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Medford and Jaskson County
History from th files of Tht
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Nov. 25, 1949 (Friday)
Ten Southern Oregon col
lege students have biographies
in "Who's Who Among. Col
lege and University Stu
dents." Central Point football squad
to be honored at dinner; have
n't lost league game in two
years.
20 YEARS AGO
Not. 25, 1939 (Saturday)
Defending national basket
ball champs, University of
Oregon, defeat Southern Ore
gon Normal, 64-44.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Quite
a number are planning trips'
to. California soon, and will
pay the sales tax, they, vote
agrinst at home." ,
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 25, 1929 (Monday)
Definite plans for a theater
at Sixth and Holly sts. have
been announced.
Next week is "No" Radio
Static" week.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 25, 1919 (Tuesday)
Portland Chamber of Com
merce back re-establishment
of the normal school at Ash
land.
Thanks are given for peace
this year.
50 YEARS AGO . -Nov.
25, 1909 (Thursday)
Gridiron games kill 29 play
ers so far this season; 20 more
expected to die from serious
injuries.
Lou Martin, Medford hold-
ud man, escapes from county
jail.
What's Your I.Q.?
kj: mp correct ia tunerier :
seven or eight is excellent; five at
nx as good.
1. Would it have been pos
sible for Napoleon Bonaparte
and, George Washington to
have visited each other? ;
2. Who won the battle of
Bunker Hill, the Americans or
the British?
3. Which arm of the famous
statute, Venus de Milo, is
wholly missing?
4. When daylight saving
time is changed back into
standard time, are the clocks
retarded, or advanced one
hour?
5. In what war did Jeb
Stuart gain his fame as a
cavalry leader?
6. What was the Clare-
mont? - , -
7. What does the Latin
phrase post-mortem mean?
8. Where did the owl and
the pussy cat go?
9. Name the most used let
ter in the English alphabet
in Correct the following:
"She purchased three pair of
gloves. - ... L
Answers: 1. Yes. 2. Britosh.
3. Left arm. 4. Retarded one
hour. 5. War Between the
States. 6. Fulton's steamboat.
7. "After death." To tea.
9. The letter 10
three pairs of glove- ,
TO VISIT INDIA
New Delhi-TOPD-Kliment Y.
Voroshilov, chairman of the
Presidium of the Supreme
Court of i the U.S.S.R., will
visit India in January.
The Real Glory
i
"The majority in a democracy has no more right
to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different
system, the latter would have to oppress the for
mer . . . The saying that the voice of the people is
the voice of God may be quite as untrue, and do
quite as much mischief, as the old theory of - the di
vine right of kings. The distinguishing feature of
our American governmental system is the freedom
of the individual; it is quite as important to prevent
his being oppressed by many men as it is to, save him
from the tyranny of one."
And who said this? Theodore Roosevelt. '
It is reminiscent of Reinhold Niebuhr's com
ment: 1
"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy pos
. sible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democ
racy necessary."
TPHESE quotations get at the essence of the
American ideal of government the maxi
mum amount of individual freedom comirren
surate with the public welfare.-
In other words, you
ed in our actions, just so long as our actions do
no damage to others. At that point, however,
social sanctions (laws ordinances, customs,
traditions) become necessary.
And it is to the eternal glory of this nation
that it has, over the years, maintained this balance
between individual freedom and the protection
of society as well as it has, despite changing
circumstances and changing customs. E.A.
Who is That "Leader"?
We don't know precisely where it originated
(although it was probably in a New Yorker maga
zine cartoon), but the
leader," has entered the language.
It is supposed to be funny and on occasion
it can be, it and its variations.
(The space man speaks to an earthling and
says, "Take me to Brigette Bardot. I'll check
with your leader later.")
A WRITER on the Coos Bay World, however,
takes it seriously enough to. inquire what you
would do if a one-eyed, spiral-skulled, balloon
bellied creature in a space suit should sidle up
to you and ask to be taken to your leader.
"Who," the writer asks, "would you take him
(or her, or it) to?"
Who, in other words, IS your leader? The
mayor? The police chief? Your minister or priest?
