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in U VV ft rFTllMI I II The-. Day's Sews lly UtANK JENKINS JN official announcement (from Moscow's Kremlin! says thlH morning the Soviet government has KXTENDED SYMPATHY to the Cseehoslovnk government on Hie death u( Jan Masaryk, THAT raise an Interesting ques 1 Uon: Is Russia merely playing Ihroimli to the end poker-faced,- cyitlcnl farce? Or Is she trttlu worried by the upsurge of horrified, shocked world opinion Unit followed Masaryks death? TP Russia were really bolliered by adverse world opinion of her, It would be a development of the in most Importance. ANOTHER question: Why did Masaryk da.--i hlnAMf to death from a window of Ills office In Prague the other day? TN an effort to find an answer, let's dig back a little Into history. In 11M3 (midway of the war) the Caechoslovnkian republic (Benes, president', Masaryk, foreign min ister I signed a 20-yenr mutual as sistance treaty wlih Russia. Ex plaining this move, llenes said: "The path of a free Cwehoslovakla lies through Moscow and the Soviet Union, whose gallant armies, with the aid of their allies, are liberating Europe" (from Hitler.) A little later Masaryk. In a speech In this country, said: "Russia will be the most powerful postwar nation In Europe. None of the small neighbors of the Soviet Union can resume their Inde pendence without her aid." He added: "Czechoslovakia has NOT sold out to Russia ... We Intend to live our own lives in our own way and we know Russia will respect our way of living." TIE then told his hearers: n "After what MUNICH did to the Czechs, they can't bo blamed for lining up with the side that has the greatest number of nuns right next door and not at the other side of Europe." THAT told the slory. the river by Chamberlain had been sold down Britain and Prance. Britain's appeasing premlen came home to London and told the British people and the world: "We have insured PEACE IN OUR TIME." """Peace In our time," Chamberlain (CantlBaaS aa rasa 1, i:Ihi S) '1 I . I AraDS uecree Martial Law IN NORTHERN PALESTINE, March 11 OP) Martial law ha been decreed In all Northern Palestine, effective at dawn today, by Fawxl Bey Al Kaukjl, Arab commander. "Every order from this headquar ters will now become the law of the land (Northern Palestine) for civil and military alike." Fawzi Bey de clared In his order last night. Hit headquarters said prison now are being established In the moun tain top village where Fawzl Bey has act up his command. Several persons already have been arrested and are awaiting trial before mili tary courts, which officers said will begin sitting soon In all major towns and cities of the Northern Holy Land. Tho courts are to bo operated by Arab lawyers now attached to the Arab army, which entered Palestine last week In readiness to fight parti tion of the Holy Land, voted by the United Nations last November 29. Fawzl Boy said punishments will be "strict and severe." WIATHER Mat, IMr. 101 IS Mm, Vrat-lttilallail laal 1 hawia ..... Xlfram raar lit data I.ail Mar .. A. OR Narntal (( lurteaall Cloudy anaw fturriffa, "l'isisas .in i .jrSj.J X ill I Jtil Vyvj. t I 7lT ikfi Tiffin KZ r Jt9-Jy C.ih.... It III liW T ft ii III mil HI ill BUS! ill I lAIa ai J . .... ; ... PKIf'lt r'lVK CISNTM mmm KF.AMAT1I KAM.H, OltlCUON, T' .rtX A1AIK II 11, HUB 4 Plods For Telephone Hill No. 1280 Stop-(Bap aid Military Precautions Against Attack Taken By Top Officials In Diplomatic, Armed Forces WASHINGTON, March 11 (AP) Military developments in the United States reflect the "very, very serious world situation noted by Secretary of State Marshall. High command conferences . , , new weapons . , . quests for military manpower . . . congressional warnings against cutting defense funds. All these coincided today with Marshall's grove summa tion of tho trond of global affairs. But just as the secretory voiced an implied plea to the American people to keep cool, other top officials in both the diplomatic and military branches of the government took pains to stress this:' All efforts to build up the United Stoles' armed might are aimed solely at guarding against aggressive attack. These officials shun tho idea of a "preventive" war to beat any would-be attacker to the drow Secretary of Defense Forrestal told a news conference yesterday that it is not the nature of democracies, "particularly