MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Or.
Friday, February S, 1960
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The.
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30. 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 5, 1950 (Sunday)
Gov. Douglas McKay an
nounces that Lane county will
be the starting point in all-out
state-wide drive to reduce un
employment. Italian film director, Rober
to Rosselini, admits to being
father of Ingrid Bergman's
son, says he will marry soon
as her divorce to first husband
is final.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 5, 1340 (Monday)
Finnish troops encircle Rus
sian division and between la,'
000 and 20,000 Russ troops
either killed or captured.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Ameri
can Bar association asks
lawyers to make legal docu
ments understandable by all,
this should stop practice of
calling a 500,000 word docu
ment, a brief."
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 5, 1930 (Wednesday)
County court offers humane
society a site near Coker
Butte.
New city dance ordinance
will be before council soon;
it is hoped will end dispute
over appointment of dance
matrons.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 5, 1920 (Friday)
Three minute telephone
calls to Jacksonville will cost
nickel.
Allies renew demand to ex
tradite war criminals from
Germany.
50 YEARS AGO
Feb. 5. 1910 (Saturday)
Creditors of Medford and
Crater Lake Railroad com
pany file suit in circuit court
protesting nign payments xo
other creditors.
Mayor and councilmen re
turn from southern California
where they were successful in
finding cheaper kinds of pave
ment to use on local streets.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior:
seven or eight is excellent; five or
lis is good.
1. Solidified carbon dioxide
is known as what?
2. Do racehorses on U.S.
tracks run clockwise or counter-clockwise?
3. Is hematology the study
of hemstitching, genealogy, or
blood?
4. Is the puffing adder a
venomous snake?
5. Where would you look
to find the expression QWER
TYUIOP? 6. Which are the two lead
ing silver-producing countries
in the world?
7. What does the phrase
"caveat emptor" mean?
8. Correct the following:
"Neither the President nor
his wife are to be present at
the ceremony."
9. How many passengers
were there aboard the May
flower? 10. All foreign-born per
sons are aliens; true or false?
Answers: 1. Dry ice. 2.
Counter-clockwise. 3. Blood.
4. No. 5. Standard typewriter
keyboard. 6. U.S. and Mexico.
7. "Let the buyer beware."
8 "Neither the President nor
his wife is . . ." 9. One-hundred
and two. 10. False.
NATIONAL
31 lA
Gambling Our Future
Time and Life magazines, the mainstays of
the Luce enterprises, have long been staunch ad
herents of the Eisenhower administration.
There are some, indeed, who think of them
as the "Ike house organs," dedicated to making
President Eisenhower even more of the hero than
he already is to the American people, and which
never, never, never say a bad word about Ike.
So, when both of them, stimultaneously, chal-
lege the President's own verdict that he knows
more about military aff airs than almost anybody,
it's news, of a sort.
IN THEIR current issues, both of these big mag-
azines take a look at America's missile strength,
and come to the conclusion that we aren't doing
enough in this line.
This is in rather violent contrast to the sooth
ing syrup they have been ladling out ever since
Sputnik I started beeping its ominous message
of Russian rocket superiority. Both Time and
Life have been, until very recently, scornful of
the warnings issued by a number of other publi
cations less dedicated to the "Ike Can Do No
Wrong" philosophy.
We don't know what motivated this change,
unless it is that the evidence is becoming almost
overwhelming that America is not only behind
in missile and space technology, but in imminent
danger of falling even further back, not only in
these fields but m general science and economy.
fEN. Thomas S. Power, commander of the
Strategic Air Command, has shown great
courage, and jeopardized his Air Force career, by
speaking out against the budget-minded cuts in
American military strength. He has stuck to his
view, too, even in face of pressure from his su
periors and chiding direct from the White House.
Gen. Maxell D. Talyor, former Army chief
of staff, feels the same
uncertain terms in a book published alter his re
tirement, and since.
Gen. Thomas D. White, Air Force chief of
staff, also is concerned, but says his views have
been rejected by his civilian superiors and that
he must accept their decision.
Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris, who retired re
cently as head of the Army missile program; has
also protested lack of funds and lack of overall
direction of American rocketry.
