
be paid to them.
Othera figure almost
group is a veteran and what is so special about it
Personally, and we
ing democracy from everything but itself, we
couldn t care less.
e e
TTHE fact remains that
ridiculous from the
ence and hurt feelings
would certainly be m favor of some sort of recog
nition of those veterans
all over the country and those who are ambula
tory but handicapped from their servie.
If the slant was made towards these people
and some sort of special attention paid to them
on one day a year then all of it would be worth
while. Otherwise why not
with Memorial Day and honor all living and
dead servicemen at the
Whatever the solution we don't much care,
but let's do something besides being hypocritical.
Corvallis Gazette-Times. ' "
Think For Ourselves
"Federal watchdogs of the nation's health
contend that the antif luoridationists are perpetra
ting tooth decay a disease that seriously im
pairs the -nation's health, manpower and eco
nomic resources."
We hope a lot of people read this and other
important statements on
tion in an article by Frank Carey, AP science
writer, published recently in metropolitan pa
pers. Here in McMinnville, where we voted for
fluoridation and tfyen were frightened away from
it by a militant minority in a subsequent election,
the lethargic majority should take little pride in
we condition of our children s teeth.
Carey cited all of the arguments used by the
anti forces in the fluoridation battles. ;iWe saw
and heard most of them TiereV He alsft pointed
out what most of us know virtually all of the
scientists, technicians and medical people to
whom we regularly trust our lives, are overwhel
mingly in favor of the fluoridation program.
. .
TTHE large cities, where these technical people
7 have strong sway, have fluoridation for 42
million Americans. A. minimum of the people in
cities under lU.UOO have
ways due to tactics playing upon the emotions of
uninformed people.
Health officials say it has been proved,, Carey
wrote, that fluoridation can prevent two out: of
three cavities in growing children and that the
method is absolutely safe. Yet a great majority
of Americans deny their children that protection
and pay out extra billions in dental bills because
they are captives to the impassioned pleas of a
minority. ! .
' Let's start thinking for ourselves about this
question particularly here in Oregon where
fluoridation" is so essential to the dental health of
our youngsters. News-Register, McMinnville.
'In One Supreme Court'
e" e aee
The Supreme Court, opening its fall term
recently, faced the. usual and visible load of
difficult cases and a certain amount of criticism
from those who have not been pleased with some
of its recent decisions in the field of civil rights.
The cases are difficult because that is 'what the
court is for. .
The criticism, as has been true on other oc
casions, comes mainly from persons who accuse
the court of being political or of usurping power
because it has hot supported their kind of politics
or added to their kind of power ...
V . j
presumably interests the general public
Y most is that field in which boundaries must
be drawn between state and Federal authority,
and that other field often connected with the
first in which the individual and government
face each other. - : :
. None of us should ever forget that this court,
by words alone, can throw around the humblest
individual a defense which all our police and all
our armed forces cannot overcome. " r .
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IT IS this court, indeed, that differentiates our
1 Republic most distinctly from the spurious
"Democratic Republics" of the Communist world.
If these nine men did not stand firm, even in
their often divided opinions, it would be of little
avail for Congress to pass laws or for the Presi
dent to try to enforce them.
The nine men are human and fallible. They
must forever fight the temptation to legislate
rather than adjudicate. But where would this na
tion be if we did not as we do trust their ca
pacity and their integrity? New York Times.
county government of
also shut down. On the
stores are open;
and something ought to
eveiy one in their age
spent our five years sav
v
0 ' e. .,
the present situation is
standpoint of inconveni
of some veterans. We
who are lying in hospitals
combine Veterans' Day
same time?
the subject of fluorida
protection, almost al
Dennis the Menace
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'See whiz? Why do V4 wmua
SrveU nAcz to uve
Drummond Reports
1 (Walter Lippman it again traveling abroad. Roscoe Dtumond
reports from. Washington in his absence.)
THE FILTH PEDDLERS
Washington Postal author
ities are beginning to make'
trouble for the purveyors of
obscenity who are currently
mis-using the ' U. S. mails to
the tune of some $500,000,000
a year.
It is going to take more
time and effort and aroused
public support and probably
stronger laws before the gov
ernment can immobilize this
traffic in filth which centers
its greedy hands upon Amer
ican youth.
But some headway is being
made
More complaints from more
parents are being received by
the Post Office with evidence
on which it can act.
More arrests are being
made.
