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History from tho files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
August 28. 19S3 (Saturday)
City police reported today
that a man has been attempt
ing to sell a bar ot silver
marked "US Mint, San Fran
cisco, Calif.," to local Jewel
ers. An explosion at the inter
section of West 11th and Ham
ilton sts., was caused when
gas from a break in the California-Pacific
Utilities gas
line leaked into the city sew
er line; the gas became ig
nited by a flare on a man
hole cover, city police re
ported. 10 YEARS AGO
August 29. 1143 (Sunder)
Earthquakes rock southern
California.
From Arthur Perry's "Y
Smudge Pot" column: "Word
now comes to 'save the but
ter,' u a shortage thereof
looms. In these times slicing
butter is a fine art. Many can
slice it so thin they practically
miss it altogether."
SO YEARS AGO
August 29, 1133 (Tuetdsy)
Deer hunting season to
tart Sept. 20.
Increasing cloudiness and
cooler, high 89, low 48 de
grees. 40 YEARS AGO
August 29. 1923 (Wednetday)
City ordinance passed pro
hibiting keeping more than
two horses in city limits.
Brush fires rage near Jack
son Hot Springs.
10 YEARS AGO
August 29. 1913 (Friday)
Warmest night in history
of valley as mercury hovers
bout 70 degrees; warm wind
worries fruitmen.
Frederick H. Hopkins, val-
jcy orcnardlst and ex-mayor
of Central Point, visits in
Portland.
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standard bale of American
cotton about 49, 490 or 4,900
pounds?
3. Is a diving bell open, or
eiosea, ai uie bottom?
4. Name the city in the
U.S. which is said to be the
borne of the bean and the cod
9. If an automobile is driv
en at 60 miles per hour, how
many feet per second does it
travel?
6. Was Robin Hood a legen
dary or actual person?
7. Whom did Theodore Roo
sevelt succeed as President of
the U.S.?
8. What does a barometer
register?
9. Who recently headed a
fact-finding mission on the
Communist threatened Asia
mainland?
10. Correct the following;
"The ccrd.emned man was
hung."
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THURSDAY. AUGUST It. IMS
March on
We have had rather
about the civil rights march on Washington
First, we sympathize
tivations of the march,
Second, we fully believe in the Constitution
al right to assemble and petition for a redress
of grievances which is
But, thirdly and on
had some doubts not
attaining the goals desired, but as to whether
it might not actually damage the case for civil
rights particularly if violence occurred.
.'
AT THIS writing, it appears evident that our
fears we unfounded, our doubts base
less, and our hopes well grounded.
The crowd, almost twice as large as had been
predicted, was orderly. And while it is too early
to tell what sort of an impact the march has had
on Congressional leaders, it is entirely possible
that this huge, but restrained, outpouring of
human emotion could help have the desired
effect. '
Sen.' Maurine Neuberger, writing from Wash
ington, recalls that in her youth she participated
in a march in Portland, during the depths of
the depression, to emphasize the need for a re
covery program. And she added:
"Whether our march did any good or not, it stim--ulated
our own interest in the plans for recovery
and had a definite psychological effect.
"I can think of no recent -event since then which
has had a similar impact upon the nation. That is,
until now. The march on Washington to emphasize
the feeling of thousands of Americans ...
"People are more meaningful than slogans. Peo
ple ar the essence of the march on Washington.
"I am asked what will be the effect of this mass
demonstration. It is hard to gauge, and I can only .
surmise, but I believe that this question is irrelevant
as I remember my own experience of long ago."
a
HHHAT comment, that the question is "irrele-
vant," is an interesting and revealing; one.
coming as it does from a member of the Sen
ate who has long been involved in the struggle
for civil rights and civil liberties.
Perhaps it is irrelevant: perhaps the more
relevant question might be what the demonstra
tion has done to and for the participants them
selves, in terms of
tion, human dignity and
Negroes in America
with very little help; they: still have a long way
to go. It may be that the
will do much to assist them on their way E. A.
Where Is the
A reader called us the .other day to complain
about the use of the phrase "far right" or "ultra
right" to describe the particular segment of the
political spectrum where she resides. '
"Really," she said, "we're in the middle, with
anarchy to our right and
left. We stand half way
constitutional principles."