DR. WERNHER von Braun, America's premier
rocket scientist, is "very doubtful" if the" U.S.
could catch up with the Russians by 1964, even
if massive new funds are allocated to the work.
Air Force Secretary Dudley C. Sharp agrees
"in principle" that an airborne alert is needed.
Lt. Gen. Bernard Schriever, head of research
for the Air Force, likewise advocates a maximum
airborne alert which means he concedes the
Russians are so far ahead we have to put stop
gap remedies to use until (or if) the "missile
gap" or "deterrent gap" can be closed.
DOTH Walter Lippmann and Joseph Alsop,
trained observers and newsmen, have express
ed extreme concern, not only about America's
short-range military capabilities, but about its
long-range economic, scientilic, technological
and military sense of urgency and direction.
And now, belatedly, the Luce publications
are acknowledging that perhaps all is not as
secure and rosy as the administration has been
attempting to assure us.
President Eisenhower, said Wednesday that
America's defense plans are adequate, and that
we have enough power to deter attack.
But this statement is mightily unconvincing
when viewed in light of Defense Secretary
Thomas Gates' admission of some days ago that
America's plans are based on what we "think"
the Russians might do.
IS THE administration, in fact, gambling with
America's future?
Is it wishfully hoping that, through small
budget increases, it will be able to overcome its
second class status in rocketry and space?
Is it staking America's very survival on its
"guess" as to what Russia or China might do?
Evidence mounts that it is doing exactly this.
Isn't it about time, 27 months after Sputnik,
that this country decides to look facts in the face,
decides not to settle for second-best, decides not
to gamble its existence on someone's "guess", and
decides that the price is worth it? E.A.
Soft Speaking
One can be strongly critical of the adminis
tration for its almost hypnotic adherence to
budget-first policies, particularly in defense mat
ters, and at the same time believe it is right in
seeking to find an international accommodation
which will permit eventual disarmament.
Right now, we cannot afford to be second
best militarily. .
In the long rim (and it is a "run" which is
getting shorter all the time), we cannot afford
to continue a senseless armament race, particu
larly when the armaments are of a sort which,
if ever used, promise total annihilation.
THERE was a lot of plain horse-sense in Teddy
Roosevelt's admonition to "speak softly and
cany a big stick."
- We approve the administration's soft speak
ing in international affairs, -and devoutly hope
that a way can be found to achieve world dis
armament on a solid, safeguarded basis.
Meanwhile, the "bip- stick" looks nrettv
shaky. E.A. . -..
way, and said so in no
-
Dennis the
1 THOUGHT THE TRAIN
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Billboards
To the Editor: I wish to
thank you for your editorials
regarding billboards in which
you gave some clear explana
tions and also asked the opin
ions of others.
1. 1 think that ALL our
highways would much better
serve their purpose without
any billboards at all, with
just the barest directional
signs. This would include
those splendid maps placed at
some intersections where one
can park in safety at the side
and learn where various roads
lead.
2. I believe that billboards
are a very objectional means
of advertising. They are a
hazard, thev clutter up the
landscape and annoy the driv
er just as record players in
some streetcars forced their
advertising ; into the ears of
their captive audiences.
3. One of the finest things
Medford has done in some
time was to put in fine shape
that beautiful little Maple
Grove Park. Then to deface
it with a large ' staring bill
board, just as one approaches
the city, would be working
toward the opposite direction
Cluttering up a town is just
like some run-down stores
that plaster their outsides
with a mess of soft drink,
tobacco, milk, and bakery
signs, etc. Reminds me of a
sign I once saw in a small
town barber shop. I did not
think it attracted the most
desirable citizens. It said:
"If you spit on the floor
at home, spit on it here. We
want you to feel at home."
Horace W. Thompson,
3642 Hilsinger rd.,
Medford
- P.S. Advertising belongs in
the newspapers and magazines
where one can read at leisure
Cook in Opposition
To the Editor: A metropoli
tan newspaper of Feb. 3 chose
editorially to reelect Senator
Neuberger on the spot, and
to ignore the growing oppo
sition to him and the candi
date who represents that op
position. They unwittingly did me
a favor by so doing. If there
are, as was stated, prospec
tive candidates for senator
who are too timid or afraid
to come out and contest Sena
tor Neuberger, they were
further discouraged. For
throwing a scare at any com
petition to me, I am grateful.