Somewhat stiffer sentences
are beginning to come from
the courts. .
A year ago complaints,
mostly from mdignant fath
ers and mothers, against re
ceiving in the mails obscene
matter or advertisements for
obscene matter which were
neither solicited or wanted,
numbered 50,000.: During the
present fiscal year they total
led 70,000. This doesn't neces
sarily mean that more' filth
went into the mails that is
hard to measure but it sug
gests that there is greater re
sistance to receiving it.
A year ago there were 293
arrests for this kind of mis
use of the mails. This repre
sented a 45 per cent increase
over 1957. In the list year,
ending June 30, 1959, there
were 315 arrests.
. .
UNTIL quite recently the
Post Office has been han
dicapped at two points. First,
the law permitted it to prose
cute offenders only at the
point of origin of the mail.
Secondly, the courts were so
consistantly lenient that the
sentences represented little
more than, an inconvenience
or the fines a modest charge
on busmess operations. -
The difficulties which the
Post Office Department has
exDerienced in trying to pros
ecute mis-use of the mail by
the obscenity purveyors were
described by one official an
these terms:
"Even when the euiltv were
apprehended, little could be
done against them because of
the benign interpretations
handed down by certain
courts. These courts were not
ablv in Los Aneeles and New
York where the great bulk of
the mail order busmess in
obscenity originates.
"Over the years their sort
rulings established virtual
sanctuaries in which the deal
ers operated with impunity
and in defiance of justice.
"Usually even those few of
fenders who were convicted
were let off with a slap on
the wrist a light fine or a
brief jail term. To racketeers
operating on a big scale, this
kind of sentence is more a
minor discomfort than: any
thing akin to punishment."
BUT now the Post Office De
partment is armed with
legislation which enable it to
prosecute either at the point
where the mail is received
where actual damage to chil-dre-
- takes place or at the
place of origin.
Armed with this authority,
the Department is beginning
to make progress. During the
last fiscal year it has carried
out more than 14,000 separate
investigations, of which come
10,000 were based on com
plaints sent in by aroused
parents.
There is also a trend to
ward stiffer sentences. Either
the courts are becoming more
acutely aware of the relation
ship of the commercialized
spread of obscenity to the in
crease in juvenile delinquency
and other crimes or thej are
responding to public pres
fh.Ma.Wasotil ws
i ,
sures. Whatever the cause, the
courts are not as often letting
off offenders with bland sen
tences.
The turn came in the first
case prosecuted under the new
law. A man and a woman,
who had been mailing obscene
material from the Pacific
Coast, were convicted in
Boise, Idaho. They were put
behind the bars for ten years
and fined.
In a recent California con
viction a ten-year prison sen
tence was imposed in contrast
to probation which had here
tofore been granted in num
erous instances. Three to five-
year sentences are now be
coming common. Much more
needs to be. done, but those
who seek to make money out
of this crime-breeding traffic
are getting a little worried.
, (e) 1959 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
Wives Show Interest
In Husbands' Duties
Wives are interested in
their husbands' jobs, was the
conclusion , arising out of a
"husbands, and wives", meet
ing arranged by Greyhound
lines for their employees, held
recently in Medford.
The purpose of the meeting
was to let the wives know
what their husbands were do
ing, reported Stan A. Ossman,
director of safety for the west
ern division.
Wives play an important
part in the company's safety
program, for the relationship
between the driver and his
wife is often reflected in the
husband's driving, he said.
Wives are interested too, in
the outcome of the, company's
sales and advertising plans,
for the success or failure of
these plans may well affect
the job security of the hus
band, Ossman added.
In charge of the local meet
ing was Leo Cunningham, su
perintendent, Medford.
Former Area Man
Gets Promotion 1
Dale Throckmorten, 38, for
merly of Eagle Point, has been
named national dealer place
ment manager on the staff of
the general sales manager of
the newly formed Plymouth
De Soto-Valiant division of
Chrysler corporation.
Throckmorten, who attend
ed Eagle Point schools and
was graduated from Oregon
State college in 1942, was
dealer placement manager in
the Midwest sales area of the
corporation before assuming
his new position.
He has been with the cor
poration since 1952.
