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History rom the fllai ol The
AAail Trlb-jna 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 vear ago.
10 YEARS AGIO
Nov. 11. 1950 (Saturday)
Lewis and Clark college of
Portland and San Francisco
State will meet In the first
annual Pear bowl game here
on Thanksgiving.
Army Private Don M. Whel
den returned to his Medford
home today after spending 62
days as a prisoner , of war In
communist Korea.
20 YEARS AGO
Nov. 11. 1940 (Sunday)
Funds from the Lions club
charity carnival Friday night
will be used to purchase two
units of "human serum" for
local hospitals.
From Arthur Perry's r"Ye
Smudge Pot" i column: "A
number of voters went duck
hunting last Tuesday and Re
publicans feel like a knot
hole dragged through a dish'
rag, don't blame them.
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 11, 1930 (Tuesday)
The city observed Armis
tice day yesterday with pa
rades and speeches and Med
ford defeated Bend 1B-6 In a
football game.
Insurance rates have drop
ped In Medford because of the
recent purchase by the . city
of new fire fighting equip
ment.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 11, 1920 (Thursday)
Local citizens have been
urged to mail their Christ
mas packages to U. S. armed
forces In Germany early.
A total of 787 carloads of
pears have been shipped from
Medford to date.
SO YEARS AGO
Nov. 11, 1910 (Friday)
. A bill to close the Rogue
river to commercial fishing
has passed in the state by at
least ZO.OUO votes.
A bill providing for the
maintenance of the Ashland
normal school is now slightly
losing in the state but late
returns from southern ure
gon are expected to pass it.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or tan cairact It mparlari
liven er eiaht It eKcallenti Hre at
tlx It flood.
1. In what year was the
first Thanksgiving celebrated?
2. What two signers of the
Declaration of Independence
became presidents?
3. Which government body
may bring impeachment pro
ceedings against the President
of the United Slates?
4. Under which Department
does the National Bureau of
Standards operate?
5. What noted man declined
an appointment of Secretary
of State by George Washing
ton?
6. What was the last city
held by the Moors in Spain?
7. What was Cinderella's
coach made from?
8. What Is a lapidary?
9. Which Biblical character
lived on locusts and wild
honey?
10. What bird can fly back
wards? Aniwarsi 1. In 1621. 2. John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson)
3. U.S. Houia of Representa
tives. 4. Commerce. 5. Patrick
Henry. S. Granada. 7. Pump
kin. 8. Worker In precious
stones. 9. John tha Baptist. 10.
Humming Bird.
Pre-Election Letters
The Eugene Register-Guard, in a burst of
pardonable pride, had this to say the other day:
"The Register-Guard's 'Mal.lbag' was filled to over
flowing through the election campaign just completed.
In all, 309 letters of opinions from our readers were
published in this newspaper between Oct. 1 and Nov.
7. Probably no other paper in the state published as
many ..."
While tipping our hat to the Guard's liberality
with its readers, we can modestly report that
during the same period, the Mail Tribune pub
lished 354 letters. And. since the R-G prints a
Saturday edition and
!l j
n in six iewer issues.
XITH that quibble out of the way, we can go
J on to acree with
the-editor are a valuable and well-read part of
any newspaper.
The Guard said :
". . . To know that so many cared enough to take
time to sit down and write letters to the editor was
a welcome refutation of the thought that the public '
has become disinterested in our political processes."
All in all, it made pretty lively reading, and
we think and hope that everyone is the better
for the free play of opinion on diverse subjects.
n. A.
Election Count Too Slow
The polls closed at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening.
A host of people workincr for radio and tele
vision stations and newspapers spent most of
the night gathering: returns from precinct count
ing boards, posting the figures in columns, and
adding them, so that the public could know, as
soon as possible, the results of its decisions.
All through Wednesday, in Jackson county,
the vote count dragged on. Enough returns came
in so that the outcome of most of the races were
known with fair certainty.
But it wasn't until Thursday morning that the
last of the precincts reported their totals, which
in turn were added to the totals added earlier,
to give the final results final, that is, except
for the absentee ballots, which in at least one
case, could change a local election race.
IN addition to the reporters and others who spent
the night working, there were the ladies of the
counting boards.