The secretary of the chamber of commerce? The
women's editor?
Who WOULD you take the visitor to see? t
It may be a futile speculation, for no one is
expecting a Martian or Venusian or Alpha Cen-
taurian to drop in for tea tomorrow or soon.
'.-..
AND yet, serious scientists tell us that there
"may be as many as a billion planets in the
galaxy of which our solar system is a part which
are capable of supporting life as we know it,
' . One group of scientists is using' expensive
radio telescopes to monitor the heavens on the
chance that intelligible messages may be discov
ered coming through the void.
And, ths Coos Bay writer concludes, it might
be a good idea to figure out who the leader is
you would -take him-her-it to see upon demand.
For, if you do, he says, it might even have
beneficial results if he-she-it never shows up, be
cause, in the meantime,
idea in which direction
know whom you are following. J.A.
Nowhere
Elsewhere on this
Butte Falls one of our
irascible correspondents has two complaints.
One is upon the quality of music available
for listening on local radio stations.
The other is that fact
his on the same subject has had little effect.
We have news for Mr. McCabe.
..-,
A LETTER in the Mail Tribune "Communica
tions" column isn't likely to change things
over night. Neither, it should be added, is an
editorial on this page.
This we know from long and sometimes frus
trating experience.,
And it can be stated as a fact, incontrovert
ible and established, that while the vast majority
of letters (and editorials) may furnish food for
thought, it is the rare exception which stirs up
any immediate action.
(One of the rare exceptions was a letter some
months ago concerning the county dog pound.
It resulted in a flurry of other letters, a restudy
by the county court and dog control board, and a
major revision in the operation of the pound.)
AS TO the radio music locally available, Mr.
" McCabe complains of too much reck 'n' roll,
and not enough good, old-fashioned, fiddle-style
country music.
From our admittedly circumscribed radio
listening, we would be inclined to agree as to the
abundance of rock V roll. But the Good Lord
deliver us from too much of the other, either.
Tastes differ, friend Floyd. What titillates
the fancy of a teen ager
music enthusiast. And a surfeit of country music
may nauseate an afficionado of musical comedy,
light opera or symphonies.
Don't try to dictate others' musical, taste. It
gets you absolutely plain nowhere. We know.
And, what with all
"payola" would do much
anyway. RA.
and I should be unrestrict
phrase, "take me to your
"you might have a better
you are heading if you
page, Floyd McCabe of
more regular and more
that an earlier letter of
may depress a country
the talk, we doubt that
good either right now,
Dennis the Menace
,VHTA YA MEAN '6FC WE HAD A TZLEd&MOU SET'?
We've WAYS wo a TCteasHfON serf
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer
although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial
for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right tc
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters
submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper; in fact the contrary is often
He Likes Fiddle Music
To the Editor:' About a year
ago I wrote a letter in the
Communications- .column of
the Medford Mail Tribune,
complaining of the ."music'
available over. Rogue valley
radio stations. As yet I have
been unable to note any im
provement in the fare we are
able to get from the local
stations. The program direc
tors evidently think their lis
teners are all rock and roll-
ers. They should conduct a
poll to determine the type of
programs desired by the lis
teners.
I suggest that local people
try to tune their sets to KNBC
San Francisco, Monday
through Thursday, 8:05 to
8:30 p.m. and Fridays from
8:30 to 9 p.m., and KFI, "os
Angeles, 4 to 7:30 p.m. on
Saturdays, for the Polka
Party. They (the listeners) can
hear the best available music
there, far better than that
offered by local stations.
Our local stations evidently
consider a fiddle as one of the
poorest types of instruments,
if the programs here are any
indication.
I'd certainly enjoy hearing
some decent music on the lo
cal stations, but wUl probably
die of shock if I am so lucky.
Floyd R. McCabe
' Mt. Pitt Star Rt.
Butte Falls, Ore.
50-PIus Delinauent
To the Editor: My parents
adopted this chubby li'l brat
way back when, supplied a
nappy nome where we prayed,
worked and nlaved to -Tether.