ELECTED PRESIDENT
Ashland-Paul Emery, Med
ford, was elected president of
the Southern Oregon college
band recently. Also elected
were secretary-treasurer, Pat
Olson, Bandon; and vice presi
dent, Joan Housten, Trail. A
band concert will be present
ed Wednesday, Nov. 25, at
10 a.m. at the Churchill haU
auditorium, according to
Glenn T. Matthews, band di
rector.
Sdence Shrinks Piles
Near Way Without Surgery
Steps Itch Relieves Pain
n Ycrk, If. T. (Special) For the
first time science has found a new
healing substance with the aston
ishing ability to shrink hemor
rhoids, stop itching, and relieve
pain without surgery.
In ease after case, while gently
relieving- pain, actual reduction
(shrinkage) took place.
Most amazing of all results were,
ea thorough that sufferers made
Matter of Fact ai,p
INSIDE THE NIGHTMARE
Hongkong -The following
transcript' of a long conver
sation seems to this reporter
ry' ).'J tering human
( - 5 document, re-
veaiing tor
almost the
first time the
J Is hard reality
- J y f of chin-
i r z p neorile s
experience in
1 1 ir-Z 1 1 Ti e present
jo.Vh AiinT stage of Chin
ese Communism's grim devel
opment. The person being interro
gated - the answerer - was a
former Communist cadre I
have named Cheng in two
previous reports in this space.
He escaped some months ago'
from his post as chief clerk of
a people's commune on the
Fukien coast. Those asking
the questions were a team
composed of Richard Wu of
the "Hongkong Standard,"
the able Fukienese newspa
perman Alec Sun, and this re
porter. As further introduction, it
is only necessary to say that
we . questioned the escaped
chief clerk for a total of. six
hours, laying all the usual re
portorial traps to catch liars
or exaggerators. Yet Wu and
Sun and I all ended with the
firm belief that the escaped
chief clerk was telling the
literal truths Here then, re
produced as nearly verbatim
as we could manage, is the
political part of the interro
gation: '
QUESTION: As we have
discussed fairly thoroughly
almost every aspect of your
own experiences in the com
mune, can you comment on
how the 'farmers like their
livelihood there, and what is
thes general feeling towards
the Communists?
ANSWER: We all know
that food and clothing are the
two essential factors in Chi
na's rural life. When our
people have not enough to
eat, we don't like it. . The
people, as far as my experi
ence went, were resentful to
the point of feeling anger. But
they also knew that the Com
munist authority was ruth
lessly tyrannical, mercilessly
cruel, and very efficient.
They were angry, but they
did not dare to show their an
ger. QUESTION: Then how did
you know? Your were a ca
dre. They wouldn't dare to re
veal their true feelings to you,
would they?
ANSWER: J knew. Partly
from my own observation,
you know, from the way they
worked, the way they reacted
to many things - one couldn't
help knowing if one lived
among them. And of course
there were activists among
the farmers who would in
form the Party Secretary
and other party cadres; they
would reflect the resentment
and the counter-revolutionary
opinions among the farmers
to the cadres.
. QUESTION: Can you give
an example .of this resent
ment? ,
xvl o w Hjjxz i can give you
many examples.
QUESTION: Please give a
very significant one, the most
striking one m your opinion.
- ANSWER: Now let me see.
before the second anti-Right
ist campaign after the estab
lishment of the communes, a
farmer was asked to give his
opinion and criticism of the
Communists in a mass meet
ing. He was 50 years old and
1 Knew nun wen as his son
was my schoolmate before the
liberation. He was a peddler
selling cooked fish, meatballs,
and noodles. His background
was clear and pure, he was
considered trustworthy. Not
knowing what he was leading
himself into, he said: "If. we
want to live decently as we
used to do, better hope for
the Kuomintang's return.
That's our only hope." He was
immediately ' arrested, they
gave him a "public trial" and
he was sent to prison after
wards. He is still serving his
labor-reforming term. ' His
son, already a militia man and
a Youth Corps member, was
also dismissed and placed in
the category of reactionary
elements he's a- reaction
ary's son, no longer qualified
to be a militiaman and Youth
Corps member any more.
a
QUESTION: What was the
reaction of the others in that
meeting? Did they feel the
same way?
ANSWER: Well, nobody
stood up to say anything for
the old man, but I could tell
by their silence and the ex
pression in their faces that
astonishing statements like Tiles
have ceased to be a problem!"
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the old peddler had their sym
pathy. QUESTION: Did you hear
any complaints yourself? For
instance, complaints made
not during those criticism
meetings.
