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EDITORIALS
And How!
If we desire to secure peace .. . it must be
known that we are at all times ready for war.
wit (Gee. Washington Is Congress, 1793)
THIS AND THAT
Henry McLemore
For a Simple Ballot
A gratifyingly large number of Abi-
lenians, more than 5,000—undoubtedly a
record for a municipal election here —
turned out for the charter amendment
election of Tuesday. This reflected our
people's interest in their government, a
very healthy sign indeed.
We were glad, of course, that the coun-
cilmanager form of government survived
its first test. We would like to observe,
however, that the closeness of the vote
indicated that the council-manager form
has yet to win the overwhelming public
acceptance that it should, and this fact
should impress those whose duty it is to
make it work to public satisfaction.
The large turn-out of votes was all the
more remarkable in that the form of the
ballot confused a lot of people, many of
whom had to ask for information on how
to mark their ballot to express their sen-
timents. In spite of detailed publicity on
■ just how the ballot should be marked pro
or contra, a great many intelligent people
were still confused Since they belonged
to both camps, the result probably wasn’t
affected one way or another, but such
important questions should at least be
made comprehensible to even the most
careless voter.
The ballot could have been made as
simple as A-B-C by changing its form
slightly, in this way:
Draw it up in two columns. One col-
umn would read: "For the Council-Man-
ager Form," followed by the text of the
proposed changes. The other parallel
column would be headed: "Against the
Council-Manager Form,” likewise follow-
ed by the identical text of the proposed
changes... '
With a ballot like that, all the voter
would have to do would be to run a pencil
mark through the column be disapproved
of, leaving the other unscratched. There
would be no possibility of confusion or a
split ballot, and the marking of the bal-
lot wouldn't take more than one second.
And the counting would be equally as
simple and rapid.
If we ever have any more charter
amendment elections, let's see if we can't
provide a simpler ballot along the line
suggested.
This might take the form of forcing a
passageway by road and rail into the
western sectors of Berlin. The allies
could notify Russia that on a certain date
they intended to start trucks and trains
moving into Berlin, carrying food and
fuel to the inhabitants of the western
zones, for whom they are responsible.
These trucks and trains would be convoy-
ed by troops instructed to ignore or re-
move road blocks—-metal, stone, wood or
human If Russia wanted to take the re-
sponsibility of precipitating a fight, that
would be Russia's headache.
Of course, it might start a brawl, even
a war; but is there any sense of further
delaying a showdown with Russia? We
could also sort of let it leak out that there
were atomic bombs available for quick
use, in case.
There are some responsible officials
who believe Russia would back down at
this show of force. Nobody knows for
sure. But rather than be forced out of
Berlin by stages,—a calamitous retreat
for us—it might be just as well to find
out.
NC
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AMERICAN
I LABOR
HONOLULU, Hawaii. — Tomor-
row, after five months of longitu-
din' and latitudin’ around the thing
Christopher Columbus proved was
round, I sm leaving for the United
States.
In preparaHon for my return to
my native soil, I am going to take
American lessons—lessons in how
to speak English as Americans do.
It is surprising what a world
trip will do to an ignorant man.
Every time he gets to a new for-
eign country, he has to make his
wants known in a ridiculous form
of pidgin English. This is done by
raising the voice, standing on tip-
toe and shouting the word that you
want the foreigner to understand.
Also, each word is spoken slow-
ly, as if you were addressing a
three-year-old child. For example,
when 1 wanted ice water in India,
I asked for it this way. “PLEASE
BRING ME ICE WATER." It
sounded roughly like an Indian
Chiaf in the early days of America
talking to Kit Carson or Daniel
Boone. When I wanted to know a
direction, I raised my voice of loco-
motive w - and spoke to
the Siamese, Turk or Chinese in
this manneer’ "HOW DO I GET
shake? Milk she comes from
big animals with horns" Then,
with gestures, I demonstrated the
process of milking a cow ao hr-
would understand. The soda jerker,
who had worked two years in New
York before he went to Honolulu,
asked me if I were crazy. "Lissen,
Bub, do you want i
Do you want an egg in it? Do you
want chocolate, vanilla, raspberry
or coffee? Whatever you want, ask
for it to English."
"You no understand," I said. "I
been away from country long time.
I got habit talking his way for-
eign." •
“You better get straightened out,
Joe, before you go home." the soda
jerk said, "you're back home and
don't know it."
STARTS over.
So, thla afternoon 1 will enroll in
the Honolulu kindergarten class. I
went direct to Nat Norfleet’s store
and bought s sturdy pair of Buster
Brown shoes, a pair of blue flannel
knickers and some little socks. Al-
so, a white shirt and a nice little
tie. Between the hours of threes
and five, I should be busy at the
blackboard with my chalk, learn-
FROM HERE TO THE GREEN ing puncturing the ear drums of
LANTERN RESTAURANT!! For those two, three and sometimes
Might Give It a Try
The Berlin airlift is coating the U. S.
taxpayer a pretty penny, and either taking
or endangering the lives of American air-
men. Russia shows no sign of relenting,
but on the other hand almost daily in-
creases the pressure against the Western
Powers.
