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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 yean ego.
10 YEARS AGO
May 13, 1963 (Wednesday)
The Medford city council
last night voted to eck a 10
day extension on an option
to buy a lite for an east side
4Wa elation after some 40
home owners appeared to pro
test construction on ine pro
posed site.
The "Arabian tent city"
erected by Al Kader temple
of the Shrine In Hawthorne
park will be opened at 10
a.m. tomorrow,
20 YEARS AGO
May 13, 1943 (Thursday)
Mri. Modlne Skinner rec
ommended by county Demo-
crati for appointment as aci
inn Phoenix Dostmaster.
Prom Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Valley
weather sharps predict there
will be no summer, summer
Is taking Its time about get
ting here, but will be here
when it does."
30 YEARS AGO
May 13, 1933 (Saturday) ' '
Prohibition agents seize
wine cache in Ashland. .
Plans completed for Med
ford Memorial day observ
ance. 40 YEARS AGO
May 13, 1923 (Sunday)
Oregon Caves opened to
public.
Cars expected to be able to
reach rim of Crater lake by
June 20.
SO YEARS AGO
May 13, 1913 (Tueiday)
Vice President of San Fran
cisco railroad says many mid
western people planning to
move to Rogue valley.
Six "prominent" local men
arrested by U.S. deputy mar
shal and charged with start
ing forest fires.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nine or ran correct la superior;
even or eight is excellent; five or
III Is flood.
1. Lying north of Cambodia,
Its area is 88,000 square miles,
its population is 3.000,000, Its
monetary unit is the Kip and
it is often in tho news; what
country it?
i. is it a King or a queen
who has reigned longer In
England?
3. A group of lions is called
what?
4. Which deceased New
York governor was frequently
called "The Happy Warrior"?
5. Name tho nwllon picture
actress who had the lead role
In "Mother Wore Tights."
t. Jade la always green
truo or false?
7. Is the state of Massachu
setts, Wisconsin or New Jer
sey the leading state in cran
berry production?
8. The Zodiac sign for those
born between Oct. 23 and
Nov. 23 is Sagittarius or Scor
lPio? 9. Namo the capital of Ver
mont. 10. The noted painter, Rem
brandt Van Rljn, was of
Dutch, Swedish or Norwegian
nationally?
Answers! 1. Laos. t. Queen
, Victoria. 3. Pride. 4. Alfred
E. Smith. 5. Betty Grable. (.
False, 7. Massachusetts. I.
Scorpio, t. Montpelier. 10.
Dutch.
MONDAY, MAY 13, 1963
Kuchel's Speech
Disgusted and at the same time alarmed by
the quantity of "hate" mail he has been receiv
ing, Sen. Thomas Kuchel, Republican of Cali
fornia, in a speech in the Senate assailed the
peddlers of hate and fear. He remarked that
some 10 per cent of his mail comes frorri right
wing extremists who relate fantastic tales of im
minent threats to the United States, what time
they are not accusing him of near treason for
not believing them and acting on them.
Here are some samples of the prevalent
paronoia he cited. '
The Army is training troops in Georgia to take
over the country for United Nations. It is called "Oper
ation Moccasin."
There are African Negro troops who are cannibals,
stationed in Georgia, 16.000 of them, complete with
nose and ear-rings.
"Yes, we know of the U.N. plans to place Mon
golian and Congolese troops over our dear United
States."
Another letter to Kuchel: "Water Moccasin!
We are asking you to give us a report on what
you are doing to protect our constitutional rights.
Also repeal income taxes."
There is an Army training evercise in the
South, for training in counterguerrilla warfare.
Such army exercises are frequently conducted
over the country. .
As for these charcres about Water Moccasin,
the Claxton, Georgia, Enterprise had heard them
too. and its editor tagged them as "hysteria, the
result of a sick mind,
duced hallucinations.
XHAT we have is a
T T of the individual whose mind can unleash its
imagination so freely,
will credit such absurd
One explanation may
motive. It becomes profitable to peddle hate by
soliciting funds (wealthy men and widows are
suckers for solicitors for such causes) and by
selling literature. The more fear they can engen
der, the more generous will be response from
those who are carried away ...
