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By FRANK JENKINS
How's this for one for the book?
A U.8. helicopter pilot has been
risking his life and Uncle Sam's
property to rescue victims from
the aU time record floods in the
valley of the Danube in central
Europe. One guy he took off a
roof up above Vienna this morn
ing looked a bit familar.
"Didn't I brine you out of here
Just yesterday afternoon?" he
queried.
"Oh, sure," the flood victim an
swered. "I just love to ride ic
helicopters, so I came back in a
rowboat to get another ride."
' Incidentally, the beautiful blue
Danube isn't any bluer, flood time
or no flood time, than the Missouri,
which Is known as the Big Muddy
and looks the part, and oftener
than not its color is about that of
our own Southern Oregon Rogue
liver after the hydraulic miners
have been doing their stuff up
stream.
Austrian composer Johann
Strauss started something when he
wrote his great waltz, The Blue
Danube, and the name has stuck
regardless of the facts in the case.
Adlai Stevenson, in Seattle to
address another tlO-per-plate fund
raising Democratic dinner, tells
lus hearers:
"Democratic candidates in Ore
gon and Washington have an ex
ceptionally good chance this year
especially in Oregon, which has
long been a GOP stronghold.
Is he whistling in the dark to
keep his courage up, or does he
believe it? Or is he just giving
the $10-per-plate customers their
money s worth?
Anyway, the dickens of it is that
he might be right. Quite a lot of
people are looking wishluily back
down the trail to the glamorous
days of the wild war booms when
money flowed like water and the
nation's debt was zooming upward
like the red line on the thermome
ter at the beginning of a hot spell
People in that nostalgic mood
often try to vote . themselves rich
again.
Adlai adds at Seattle:
"It's been 40 years since Oregon
sent a Democrat to the U.S. senate,
but I think Portland Democrat
Richard Neuberger has a fair
chance to make the grade this
tall."
I hope not.
ONE Morse from Oregon is
enough., .. ... . i
That, I'd say, is enough politics
for one day. Let s turn to Guate
mala, whose new ANTI-COMMU
NIST military government an
nounces today that it will continue
the land reform law under which
the ousted PRO-COMMUNIST re
gime of President Arbenz split up
many large estates among ine
peasant farmers.
The anti-communist leader of
the new Guatemalan government.
Colonel Castillo Armas, says those
who have settled on the land will
now be made outright owners. He
adds that they will not be mere
TENANTS on the government
owned soil, as would have been the
case under the communist regime,
but will be given fee simple pos
session of it.
Where did the land thus freely
given away come from?
The communists, it appears,
simply took It away from those
who had it and turned it over (on
lease; under communism the gov
ernment OWNS EVERYTHING) to
the have-nots, and told the owners
to whistle for their money.
United Fruit Company, among
others, says the Guatemalan com
mies confiscated some 234,000
acres of its land.
Down in that country, of course,
a big American corporation gets
no sympathy from anybody. But
I can't help thinking that if Colonel
Armas wants to do something
really beneficial for his people he
will buy up the United Fruit Com
pany's lands, paying for them at a
reasonable rate, and will then
SELL the land to the Guatemalan
peasants at prices and on terms
they can meet.
That would be wonderful. It
could mean the beginning of a real
free enterprise system in Guate
mala to take the place of the pres
ent system under which about 95
per cent of all the land and other
property is owned by some five
per cent of the population while
the other 95 per cent of the people
have nothing much more- to their
names than a cotton shirt and a
ragged pair of cotton pants.
GIVING things to people for
free never seems to bring anything
much but trouble. Witness the 60
billion dollars we have given away
all over the world, for which we
have received little in return save
insults and suspicion.
Missing Plane
Wreckage Found
TOLEDO. Ore. Wl The body
of a pilot missing since April 12
and wreckage of his plane were
found Mcnday about seven miles
northeast of this coastal area town.
Dead was R. W. Hall, 54. Bakers
field, Calif., who crashed on a
flight from Moscow, Idaho, to New
port, near here, where be had in
tended to visit his daughter. He
was last heard from over Eugene.