Two More File For Sheriff's Position Today Two more candidates for the of fice of Klamath county sheriff came Into the race today making a total of 17 al the post and one more day remaining for entrants. Piling deadline for all offices Is 5 p. m. tomorrow. Today's candidates are both seek ing the democratic party's nomina tion. First was C. E. (Red! Million), box 1 100-A. route 1. Klamath Palls, and next was Larry "U. McClane, 3213 Applcgate. Mllhorn Is a former city police man and McClane Is a lumber mill worker. Both have been associated with the price ring, Mllhorn as a boxer and McClane as assistant matchmaker and manager of sever al boys fighting locally. The list of aspirants for the )ob of sheriff now includes 10 republi cans and seven democrats. Filing late yesterday afternoon for county coroner was Dr. George H ' Adler. on the democratic ticket. Or. Adler has been Klamath coun ty coroner since 1032 and probably will be unopposed for the office. Late Spud Bulletin 8AN FRANCI8CO, March 11 (AP LBDAi Potatoes: 8 broken, 10 un broken cars on track; arrivals, Cali fornia 1. IdBho 3, Oregon 2; market rtxiut steady: Klamath Russets No. 1-A. 5.76; dark color 6.40; Long White No. l-A. 04 69-4.76: No. 2, 14.00: Oregon Deschutes Russels No. 1-A, 5.75. LOS ANGELES. March 11 IAP I'BDAi Potatoes: IB broken, 46 unbroken cars on track: arrivals, California 1, Oregon 4, Kansas 6, Florida 1, Idaho 18: carlot sales, Idaho Russets .No. 1-A. I5.1S-5.30, small low as 5.10; large high as S0.45. Victim Of Russian Gunfire 7 ) i i) PKC Jack Orunden, 18, of Portland, Ore., who was shot by Rus sian sentry In front of Hovlet headquarters In Vienna, receives the at tention of Nurse f.t. Velma t ori, -of Olhsonbiirg, )., in the U. 8, army 110th station hospital In Vienna. -I.l. C'orl adjusts pulley arrangement on Orundcn's wounded arm. lfe Is eipeeted to recover. this democracy," to plan a war do libera lely. Hut the United Stales Is deter mined to put Us military house In order. Here ere some of the latest ef forts: Joint Meeting High command: Korrestal has ordered the Joint chiefs of slntf to meet with him and tell him where they disagree about what service should do what in a war. If these military commanders of the army, navy and air force and the chief of staff to the prcz-ldeut still can't agree, Forrestal will make his own decisions. Weapons: While making ready lor further teals ofHatomlo weapons in the Pacific, the military haa begun experiments In California Willi the world's biggest standard explosive bomb a 21-tun missile. The first phase of the test was for a U-aa to drop a dud. Uilrr live bombs will be exploded. The air force plana Uime tent drill" from its biggest bomber, the B-as. That huge slx-englne plane was de signed for 10.000-mlle flights. How ever, the range presumably would be less with a load which Included the 43.000-iKiund bomb. Carrier I'launrrf The navy, stressing more and more Uie role of carrier-borne aviation In Its fleet, proposes to build a giant xO.OOO-ton flaltop. Much a carrier could make possible new and even harder-striking task forces. Manpower: A new effort to push universal military training through congress Is underway. The senate armed services committee decided yesterday to Ignore house delays and begin lis own hearings on a bill next week. Marshall will be the first wit ness. Meanwhile the office of selective service records is training officers to put a new draft program Into effect quickly If the necessity arises. Henator Wilson (R.-Iowal echoed this view today. He said the nation may need both UMT and selective service, "Heroic methods" may be neces sary, Wilson said In a statement, adding: "Should conditions be as grave as they are pictured, I would favor re activating the selective service sys tem so all may do their part." Truman Signs Air Crash Pay Bill WASHINOTON, March 11 iVi-A bill to pay Mrs. F.lronore M, Han nan of Cooulllc. Ore., $1101 for In juries received when a navy airplane crashed Into her home In 1 1144 has been signed by President Truman. Mrs. llannan and her husbnnd, Joseph, previously had been paid $(1101 for damage to their home. KII.I.KI) WALLA WALLA, March 11 (Pi Drover C. Wcstbrook, Waltsburg, was trapped beneath his overturned car and killed late Tuesday three miles west of Walla Walla. Coroner Albert N, Bradford said Westbrook was returning