ANSWER: I did. I heard
many complaints, especially
from the relatives and fam
ily members of the overseas
Chinese. They complained
about too much work, not en
ough food, and their money
becoming useless because
nothing was available.
' QUESTION: : Were there
any other signs of resentment
that you can think of? Any
form of resistance?
ANSWER: If you call it re
sistance, it was only- a pass
ive form, of . resistance. Slo
gans were often seen in pub
lic lavatories, slogans such as
"Down with the Communist
party," "Down with Chair
man Mao," and "Communism
is Hell," and so on. And when
the people had to give up all
their belongings and had to
eat in the public mess halls,
they started to steal. They
stole whatever they could
snatch and they consumed it
right away. When caught, it
was always the same story -they
were too hungry, they
couldn't help it. The cadres
couldn't punish them too se
verely as there was, no direc
tive from their superiors as
how to deal with small crim
es like this. Later instructions
regarding these types of crim
es somewhat decreased.
In fact, there was not much
to be stolen anyway. And
there was stronger resistance,
if you call sabotage active re
sistance. Telephone lines
were frequently cut, but very
seldom the saboteur could be
traced. Sometimes the Com
munists had to send a whole
team of militia to stand guard
over the more important
lines. But the saboteurs were
using guerilla tactics and it
was very difficult to guard
the whole length of the lines.
QUESTION: Do you have
any idea who could have done
a dangerous thing like that?
-ANSWER: - In the early
days of liberation, sabotage
activities could be easily, stop
ped because the masses of
people were on the Commun
ists' side. They would help
the Communists to chase the
landlords and reactionaries
from, their hideouts and re
port their activities to the
Communist authority. But la
ter on they gradually became
indifferent, and: still later
they began to participate in
the sabotage activities them
selves. They did everything
they could to do less work, to
sabotage, and to delay the
workf They only work now
when they are under strong
supervision directly by the
Communist cadres. Sometim
es they work at bayonet point,
otherwise they wouldn't do
what they're told. Generally
they learned so much in the
past that they know now ev
ery way to sabotage without
gettmg themselves into trou
ble. They have had so much
trouble, they are beginning
not to care if they have
some more.
QUESTION: But they are
still far from active resist
ance? ANSWER: How could the
people do much more? They
do not have anything to fight
with. People could fight Chin
Shih Huang Ti (Emperor of
Chin Dynasty) with carrying
poles and iron hoes, but how
can they do this now? They
would be machine gunned be
fore they could get near the
Communists.
Actually, full active resist-
ance could only come from
the militia who carry . guns
and ammunition.
QUESTION: Then how
about the militia?
ANSWER: The militia is
composed of party members
and Youth Corps members
who are considered loyal and
reliable elements. The militia
men are cadres and as cadres
they face more serious pun
ishment if anything goes
wrong with them. And also
because of their fear of their
superiors and of the . party
they didn't dare show any
sign of,, resentment. I was in
this category. I felt resent
ment, yet I did my best to
gain their confidence and fav
or. -
e
QUESTION: Now that our
discussion has led to the feel
ings of the cadres, can you
give a general idea of how the
cadres like the system?
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To the Editor: Your edito
rial of Nov. 13 pointed out
how ineffective our focus is
in the cranberry fuss. Too
much fuss over one chemical.
ANSWER: Among the ca
dres party members are al
ways more loyal than the
Youth Corps members gs the
Youth ' Corps members are
more often criticised and pun
ished. I knew a Youth Corps
member who-, was from my
village. When the commune
decided to seize all the iron
window bars from 'his home,
he was so angry he asked to
be transferred back to school.
He asked to be dismissed from
the Corps. Later they sent
him to Amoy to study in the
Amoy Political and Economic
college. . 1
I felt the same resentment
when they wanted to take out
all the doorknobs In our
house. My mother used to tell
me not to lean against one
side, to go as far with the
Communists as I used to pre
tend to do. She said once the
Kuomintang returns, I will
get into Hell. When I was al
lowed to come to Hongkong,
Mother was very pleased.
QUESTION: The party
members never showed their
resentment? For instance how
did your friend the Party Sec
retary really feel?
ANSWER: He sighed very
often. He used to tell me that
he was very tired, he had not
enough pay to support his
two children and his wife
who were not with him. . But
he never dared to show any
of his feelings to the masses
Once he told me that he had
a splitting headache all the
time. He said all the work
was killing him. And almost
every other party member
felt the same way, too. .