. In at least one case a precinct counting board,
largely made up of women of more than middle
age, simply gave up in pure exhaustion and went
home to bed with many ballots still uncounted.
'" Why is this horse-and-btiggy sort of business
still tolerated in the second half of the 20th
Century?
Some states have voting machines, which,
while expensive, completely eliminate such de
lays and needless expenditure of time and energy.
(
IN the long run, by eliminating the cost of count
ing - boards, they would pay for themselves.
And, in addition to the big, costly machines,
there should be other devices possible to speed
the process, economically.
Charles Stanton, editor of the Roseburg News
Review, suggests that ballots could be printed on
stiff paper, then either punched or marked with
a special pencil. Then the ballots could , be
brought to the courthouse
cial electronic machine
complete results available within a few hours of
the closing of the polls.
There are two counts
tion night, and the slow,
canvass. A new system
last count the onicial one, thus saving even more
money, time and uncertainty.
Adequate safeguards could be devised, and
the whole operation would, presumably, pay for
itsell within a year, it sounds as though it should
be pursued.
A ND, as Stanton also
"legislative action to permit such an investi
gation on a statewide basis.
He adds:
"In fact, Gov. Mark Halfield, when he was Secre
tary of State, promised me some investigation would
be made. If we had an Investigation, I never was told
of any results ...
"The next legislature, in my opinion, should pass
a resolution authorizing tests concerning a more mod
ern method for counting election ballots. A moderate,
amount of money should be available to be used in
pilot tests. Different systems could be tried In a few
smaller counties, until the most satisfactory, least ex
pensive, method was found.
"It seems to me we should be doing something to
replace an obsolete, slow, expensive and inefficient
system with something modern."
We agree wholeheartedly. E. A.
Boy!
Would a personal note be forgiven?
We were sort of tired after the election. It
was a strain, and going 38 hours with only 3 'a
hours sleep, from Tuesday morning to Wednes
day night, didn't help any.
We were feeling the encroaching years.
Then, just this morninir, the nicest thine hap
pened. The Ashland paper arrived, and we found
ourself referred to as "the boy editor."
lioy editor ! We haven t felt quite so com
plimented since our younvrer dauehter ( now well
into her teens) looked up at us from the inno
cence of her three years and said, "Daddy, you
got big boo eyes." E.A.
the M-T doesn't, we did
the Guard that letters-to
and run through a spe
for counting, with the
now the fast one elec
laborious, official vote
could make the first,
points out, it would take
Dennis the Menace
Mrs. Wilson is cookm' boast beef 'tatobs 'rt 3rWY,
CORN.AN' APPU PIE'. WSOilOPTrtAT?'
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
TRIALS AND REWARDS
Washington The young,
toughly able and devoted man
who has won this election has
won more
than a deci
sion over his
political oposi-
tion. He has
won a presi
dency without
1 o s i n g a na
tion's unity.
He has op-
whit an immense,
historic opportunity to be
magnanimous in victory and
to forward his country s
highest interests and purposes.
He has won the right to be
big enough to bring his young.
also toughly able and also de
voted opponent up from this
defeat into a close, creative
advisory association with the
new administration.
Thus could a truly all-na
tional front be drawn up
against the brooding menaces
of an iron-curtained world
which could not care less
whether this nation calls It
self "Democratic" or "Repub
lican" so long as it stands as
the great barrier to the de
signs of Imperialist Commun
ism. 1VIUS could a genuine bl-
partisanship in action, at
the highest level, be brought
abous. Thus could the
United States continue to
have the services and the
ideas of both of the two men
who have conducted the most
gallant, the most demanding
and the most rewarding po
litical campaign in our his
tory.
It was the most gallant be
cause each man bravely car
ried on his back an "X" of
special cruelty John Ken
nedy in the so-called religious
issue; Richard Nixon in the
"I-don't-like-his-face" issue. It
was the most demanding be
cause never before had a pair
of aspirants to the presidency
borne for so many long weeks
such physical arid emotional
and nervous burdens in going
out to see so many voters in
so many places.
It was, in part, the most
rewarding because never be
fore had aspirants answered
so fully and with such com
parative candor the demands
not only of each other but of
the public.