Vemon Castle and Milton Daven
port, loggers, discovered the
wreckage in dene timber.
Governors
Ask Meeting
With ike
BOLTON LANDING. N.V. Ifl
Gov, John S. Fine ot Pennsylvania
proposed and Gov, Goodwin J.
Knight of California endorsed Tues
day a plan for a showdown con
ference of governors with Presi
dent Eisenhower on a projected
50-billion-dollar highway program.
In a point-by-point criticism of
an Eisenhower proposal laid be
fore the 46 annual governors con
ference here by Vice President
Nixon, Fine told his colleagues.
"We want the federal govern
ment to get out of the gasoline
and fuel oil tax field once and for
all and now is the time to do it
before we embark on any large
scale highway program such as
the President has suggested."
E isenhower proposed that the
federal government and states co
operate to build a system of roads
aimed at- providing transportation
for an expected 200 million popu
lation by 1970.
The President's proposal was in
terpreted by Fine, a Republican
supporter of the administration, as
placing a "cloud" on the states'
control of road building activities
and as involving continued federal
aid which a majority of the gov
ernors have opposed.
Fine said he thinks the states
should "take advantage of the
President's offer" only after a
conference of the governors in
Washington this fall - where "we
can determine once and for all
what is meant by it."
Gov. Dan Thornton, Colorado
Republican who is chairman of the
conference, told a panel meeting
Sherman Adams, chief of the
White House staff, had authorized
him to say that Eisenhower is ask
ing the governors to come up with
suggestions as to how to build the
proposed system of highways.
Thornton said the President
agrees the "primary responsibil
ity" rests with the states.
Gov. Paul . Patterson, Oregon
Republican, told Fine he differs
with him to this extent:
"I don't think we can solve the
problem simply by Tepeallng the
gasoline tax. There are many
things the federal government still
would have to do. National de
fense use of the highways, for
trucks, guns and so on, are a
proper federal expense."
Heat Blasts
Midwest Area
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The biggest heat wave so far
this summer baked central sec
tions of the nation today with little
real relief in sight.
At least eight deaths were at
tributed to the heat.
The mercury zoomed to an unof
ficial 121 degrees in Pittsburg,
Kans., yesterday and plus-100-de-gree
readings were common from
the Rockies eastward to the Great
Lakes.
Local water shortages developed
in some communities from the
heat and lack of Tainfall, but no
widespread crop damage has de
veloped yet.
In Kansas City, whre the tem
perature reached 109, so many
people turned on their air condi
tioners that power lines became
overloaded. The Kansas City Pow
er and Light Co. said power use
hit an all-time high last night.
Midwest City, an Oklahoma City
suburb of 20,000, ran out of water
as 107-degree heat led to record
consumption. Officials said short
ages will occur daily as long as
the heat continues.
These all-time high heat records
were set yesterday:
Columbia, Mo., 113; Springfield.
Mo.. 108; Rapid City, S.D., 109:
Dallas, Tex. 110.3; Oklahoma City,
10?: and Casper, Wyo., 104.
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(from left), Sara Jan, James and Laurie Hardenbroolc, chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs, E. N, Hafdeitbrook, 420 North Third St.
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Reds Shell
French Army
Near Hanoi
HANOI, Indochina Wl Vietminh
mortars shelled French army head
quarters at Son Tay, 25 miles
northwest of Hanoi, last night and
sniper warfare rang through the
streets of the defense outpost town
of 6,000.
A French army spokesman said
civilians were moving out of Son
Tay as rebel pressure built up in
that sector and across the northern
Kcd River delta defense area. -Forty-one
rebels were reported
killed and 17 captured in various
actions durmg the night. There was
no announcement of French losses.
Between Son Tay and Hanoi Viet
minh guerrillas attacked a French
highway guard patrol but were
driven off by a tank squadron that
rumbled out of Son Tay to the
rescue. Twenty Vietminh were
killed and seven captured in the
roadside fight.
One rebel sniper was killed on
a Son Tay street corner but others
apparently escaped.