QUESTION: What do you
think of this?
ANSWER: I think they
work hard to keep themselves
out of trouble. Their feeling
was that they had no choice,
They had to work hard. They
were ordered to do so, they
were not to doubt the party's
orders, especially the correct
ness of the party's resolutions.
The harder they work, the
less likely they are going to
get into trouble. But of
course they would like to
have more rest, better ' pay,
and an easier life, too. They
eat the same food and lead
the same kind of life and
work just as hard or even
harder than the farmers. But
they could shout at people if
they wanted to. They have a
wide authority over a lot of
things, and that makes a
great difference. .
'
QUESTION: You mean that
kind of difference would lead
the cadres to believe that they
actually lead a better life? Or
that they like their life a lit
tle better?
ANSWER: In fact nobody
likes the life there in the
communes. I believe if there
is no change of the system, no
change in the communes, if
the Communists still will not
face the reality in the com
munes and in the rural life of
the Chinese people, our . mis
ery will have no end. Yet the
cadres know perfectly well
that the Communist party can
never back down. Once they
back down, they will fall be
cause their prestige, will
crumble.
The mood of .the middle
and low level cadres is very
unsteady. They do not know
what will be the outcome of
all this. They don't know
what is right, what is the
right way. They can only take
orders, which is exactly what
the party wants, and work as
hard as possible to avoid crit
icism and trouble. They , are
living in constant terror, just
like the mass of people.
To this day, I still- feel a
chill at my back when the
woras "public security" are
mentioned. There is a big
apartment house in Hongkong
which bears the same name,
Kung An, as the public secur
ity force in the mainland.
Whenever I passed by that
building, I felt uneasy.
(c) 1959 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
ATMOSPHERE
WjJtgJH-
Aminotriazoie is just one more
poison we are asked to add to
our daily meals. And this .at
Thanksgiving time - and ' I
presume we are supposed to
be thankful about it. .; s ;
What is at stake?
We have a Department of
Health, Education and Wel
fare. Its newly appointed
head, Arthur S. Flemming,
free from local political ties
and personalities can see the
health danger of weed killers
impregnating food. His duty
is to protect first the people
who may unsuspectingly in
gest such poison. He must not
permit a calculated risk. Mr.
Flemming, representing our
government, assumes the re
sponsibility for us. He is con
cerned with all the people,
not just a few growers.
If we destroy his authority,
who can be held responsible?
Do you wish to accept the
word of the president of Cy
namid Corporation? He says
that his poison is good if used
according to his directions.
The grower Says that he fol
lowed directions but went on
selling, waiting for Govern
ment officials to check up.
Shall we believe the chemists
who work for the spray indus
try, or college staff chemists
if they receive grants and do
nations from the spray indus
try? The cranberry growers
should be recompensed for
loss of crop BUT ONLY if it
was not their stupid avarice.
The blame should be placed
and the ax fall there.
This incident, if supported,
may help in the clean-up and
control of the whole business
of sprays, insecticides and ad
ditives to American food. Do
you have any way of know
ing whether the fruits, vege
tables, packaged or canned
foods are safe to eat?
When I was in Washington,
D. C, in May, the Department
of Agriculture told me they
must depend on the Food and
Drug Administration to test
and remove from market un
safe foods. The FDA said that
the mechanical turn of brains
of the manufacturers could
invent new poisons faster than
their department could check
or remove from the market.
They are almost helpless as
they have only 2,000 workers
and would need 6,000 accord
ing to their estimate.
Recent history suggests a
lesson. The great head of FDA,
Harvey Wiley, was crucified
when he stood up against
vested interests. We must
stand by those who can pro
tect us.
Marie M. Bosworth
(Mrs. H. P. Jr.)
2425 East Main St.
Medford.
Communications Column
To the Editor: : :
Acklin's monkeys - back so
soon?
Didn't they enjoy the
moon?
" Others' letters cover many
Situations - almost any.
Disliking kids
on
Hallo-
ween,
. Begrudging just one jelly
bean. One disliked her treasure
hunt, ;
She'd prefer a circus stunt
No cranberries Thanksgiv
ing Day,
Too bad - but we'll live
anyway. .
To Acklin's monkeys credit
- give- -'
With them, some day, we
all may live.
Mrs. Delbert Casey
Route 1, Box 358
Central Point
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