But in the main it was so
rewarding because we reach
ed election night in this gen
eral awareness: While we had
seen a tremendous fight we
had seen a fight which was,
so far as the two top figures
were concerned, a clean and
decent one all the way. It was
a struggle worthy of a grown
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
IRVING LAZAR, legendary Hollywood agent, got his start
in World War II when he persuaded General Hap Arnold
to sponsor a show about the Air Force, and then obtained
the services of Moss Hart
to put the show over.
"Winged Victory" was
the result, and so suc
cessful it was that Lazar
was promoted from lieu
tenant to captain.
Unfortunately, how
ever, the company to
which Capt. Lazar was
assigned was composed
of men just released from
army prisons and stock
ades as tough a crew of
malcontents as ever
loathed a commanding
officer. The first time Capt. Lazar addressed them two
rocks flew past his head. The second time there was a riot.
Lazar, 5-foot-4, might have met his end there and then, but
the fact is that his pursuers actually lost him in the fog.
Lazar today drives about Hollywood and sells story prop
erties for several times what other agents think they are
worth.
C I960, by Bauutt Cut DUUibutcil by King retime Sjrallate
S. WHITE
up country in this sixth dec
ade of the 20th century.
TT was said that they were
1 both men of great ambi
tion and so they were. But it
was an ambition, for all Its
heat, which never caused
either to attempt to seize the
great prize at the cost of tear
ing apart this country, the
last, best hope for peace and
order In this world.
Never before, in this col
umnist's experience as a po
litical writer, had two presi
dential candidates been, in the
last analysis, so nearly free
of all small-time partisan nas-
tiness. The public, I believe,
had widely sensed this, long
before the campaign trails
would wind to an end.
This is the explanation why
so many hated, as they would
put it, to see cither man lose
This is why, apart from the
handful who take their poli
tics as exercises in compul
sory hatred, no one wants now
to exult over the exhausted
body of the loser.
TT is not merely compassion
A however, which dictates a
generosity from winner to
ward loser. It is also good old
common sense. The second
man in this race has still
plenty to offer to his country
There can and should be one
president, and one only. But
it surely can do no harm for
him to seek the opinion and
even the help, on some of
the greatest issues before him
of the one who lost.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, at
the gathering In 1940 of the
clouds foreshadowing Ameri
can entrance into the second
world war, brought opposition
party leaders Into genuine
participation in his govern
ment. These times are no less
urgent. These times, as both
candidates so rightly said all
tnrougn tne campaign, de
mand the best and the least
petty of all that is in us all.
(Copyright, 1960, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Depoe Bay Inn
Damaged by Fire
Depoe Bay-dlPD-The Whale
Cove Inn Hotel near here was
heavily damaged by fire
Thursday night and early to
day.
A fire official said two-
thirds of the structure, located
1V4 miles south of Depoe Bay,
was destroyed and estimated
damage at between $30,000
and $50,000.
The Whale Cove Inn Motel,
a 10-apartment structure near
the Hotel portion, was not
touched by the blaze.
ir3 T
Adenauer Man-of-Week; He's Facing New
Threats, Political and International
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
The man of the weeki
West German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer.
The place: Bonn.
The quotei "Age is some
times a burden, but it has
something in its favor. . .
He who has spent years in
various public positions has
gained experience that
youth cannot possibly
match."
The wily 84-year-old Christian-Democrat
who has gov
;rned West Germany ever
since the coun
try was creat
ed 11 years
ago now faces
what may
prove to be
toughest p a r
1 1 a m e ntary
election tarn
palgn. Arrayed
PHIL NEWSOM
against him is-
Willy Brandt,
46, Socialist
mayor of west Berlin.
Brandt's staunch opposition to
Communist Infringements on
the freedom of his Soviet-encircled
city has won popular-
in the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
What of the election?
On the basis of the popular
vote, it is a VERY CLOSE
election. Less than ONE per
centage point separates the
two candidates. Which is to
say: If Nixon could have got
one and a half more votes out
of each 100 cast, he could
have won a majority of the
popular vote.
GO MUCH for the Preslden-
& cy. Let's now take a look
at the congress.