We weren't wealthy, but
father could make playhouse
furniture, a wonderful tree
house and flower beds just for
me. '
Mother made my room a
girlhood haven, but I had mv
mouth soap-washed and my
caboose carpet-slippered many
times. (I can taste that' home
made soft-soap yet!) ,
There was love mixed with
the corrections and it wasn't
lack of parental watchfulness
and training that made me put
a hog bladder under the
"profs' cushion, soda in the
teacher's powder, and frogs
in her desk. I would not have
sketched her on the black
board if she had taken the
chalk away when she stood
me in the corner or nrnvmi
to her x that "CANT was in
the dictionary. (I put it there.)
. I filled Father's mouth with
salt when he napped, stuck
Vernice McGarritv's curls in
my ink well, shot paper-wads
with good aim, and every
Oct. 31' I helDed tiD over-
well-we won't go into that.
But I really didn't destroy
property.
I snapped outta mv smart
stage and I am sure teenaeers
of today will also "grow up.!'
They do seem peppy, don t
they? Every neighborhood
needs to supply outlets for
youthful vim: vacant lots,
balls, bats, trees to climb and
supervised games.
Parents, teach vour little
tads to be honest and to re
spect others. Go to church
with them. Perhaps - just
perhaps - they will be good
teenagers.
Don't tell the Fiftv Plus
members that I was 3 iiivm.
ile delinquent or they won't
let me be the publicity chair
woman. If I don't get too old
to dream, I'll be at Fifth
and Oakdale next Friday at
12:30. I'll bring an extra sack
lunch for a visitor. That
Medford Fiftv Plus Club is
the MOST.
Pearl Spackman,
Jacksonville. 1
How About It?
To the Editor: How many
people in the city of Medford
are proud of the record made
because of us not having a
proper dog control law? The
the caax-
county dog control office ad
vises that on an average, 200
dogs have been killed every
month for the last three years
We have often been told that
dog is man's best friend. Have
we proven by our actions that
we have reciprocated in this
friendship?
The city . council in Port
land is acting on this serious
situation and at the last coun
cil meeting took preliminary
steps to place a proposed law
on the ballot to be voted on
at the May election to prohibit
dogs from running at large
May we see a little action
by our city council along the
same line?
Frank Howell
205 Laurel st.
Medford
What It Will Do
To the Editor: It may inter
est your readers to know what
the pennies, nickels and dimes
collected on Halloween by
children in your area in be
half of the Uni i, Nations
Children's Fund will mean to
the 55 million children and
mothers assisted by UNICEF
in 106 countries and territor
ies this year.
J.UC J. Ill VI ilea lci a
selfless efforts, and your com
rrl rr;Al n-,,.. n
munity's generous response,
will be translated into any
of the following:
Enough vaccine to protect
31,184 children from tubercu
losis; 155,920 glasses of milk;
The penicillin to cure ,236
children of yaws, a crippling
tropical disease;
124,736 vitamin capsules
for children suffering from
malnutrition; or
The sulfone to treat suc
cessfully 312 young leprosy
victims for three years.
To all those who made this
possible go our most heartfelt
thanks.
Victor de Keyserling
Director of Publicity
United States Committee
for UNICEF
United Nations, N.Y.
Disputed Art To
Be Offered for View
Hollywood-flJPD-The owners
of 10 disputed paintings said
Tuesday the reputed master
pieces shortly would be of
fered for public viewing and
examination by experts.
The announcement was
made after owners of the
paintings and their agent said
they had resolved their "inter
nal differences" stemming
from last Thursday's press
conference in which finding
of the paintings was made
public. The owners claimed
they weren't told about the
press conference until it was
over.
Disputes about the authen
ticity and worth of the. paint
ings raged in both Europe and
the United States, but attor
neys for, the owners Tony
and Alfonso Folio and Maria
Hataburda and their , agent,
Charles Di Renzo, said they
"firmly announce their belief
as to the authenticity of the
collection." .