For playing ostrich and re
fusing to recognize opposi
tion, I am amused.
I have been accused of be
ing lacking in color. There is
one band of tti3 spectrum in
particular that has not been
attributed to me. That is yel
low. I entered this race when
Senator Neuberger was ap
parently in full vigor and go
ing strong. My opposition is
to his record of spending and
taxing and to his socialistic
inclinations.
My opposition will continue
to be so, regardless of the at
titude of big newspapers,
whose reasoning seems ter
ribly mixed up. I refer to giv
ing support to a man who
is supported by the very same
forces that are trying to sub
due the newspaper. I will not
try to unscrew the unscru
table. R. F. Cook,
Route 1, Box 320,
Silvertcn, Ore.
Party Convention
To the Editor: The historic
Democratic State Convention
at Salem is over. To say it
was a success is an under
statement. Yet I cannot, in
the limitations of a letter to
the editor, adequately convey
the excitement and deep sat
isfaction and pleasure which
I felt in the results of this
great convention.
Menace
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lAAS RATHER GOOD.
The part of the convention
which most impressed me was
the tremendous interest of
people to listen to discussion
on questions of the day, many
of the people not even dele
gates or alternates to the con
vention. Friday afternoon, as
you walked down the hall of
the Marion Hotel by the com
mittee rooms, not only were
20 or 30 delegates inside de
bating, but standing quietly
around the edges of the com
mittee room and even bulging
out into the hall, stood many
people just listening.
Friday night our main Plat
form Committee started work
at 7 o'clock. I thought maybe
10 or 15 non-delegates might
show up to listen for a short
time. By 8 o'clock we had an
audience of 50 or 60, the en
tire free area of the room had
been filled with chairs and
a few even stood in the door
way and a short distance
dowu the hall. This keen and
strong interest of people held
most of this wonderful audi
ence until one o'clock' in the
morning. I might add that our
committee worked until 4
o'clock Saturday morning.
What a strong reaffirma
tion, for those of weak heart
who need it, of the keen de
sire of the Oregon people to
discuss and hear discussed the
great problems which face us.
I wonder who the Repub
lican State Chairman was
thinking of when he said re
cently at Coos Bay that the
Democratic State Convention
was silly because really the
issues were too complex for
the average person to under
stand. One fond hope that I cling
to as one of the hoped for
results of this convention is
that somewhere in that large
audience Friday night, listen
ing and observing the pro
ceedings of this tremendous
Democratic Convention, was
a Republican. If there was,
maybe he will carry back a
seed to the dark, dismal bos
om of the Republican high
command.
Somewhere in the folds of
that body that seed might
find a warm nesting place,
and after the necessary pass
ing of time a new idea might
eventually emerge. What a
great day for politics in Ore
gon that would be!
Robert W. Straub,
Democratic State
Chairman,
Eugene, Ore.
Commercial-Commercials
To the Editor: Television
commercials get longer and
more devious as this medium
of selling gains in experience.
Tuesday night's - "Carnegie
Story", however, seemed to be
a bold step toward making
the sales pitch continuous.
Here was a full half hour of
commercial, well larded with
Patent Medicine" type testi
monials and replete with the
usual interruptions we have
come to accept as the selling
part of the program.
Since the whole show was
' Sell", would these inter
ruptions be called Commer
cial-Commercials, or; perhaps.
The Full Nelson" treatment?
Probably a few more years of
practice will bring a perfec
tion in the subtlety of the
double barreled presentation,
that will make us supinely un
aware of the fact that we are
being propagandized.
H. W. Robertson
103 North Central ave.
Medford
Bill's Billboard
To the Editor: Will try to
explain in a few simple words
why we defend the obnoxious
billboard; a controversy six
score years ago.
The monologue goes like
this:
"Bill" had ' a billboard.