As this is written it looks
like the Republicans have
made a net GAIN of about
13 seats in the house of rep
resentatives. It appears that
they may have made a gain
of two seats in the senate
It looks at this moment like
conservative Southern Demo
crats will continue to hold
about as many important com
mittee chairmanships as in the
past and so will be able to
team up with conservative Re
publicans to head off legisla
tion that both regard as too
liberal.
That is about the same situ
ation that has existed through
out both Eisenhower admin
istrations. A S BETWEEN the two, Ken-
nedy tended throughout
the campaign to promise more
spending if elected.
Will he continue, as he
seemed to promise, to be ultra
liberal with the taxpayers'
money7 win he back con
tinued big spending, even if
it means continued big defi
cits?
rpHAT is an interesting ques-
tion. To us who call our
selves conservatives, fiscal re
sponsibility in government
was the BIG issue. We believe
that if a nation is to remain
great it must REMAIN SOL
VENT. Oh the face of it, we
have LOST.
But
Let's take a look at the past.
FDR campaigned in 1932
as a tight-fisted money con
servative. He lambasted Hoo
ver's spending. He called it
RECKLESS spending. He
promised if elected to pull in
the nation s fiscal horns.
He became the greatest
spender of his time.
SO, YOU see, it is histori
cally possible that Mr. Ken
nedy might shift his position
on spending now that he has
been decisively elected.
Personally, he has a hard-
headed fiscal background. The
Kennedy millions weren't ac
cumulated by reckless han
dling of money.
This, please note, ISN'T a
prediction. It is merely a cita
tion from history,
CRITICISM of the loser in
a hard-fought battle is al
ways in rather questionable
taste especially if one has
been a follower of the loser
But those of us who call our-
selves conservatives can't
wholly throw off the feeling
that if Mr. Nixon had been
a little more of a conservative
in his campaigning he might
have gained that one and a
half votes out of each 100 cast
that seems at this moment to
have constituted Kennedy's
margin of victory.
As of now our party system
is fuzzy and confused. The
parties are split both verti
cally and horizontally. Both
have conservative wings and
radical wings. So . . . elections
tend to be a STRUGGLE FOR
POWER, rather than a battle
for sincere convictions.
WHAT of the future?
Well, the GOP might
well study closely the lessons
of this election and quit try
ing to carry water on both
shoulders. It might accept its
real mission in our political
system and become the sin
cere CONSERVATIVE party.
If that should hrippen,
WATCH BARRY GOLDWA-TER,
l Si
lty that seriously challenges
Adenauer's own.
Each man will try to pre
sent himself to the electorate
as America's choice for chan
cellor. Brandt already is argu
ing that the U. S. election of
John F. Kennedy-a man three
years his Junior-proves the po
litical tide favors the young.-
Both candidates will visit
Washington early next year to
confer with Kennedy, Ade
nauer in February and Brandt
in March. The chancellor is
expected to arrange a second
Ballot Fraud Not Extinct-
Wilson Recounts Examples
By LYLE C. WILSON,
Washington - (UPt - On the
record of past elections, last
week's polling probably was
cooked in
spots. Your
vote may have
h f f n sfnlpn.
, f If you have
been voting
long it is not
unlikely that
your vote has
been stolen
before this.
Lvi c wllsoo ne nation
al Municipal Review (NMR)
reported four years ago an
Honest Ballot Association
(HBA) estimate that at least
one million votes were stolen
in the 1952 election.
HBA chief investigator
George Abrams then warned:
"Election frauds are in
creasing., Nearly every area
in the United States - big
city, small town, cracker-barrel
village - has some type
of election fraud. It may be
in a national election or one
involving local school boards,
judges or highways."
IIP
Kennedy Expected
To Face New Soviet
Diplomatic Push
Washington- IUPD -Top U.S.
officials are convinced that
President-elect John F. Ken
nedy will face a new diplo
matic offensive by the Soviet
Union shortly after he takes
office. '
They said that the incoming
president, who campaigned for
a more dynamic American
foreign policy, probably will
be put to an early test by
Soviet Premier Nikita Khru
shchev despite the favorable
reaction in Moscow to Ken
nedy's election.