Other fights were reported just
north of Hung Yen, 25 miles south
east of Hanoi, and through the
Sept Pagodes-Luc Nam-Puh Lang
Thuong triangle, 35 miles northeast
of Hanoi.
North of Hung Yen, rebel guer
rilla and French-Vietnamese pa
trols clashed in smnll night battles
for possession of, the supply roaa
from Hanoi.
In each fight, the French spokes
man said, the . Vietminh wore
driven off before their demolition
units could cut the road. Twenty
rebels were killed and 10 cap-
tmed-ln the area. ' '-, '
: In the air yesterday, French
fighters and bombers plastered
Vietminh bases north or Hung Yen
with more thnn 120 tons of high
explosives. Other planes bombed a
string of rebel bases north of the
Hnnoi-Halpnong supply iiienne.
Workers Cross
Picket Lines
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. Wl Bow
ing to requests of their union lead
ers, approximately 1.S00 AFL con
struction workess crossed wildcat
picket lines Tuesday and reported
for work on two atomic plant
building jobs.
The protects were snut aown
Monday when more than 8,000 AFL
craftsmen refused to go through
the picket lines.
But a slow back-to-work move
ment was begun in the late after
noon as 350 of a night shift work
force of 1,450 returned to their
jobs. The day force totals about
6,700.
Members of AFL Laborers Lo
cal 818 posted the picket lines.
But officials of the local and its
Trades Council (AFL), urged all
AFL workmen to return to work.
They branded the pickets as "illegal."
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IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE declared against residonh of Klamath Basin Monday by the
weather man youngsters and oldsters hit the trail for ye ol' swimmin' hole this one located
on Front Street adjacent to the Yacht Club.
Lumber Mill
Pay Increase;
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hope for an early end of the
23-day-old Pacific Northwest lum.
bqr strike was dim Tuesday after
operators broke off the first major
negotiations since the start of the
walkout.
Two major employer groups
the Lumbermen's Industrial Rela
tions Committee and the Columbia
Basin Sawmills opened talks Mon
day with representatives of the
AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Union's Coast - Columbia district.
But they promptly told tile union
and a federal mediator "we are un
willing to meet further until the
union commitlee" agrees to accept
their original offer to renew con
tracts without change.
The employers, standing firm on
their refusal to consider pay In
creases, said the contract renewal
proposal is their "final offer."
Tne AFL union and CIO Wood
workers went on strike June 21 for
a 12 -cent hourly increase.
The employer committees said
individual operators are "always
willing" to meet with their crews
to negotiate settlement with do
wage increases.
In a public statement the em
ployer groups charged the union
with "bad faith bargaining."
They said their offer to renew
contracts never had been submit
ted to union locals and that union
officials had ordered out workers
who voted against striking.
Kenneth Davis, secretary of the
AFL union's northwestern council,
replied that some employers are
trying to "break the union." If
such activities become serious, he
warned, the union will extend the
walkout into pine belt areas where
a strike has been authorized.
Davis also charged that the em
ployer committees have lntimi-
Chinese May
Stop Red Ship
TAIPEH, Formosa Iff) Chinese
Nationalist warships may attempt
to Intercept the 15,000-ton Soviet
tanker Leningrad, which has
cleared Singapore for Shanghai In
Red China, a high Nationalist of
ficial Indicated today.
There was no comment concern
ing three other Soviet ships re
ported heading northward two
toward the Siberian port of Vladi
vostok, and one for Red China.
But there was widespread specu
lation here that the Soviet mer
chant ships might rpndeavous with
a submarine escort for the danger
ous voyage through waters patrol
led by Nationalist naval vessels.
The Nationalists seized the 8.840
ton Soviet tanker Tuapse June 23.
An official with top-level con
tracts, whn asked today if the
same fate faces the Leningard, re
plied: "We have not received any offi
cial information on the movements
of the Leningrad, but perhaps we
will take the same action as we
did In the case of the Tuapse."