We know this woman
she honestly believes that the John Birch so
ciety members and their political and emotional
cohorts are in the "center,
QURELY, any rational
convincing inai mere is totalitarianism ot tne
right as there is of the left. World War II amply
demonstrated that the dangers of Fascism and
Naznsm were (and, incipiently, still are) as
deadly as those of communism.
And the John Birchen et al have, throunrh
their own actions and
tnemseives to be far closer to the ends of the
spectrum of political belief than to the center
Both ends fight against the center, and the
issue is freedom. Those who would compel others
into their own narrow channels of thinking
i ; .......
oy lniuirauon, coercion, intimidation, torce or
whatever cannot honestly claim; to be on the
side of freedom.
IN THE Coos Bay area the other day a group
1 of citizens (including the Rev. William Wal
ker, formerly of Medford) planned to meet to
show their sympathy for the freedom march in
Washington. ,
When the meeting convened, a group led by
a John Birch coordinator attended in sufficient
numbers to constitute a majority. They "took
over" the meeting, elected their own officers,
and made a mockery of the rights of citizens to
assemble, and to organize for any purpose.
This is one of the tactics of totalitarianism,
as practiced by both Fascists and Communists.
It certainly is not in the tradition of America,
which was founded on the proposition that "the
right of the people peaceably to assemble" shall
not be infringed.
If the Bircheis can infiltrate and take over
a group of sincere citizens and pervert their ef
forts, what comes next?
t
fTHE radical rightists lay claim to the hon-
ored title of "conservative." They are not
conservative, for they do not wish to conserve
what is good in America, but to destroy many
of its institutions and traditions.
They are truly subversive, both in objectives
and in tactics, and they are "radical" in that
they would make fundamental changes in
American government and politics.
They are not at the center of the political
Anectrum. TtlPV ar in
J"' . ... . '
nght a8 such
theJr Wt part of the main stream of American
thought and tradition. E. A.
Washington
sharply mixed feelings
completely with the mo
and with its objectives.
exactly what this was
the other hand, we have
only as to its efficacy in
self-confidence, determina
self-respect.
have come a lonir wav
march on Washington
'Far Right'?
totalitarianism to our
between them, and on
-
to be sincere, but if
she is sadly mistaken.
! reading of history is
pronouncements, shown
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PERSONAL PREJUDICES
The basic difference be
tween the artist and the en
tertainer which is a vague
distinction in most people's
minds is that the former
works to satisfy himself,
while the latter works to
please his audience; great ar
tists rarely command the pop
ular appeal of talented enter
tainers, because they do not
give the public what it wants,
but what it ought to want.
, Same people are so hope
lessly utilitarian in their
outlook that they can't buy
a hurricane lamp without
half hoping for a hurricane.
What bigots never under
stand is that any group treat
ed like inferiors BECOME in
feriors (try it with children);
as G. L. Dickinson observed
long ago, "Every kind of dis
crimination is a protection of
the incompetent against the
competent, with the result
that the motive to become
competent is taken away."
Does anyone join me In
admiring my profound self
restraint at being almost
the only Journalistic com
mentator in the United
States to have thus far re
frained from writing a sin
gle word about the Pro
fit mo easef
a
The four most dangerous
words in any language are
"U," "none," "always" and
"never" for the basic test of
any civilization (as of any
man) is its capacity to qualify
and modify its judgments and
decisions; and the beauty ot
democracy, despite its de
fects, is that it makes modify
ing the main political process.
Nearly everyone uses the
word "preposterous" aa a
mere synonym for "ab
surd," which is iha lost for
In the Day's News
By FRANK
In Sheppton, Pennsylvania,
Wednesday morning, two coal
miners were rescued from a
cold, dark chamber more than
300 feet underground where
they have been trapped for
two weeks by a cave-in that
cut them off from the bright,
beautiful world above them
and apparently sentenced
them to a horrible death.
As they came out, they were
jubilant. As they came up the
shaft that had been drilled
309 feet through dirt, clay,
rock and coal to reach them,
one of them sang "I'll be
comin' round the mountain,"
and the other danced a happy
jig as he came out into the
air and the sunshine.