Offensive Renewal Expected
Khrushchev is expected to
renew his diplomatic offensive
against the West on Berlin,
demanding that the United
States and its Allies evacuate
the Rcd-encircled'city. He also
Ike Relaxes at
Augusta Club
Augusta, Ga.-(UPD-President
Eisenhower relaxed at the Au
gusta .National Golf Club to
day apparently satisfied with
preliminary plans for relin
quishing government control
to President-elect John F.
Kennedy.
White House News Secre
tary James C. Hagerty said
Thursday that the President
was pleased with arrange
ments to date and "would be
delighted" to meet with Ken
nedy "at the senator's con
venience." Kennedy said in
Hyannis, Mass., he expected
to consult with Eisenhower In
Washington' late this month
The President, stressing the
need for "continuit y" in
American foreign policy, urg
ed that Kennedy appoint an
adviser to meet with Secre
tary of State Christian A,
Hcrter. And he also suggested
immediate talks with Budget
Director Maurice A. Stands
and observers from the Ken
nedy administration.
Coast Guard Aids
Stricken Sailor
Coos Bay - IUPD - The U.S.
Coast Guard helped a Canadi
an sailor, aboard his vessel
and stricken with an appendi
citis, get medical attention
late Thursday.
The sailor was identified as
Ronald Baeley.
Baeley was removed from
the 152-foot Canadian mine
sweeper HMCS Fortune and
taken to McAuley Hospital
here. The Fortune was about
40 miles south of Port Orford
on maneuvers when it radioed
for help.
The minesweeper was di
rected into the lower bay at
Coos Bay where a Coast
Guard boat took Baeley
ashore.
Attendants at McAuley Hos
pital reported that Baeley's
appendix was removed and
listed his condition as good.
visit sometime between March
and West Germany's elections
in September.
Besides hopes of improving
his chances of victory in the
election, Adenauer has anoth
er interest in current U.S. pol
icy. He hopes to head off an
East-West summit conference
on the German problem.
At a press conference Thurs
day, he expressed hope that
the new U. S. president would
"take the world a major step
forward in the sphere of dis
armament." He is expected to
Samuel H. Still, an election
investigator for Congress, said
in a 1956 NMR report on elec
tion scandals that:
"Approximately 50 public
figures who occupy high state
and municipal offices today
would not have won them had
the election been carried out
according to law."
Abrams and HBA fingered
the 1928 election of Franklin
D. Roosevelt to be governor
of New York, citing "the fa
mous slow count." FDR beat
Republican Albert Ottinger.
"Democratic boss Ed
Flynn's cronies," said Abrams,
"sat quieUy in the Bronx
counting ballots at a snail's
pace until 2 a.m., when the
traditionally Republican up
state returns shown Ottinger's
exact margin.
"When the boys knew how
many votes were needed, they
went to work. Republican
ballots (in the Bronx) were
thrown out under any pretext.
Lead concealed under the fin
ger nail and every other trick
to invalidate Republican bal
lots were used. Mr. Roosevelt
probably will renew pressure
for German peace treaties on
his terms.
However, these are only two
of a multitude of problems
from the Congo to Cuba.which
must be handled by Kennedy
and whomever he selects as
secretary of state.
There is every evidence, as
Kennedy has said, that the
United States and its allies
stand at a critical point in
history. The task facing his
new administration is to seek
and put into effect policies
which will give, the Western
world a greater initiative in
the relentless struggle against
Communist expansion.
To Take Advantage
Kennedy plans to take full
advantage of President Eisen
hower's offer to ease the tran
sition between the old and
new administrations. In the
field of international affairs,
this will involve closest con
sultation with White House
arid State Department offi
cials oh the variety of .ever
changing problems which de
mand constant , attention.
A listing of the principal
issues illustrates the magni
tude and complexity of the
task which the young presi
dent faces in the field of for
eign policy:
These include Berlin, Ger
many, disarmament, a nuclear
test ban, Cuba, The Congo,
relations with NATO allies,
and the question of a summit
conference.
Forces Patrolling
Cities of Algeria
Algiers, Algeria -WPD- Heav
ily armed' mobile security
forces today patroled the ma
jor cities of Algeria to smash
any violent Armistice Day
demonstrations by French set
tiers incensed at President
Charles de Gaulle's Algerian
policy.