to Rich land, where he worked, after spend ing the dny with his wife who had given birth to their first child. MacArthur After Announcement : - U V'-Hi? rv. -v.. - J v4a if v,. ( I : V T I , I ' 4Vatt-.r I , " : ' r t f 1 4 1 i - Ijrr (irnrral DouiUt Mar Arthur (renter) IravM hU Toltro tirdquw(eni horlly nltrr snitnuiirlni lMrrh ) thul hi would Nrrrpl nomination fur prralilrnt M offrrril, Col, L, R. Bunker, th rirt' feldr-de-mmp, is ttt riiht Sleepy Citizens Shudder AtThought Of Time Change ity ham: NCAiiiiitori.ii Hhould Orrgou follow (California ai:d Nevada Into daylight saving time In view of the costly drought and electrical power shortage In California? Well, the coiim-iisus here stems In 1 be that daylight saving time might help--alleviate the power altiiauon which Is making tiaelt felt economi cally here and Hie extra hour of Tax On Films To Be Ended LONDON, March II ofi The government announced today an agreement with American film pro ducers to end a tax dispute which brought a Hullywotxl ban on ship ment of films to Milium. Harold Wilson, president of the board if trade, said that the contro versial 7ft per cent duly on earn ings of ImtHirU-d films "would be withdrawn as quickly ss the neces sary order could be made." The normal export of American films to this counl.y will "resume as Main as possible," he lold the house of commons. Karller. both llrltlsh and Ameri can (ilflclala said the agreement Is subject to ratification by United HI ales fl!m executives In Hollywood. 1'he labor government Imposed the tax last August In an effort In save dollars, Kxpendltures for U. 8. films had run to SiM.OOO.ooo a year. Hollywood embargoed shipping new films to England almost at once. Talks for a compromise have been In progress since. The duly, as Imposed orlglna.ly, would have taken three-fourths of net earnings of American movies, leaving about tnooo.OOO to be sent to the U 8. You Can't Win For Losing Here TORONTO, March II (II Mary Richardson, V. Is the proud new owner nl a gold brlrk-on honest-to-goodness gold brick. Hlie won It as a door prize last night at the annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers as sociation. It weighs 3.40 ounces and Is valued at nbo.it $120. The catch Is she can't keep It. She has In sell It to the government, that's the law. Nine Women Patients Perish In Blazing Inferno Of Mental Ward' ' As North Carolina Hospital Goes AHHEVILLI5, N. C March 11 (!) Nine women patients perished here early today In the blazing Inferno of a mental hospital flro. Seven of the victims wcro trapped helplessly on upper floors of tho four-story central building of tho Highland hospital for nervous diseases, Dr. B, T. Bennett, medical doctor, roportcd. Two others were evacuated by firemen who dashed Into tho fiery structure but they died soon aftorward, The fire, discovered about midnight, started In tho kitchen of the hospital's central building. It quickly spread to mi eluvalor shaft and was licking the building's roof when firemen arrived. Scronms of trapped women rang out nbovo the roaring conflagra tion as doctors, nurses, firemen and police ran through the blazing structure, risking their lives In an offort to suvo tho 20 patlcnla In tho building. Tho hospital, housed In several buildings, about three miles from the heart of Ashevlllo, Is ft unit of Duke linlvorslty hospital In Durham. It was operated for about a quarter of a century by Dr. Robert 8. Carroll, a noted mental specialist whoso cllentelo Included members of prominent families throughout the nation. Dr, Cnriull gave tho Institu tion to Duke several years ago. allerniKin would be a nice thing to have this summer. Hut if It came to vole It would be voted down. If the people had to decide them mIvcs they would Immediately be ll In to think about gcllliii up an hour.rarllrr bv Die sun and that phy.ul dlseiimbirt angle-probahly would -ntoro than of set any publlc splrltrtt feeling of helping out Ore gon's sister slate In tho south, III this slate. Just as In California. It would be the Job of the legisla ture lo pass a daylight savings measure. It's not the type of de cision made directly by ballot or by proclamation. Governor John Hall has announced that he's against (he plan but If the need were pressing lie would put It up to the legislature. Pressure Is being applied to In siuuie the plan here In Oregon. Today