The Leningrad reportedly carries
a car?o of kerosene and dlesel oil
for Communist China, The
Tuapse's petroleum cargo, also
destined for Shanghai, has been
unloaded by the Nationalists,
FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY
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Operators Refuse To Grant
Negotiations
rintprt Rrtmft nnprntnr!- rovinl.lnir
them from signing wage Increase
agreements,' -..BniDlovbrs
h.-iva .oantfindecf nrm
dltions In thd lumber Industry do
not lustily any boost In production
costs.
The Lumbermen's Industrial Rp.
latlons Committee was expected to
reiterate its stand to the AFL
union's Puget Sound district coun
Charge Filed
By Bend Mill
Unfair labor practice charges
were filed with the National Labor
Relations Board at Portland Mon
day by Oregon Trail Box Company
of Bend acainst IWA-CIO local
6-7, according to Pine Industrial
Relations Committee.
The box company alleges: "Lo
cal 6-7, International Woodworkers
Association, CIO, is the designated
collective bargaining representa
tive of the employes of Oregon
Trail Box Company.
It committed an unfair labor
practice by refusing to bargain
collectively with the employer in
that it called a strike of said em
ployes without submitting specific
demands to the employer and
without any negotiations upon de
mands and refused to meet with
the employer in its local area in
accordance with the employer's re
quest and long-established cus
tom."
The plant was struck more than
three weeks ago, but the first time
that a wage increase demand was
made specific at 12'2 cents per
hour was at a meeting Monday in
Bend, according to PIRC.
Attending the meeting Monday
was a sub-committee of the North
west Regional negotiating commit
tee, composed of J. E. Dickey of
Portland, vice president of IWA:
Tim Sullivan of Klamath Falls,
president of IWA District No. 6;
Jack Sherman, business agent of
local 6-7, and two employes of Ore
gon Trail Box Company, meeting
with William Niskanen, manage
ment representative.
One of the demands served upon
the employer was for Job analysis
and evaluation. PIRC spokesman
recalls that Oregon Trail Box
Company and local 8-7 already en
gaged In such a project about three
years ago In cooperation with the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
At Monday's meeting the first
between the parties the box
company rejected the union's pro
posals. Vietminh Confer
With French
TOKYO tfl French and VIcU
mlnh officers discussed an Indo
china cease fire "ir. a favorable
atmosphere" Monday, the Pelplng
radio said Tuesday night.
A broadcast monitored here said
a subcommisslon of the negotiat
ors meeting at Trung Gia the
Panmunjom of Indochina "stud
led the carrying out of a cease
fire." Another subcommittee meeting
waa scheduled tor Tuesday. '
13, 1954
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Broken Off
ell at a meeting scheduled for Se,
attle Tuesday and to CIO Wood'
workers at a session set for Port
land Wednesday. -
Meanwhile new contracts were
signed Monday for two plants in
ine .Kurexa area or Northern Cali
fornia. That left only three-plants
closed In the Humboldt Bay area
uut oi a struck June 16,
The new settlements involve
about 235 workers. They are be
tween the Humboldt Lumber Co.,
Areata, and an AFL local and be
tween the Mcintosh Lumber Co,
and the CIO Woodworkers.
The Humboldt settlement pro
vided a 6-cent hourly Increase
above the old 1.87 14 minimum.
The Mcintosh terms were not an
nounced. The Northern California agree
ments are among a number of
small local settlements that have
been made. The settlements have
not affected the major portion of
the strikebound industry.
At Hoquiam. Wash., a tempor
ary injunction was granted in
county superior court Monday
against a Puyallup, Wash., local
of the AFL box shook union to
restrain picketing of the Grays
Harbor Veneer Corp. plant.
When three pickets from Puyal
lup showed up Monday morning:
330 employes refused to go to work
ana tne plant had to close. The
company went to court. Judge
warner roynonen set Friday for a
hearing on whether to make the In
Junction permanent.
The company's workers are un
der Jurisdiction of a CIO Wood
workers plywood local. The firm
has been carrying on separate ne
gotiations with the local and has
not been Involved In the strike.
Knowiand Asks
French Action
WASHINGTON (IP, -Senate Re
puhllcan Leader Knowiand of Cal
ifornia said 'Tuesday he still be
lieves the United States must get
a definite anwer soon from
France regarding German partici
pation In tho antl-Communlst Eur
opean Defense Community.