Ex-G. I. Delights in Watching Top Brass
Snap To As Unmilitary Senator Presides
By DICK WEST
Washington - (UPD - As a
World War II G.I. who never
rose above the rank of Techni
cian - Fifth
Grade, I get a
certain kick
out of attend
ing Senate
m i 1 i tary ap
propri a t i o n
hearings.
I like to see
all those gen
erals and ad-
Dick West mirais pop-
to" when our civilian keepers
of the purse enter the room.
In my sadistic little way, I en
joy watching them squirm and
meekly murmur Yes sir
when some senator drives
home a point that is beside
the point.
LAti
Mexican President Making New
Friends on
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
The man-of-the-w e e k:
President Adolf o Lopez
Maieos of Mexico.
The place: Santiago,
Chile.
The quote: "I call for the
union of all Latin Ameri
can peoples, all nations, all
equal and serene, and all
great."
From the day he left Mex
ico City and arrived in Cara
cas, Venezuela, first stop on
a si x-nauon
Latin Ameri
can tour, the
handsome, 49
year - old Lo
pez M a t e o s
had been
showered
with honors
by the gov
ernments he
Phil Newsom Visited.
The people had given him
a hero's welcome.
The eloquence of his ora
tory impressed parliaments
and drew admiring comments
in those Latin lands where
every man is born an orator.
But there was more than
oratory and cheering crowds
in Lopez Mateos' tour.
Everywhere, he hammered
on the single theme of conti
nental unity a common mar
ket, greater interchange of
goods and culture.
Generally, he avoided poli
"Bill" also had a" board-bill.
"Bill's" board -bill bored
"Bill" so much, that "Bill"
had to sell his billboard to pay
his board-bill, then the board
bill no longer bored "Bill."
Bert Kissinger,
320 Boardman st.,
Medford.
P.S.-The weather after
math of groundhog day is fil
ibustering while these lines
are written.
Fully-Dressed Reader
To the Editor: I received
some literature from Mrs.
G. C. Cunningham of Gold
Hill. "Death of Modesty.
(Modern undress.) Eve is
again listening to the voice of
the Serpent."
Are you trying to connect
all this literature to me?
If there's anything I dislike
worse than a-non-e-mous (to
use Mrs. Spackman's expres
sion) callers or writers, is to
receive a lot of literature with
no explanation as to why it's
being sent.
For your information, how
ever, I have not joined a nud
ist colony and have no inten
tion to.
Strange as it may seem, I
go around completely dressed,
although some people may
drive me completely out of
my cotton pickin' mind.
May I add, thank you, Mr.
Veach, for those words. If
Omar said it, it's good enough
for me.
Mrs. Delbert Casey,
Route 1, Box 358,
Central Point, Ore.
P.S.-Was going to ignore
the above-mentioned litera
ture, but have received so
much lately I'm getting mad
der than a March Hatter. ,
Others Object, Too
To the Editor: I am very
sure there are hundreds "be
sides you" who are very
much opposed to a billboard
on the east side of Highway
99, or any place else in Med
ford, if they will just stand
up and be counted.
Mrs. N. F.'Crowell,
46 South Groveland ave.,
Medford.
Labor Laws
To the Editor: As pointed
out in previous articles, the
termination of the steel strike
still leaves the main problem
unsettled. That is the monop
olistic and political power of
Union Labor to strangle our
economy in order to extort
unearned : and inflationary
terms for its services year
after year! .
' The disastrous results of
this are well understood by
most, but perhaps few realize
the ultimate effects in full.
Unless the present trend of
inflation caused by' labor
On the occasion of my most
recent entertainment, it was
the Navy's turn to appear be
fore the Appropriations sub
committee. Arrayed at the witness
table were the battlewagons
of the budget - Navy Secre
tary William B. Franke, Adm.
Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval
Operations, and Gen. David
M. Shoup, Marine Corps com
mandant. Supporting Cast
At a smaller table, in sup
porting position, hovered a
flotilla of lesser brass with
pencils and briefcases at the
ready. Dispersed across the
spectator section was an es
cort squadron of Marine
colonels and Navy Com
manders. (Out of deference to Shoup,
Tour of Neighbors
tical subjects, and by the time
he reached Chile, fourth stop
on the tour, it was plain he
was making friends for
Mexico.