NEW TREATY AGREEMENT
Washington-(UPE-The United
States, Russia and 10 other
countries are near final agree
ment on a treaty to demili
tarize Antarctica and freeze
the region's territorial status
quo. Treaty negotiators are
expected to hold a final ses
sion Friday to sign the pact.
POPE MARKS BIRTHDAY
Vatican City-flJPD-Pope John
XXIII quietly celebrated his
78th birthday today by treat
ing it as any other working
day. The portly Pontiff was
up before dawn to say Mass
in bis private chapeL
Union Deductions Lend Financial Muscle
To H of fa's Political Drive; Decision Due
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington -DPD There is
shocking muscle behind Jim
my Hoffa's threat to knock off
in next year's
election the
members of
Congress who
voted for la
bor reform.
The muscle
adds up to a
little more
than $250,000
a month. That
Lyle C. WUmo is What Hof-
ias teamsters will put up each
month on a basis of a 15-cents-a-head
deduction from their
dues. Hoffa will have a polit
ical war chest to goggle the
eyes of fund raisers for mere
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Afghanistan Teeters
Of Communist Land,
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
When President Eisenhower
visits Kabul, capital of Af
ghanistan, on his 11-nation
tour next
month, , , t h e
magnificen c e
of its "moun
tain setting
may remind
him of Colo
rado Springs,
But Kabul's
magnificen c e
ends with its
Phii ewsom view of snow
capped Hindu Kush moun
tains. It is a muddy, dark-brown
city with only a few modern
shops. Russian buses and cars
dominate " its streets, which
also were paved by the Rus
sians. Green lawns and attrac
tive flower beds are hidden
behind walled compounds.
Afghanistan is one of five
nations the President will
visit which have common
boundaries, with the Iron
Curtain.
Close to Becoming Satellite
Of them all, Afghanistan is
the closest to becoming a Rus
sian satellite.
The reasons are many.
One is the country's geo
graphical location which
makes it a buffer between
Russia and India and Pakis
tan, and a natural for Soviet
infiltration. At the same time,
A i g h a n-Pakistan relations
have been strained over Af
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Eleazer Straightens
Out Thanksgiving;
Date Shifts Recalled
By FRANK ELEAZAR
Washington uTPD Among
things to say thanks for on
Thursday, besides cranberry
jelly without
aminotriazole,
is, that we've
got it all
straight now
when to cele-
brate Thanks
giving.
Well, we've
got it straight
for this year,
Frank Eleazar anyway.
PracticaUy any school boy
can tell you that ' Thanksgiv
ing day is the last Thursday
in November. So give that
boy a zero, and get on with
the story.
Thanksgiving in one form
or another dates back to the
pilgrims. It was George Wash
ington who proclaimed' the
first national day of Thanks
giving, on Nov. 26, 1789. But
- who knows? - maybe the
turkeys all smothered that
year." Anyway, the celebration
failed to take hold. .
Washington didn't try again
for six years, when he picked
a day in March. Our forebears
thereafter were thankful on
ly irregularly and on such di
verse days as Feb. 19, the sec
ond Thursday in April, Aug.
6, and the first Thursday in
December. '
Proclaims Last Thursday
In 1863, President Lincoln
proclaimed "the last Thurs
day in November" as"a day of
Thanksgiving' for assorted
boons including recent ad
vances by the Union armies
against the Confederates.
That particular point pos
sibly didn't go over too weU
in some sections. Neverthe
less, this time the observation
caught on. By 1939, every
body North and South knew
that ' Thanksgiving was al
ways the last Thursday in No
vember. But 1939 was a year when
not everybody could think of
as many reasons to celebrate
as in some earlier times. For
one thing, retail sales had
been off. President Roosevelt
moved Thanskgiving day up
by a week, to give Christmas
shoppers longer to get rid of
their money. - '
Nov. 23, the day he picked,
was the fourth Thursday all
right, but it wasn't the last.
political parties.
Neither the Republicans
nor the Democrats have a
money tree such as that. The
Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 laid
a heavy hand on Big Labor's
political spending. John L.
Lewis in 1936 dumped nearly
$500,000 into Franklin ' D.