The Senate Foelgn Relations
Committee by an 8-5 vote Mon
day soltened a Knowland-backed
proposal to cut off military aid to
France and Italy on Dec. 31 un
less they ratify EDO by the end
of this year, but Knowiand told
reporters he believes "some ac
ceptable formula may be worked
out" to get a tougher form of that
provision.
Knowiand indicated that he and
other Senate Republican leaders
will continue their fight on the
Senate floor.
The Foreign Relations Commit
tee, yielding to state Department
appeals, reversed itself on the cut
off provision and accepted a less
stringent plan adopted earlier by
the House.
Knowiand said the Foreign Re
lations Committee should complete
action during the day on the new
13,100,000.000 foreign aid authori
zation and pass the measure along
to the Renate ArmpH Hprvlrpc Oim.
mtttee for action. The provision on
am to Franc ant Italy la in that
measiia.
Telephone 8111 No. 2891
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Ail-Star
Tilt Won By
Late Safety
An eighth Inning single by Nellie
Fox of the Chicago White Sox gave
the American League All-Stars an
11-9 win over the powerful Nation
al League stars in the annual ma
jor league all-star game at Cleve
land this afternoon.
Fox came to bat with the bases
loaded and singled home Mickey
Mantle from third and Yogi Berra
from second to break a 9-9 tie in
the late innings of a free hitting
and free scoring battle between the
major leagues best ball players.
Six home runs, four by the
Americans and two for the Nation
al stars, provided the large crowd
at Municipal Stadium with plenty
of scoring.
Al Rosen of Cleveland connected
for two of the American League
circuits, while Larry Doby and
Ray Boone collected the other pair.
Two Cincinnati R e d 1 e g s stars
banged out the two national league
round trippers as Ted Kluszewskl
and Ous Bell each homered.
ALL STAR PLAY .BY-PS. Y
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First inning Nationals (0)
Qran Hamner (Phlla) filed to
Hank Bauer (NY). Al Dark UY)
popped to Ohlca Carrasauel (Chi).
Duke Snider (Bkyn) filed to Mill-
NELLIE FOX
nle Minoso (Chi).
No runs, no hits, no errors, none
left.
First innlnr American
Minoso filed to Snider. Bobby
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Monti. I MVi fliAri tn RniHpr Vnol
Berra (NY) walked. Al Rosen
(Cvlnd) struck out.
No runs, one nit, no errors, two
left.
Second inning Nationals (0)
Stan Musial (St, L) singled. Ted
Kluszewskl (Cin) rapped into a
double play, Avlla to Carresquel to
Rosen. Carrasquel threw out Ray
Jablonskl (St. L).
No runs, one hit, no errors, none
left.
Second Innlnr American (0)
Kluszewskl . hauled In Rav
Boone's (Det) high foul, Bauer
singled.- Carrasquel struck out.
No runs, one hit, no errors, one
left.
Third inning Nationals (0) .
Jackie Robinson (Bkln) bounced
out. Campanella walked. Robin
Roberts (Phlla) bunted, forcing
Campenalla, Boone to Carrasquel,
liamner popped to Carrasquel,
No hits, no runs, no errors, one
left.
Third inning American (4)
Minoso walked. Avlla singled.
Mantle struck out. Berra lined out
to Kluszewskl as both runners ad
vanced. Rosen walloped a home
run over the left center fence, scor
ing Minoso and Avila ahead of
him Boone hit another home run
to practically the same spot to put
the Americans head 4-0, Bauer
struck out.
Four runs, three hits, no errors,
none left.
Fourth Inning Nationals (5)
Sandy Consuegra (Chi) now
pitching for Americans. Dark filed
to Mantle. Snider singled, Musial
singled, sending Snider to third.
Kluszewskl singled, scoring Snid
er and sending Musial to third,
Jablonskl singled scoring Musial,
Robinson doubled, scoring Klu
grewskl and Jablonskl, tying the
score 4-4. The filth straight hit
finished Consuegra and brought in
Cleveland righthander Bob Lemon.