The latest move to force the allies out
of Berlin was the Russian-sponsored at-
tempt to seize the German municipal gov-
ernment of the capital.
This brought a warning from the U. S.,
Britain and France, delivered to the pres-
ident of the UN Security Council but ob-
viously aimed at Moscow, that the West-
ern Powers may act to counter the Rus-
sian attacks on their position in Berlin.
The nature of this counter action was
Odds and Ends
Officials of Springfield, Mass., were
taken aback when a little girl wrote in
suggesting that all traffic cops of Spring-
field be dressed in Santa Claus attire for
the Yuletide season. The mayor report-
ed the chief turned pale when the letter
was read to him, but we don’t think the
little girl had such a bad idea after all.
Nowhere is the spirit of Christmas need-
ed more than in traffic, and cops dressed
like Santa Claus would command a great
deal of respect and attention. It might do
us all good to pose as Santa Claus long
enough to watch the reaction of the chil-
dren at close hand. Such wonderment and
faith, such complete trust and belief
would break down the most brazen
cynic. ..------5------------7
So far 110 deer hunters have been the
victims of mistaken identity, with fatal
effect. This compares with 141 for the
entire season last year. In Texas, where
the average is 28 fatalities per season,
only three have died so far, but the sea-
son doesn't close until December 31, leav-
ing plenty of time for careless hunters to
improve each shining hour. In West
Virginia a hunter rung a change on the
usual procedure. He had gone deerless
for the past four seasons, but this time
friends found his body near that of a six-
point buck he had shot Doctors called
it heart attack, but it must have been an
aggravated case of what hunters call buck
fever. ...
Texas Democrats will run a special
train to President Truman’s inauguration
in January. How about sending our H-SU
Cowboy Band along to whoop things up?
They’re old hands at inaugurations. ...
Undaunted by what happened to Dew-
ey, the comedian Groucho Marx has
wiped off his celebrated grease-paint mus-
tache and grown a delicate little number,
with real bristles, on the Anthony Eden
model. "Who knows?” remarked
Groucho. “It might open new possibili-
ties to me. Next season I might play
Othello.” ...
some reason, if you speak English
loudly enough and slowly enough,
all the people of the world under-
stand it.
When I reached Honolulu, which
is part of the United States and a
place where everyone speaks Eng-
lish as they do in Cleveland, Dallas
and Boston, I keep talking to ’em as
if they were people in far-away
lands I walked into a drug store
in Honolulu and drew amazed
looks from the Americans when I
said, “Would you make me milk
even four blocks away.
I want to be able to go into a
drug store when I get home and
order a double banana split with-
out having those present gaze at
me and say, "I wish our immigra-
tion laws were not so lax."'
How does one behave in kinder
garten when he needs a shave? Do
they provide razors with the build-
ing blocks? I don’t want to be
thrown out of school because of five
o’clock shadow.
(Distributed by McNaught Syn., Inc.)
9
IN NEW YORK
not stated, but the average man in the
street must know that only one kind of
action would get results; action bold and Only twenty-four days till Christmas,
direct, in fact a challenge to Russia to The quicker you get all your shopping
* fish or cut bait. done the sooner you can relax.
CAPITAL COLUMN
Look Whose Name Led All
By PETER EDSON waa director of information to War Production
NEA Washington Correspondent Board, and hla book gives a pretty critical
. . -_ , analysis of some of the things that went on to
WASHINGTON <NEA>—Republican **.Prest Washington to wartime. He had planned to
dent Herbert Hoover has made • scrapbook of leave government aervice when the book came
complimentary letters and telegrams he re-
ceived after hla speech at the Philadelphia
GOP convention. This address, in which Hoover
told the Republicans to “make themselves
worthy of victory” was the only good speech of
the convention. Anyway, first message of
congratulation to the book la from-of all peo-
ple—Democratic President Harry 8. Truman.
out In October. When It did, he took a copy in to
Secretary Sawyer and suggested that he read
It. because he might not went the author
WASHINGTON CALLING
Turn Ruhr Over to Co-Ops
Walter Winchell
s
eee
Federal Security Administrator Oscar Ewing
was called to the White House right after sto-
ries broke that he was to be made Democratic
National Committoe chairman, succeeding Sen.
J. Howard McGrath. Everybody thought Ewing
would be given the nod right away. But back
in his own office. Ewing said. "I don't want
that job. I’m too busy right where I am.”
• • •
A great change has swept over Washington
bureaucrats. A year ago they were all loyal
Democrats It wee only rarely that you could
fled one who admitted to being a New Dealer,
so much had the New Deal gone out of style.
A month or two ago, when It looked like Dewey
around. Sawyer said he didn't see how any-
thing in a book could make any difference,
but nevertheless took it home and looked It
over. Next day be called Catton in and told him
that maybe he had been right and his resigna-
tion would be accepted.