Roosevelt's second term cam
paign. The CIO Political Ac
tion Committee , in 1944 ac
cumulated about x that much
from various union treasuries
for political purposes.
The Taft-Hartley Act amend
ed the Corrupt Practices Act
to restrict union spending just
as political spending by na
tional banks and corporations
is restricted. Taft-Hartley for
bade unions to make contribu
ghanistan's demand for a free
Pathan state which would in
clude some of Pakistan's
northwest territory.
But, as is often the .case,
the real reason for Afghanis
tan's present close relations
with Russia is economic.
Afghanistan has received
economic aid both from Rus
sia and the United States, but
by far the greatest amount
has come from Russia which
has granted the country a
$100 million loan and flooded
it with Russian experts of aU
categories.
In contrast, U.S. aid, while
steady, has amounted to a
comparatively small five mil
lion to seven million dollars
per year.
Russian and Afghan barges
ply the Oxus river, bringing
in Russian machinery, petro
leum, sugar, fabrics and other
goods in exchange for Afghan
wool, cottofl, oil seeds and dry
fruitsv.
Assist in Explorations
Russian experts assist In
Afghan oil explorations. Rus
sian engineers uild power
and irrigation projects, and
drive a tunnel through the
Hindu Kush mountains, bring
ing closer Afghanistan's
southern and northern prov
inces by nearly 150 miles.
Other Russian aid builds air
ports,, cement factories and
metal works. -
While small by contrast,
U. S. aid also has been sub
stantial, including dam and
There were five Thursdays in
November that year.
From the uproar that fol
lowed, you would have
thought Roosevelt had rejig
gered Christmas. Dr. Norman
Vincent Peale as a matter of
fact warned that this might
be next.
Railroads and bus lines en
joyed two holiday jams. One
airline served turkey dinners
aloft each Thursday in the
month. i .
Roosevelt, undi smayed,
tried it again in 1940. This
time he proclaimed Nov. -21,
the month's third Thursday,
as turkey day. In 1941 he pro
claimed one more early
Thanksgiving and then said
Lincoln's way would have to
suffice thereafter.
By 1941, Congress was get
ting fed up. The; House shov
ed through a bili to say "the
last Thursday in November"
was going to be Thanksgiving
day from here on, and no
more fouling it up.
But, alas, the Senate, as
usual, felt obliged to think up
an amendment It changed the
bill to read "fourth" Thurs
day Instead of "last." When
the late Sen. Robert A. Taft
(R-Ohio), mildly protested this
trifling with history, the judi
ciary committee explained
that in five years out of seven
the fourth and last Thursdays
in November were the same.
The least we could do, the
committee said, was give the
merchants a break the other
two years.
In the House by that time
members were more interest
ed in Pearl Harbor than
Thanksgiving. They accepted
the change without debate
and the bill became law.
Well, this is one of those
years when history triumphs
over commerce. So far I have
n't heard any merchants com
plaining. Worry of
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tions to candidates or to spend
moneynn connection with pri
maries and elections for the
selection of federal officials.
Invalidated by Supreme Court
This prohibition of political
expenditures not of political
contributions was invalidat
ed by the Supreme Court. Big
Labor may spend but it may
not contribute. That did it, so
far as any real restriction on
labor's political spending was
concerned. Big Labor went
into the field of political edu
cation in a big way - educat
ing the voters for spme candi
dates and against others.
The CIO moved in 1954 to
knock the remaining bare way
down. CIO funds paid for nine
television programs boosting
on Verge
Powers
airport construction and as
sisting in Afghanistan's sub
stantial educational program.
In years past Afghan trade
flowed southward through, the
Kybel- Pass to .Pakistan. To
day, the bulk of it is moving
northward into Russia.
Afghan leadership is in the
hands of Prime Minister Sar
dar Duad, a bald, tough man
who is driving hard to im
prove his country. But his
critics have declared, him
naive, so far as the Russians
are concerned, and even have
suggested he would not object
too strenuously to a Commu
nist take-over.