In his speech, Sen. Kuchel said :
"The curious fact is that the fright peddlers, from
the simple simpletons to the wretched racists, all
claim to be conservatives.
"They defile the honorable philosophy of conserva
tion with that claim as thoroughly as the Communists
defile the honorable philosophy of liberalism.
"I have nothing but contempt for the orginators
of the hoaxes and swindles, from the ludicrous lead
ers of the Birch Society to any and all of the several
hundred similar self-styled 'patriotic' groups.
"They are anything but patriotic. Indeed, a good
case be made that they are unpatritoic, and down
right un-American."
ItfUCHEL is ordinarily a mild mannered man.
He is a middle - of - the
time chairman of the California Republican state
committee. He is simply fed up with the noxious
rumors that are set afloat to disturb the minds
of the uncritical and the suspicious.
He was the 'man to
California is pitted with
and other croups who build up each other's fears
and spread them among
The country relaxed
thyism, and rejoiced that some fresh air was
blowing again across the country.
DUT the business of fanning fears did not die,
" for there were still weak-minded to be swayed
and timid to be aroused
ganda to be extracted.
freed of alarmists; but
trade of hatemongering
fresh places, never gaining a wide following, but
gripping what passes for the minds of some with
a blind and senseless fear.
Sen. Kuchel's speech
of hate leaflets,' but it should warn the general
public to post guards at the doors of their minds
to keep out the whispered or broadcast or printed
alarms, such as have reached the California sen
ator's desk. Charles A. Sprague, in the Oregon
Statesman, Salem.
Stirrings in the Church
When Pope John XXIII was asked why he
convened the Second Vatican Ecumenical Coun
cil he was reported to have opened the nearest
window, saying, "To let some fresh air into the
cnurcn. I his has proved
r or centuries the stock image of the Roman
Catholic Church has been one of monolithic, un
bending authoritarianism. If that image has not
always been accurate, it has to be said that on
some occasions and in some countries the Church
has indeed played that role.
Hut the nanal zephrys are stunner up some
significant straws. For example, there is a strong
lkeiihood now that when
next September The Pope
will issue an official statement endorsing uni
vei'sal and complete religious liberty for all per
sons.
A few weeks ago Autrustin Cardinal Bea, one
of the Pope's closest advisers, told an American
audience that man's right to choose his own re
ligion is an accepted teachintr of the Church.
In similar vein the Rev. Hans Kung, dean of
the theological faculty at the University of Tub
ingen in West Germany, has said that ecclesias
tical obedience never requires anything to be
done contrary to conscience.
If Cardinal Bea and Father Kung are repre
sentative of the thinking of the present-day lead
ers of the Church, as there is every reason to be
lieve, the fresh air is already blowing with gale
force in one of the most venerable ana most ven
erated institutions of all mankind. New York
Times.
carried away by self-in
problem in psychology
and of the crowd which
fabrications.
be found in the profit
- road Republican, one
make the speech because
John Birch Society cells
the people.
alter the orgy of McCar-
and money for propa
Congress is pretty well
out in the country the
survives, bursting otit in
will not halt the flow
to be no idle gesture.
the council reconvenes
and his fellow bishops
"Onward And Upward, But Not Too Far"
Communications ...
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The Mail Tribune reserves the light to edit all letters with a view lo clarification ana
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printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paperj in fact in
contrary is often the case.
Statistics Lie
To the Editor: I am sure
most people have heard the
story of the man who walked
across a river with an aver
age depth of two feet, and
drowned in the middle where
its depth was twelve.
This man used as much
common sense as Mr. Irving
Thomas in his letter to "Com
munications," 5-10-63.
Mr. Thomas .might also say
that the Negroes in Birming
ham, Ala., are more criminal
than those in Portland be
cause, per capita, there are
more in jail.
Many times, we read where
"business is up 20 per cent
over last month," yet local
businessmen are complaining.
Statistics may not lie, yet
very often they don't neces
sarily tell the complete truth
either.
Ernie Hook, Jr.
(a non-Catholic).
40 Bush St.
Central Point, Ore.
Won't Vote for It
To the Editor: No I won't
vote for It. I read where the
House Constitutional commit
tee has asked for a revision
of the death penalty from
death to life Imprisonment,
with eligibility for parole aft
er 15 -years.