Campanella popped to Boone. Don
Mueller (NY), batting for Roberts,
doubled, scoring Robinson and
making score 6-4 for Nationals.
Hamner bounced out.
Five runs, six hits, no errors,
one left.
Fourth Inning- American (1)
Johnny Antonelll (NY) pitching
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Dulles Asks
Collective
In'do Action
PARIS IB Secretary of Stats
Dulles arrived here Tuesday and
said he considers that a collective
defense organization for Southeast
Asia could help France get "Just
and honorable peace terms" in
Indochina.
Dulles flew Into Paris aboard
U.S. military air transport Con.
stellatlou for a top-level British.
French attempt to convince him
an "honorable" peace can still be
won In Indochina and that his
presence In Geneva would help win
it.
He waa scheduled to open talks
with French Premier Plerre-Men-
des-France and British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden during
the day. Eden and Mendes-France
left Geneva earlier Tuesday to be
on hand for the conference.
In a statement, Dulles recalled
he had come to-Paris last April
13, before the Geneva conference
started, to talk about forming a
Southeast Asian defense pact.
At that time, he said, he felt
such an organisation would help
France. "I still feel the same way,"
ae aaaea.
He went on to explain:
"The United States is not Itself
a belligerent and therefore not a
proper party to many aspects of
the problem which are the princi
pal concern of the Geneva con.
ference. However, we do have a
great and continuing Interest In
collective action by France, Great
Britain, united States and other
free countries to promote the peace
and freedom of the area.
"This, as well as pressing Euro
pean problems, will, I hope, be
among the subjects of our conver
sations here, which are bound to
re-emphaslze to the Communists
the futility of their efforts to di
vide us."
The reference to European prob
lems indicated Dulles expects to
discuss plans for the six-nation
European army which France has
delayed placing before its parlia
ment for ratuicauon.
Dulles' flight here waa in answer
to an urgent appeal from Mendes
France. On leaving Washington
Monday night, the American sec
retary emphasized that Paris waa
hla present destination. ...
Soldiers Fight
VIENNA, Austria Wl Ameri
can and Russian troops worked
within a few hundred yards of
each other outside Vienna Tuesday
in an effort to save a U.S. airfield
and two Austrian villages from
floods. .
The waters of the swollen Dan
ube River raging downstream
after leaving 70,000 homeless in
Germany and Western Austria
threatened the U.S. Air Fores
base at Tullin. Isolated in the Rus
sian occupation zone of Austria, It
is 22 miles northwest of Vienna's
American sector.
German officials said the air
field was "pretty much out of
danger" unless ths waters took a
big rise.
Floods from the Danube ap
proached within 200 yards of the
field. Inundating the communities
of Tulllh and Langenlebarn and '
flooding a road connecting them
with the airfield.
The Russians sent troops and
trucks to one stretch of the road.
While the Americans sent trucks
and scores of airmen to another
stretch.
The police said there was no ac
tual cooperation between the Cold
War opponents.
"They pass by each other on the
highway, but they ignore each
other," one official said.
The flood, the worst in centur
ies in central Europe, took another
victim Monday night. A 3-year-old
child fell Into the swirling Dan
ube near Vienna, bringing the to
tal dead reported in Austria and
East and West Germany to 28.
Conservative estimates placed
property damage at hundreds of
millions of dollars.
Taft Memorial
Founded
WASHINGTON M A non
profit organization to "perpetuate
the ideals" of the late Sen. Taft
R-Ohio) was founded Tuesday,
with former President Herbert
Hoover as chairman.
The organization, described as
non-polltlcal, will use its funds for
religious, charitable, scientific, lit
erary or educational purposes. It
is called the Robert A. Taft Me
morial Foundation, Inc.
A statement announcing that
articles of Incorporation were filed
In Baltimore, said President Elsen
hower has agreed to serve as
honorary chairman for the first
term.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Fair through Wednesday.
High Wednesday 93; low Tuesday
nlrht 51.
Hlrh yesterday . , M
Low last night , 61
Predp. last 24 hears .
Since Oct. 1 14.45
Sam period hut year . 14.87
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