As this is written, there is
joy throughout ALL OF
AMERICA, tempered only by
the grim fact that another
miner trapped 19 feet away
from the lucky two is still
unheard from.
INTERESTING question:
How much did it cost?
The answer is that nobody
has the faintest idea.
As of now, NOBODY
CARES. Cost was never an
object.
CC1ENTISTS sent costly ra-
dioactive material to the
rescue site. Texant shipped up
huge drilling bits to cut
through the rock and the coal
to rush the shaft down to the
trapped men.
Much of the drilling equip
ment at the rescue site, its
value estimated as high as a
quarter of a million dollars,
was owned by a big tool com
pany. No q,uetrnwere asked
as to who would pick up the
tab.
Countless hours of TIME
were spent-much of it over
time. How many hours? No
body knows. Nobody stopped
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Are Created Equal . . .
i. Harris
a useful word) "preposter
ous" means a special kind
of absurdity, such at put
ting the cart before the
horse, or sentencing a man
before hit conviction.
The conflict between the
generations was succinctly
put by Lyman Bryson, when
he said: "The error of youth
is to believe that intelligence
is a substitute for experience;
while the error of age is to
believe that experience is a
substitute for intelligence."
Architects customarily
look more harassed than
any other group of profes
sional men because theirs It
tho only profession In which
the client usually thinks ha
knows mors than the ex
pert) no surgeon is told by
the patient where to make
tho incision, nor Is any
lawyer ordered to rearrange
jurisprudence but archi
tect often have to satisfy
bad taste more than their
wn canons of esthetics.
Business letters that are
sent out with the bumptious
inscription, "Dictated but not
read," should be promptly re
turned with the notation, "Re
ceived but not necessarily be
lieved."
Water lapping against
the shore ai night outside
one's window it the great
est soporific in the world;
to me, a land-locked vaca
tion, nowhere near a coast
line. Is waste of time and
money.
Almost all history is paro
chial: my little boy's book on
ships tells him that Robert
Fulton, an American, "in
vented" the steamboat but
it fails to add that his "in
vention" was anticipated by
about 30 steamers built in
England and on the Continent.
JINKINS
to add
make a
up the hours or to
note of them.
A SPOKESMAN for the
Pennsylvania Department
of Mines told an inquiring re
porter that no matter what
the cost may be he State of
Pennsylvania is ready to pick
up the tab.
If the State of Pennsylvania
picks up the tab, the taxpay
ers of Pennsylvania will have
to pay the bill. It's a good bet
that they will pay it willing-ly-for
the money was spent
in a good cause.
SO MUCH of the news these
days is SO BAD.
For example:
The U. S. News tt World
Report, in its latest issue, says
that by every measure Amer
ica is on the brink of a major
crisis in crime. It says the
rise in crime far outstrips the
population Increase. - (
In the years from 19S8 to
1962. it points out, the U. S.
population is up SIX per cent,
whereas CRIME is UP 27 PER
CENT.
WHY?
Well, the U. S. News tt
World Report says, a BASIC
CAUSE is too much worry in
America about the RIGHTS
OF CRIMINALS and too little
worry about the RIGHTS OF
LAW ABIDING CITIZENS.
AND SO ON.
It causes us to wonder
if wc are on the down-hilt side
of our development as a na
tion. Are we getting WORSE in
stead of BETTER?
INHERE ARE times when one
wonders.
But this trapped miner
story from Pennsylvania gives
us hope for the future.
In th PINCHES. Ameri
cans are still all right.
Opposition to Czech Red Leader Mounts
With Demands for 'Rehabilitation' of Foe
By PHIL NEWSOM
VPI Foreign News Analyst
When the gallows ended the
life of former Czech Commu
nist party secretary general
Rudolph Slan
sky on Dec. 3,
19S2, one of
the most en
thusiastic ot
those in the
cheering let-
t i nn uia. An.
No I tonln Novot-
5r. I nv.
Both had
been mem-
twioai
bers of the Czechoslovak Com-
Matter of Fact
By Joseph Alsop
(e) New YorJkJJrradrTlbunjBjSndlcate
Joseph Alsop it on vaca
tion this month and gath
ering material both in this
country and abroad for fu
ture columns. During his
absence, top members of the
staff of the New York Her
ald Tribune will substitute
far him.