In nearly every capital, he
signed new cultural agree
ments. It was considered cer
tain trade agreements will
follow.
Lopez Mateos is the hand
picked successor to . former
President Adolfo Ruiz Corti
nes under whom he served as
secretary of labor.
Lawyer-trained, he was so
successful in the handling of
labor disputes that of nearly
100 that came before his of
fice, scarcely a dozen devel
oped into strikes.
When Ruiz Cbrtines picked
him as the presidential candi
date for the Institutional Re
voluntary Party (PRI) he re
ceived support from both
management and labor..
Critical of U.S.
He has been critical of the
United States.
"The U.S. policy is to buy
cheap and sell dear," he
once said.
But Mexican Communists
score him as a "pro-Yankee
He contends that the prices
Latin America gets for its
raw materials and pays for
U.S. goods are controlled
"unilaterally" by the United
States. An "adjustment", he
argues, could eliminate much
of the need for U.S. loans and
abuses and irresponsible gov
ernment fiscal policies) is
stopped, it eventually will
destroy our present economic
system and result in great suf
fering for all, including labor.
The best comment on the
steel settlement is contained
in an editorial by David
Lawrence in U. S. News &
World Report of Jan. 18. You
would perform a great public
service by reproducing that in
full for the benefit of those
who have not seen it.
Since no employer or in
dustry can hold out against
excessive labor demands un
der present conditions, it be
comes the duty of Congress
to change the rules. In order
to accomplish that it seems
necessary for the voters to
change the complexion of our
present Congress. Too many
of them seem subservient to
minority pressure groups
rather than acting for the
greatest good of the greatest
number.
This was apparent during
consideration of recent labor
reform legislation. Several
bills were proposed, only one
of which offered the prospect
of any real reform, namely
the Landrum - Griffin bill,
which finally won out only by
a narrow margin. Although
desired by an overwhelming
majority of citizens and prob
ably even more than half of
the workers, all but one of
Oregon's Congressional dele
gation at first voted in favor
of the other measures. The
passage of any of these inef
fective laws would have pre
cluded any desireable results
of the entire transaction. Rep
resentative Norblad deserves
great credit for his courage
in voting for the public wel
fare against heavy pressure
from selfish intersts.
As evidence of what may
be expected, please note that;
the Democratic state conven
tion recently adopted a plat
form calling for repeal of the
Taft-Hartley and all labor re
form laws passed in 1959.
Perhaps Mr. Hoffa will be
their choice for President.
C. S. Pope,
Route 2, Box 435,
Medford.
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who has strong feelings on the
subject, nobody brandished a
swagger stick.)
As if by signal, this salty
contingent drew up to atten
tion when subcommittee
Chairman Dennis Chavez ap
peared on the poop deck, his
cigar listing to starboard.
T'was a pity they had no
bos'n's mate to pipe him
aboard.
"Good morning, boys," call
ed out Chavez in a chipper
voice, and I savored the mo
ment as though it were a rare
wine. To me, there is some
thing indescribably delicious
about hearing the topside of
the U.S. Navy addressed as
"boys."
Only Senator Present
After a hearty handshake
all around, the chairman, who
would make it possible for
Latin America to step up its
drive against hunger and pov
erty. He would cut out red
tape.
Today Lopez Mateos is the
foremost representative of
Mexico's rising middle class.
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
WISCONSIN BACKFIRE?
Washington - No doubt the
Humphrey forces have won a
famous battle by changing the
rules in the
middle of the
gam 2 against
the Kennedy
people in Wis-
consins cnti-
I cal I
tial
Presiden-
primary
campaign
It is entire
ly, n Aa cihlp
White " however, that
the Humphreyites will yet
lose the war over this episode.
For if Senator John F. Ken
nedy of Massachusetts comes
out alive, so to speak, in the
Wisconsin primary election of
April 15 he is likely to be
the ultimate gainer for the
Democratic Presidential nomi
nation, and not Senator Hu
bert H. Humphrey of Minne
sota.