I am against capital punish
ment. But I say if a person
takes another life, and a death
sentence would be the verdict,
amend this to a life imprison
ment with no parole. This is
the only way to protect so
ciety.
(Name on file)
Medford.
Measles
To the Editor:
Little round spots,
All red as a barn,
You are so slow,
In showing your charm
Miserable head,
For over three weeks
Before those spots
Appear on your checks.
Then you appear
Like a speckled egg,
Mad at the world,
Shake a speckled leg.
Who was so. kind?
And gave them to me?
Be careful my friend
I don't give them to thee..
Mrs. Delbert Casey
Route 1, Box 358
Central Point, Ore.
Birch Vers
To the Editor: In answer
to Senator Kuchel's attack on
the John Birch Society, I have
this to say:
S-ir, may I take issue with
your views of the right?
E-xclaiming that Birchers
are peddlers of fright.
N-umerous people all over
tho States,
A-re learning the TRUTH
from various debates.
T-hat the John Birch Soci
ety stands together for
good;
O-f our country's RIGHTS,
as well it should.
R-adicals we don't have,
and violence we abhor,
It's Patriots we want to
fight the cold war.
K-eep in mind, please, lib
erty can't be reserved:
U-nless we keep fighting,
it won't be preserved.
C-alling us "Devil's Work
ers" and accusing us of
hate,
H eartily smacks of a left
wing trait.
E-ach liircher Is dedicated
to work for the riRht,
L-ove of God and Country
is tile aim we cite.
Mrs. Albert C. Livingston
148 Van Ness ave.
Ashland, Ore.
Where It Justice?
To the Editor: I appreciate
Mrs. D. L. Swank's letter of
5-9 in the Mail Tribune. Also
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OREGON
my sympathy for the lady
who was fined $50 for trying
to protect her property.
Now don't misunderstand
me. I love dogs in their place.
We voted last year on the
dog issue here. The decision
was to keep dogs shut up, or
from running at large. It nev
er stopped the nuisance.
I called the County Dog
Control (or uncontrol) board,
and they informed me a rul
ing was in effect which per
mitted dogs to run at large if
they were equipped with a
muzzle. Why vote?
From my observations ev
ery day, and always when I
mow the lawn, I am convin
ced instead of muzzles, they
need buckets on the other end.
Not only do I have to clean
the yard, (and pay the gar
bage man to haul it away), but
constantly have to replant
plants that are dug out of the
garden by these precious dogs
after they mess things up.
People in this community
as well as others have been
warned time and again to
keep them from running.
They definitely do not intend
lo keep them in, but intend
to defy the law.
If my neighbors and the
people of this community do
not respect my rights as a cit
izen when we spend so much
time and money on our place
to keep it nice and clean, and
if the law protects them and
their nuisance, where will we
who love nice things go for
justice?
We need a Humane Society
to protect Humans. ,
If John Dellenbeck's cat
control law works as effect
ively as the dog control, we
as citizens of Jackson county
have wasted lots of money
sending him to Salem. Oh,
well what do we care for
money? The taxpayers have
lots of it.
I understand the colored
people have invaded and
taken over Washington, D.C.,
and the dogs, Jackson county.
H. E. Kruegcr
P.O. Box 176
Eagle Point, Ore.
Riled Up
To the Editor: I read an
article in Communications
which concerned space travel
in our skies, which got me
kind of "riled up." Although
I'm only 14 years of age, I
think I know my Bible quite
well. This woman sincerely
believed that there was truely
space travel in our own im
mediate skies. By space travel
I mean from other planets
and not just travels like the
one John Glenn made.
She also said that this
travel from outer space was
confirmed in the Holy Bible.
Now I don't think it would be
asking too much for her lo
please state which book with
chapter and verse or verses
she found this.
She also stated that this
"mission of mercy" was two
fold (1) to bring greater en
lightenment to us preparing
us for the "Golden Age" and
(2) "to save us from our
selves." I would like very
much for her to please tell
me what the "Golden Age"
is. We have no reason to be
"saved from ourselves" If we
are truly Christians. We arc
saved from eternal separation
from God by accepting Jesus
Christ the Son of God as our
own personal Lord and
Savior.