By STUART H. LOORY
THE REPORT ON IMOKINC
Washington In a suite of
borrowed offices at the Na
tion Library of Medicine,
built in a park-like setting in
suburban Bethesda, Md., the
duplicating machines whirl
endlessly, turning out copies
of all the reports concerning
the association between ciga
rette smoking and disease -particularly
lung cancer and
heart disease.
All the reproduced mater
ial represents the grist 10 of
the nations most eminent
medical scientists will mill
into a final, concusive report
on the extent of the relation
ship between smoking, dis
ease, and death. That such a
relationship exists, few medi
cal men will deny today.
Whether or not the relation-
ship-in light of all the other
factors causing disease in the
modern world - justifies ac
tion is another matter.
President Kennedy ordered
the United States Public
Health Service to conduct
this authoritative review of
the literature in response to
growing public confusion. The
report will be ready by the
end of the year.
BUT there are widespread
indications that many are
not willing to wait for the
government report before
taking official action to brand
smoking a health menace.
Just an incomplete sampling
ot the actions taken this sum
mer in the United States
alone reveals:
-Two New England hospi
tals have ordered the removal
of cigarette vending machines
and a third has placed a sign
near its machine noting the
danger of smoking.
-The State of Kansas has
approved the sale of a life in
surance policy which pays
higher benefits on death of
non smokers than smokers.
The policy is written by the
Great American Reserve In
surance Co. of Dallas, Tex.,
whose chairman, Travis T.
Wallace, Is also chairman of
the American Cancer Society,
the leader in the anti-smoking
campaign.
-The California State Board
of Health has adopted a four
point program to cut down on
cigarette smoking, which it
brands "a severe hazard to
health." The report says, "The
evidence now Indicates that
cigarette smoking has such a
profoundly harmful effect on
health that it should be aban
doned." -The tobacco Industry,
which has consistently fought
the validity of the evidence,
suddenly showed signs of
softening its attitude. Early
in the summer the Tobacco
Institute adopted volunt a r y
restrictions on advertis i n g.
that, in effect, cut out the in
dustry's pitch at the youth of
the nation. Tobacco companies
will no longer advertise in
college publications. They
will no longer advertise on
TV programs aimed primarily
at teenagers, and they will
I LI- vl I IS i
m 1 1 n i - li i " m
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"With all this talk about schj dreeem karrli America.
guy could grew up with d?Ut b&m fm t fctViMd
a education!" --
munist party since its incep
tion in 1921.
Both had participated in
the conspiracy which led to
the downfall of the Czecho
slovak republic of Eduard
B e n e s and the Communist
takeover. But the two were
bitter enemies, and when
Slansky's downfall came No-
votny had a hand both in his
arrest and in his execution.
It was perhaps coincidental
that the pace of Novotny's
own rise to power as president
of Czechoslovakia and first
secretary of the Czech Com
munist party quickened with
drop all athletic heroes from
commercials.
TPHE tobacco industry earns
over $7 billion a year sell
ing smokes to more than 63
million Americans, and if
there ever was an industry
that advertising built, this is
it. The industry will spend
an estimated $200 million on
advertising in news papers,
magazines, and on television
during 1963, or an average of
about six cents for every car
ton of cigarettes produced,
produced.
The Public Health Service
committee, over which Sur
geon General Luther L. Terry
himself presides, will ignore
the economic factors involved
in reaching conclusions as it
writes its report. The commit
tee has 10 members, and each
member has assumed respon
sibility for a section ot the
document.
The sections will cover
such topics as the chemistry
of tobacco smoke, the pathol
ogy of habit-forming drugs,
cancer biology, genetics, the
statistics of the cigarette
smoke - lung cancer relation
ship, the physiology ot car
diopulmonary disease, and
similar topics.
EACH one of the 10 men
has organized a subcom
mittee to help him evaluate
the medical literature per
taining to his subject. (In the
past two decades, there have
been thousands of scientific
studies done relating to the
smoking question.)