Voters sometimes respond
angrily to rigging such strug
gles-and in areas beyond and
far larger than the scene of
the rigging itself. This the late
Senator Robert A. Taft of
Ohio found to his cost. Over-
zealous Taft supporters tried
to load the dice again Dwight
D. Eisenhower in Texas in
1952 when these two power
houses were seeking the Texas
delegation to the Republican
National Convention.
rpHE circumstances in Wis
-- consin now are quite dif
ferent. All the same, the un
duly rough tactics of the Taft-
ites provoked such cries of
"steal" and bossism" as to
provide the crusher for his
subsequent defeat "at the na
tional convention by General
Eisenhower.
Wisconsin Is one of a hand
ful of states which use the
Presidential preference pri
mary, or popularity contest,
to decide what aspirant should
be backed for the Presiden
tial nomination. Most of the
states wisely depend instead
on the decisions of state party
conventions.
Both systems have faults.
But the primary system has
nothing but faults, the great
est of which is irresponsibil
ity. It is open to all manner
of pie-in-the-sky promises, to
all manner of emotional
hoopla, to success based upon
a winning smile or the like.
Still, there it is. It happens
to be the system in Wiscon
sin, the locale of the first
really big primary of this year
of crisis.
NOBODY with experience of
primaries can summon up
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was the only senator present
when the hearing began, took
his seat, tapped his gavel and
called himself to order.
A small, rumpled Democrat
from New Mexico. Chavez
may be our most unmilitary
looking senator, not counting
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R
Maine) (who is a Navy re
serve officer herself.) But he
can be a tiger when aroused.
He was on this occasion ob
viously aroused by President
Eisenhower's comment that
military chiefs who com
plained to Congress about
their budgets were being
"parochial."
"You boys be as parochial
as you want to," said Chavez
with a magnanimous wave of
his cigar. He can afford to be
magnanimous. He doesn't de
pend on Ike for promotions.
I wouldn't exactly say that
the "boys" took advantage of
his generosity. But when
Burke was asked if the Navy
could use some more missile
money, he concurred so
speedily it was easy to see
how he acquired the nick
name of "31 knots."
I think ihe Navy learned
long ago that parochialism can
be profitable. As for me, I am
more convinced than ever that
legislating can be fun.
S. WHITE
any tremulous moral indig
nation at what goes on in
them. For what can and does
go in is always plenty. The
action of the Humphrey peo
ple in Wisconsin, therefore,
is hardly the greatest vil
lainy of the 20th Centry. Still
there is the danger of carry
ing hanky-panky too far. And
this may be the ultimate
judgment on what has hap
pened in Wisconsin.
The Humphrey - controlled
state Democratic Administra
tive Committee, after Ken
nedy had agreed to contest
in this backyard to Hum
phrey's Minnesota, has now
suddenly doctored the books.
The net of the change is to
cut down on the value to a
candidate of winning a ma
jority vote in the state as a
whole and to inflate the value
of winning certain rural areas
in which Humphrey is pre
sumed to be the stronger.
It is the kind of "bossism"
and "denial of the popular
will"- against which the ex
treme liberals among the
Humphrey camp are in con
slant and full-throated outcry
-when it is practiced by oth
ers. - And Humphrey himself
is presented as the sole, 100
per cent, Simon-pure "anti-
boss" candidate in the Demo
cratic party.
THE likely effect, of course,
is to compromise the worth
of Kennedy's victory state
wide, should he win one. In
deed, it is now even possible
for him to win a popular ma
jority and still not a majority
of the state delegation to the
Democratic National Conven
tion. On its face it is, for Hum
phrey, heads-I-win and tails-
you-lose. For Kennedy has
been aware all along that be
cause of his Eastern back
ground he must look reason-
bly good in the Midwest of
throw in his hand. If he loses
the Wisconsin farm areas and
still carries the big cities
(which looks to be a prob
able outcome) the resulting
net majority may do him no
good-so far as Wisconsin is
concerned.
But if Kennedy is not now
given a thumping licking by
Humphrey, it is Humphrey's
victory that will be question
able. For Kennedy can always
pick himself up out of the
dust and say he was counted
out, anyhow.
(Copyright. 1960, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)