Lori Dawson
Rout 1, Box 320
Trail, Ore.
Constructive
To the Editor: I read the
article called. "Statistics"
written by Irving Thomas,
and all I have to say is that
the Mail Tribune must be
pretty hard up for copy to
Foreign News: French Living Costs;,
German Election Trends; Talent Raids
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Notes from the foreign
news cables:
Da Gauule Dilemma
A rapidly rising cost of liv
ing is threatening France's
zooming economy and Presi
dent Charles
de Gaulle is
looking for
ways to bat
ten down trie
lid. One prob
lem is to get
upper income
Frenchmen to
pay their
taxes. Anoth
ajewsum
er is general
dissatisfaction among workers
in the naturalized gas, elec
tricity, railroad and transport
industries who complain their
wages are lagging behind
those paid by private indus
try. De Gaulle's aim has been
to hold wage increases to 4 per
cent. But French coal miners
broke through the ceiling ear-
let such rabble rousing gel
into print.
Today our country is in
great need of strength, free
dom and unity. Mr. Thomas's
article tears apart unity,
unity that good Christians
have been trying to build
stronger.
It's too bad that Mr. Thom
as doesn't put his effort on
something constructive; rath
er than his own destruction.
J.R.
(Name on file)
Medford
Gimmick i
To the Editor: Your recent
editorial regarding Forest
Camping Fees states, "We feel
certain most campers would
be willing to pay a modest
fee if, in return, they are as
sured of better accommoda
tion, better sanitary facilities
and ultimately, the develop
ment of more forest camp
grounds." Therein lies the
gimmick, for thus far it is
this assurance that is lacking.
You state further that these
user fees will provide funds
for camp ground operation
and maintenance as well as
for improvements, but no one
else has said so. i
All, I repeat, all Forest
Service receipts go into the
General Fund from which
Congress makes appropria
tions for Forest Service op
erations, including camp
grounds. To date, no directive
has been issued ear-marking
user-fees for the purposes you
have mentioned, so they, too,
will go into the general fund
along with our ever rising
total of tax dollars. In return
the public will be rewarded
with the same niggardly con
gressional appropriations for
camp grounds that now pre
vail. This is a source of real
concern to Forest Service ad
ministrators and it should
arouse the public to prompt
action if we value our ex
isting recreational facilities
and desire their expansion.
Grace N. Pearson
Route 2, Box 50
Jacksonville, Ore.
Easy Money
To the Editor: Just say
charge it, or credit for the
teenager. The stores have set
up a plan for credit for the
teenagers, of course with par
ent's approval.
It is hard to think that the
stores have decided to corrupt
trie younger generation with
this easy credit plan. I feel the
younger generation will lose
the value of money with this
credit card. It makes the
children think it almost free,
not to mention the 10 per cent
service charge added on. Of
course if the children do not
pay, the parents are expected
to. That's the whole idea of
this plan.
If the parent doesn't have
the money to pay the children
can quit school and get a job
to pay fur his mistake to save
face and probably never get
back to school. He or she will
now know the true value of
money.
It looks to me the Idea of
charging is in full swing to
bring out children up to this
idea to accept this charge us
you go plan.
To live in a world of credit
now, pay later, or charge for
next year and spend this year
paying past due accounts.
Will it ever stop? Can the
children afford it? Can the
parent really afford this plan?
David J. Sletten
121 Reaecr St.
Medford.
CASTRO IN ASIA
Moscow -1'M- Touring Cu
ban Premier Fidel Castro has
arrived in the central Asian
city of Brat.k, Moscow Radio
reported today. Castro ar
rived in the Soviet Union last
month for a visit that has
taken him through thousands
of miles of Soviet territory.
aaeeMajasajeaa
Ml
ly in April with pay raises
of 6.5 per cent. Increases in
private industry are running
closer to 10 per cent.
Election Trends, German
West Germany's Christian
Democrats, the party of Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer, are
In the Day's News
Br FRANK JENKINS
Question for today:
What kind of person is the
normal, average American
wife?
YOU'LL be surprised.
She is "astonishingly nor
mal." She is physically at
tractive. She is emotionally
healthy. She is a good mother.