The committee so far has
held four meetings in Bethes
da. At their last session, in
May, the members discovered
the volume of material
would be far greater than
they expected. But they are
working along in an atmos
phere undisturbed by the
growing interest in the prob
lem. The committeemen have de
cided not to talk to the pub
lic about the problem while
they are writing their report.
And the public has shown
curiously little interest in the
report. A staff spokesman at
Bethesda reported the other
day that the volume of mail
inquiring about the study was
very light.
AWHILE back there was a
spate of form letters writ
ten by members of the Wom
en's Christian Temper a n c e
Union, and later there were
a few inquiries as a result of
a magazine article.
But if the interest is light
now, all that is bound to
change when the report comes
out by the end of the year.
It will draw some conclusions
about the evidence. Then,
based on those conclusions,
the Public Health Service will
formulate a plan of action for
dealing with the smoking
question.
That plan could effect mil
lions of people - those who
smoke cigarettes and those
who produce them. The other
side of the health problem
involves an economic question
of major importance. If smok
ing is sharply curtailed, now
will the economic slack result
ing from a major dislocation,
ranging from farmers who
grow tobacco to producers
making cigarettes to govern
ments that collect taxes on
them, be taken up?
i hi !(
Slansky's downfall.
And it may also be coinci
dental that a review of Slan
sky's case, finding him inno
cent of the conspiracy charges
for which he was hanged,
also could be a sign of trouble
for Novotny.
In any case, as "de-Stalin-ization"
has spread through
the Soviet Union and the
satellites and it has become
fashionable to "rehabilitate"
party members executed in
the bad old day s. Novotny
has shown a marked reluc
tance to initiate any such pro
gram for Czechoslovakia, and
particularly so in the case of
lansky.
In fact he renewed his de
nunciations of S 1 a n s k y in
various speeches in 1961 and
1962 and again last June.
When Slansky and 10 co
defendants were executed in
1952, the list read like a who's
who of Czech communism.
Besides Slansky there were
Vladimir Clementis, a former
foreign minister, and a hand
ful of former deputy ministers
of defense, national security,
finance and other high of
fices. As demands for their re
habilitation mounted within
the party, an outstanding
voice in these demands was
that of Rudolf Barak, a dep
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Not Trusting
To the Editor: I have agreed
with and always admired Har
ry Truman for speaking out in
plain spoken manner regard
ing agreements with the So
viet, or any subject. He said
they would never keep their
word or live up to any agree
ment, if it were to their ad
vantage to violate it.
But on the question of the
nuclear test ban agreement,
those who advocate U.S. sign
ing of it are not arguing that
point, and have never made a
statement that would give any
of these wild-eyed, hair-triggered
column communicants
of yours the slightest grounds
for intimating that they do
trust the Reds.
No one in high office in this
nation is so naive as to be
lieve the Russians would keep
their word if it should serve
them better to violate it. But
the angles and situations that
cause many to believe that it
is proper to sign up with
this test ban agreement are
real; not imaginative.
Russia and Red China be
ing on the outs, as they are, is
what makes Khrushchev want
to sign with U.S., not only a
partial test ban agreement.
but a follow up non-aggression
pact perhaps. He wants Red
China to see two of the largest
and strongest white nations in
agreement. Khrushchev wants
the effect such agreement
would have, by suggestion, on
Red China's thinking in re
gard to their hostile attitude
toward the West, in opposition
to Russia's peaceful co-existence
policy.
It is the opinion of some of
our nation's smartest people,
who are ANYTHING BUT
soft on Communism, that so
long as we are still free to
crack down any time they do
violate the agreement, we
should sign with Red Russia,
for the reason that it might
put a check-rein of fear, or at
least of concern, on Red
China, whose leaders wish to
get control of the Western
World via the hard way; by
fighting.
I mentioned Harry Truman
in the first paragraph of this
letter. Well, he has, in spite
of his distrust of the Reds
come out 100 per cent in favor
of signing. He did not say he
had changed his mind as to
trusting the Reds, but he is
in favor of signing for the
sake of lessening of the fall
out danger, and possible pro
longing of the time before
the next holocaust by slowing
up production of deadly war
instruments on the part of
the Reds and the U.S. I my
self am very much in favor
of us signing.