a Portland retail trade hu rt an put In Ha opinion that daylight savings would be a good tiling. Mayors and counrlls of various rules the last few days have been coming nut In favor of the clock change. Hot farm groups always have token the npimslllnn and for a very giHxl reason, l-'armers, particularly In tills area In Die late summer and full, have lo wait until the dew dries liclorc hurvesllng and that Is accomplished by tho sun end wind, not by tho clink. If. farm laborers came lo work an l our earlier and quit an hour earlier In the afternoon, less work In the fields would be accomplished. Day shifts In Uio lumbering trade here generally go to work at 7:30 or 8 a. m., and probably would not opiKMC Ihe hour change for the simmer months. Reslaura.nt and night club opera tors sav (hat daylight saving time probably would not effect their businesses verv much one way or Ihe other. Office workers would appreciate Ihe extra hour of after noon. The only opposition to daylight s.ivlng time apparent among the clly-dwellers is Ihe Idea of getting up an hour earlier In the morning, ai d that's a tough one to overcome, Hoof-Mouth Threat Grows PULLMAN, March 11 tlt't Hoof and mouth disease Is "an Immedlato and serious threat" to Northwest livestock, a slate department, of flcliil said yesterday. Dr. H. A. Trlppeer, stalo dairy and livestock supervisor, snld tho dreaded disease could spread easily from Mexico to tho Northwest., Ho addressed tho seventh annual Inst! Into of Dairying at Washington Hlalo college Ilecause of drought conditions, largo numbers o' livestock nro mov ing out of Arizona, New Mexico and California, which border Mexico where the disease Is prevalent. Recently 4MI0 cattle were brought through Oregon without, a health examination, Dr. Trlppeor said, Cm em in officials are trying .In round them up and check them for dis ease, he added. He-Bdvlsed livestock men In re port Immediately any soreness, lameness or other unusual symp toms In cattle, hogs, sheep or goals. "Hang onto the livestock you havo and don't buy anything from out sldo If you can avoid It," he said. "Then mako absolutely sure that It la disease free," Funds Asked To Last Till ERP Enacted WAHIIINtiTON, March 11 (IV leslilrni Truman today asked con gress for an additional IftS.OOO.OOO to hrlp tide Western Kurope over until Hie Kuroprsn recovery program Is enacted. Congress voted I3t0.00ll.ooo tem porary aid last fall, Including lis,. 000.000 for China. II waa eipeeted then that this money would last until Die Mar shall plan was passed. But In a letter to Hieaker Martin (It-Mass.), President Truman said: "Kvenls which have taken place In Europe during recent weeks do not permit us with safely or pru denca to risk break in the supply flow at tills moment. I therefore hoiw that congress will find It pos sible to make available the needed funds before April I." Mr. Truman said the money Is needed to permit the continued placement of asmlraeU for essential supplies for a "brief additional In terim period." 'The appropriation proposed will provide only for a vast short period and extreme urgency remains for the earliest possible authorization cf the Kuroimtn recovery program Itself." the president added. KU Concert Slated Tonight The Klamath Union high school musto department presents Uie or chestra and a cappclla choir In what prouUi to be a delightful concert toniglll al 8 o'clock In Ihe KUHS auditorium, second of Uie annual spring concern) given by the music section. Catherine Dianas will be Ihe soprano soloist of the evening and will ling. "Ah Love But A Day," Ueach, and Gershwin's, "My Man's Gone Now." The program opens with orchestra number, the "Three Brothers" overture from the opera, "The Horalll and Curiam" by Clmarosa, and continues through the evening with a thrilling and Inspir ing selection of orchestra and a cap pclla renditions ending with Uie two orchestra selections, "Chop Slicks" by Kvans, a free fantasy, and "81a vonla Rhapsody No. J." Soloists of the a cappclla choir's "Old Moses Put Pharaoh In His Place," will be Roy Larson. Doug Barker and Cecil Phillips. The boys octet, Including Wllber Elliott, Don Boudon, Bill Evans, Ronnie Dlm m Irk, Bob Shaw, Doug Barker, Cecil Phillips and Bob Larson, will sing a group of threo numbers, and there will be number by the drum en semble, the French horn quartet and the