She is a CONTENTED wife.
But OH, she's DULL!
WHO says so?
Well, it isn't just back
yard gossip, or cocktail chit
chat. It is a carefully consid
ered profile of the wives of
"normal" American males, as
reported last week at a meet
ing in St. Louis of the Amer
ican Psychiatric association.
HOW did the study that re
sulted in this conclusion
get started?
It s quite a story. In an at
tempt to discover the char
acteristics of "the normal
American male," the psychia
tric investigators first studied
50 men who 12 years ago as
ninth graders had obtained
normal personality scores on
tests given to almost 200 Min
neapolis students.
That study attracted so
much attention that later the
wives of 38 of these men who
had married at age 26 were
studied. The combined results
were made public at St. Louis
as a part of the Psychiatric
Association's week-lpng con
ference. 10ST of the couples, it was
"-B- learned in the study,
were religiously devout and
had attained the same levels
of education. None had even
temporarily separated from a
spouse and there was no evi
dence of critical marital dis
cord in their futures.
On test items reflecting
"contentment with lot and
life, effectiveness and over-all
adjustment" both wives and
husbands rated high, but
on items reflecting "richness
of personality" the ratings
were LOW.-
rpHE verdict of the psychia-
x
trists?
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
fcl Field Enterprises. Inc.
UTOPIAN
Not long ago, I discussed the
perversion of the world "sen
timental," in regard to the
people who
oppose capital
punishment
pointing out
that the real
s e n 1 1 mcnt
a 1 is t s are
those today
who Insist on
retaining this
outmoded ami
Harrl-
n e i icciuai
form of vengeance.
Today I'd like to examine
another very much abused
word, "Utopian." This is a
word often applied by con
servatives, or even by middle-
of-the-roaders, to those who
seem to favor a left-wing phil
osophy, or who appear to be
tinged with a "communistic"
leaning.
Actually, it is one of the
ironies of language and po
litical thought that Karl
Marx, the founder of com
munism, reserved his most
withering scorn for the
"Utopians." They were the
socialists of his day who held
that social reform must come
from the people themselves.
The widespread commu
nist movement in the world
today is precisely the op
posite of "Utopian." It is
pragmatic, dogmatic, im
posed from the top, wedded
to violence, the enemy of
all voluntary movements,
and toally repressive be
neath lis thin layer of hu
manitarian verbiage.
Communism has not mov
ed toward "the withering
away of the slate." as Marx
predicted it would, but in
the opposite direction:
worse, it has bred the equal
ly poisonous reaction of
fascism.
The Utopians may have
been right or wrong and,
in my opiion, they were a
little of both but it is un
just to equate them (now
or then) with the Marxists,
For decades, the ' bitterest
foes of the communisti were
not the capitalists but the
non-Marxian socialists who
saw all too well, and all too
clearly, where Merxism was
headed and they were sil
enced by assassination of
exile.
counting heavily on the May
19 elections in L,ower aaxonv
to reverse losses suffered in
other recent provincial elec
tions. Their hopes are based
on Economic Minister and
Chancellor - Designate Lud
wig Erhard's success in medi
ating West Germany's worst
post - war labor - management
dispute. In the last state elec
tions in Lower Saxony, in
1959, the Christian Demo
crats won 51 seats against 65
for the Socialists. They are
not looking for any landslide
Happiness Is a y ' j
Simple Plurality -lfl
By Arthur Hoppe fVJ
Good-by, Mr. Nixon. Fare
well; farewell. Lots of luck in
New York. And as you trudge
off eastward into the sunrise
of a new day, let me say I
think you re right: if you can t
win in California, try a
smaller state.
Oh, I know. It takes a lot
of old-fashioned courage to
set forth on a new path. Es
pecially one going in that di
rection. Because our whole
success-obsessed culture de
mands we keep climbing ever
upward to greater challenges.
But you and I know this rat-
race philosophy is false.
There's a lot to be said for be-
Here it is, in a nutshell:
"If these couples epitomize
what may now be a relatively
common adapation of the pop
ulation at large, we wish to
express our mixed feelings
about this adjustment.
"Such a population would
promote stability or a firm
backbone of the country. But
THESE COUPLES' LIVES
SEEM ESSENTIALLY MUN
DANE AND DULL."