Ir closing this letter, I wish
to give a tip of my hat to
Howard Splane ot Applegate.
Ore., for his very fine letter
on this subject in Sunday
82S63 Tribune. I believe
with him from start to finish
of his letter.
Pat Graham
17S Jeanette st.
Medford
Unfair Treatment
To the Editor: Where were
you when the family picnic
was in progress on Sunday.
Aua. Si
fhg letter is written in pro
test of tho unfatr publicity
treatment accorded the Dem
ocratic C e n tr a I committee
sponsored non-political family
picnic by the newspaper you
are managing.
Your news staff was fully
informed on all phases of the
picnic prior to the event and
klttjw the time, schedule of
uty premier and minister of
interior who also was begin
ning to challenge Novotny for
leadership.
Against Barak, Novotny
carried out a stroke of Com
munist genius.
Novotny ran Barak out of
office in 1961 on charges of
embezzlement and other state
crimes and got him sentenced
to 15 years in prison. To this
he added the further charge
that Barak himself had ob
structed the de-Stalinizatton
program by hiding evidence.
By this twin stroke it ap
peared Novotny had not only
eliminated a rival but also a
potential threat to all old-time
comrades tainted with Stalin
ism. But it appears that Novotny
has not been able to rid him
self of all opposition.
Slansky was hanged for
conspiracy and spying for
the United States.
The fact that a review has
cleared him of these specific
charges over what must have
been Novotny's opposition
now is being interpreted as
indicating a deep split within
the Czech party.
In Vienna, close observers
of the Czech scene are claim
ing that the Kremlin has in
tervened directly to chart the
course of Czech de-Salimza-tion.
events and entertainment and
the contests that were to be
held and still in the week be
fore the picnic was held no
news items appeared.
On the Sunday the picnic
was held any announcement
was withheld and the picnic
was completely informed,
even though all staff members
had the information necessary
for a story.
Came Monday, came Tues
day, came Wednesday and
complete silence from our
leading daily newspaper, and
by now I know that 35,000
Democrats in this county
know very well that they
were accorded decidedly un
fair treatment in not getting
the news, and that the with
holding must have been de
liberate. My feeling is that with
proper coverage by the M-T
we might have drawn a crowd
in excess of 3,000 but without
news coverage we only drew
short of 1,800, and fed 1,200.
The radio stations must have
helped on this as well as the'
TV outlets.
We had a well ordered, well
policed picnic with protection
and safety precautions taken
and the people attending had
a good time. Hundreds told
me so in person.
Today it isn't news when a
man bites a dog. Today how
ever in Jackson county it is
news when a family picnic
non-partisan and non-political
at that draws a crowd seven
times bigger than the Repub
lican political picnic billed as
a family picnic, especially
when the picnic drawing 1.800
is sponsored by the Democrat
ic Party. As you should well
know the Republican political
picnic was scare-headlined
well in advance to feature
Marcus Orelius Fortunatus as
prepared to deliver a blister
ing attack on the Democrats.
Orelius did just as expected
and on Sunday, Aug. 18, you
and your staff did jus'ice io
the story 3 columns wide
big picture and double black
headline saying "Democrats
Failed." All this covering
about one third of the front
page. Well done Ericus.
No we did not fail we put
on a nice family picnic with
no political speaking. Fed
about 1,200 and estimated at
tendance at just under 1.800.
Now I ask this awkward
question: "Was this deliber
ately an attempt by withhold
ing news and publicity to
downgrade the Democrats in
their efforts?" Or did you fail
to cover the news thoroughly?
K. C. (Swede) Wernmark
140 North Eighth st.
Central Point, Ore.
I Spart the Axe
To the Editor:
Where th; tax is'
Dear neighbors, can't
you
see.
That cutting off the
branches
Can stunt your family tree?
(Name on file)
Medford.
Bigger and Better
To the Editor: I was very
much interested in the item
in Friday's paper about the
gladiolus that is 60 inches
tall, as I have one that I have
considered a freak that meas
ure 72 inches and has a spike
of IS blooms. It will be a little
taller when the last bloom
opens.
Yours for bigger and better
"glads."
Mrs. R. L. Ray
674 Oak Grovs rd
Medford.