The mood of the French
sett'ers was ominously rem
iniscent of the days of the
extreme rightwing insurrec
tions against De Gaulle in
May, 1958, and January, 1959.
At least two persons were
killed and nine wounded in
the port city of Oran Wed
nesday night. The violence
was blamed on Moslem ter
rorists. Five persons were injured
in clashes with police in Al
giers following an anti-De
Gaulle rally.
And in Pans itself, seven
Algerians were killed and one
seriously wounded In a gun
battle between rival Moslem
nationalists.
SOME CRUST
New York -d?D- Defeat was
sweet for Mario Bousoulas,
owner of a New York diner.
He lost an election bet to his
cook. Chris Karagianis, who
collected by throwing a pie in
his boss' face.
press the point that disarma
ment, rather than Germany,
should be the chief topic ui
any early summit talks.
Adenauer Is customarily un
easy about East-West talks
which might formalize the di
vision of Germany, abolishing
whatever faint hope remains
of reuniting the nation by any
means short of war.
His remarks Thursday in
cluded a comment that agree
ment on disarmament would
make it easier to solve other
problems.
woke up governor with a 28,-
000 state-wide plurality. Ha
had a whopping 95,000-vota
margin in the Bronx." Tha
Bronx Is one of the borougha
comprising New York City.
Michigan Ruli Doubted
NMR recalled that in 1950
Harry F. Kelly was believed
to have defeated Democrat G,
Mennen (Soapy) Williams In
Michigan for governor by
4,000 votes of about 1.8 mil
lion cast. A recount gave tha
election to Williams by a
margin of 1,154 votes.
"A comprehensive non
partisan study made four
years later," said NMR, "by
the University of Michigan's
Samuel J. Eldersveld and Al
bert A. Applegate concluded:
" 'The law's requirements
for ballot security were dis
regarded by election officials
in precincts involving mora
than 123,000 votes. In one
case, testimony of election of
ficials indicates that boxes
and ballots were violated
after having been properly
sealed on election night'."
NMR cited a report by a
U.S. Senate subcommittee on
privileges and elections after
the 1952 contest in which
Democratic Sen. Dennis Cha
vez defeated Republican Pat
rick J. Hurley for the Senata
in New Mexico. NMR quoted
the report as follows: "At
least 55,000 New Mexico citi
zens were deprived of their
constitutional rights to a
secret ballot . . . sworn evi
dence of fraudulently altered
ballots was obtained in 33
precincts."
NMR added: "Paper ballots,
still used in two-thirds of tha
United States, offer the great
est opportunity for fraud.
They are easy to change, easy
to fake, easy to stuff."
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Vegetarian Dogs
To the Editor: They're muz
ling the.se dogs at the wrong
end. I never was afraid of
them EATING my flowers
and shrubs.
Russ Renner
375 O'Gara st.
Medford.
A Bouquet
To the Editor: Kindly ac
cept this is a token of appre
ciation from one of the con
tributors to your "correspon
dents' column".
Your liberality was in af
fording space in the Mail
Tribune for all who wish to
express their thoughts of
whatever nature, so long as
they conformed to a loosely
defined standard of decency
and respectability.
Yours has been a genero
sity sedom afforded and un
parallel in space given to
your readers in which they
could give vent to their views
and emotions. I have tried not
to abuse this great American
privilege of free speech and
free press you have made
available, whereby we may
enjoy an exchange of
thoughts on any subject.
I sincerely thank you.
C. R. Burrill
122 Vilas rd W.
Central Point, Ore.
Movies for Children
To the Editor: In the past
year at our local downtown
theater, there have been very
few movies that I feel would
be fit for my chidren or any
other children to see.
When ever there is a i a
for children one they -..d
see and enjoy up go those
prices. They always lust raise
the children's prices for these
good movies, leaving tha
prices the same when other
movies not for children are
playing.
If you have a big family it
is almost S5 to take them to
movie. My children Just
don't go at all any more, just
because of this.
It would seem they could
make a good profit with the
regular prices when so many
would go to these rare good
movies. I wonder if I'm the
only one that feels this way.
Mrs. A. A. Alexander
709 Lawnsdale
Medford.
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