WELL
TT i
Maybe so.
But this admittedly old
fashioned scribe would like
to go on record here with an
opinion to the effect that if
ALL our American young peo
ple who finish school and get
married and tackle the job
of making a living and raising
a family would go about it
after the manner of these
young people who were studied-
by-- psychiatrists we
wouldn't need to do much
worrying about the future of
our country.
J. Harris
If Marxism had been able
to become more genuinely
Utopian-that is, if it could
have understood the libertar
ian striving of the early reformers-then
it might not
have become as evil in prac
tice as its twin, fascism. By re
jecting the Utopians, by con
demning them as "mere sen
timentalists," the Marxists
abdicated their humanity and
. betrayed the very goals they
so nooiy proclaimed n their
speeches and manifestoes.
We cannot understand the
nature of modern communism
unless we comprehend its his
torical roots. It is a perver
sion of a good idea (some em
inent theologians have even
called it a "Christian
heresy") and Its great appeal
is based on the fact that it
APPEARS to offer the under
privileged peoples greater so
cial justice and economic
equality.
It cannot do so, of course.
But to dismiss these goals as
"Utopian" is to misunder
stand the communist revolu
tion and to misread history.
The American idea is indeed
a Utopian one, and we should
bring the word back to respec
tability and recognition, on
our side.
$0fy
t-7,
victory in this predominatly
socialist state but do hope for
impressive gains.
Raids
Japanese industrialists have)
joined their British opposite
numbers in complaining
about technical talent being
hired away by U.S. compa
nies. Japanese scientists and
technicians are not leaving
home, simply going to work
for the Japanese branches of
U.S. firms.
ing a big frog in a small
puddle.
Besides, it isn't as though
the trail you have taken is
unmarked. And when skies
seem gray, when you feel lost
in the thickets of doubt, you
can always hold aloft as a
shining beacon the name o
the man who blazed the way
before you: Mr. Harold Stas
sen.
I'm sure his example was
much in your mind when you
made your grave decision. Re
member how he arose out of
Minnesota like a comet and
burst on the Washington
scene? In no time, he was run
ning for Vice President! Heir
apparent to Mr. Eisenhower!
The White House itself clear
ly within his grasp!
And after that, of course, ho
moved down to Pennsylvania
and ran for Governor. And
after that he ran for Mayor of
Philadelphia. And after that
. . . But, as you and I know,
who Is to say he is not the
happiest of men today?
Wherever he is.
Yet here are all we Amer
icans, striving to get ahead,
seeking status, accumulating
tail fins and ulcers. And
whose fault is it? Our leaders.
Being successful they natur
ally demand we follow them.
And so they drag us ever up
ward from one hollow tri
umph to the next. Until we
crack. Is this happiness? No!
And that, Mr. Nixon, is why
I wish to pay tribute today to
the only two true leaders of
our time. You and Mr.
Stassen. For only by emulat
ing you can we Americans dis
cover the direction in which
true happiness lies: downhill.
Thus I have faith you will
find happiness at last in New
York. What, may I ask the
cynics, is wrong with running
for Mayor in Scarsdale? It is
a decent and honorable job, a
job worth doing. Or, hopefully
failing that, a spiritedly un
successful campaign for
county selectman? As you
have so ably pointed out, it is
the desire to serve, not the
status of the job, which
counts.
Perhaps, with a bit of luck,
you will be able to struggle
onward. Then finally, the ul
timate: "Dick Nixon for Pre
cinct Vice-Captain Exper
ience Counts!"
Ah, and when you have lost
the last r A m r n i a n hn.,t
I blessed you will be by true
inner peace, true contentment,
true . . . Just a minute.
"Dick Nixon for Precinct
Vice-Captain?" I think I've
gone too far. Maybe I ought lo
revise my thesis and put it
this way: Only by rejecting
the success rat race can all
we Americans find true happi
ness. All we Americans, that
is, except politicians.
Fire Protection
Assotiation Convenes
Portland - IUP1I - The 67th
annual meeting of the Na
tional Fire Protection associa
tion got under way at th
new Hilton Hotel today.
Some 2,000 persons are ex
pected to attend the five day
meeting.
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