In the Day's Hews
By FRANK JENKINS
From London:
Britain's leading disc jock
eys reacted angrily to charges
by a member of parliament
that "payola" is as rampant
in Britain as it is in the United
States, v
The member of parliament
referred to is Mr. Roy Mason,
Labor party spokesman on
broadcasting affairs. He has
filed a demand in Parliament
(British version of our. con
gress) that the postmaster gen
eral immediately ban some of
the most popular British radio
and television record pro
grams. , , .
He says: -
"The evidence suggests that
undesirable practices and dis-!
crimination may be taking
place."
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HMMMMMMM. "
The yen for ' the quick
buck, it appears, is an inter
national yen. It exists in
Britain, where radio and TV
are government owned- and
or controlled, as well as in the
U.S.A., where private owner
ship is the rule. '
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NOW ONE from Hollywood:
Marie "the Body" McDon
ald has discovered her own
private gold mine. The blonde
veteran of movies and night
clubs now is traveling around
the country for a manufactur
er, starring in a private show
for businessmen. Accompan
ied by orchestra leader Ted
Fio Rito and a flock of com
pany executives, Marie belts
out a 40-minute act, then in
vites the firm's distributors to
join her for a cocktail party
and a show. She says:
"I do my regular night club
act and then chat with the
people. Believe me, it helps
sell air conditioners, even at
this time of the year. This is
more lucrative than acting,
and in addition to the money
I get more publicity and meet
more people. Most important
of all, there's nothing tempor
ary about it I am looking for
ward to a 10-year association
with the company."
AT THIS POINT, a question:
Assuming that you are in
the market for an air condi
tioner, would you be PRI
MARILY influenced. in your
choice by the fact that Marie
"the Body" McDonald has
wowed a bunch of big
shots at a convention? .Or
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than to
the U. S. Senate candidacy of
Democrat Pat McNamara.
The Justice Department got
an indictment but lost in the
courts. The courts held that
the CIO merely was spending
for "political education." Mc
Namara won.
The head-tax system is used
widely by Big Labor to fi
nance its expenditures for po
litical activity. Big Labor in
Michigan levies six-cents-a-
month on AFL-CIO members
to raise about $500,000 in good
times. 'Recession and unem
ployment have cut the take
now to about $300,000.
This gentle bite Is ample.
The end political result of
this levy on union members
should arouse the envy of Re
publican fund, raisers, causing
them to wish they could lay a
head-tax of even a nickel on
somebody. They cannot do
that. Neither can the heads of
the great corporations lay a
head-tax of even one-cent-a-month
on their stockholders
or their employees. There
would be coast-to-coast com
motion about that. Many so
taxed could and would ob
ject that they were being com
pelled to contribute, however
little, to political purposes of
which they did not approve.
Some union members have
made that same ' complaint.
There is moving now toward
late winter decision in the
U.S. Supreme Court a legal
dispute which might spoil Big
Labor's big political take.
In thi$ case, a few union
members seek to limit strict
ly to purposes of labor negoti
ations and collective bargain
ing 'all use of their dues mon
ey. If the protesting union
members win that one, Big
Labor is likely to get out of
the political education busi
ness, fast.
would you be MORE concern-'
ed with whether or not it will
really condition the air to a.
satisfactory degree of comfort
and purity and won't break
down too often?
I may be wrong, but I'd be
willing to bet my last shirt
that when you finally sign on
the dotted line or lay the
money on the counter you
don't give a hoot about Marie
and her parties for the big
wigs. I CAN'T HELP thinking that
in these modern days the
boys in the gray flannel suits,
whose habitat is Madison Ave
nue, in the Big Burg, rather'
than out in the sticks where
the customers live, are FOR
GETTING something. -.
They're forgetting the bet
ter mousetrap and the path
buyers are supposed to beat
to the place where the better
mousetrap is to be had. If
they'd pay jnore attention to
making better mousetraps
(and telling in simple words
just WHY they're better) and
less attention to the carry
ings - on of characters like
Marie "the Body" McDonald,
BIG TIME advertising (as con
trasted to retail advertising.
whose job is to sell good goods
to satisfied customers) would
be more productive -
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need us and not know us.