brass sextet. Accompanlsis tonight will be Catherine Illinois and Joanne Hoblnetlc. Criticizes v ' V ' I wtf ' V aW ' M'iaUAaIaWMaMt MHM Barley High; Spuds Take SecondPlace The Most Rev, Richard J. Cuah Inr (above) archbishop of Boston. In a speech st Hartford., Conn., cri ticised famous old Boston and New England Protestant families for what he termed their fsllurs to re produce themselves. II Ex-GI's Form "Against Mac Drive Clubs CHICAOO, March 11 Wi Former servicemen and students In five cities have announced formation of organizations "against MuArthur" opposing the possible presidential candidacy of Uen. Douglas Mac Arthur. In Chicago. Paul Berger, 54, spokesman for Uie "Veterans Against MacArihur" club, said If the move gains enough lmetus "a national uon-poliural club will be founded. The flve-suir general announced In Tokyo Monday that he is available for nomination for Uie presidency. Berger said 600 signatures had been obtained In Chicago on peU tlons opiioslng the supreme allied commander In Japan as a possible presidential candidate. He said members had urged friends In sev eral other clues to circulate similar petitions. Cities Included SU Louis, Denver, Boston, Pittsburgh and Dallas, Tex.. Berger said. The Chicago club, Berger said, opposes Mat-Arthurs candidacy (or Uiese reasons: "MacArUiur's gen oral aloofness from Uie American public: his use of violence when troops under his command dispersed the veterans bonus march In 1033; Uie censorship of the press In Mac- Arthur's command In Japan, lndl caUng antl-riemocratlc leanings, and the Inadvlsablllty of having any military man and especially Gen eral MacArihur In the White Keno Sawmill Buys Timber The Keno sawmill firm of Puckett mid Scherer was among high bid ders at the sale of O.V-C timber, It was announced by W, H, Horning, rrglonal administrator for Uie bu reau of land management. The timber, mostly pine, nbuilned by Puckelt and Bcherer, Is located on the Greenspiings highway In Jack son county. Neither the amount nor Ihe bid prlco was learned hero to day ns neither O. K. Puckett nor Earl Schercr, operators, were avail able. lllds were more conservative at this salo than at some public timber sales In tho Pacific Northwest tho past two years. Horning observed. The timber involved Includes SO, OOfi.OOO feet located ill eight of the IB OtVO counties of Western Ore gen Cons, Douglas, Jackson, Jose phlne, Lane, I, Inn, Minion and Yamhill, Average slumpago prices, average and bid, Included: Douglas fir, (ll.oa and 113.57; sugar pine, tl7.na and 1H.(M: Pon derosa pine, III. 8(1 and $17.01; nil other species combined, 13.30 and C.i.TL Minneapolis Hits 2t Below Zero MINNEAPOLIS, March 11 IIP) Today is the coldest March day In Minneapolis In Ihe B7 years official weather records hnvo been kept, Tho mercury touched a low of 36 drgreea below zero. Tho dny la also the coldciit of the winter, Tho ptovlons Mnrch low was 17 on Maich 3, 1010. Tho previous low for tills winter was 31 on January 3.1. ' Angell Raps High Prices ERP! WASHINGTON, Mnrch 11 (!'! -Rep. Angell (R-Ore.) went to mar ket and what he found especially round steak at a dollar-a-)ioiuid brought fort Ii a statement today In which he blamed present prices on: (I) "The failure of Uio adminis tration to safeguard our monetary policy" and (3) the administration's "open competition with the house wives In buying tip scarce necessi ties of life, thereby boasting the cost to the consumer." He also criticized the Marshall plan, saying "the 17 billion dollars proposed to bo given to Europe under Ihe Marshall plan Is more than the combined assessed valua tion of the eleven western stiilcs. P. S.: He didn't buy any round steak. Basin Farm Income Figure 1023 I 2,837,800 11120 6,306,000 1030 5.723J1M 1032 3.4WM 1036 . 10.8HO.000 1040 .... 8,804,646 1041 ....... 13.808,900 1043 I6394JS37 1043 22,773,'KJ0 1044 24318.000 1045 26,07611 1046 20,120,037 1047 .. 3616,704 Klamath basin's agricultural In come In 1047 went to a whopping and unprecedented 136,015,704.90, County Agent Charles A. Henderson announced today. The 1047 figure for crops and livestock, which Henderson described conservative, went f7,786,7&7 above the 1048 return, which was a record up to that time. Farm crops alone In 1647 went close to the 1046 figure for all agri cultural Income. The farm crop total was 127,780,284.50, and the live stock return for 1047 was 18,139,660. Spuds Second Potatoes, which' for many years led Uie crop parade financially, took second place to barley In 1047. Henderson estimated the barley crop at 111,479,882, while Uie potato figure is 18,700.000. Potatoes wers ahead of barley In 1046, but in 1047, when KUunath s barley sale made a naUonal newspaper story, that grain topped all crop and livestock Item In Uie agent's Income report. Henderson makes his final report on agricultural Income in the early spring, waiung for final figures from Uie sale of potatoes through the winter shipping season. His figures have gained wide reputa tion for accuracy. The figures cover Uie entire Klam ath basin, on both sides of Uis stale line. They are based on prices receiveo ay producers acre iiol ga prices at distant markets, as are used In some eaUmates for other counties. Hera Is a breakdown of th 184T Income: Livestock! Sheep $ 61Z.6M Beef M8I.0O Dairy . 846,000 Hogs 729.006 Poultry 1.22S3M Miss. LI restock 250.00 Total Linstock 19,135 .SOt Farm Crops: Hay tiraln Seed crops Field crops - Truck and fruit . Total farm crops . I 3,677 4 13.336.68. 1.873,400 .1Z3.887 J70.0O6 $27,786,284 Blast Rocks Long Beach LONO BEACH. Calif., March 11 (IP Emergency crews rushed re pairs today to the city's power sup ply, after a night of partial darkness during which all available police patrolled the streets. A scries of explosions, tentatively attributed to overloaded lines, rocked Uie business district late yesterday, starting fires in electrical conduits. Several persons were reported slightly cut by flying glass. About 10 square blocks were affected by the blnckout, but about a Uilrd of the area was restored this morning. Buffum's, Uie city's largest de partment store, lit gas Jets used years ago to provide illumination for customers lata in Uie day. Candles were at a premium. Two police officers collared a sleepy drunk, Uien discovered the Jail elevator out of order. They re ported they carried him up seven flights of stairs. Manhole covers were blown sky ward by Uie Initial blnst, and nu merous windows wcro splintered. Cltlscns, recalling with alarm, the disastrous earthquake IS years ago to tho day, were herded off the streets by police fearing additional explosions. Czech Soviet Government Gets Vote Of Confidence PRAGUE, Mnrch 11 (PI Czccho slovnkln's communist government got a uniiiilmous vole of confidence In parliament today ns It prepnred a shite funeral for Foreign Minister Jan Masnryk. TlniR, In two weeks and two days after tho aeluro of powor, Commu nist Premier Kleincnt Gnttwald hns tied up parliamentary approval for the prngrnm for which he had bat tled since last summer. When Chnlrman Josef David call ed for tho confidence vote, all the 333 deputies who wcro present raised their hands, Tho parliament hns a jioi ninl membership of 300. Ahcnd of the deputies Is tho adop tion of leglalntloii to legal! activi ties of tho action committees which Gottwnld set up as tho Czech crisis developed. The committees took con trol of tho government for him and quickly begun to guide every phase of publlo and private life. Now Gottwnld haa a parliament rid of tho deputies ho did not like. President Eduard Bones still Is In office, nllhmigh resting at his coun try home. Communist speakers orated today In fnvor of Uie communist national action program for nntlonnllzntion of Industries and businesses employ ing more Uian 50 persons, for re stricting land holdings and for pro viding lower taxes for workers, peas ants, and small shopkeepers. The speakers Included Rudolf Slnnsky, secretary gonernl of tha Czech communist party. Jan Mnsnryk's state funeral will be Saturday. He will be burled beside his father, founder and first presi dent of Uio Czechoslovakia republic Tho 61-year-old non-party foreign minister wns found dead yesterday, two weeks nfter the new cnblnot came to power, In a atono courtyard moro Uian 60 feet below his bath room window nt the foreign office. The government snld ho Jumped. Funeral services will be held In the pantheon of the Prague museum In Uio capital's Central square. Com munist Premier Klement Gottwnld will speak. Czechoslovakia mourned the min ister today In shocked melancholy. Half-staffed tricolors and black banners did not begin to tell the story of the loss felt by the nation's "lllUs people."