NEW COUNCIL PRESIDENT TAKES OVER
Ambassador Lester B (Mike) Pearson of
Canada becomes president of the United Na-
tions Security Council for December, succeed-
ing Juan A. Bramuglia of the Argentine. This is
under the rule that rotates the presidency every
month in the alphabetical order of the eleven
member countries Pearson’s succession guar-
antees that Bramuglia’s notable efforts to solve
the Berlin crisis will be carried eo without lot-
op Had somebody from behind that curtain
taken the presidency, the efforts might have
been sabotaged
Backers of the national health insurance law
advocated by President Truman now think
wss In. three seme officials were saying that advocated by President Truman now think
they were ell “technicians ” They explained they have a good chance to get it through the
that they were nonpartisan, loyal, civil serv- Senate Labor Committee, where it has been
ants. The older ones could prove that they were stalled for several sessions past. Sen Jernes E.
appointed during Republican administrations. Murray of Montana will become chairman of
The implication was that It would be a greet the subcommittee handling the bill. He plans
mistake for “President” Dewey to port with to hold short hearings to discuss technical
their experience, on purely political grounds, details only, and not to get involved to any long
But now they’re an New Dealers discussions of socialized medicine. Other Dem-
BANKS ON OVER-ALL RECOVERY ocratic supporters of the measure on the
ECA BANKS OVERALL RERPYEMY Labor Committee ere Pepper of Florids,
When Economic Co-oporation Administration Thomas of Utah, and Republicans Ives of New
goes to Congress for next year s appropriations, York, Morse of Oregon and Aiken of Vermont,
on effort will be made to sell the congressmen New New Dealers wanting on the committee
on how much better the over-ell picture to to include Kefauver of Tennessee, Dougles of II -
Europe, rather than trying to account for every inois, Humphries of Minnesota.
tractor or sack of wheat furnished under the
Marshall Plsn. For instance, the fact thst West-
ern Europe now has surplus coke production is
considered more important than where all the
bags of fertilizer went Whether Congress will
take such answers to doubtful. The congression-
al watchdog committee to already criticizing
alleged “wasteful” ECA practices in Western
Germany.
Bruce Catton, author of the book, "War Lords
of Washington,” has been allowed to resign
from his job as special assistant and speech
writer for Secretary of Commerce Charles
Sawyer. Reason is what’s to his book. Catton
By MARQUIS CHILDS
WASHINGTON. — When an ir-
resistible force meets an Immov-
able body, the result is a collision
of disastrous magnitude. The Im-
movable body in this instance is
French public opinion and the force
that begins to seem irresistible is
the intention of U. 8. policy-makers
to hand back the great industrial
complex of the Ruhr to German
owners.
The wrongness of this policy can
be judged not merely from the
French reaction but from the wide
protest that it has stirred here.
As one result of that proves, Secre-
tary of the Army Kenneth C. Roy-
all has ordered an investigation to
determine why the office of mili-
tary government in Germany re-
versed specific orders to de-cartel-
ise the industry of the Ruhr.
CLAY ON SPOT
This investigation should be use-
ful in showing who actually makes
these vital policy decisions and
why. No one seems to want to take
responsibility, and it is unfair to
put the blame on Gen. Lucius D.
Clay, who la on the hot spot trying
to make Western Germany eco-
nomically self-sufficient.
But whether de - cartelization
ever can be made effective is a
serious question. Certainly. If the
controls are handed back to the
old owners, or their scarcely dis-
guised deputies, the cartels will be
re-established.
There is considerable opinion la
this country for putting the indus-
try of the Ruhr under international
control, with the countries of West-
ern Europe having a dominant
voice on an international control
board The argument raised
sgsinst such a board, and it would
seem to have validity, is thst Ger-
man workers would not work for
foreigners.
It is just here thst the lack of
Imagination—yes, the bankruptcy
— of American policy is glaringly
apparent. Control by an Interna-
tional board made up of delegates
named by governments is not in-
evitably the alternative to turning
the Ruhr back to German owners.
One possibility now being put
forward deserves serious consider-
ation. That is to put the Ruhr in-
dustries under a trusteeship, not to
governments but to some interna-
tional organization such as the In-
ternational Co-Operative Alliance.
The Co-Operative Alliance is the
world union of co - operatives in
every country. These co-operatives
—in Scandinavia, Great Britain,
South Africa and many other coun-
tries — are the owner-operators of
large industry. The alliance, which
Is a thoroughly democratic organi-
zation, is the clearing house for
international trade of the co-oper-
atives.
The spokesman for the Co-Opera-
tive Alliance in this country is
Murray D. Lincoln, president of
the Co - Operative League of the
U.S.A. Lincoln, who ia also presi-
dent of the co-operative organiza-
tion. CARE, which has sent so
many millions of food parcels to
Europe, is urging the co-operative
solution for the Ruhr.
Repeatedly, the co - ops have
demonstrated thst they can employ
the best technical brains in com-
plicated enterprises, such as the
manufacture of electric light bulbs
and the refining of petroleum The
technical management in the Ruhr
has continued to work for military
government.
German co - operatives would
have representation in the Interna-
tional Co - Operative Alliance and
In this way they would have a
voice in the top direction of the
Ruhr. Russian co-operatives also
are represented in the alliance but
they have no veto power as they
do in the United Nations.
Such a trusteeship for s period
of 25 or 30 yesrs would be in ac-
cord with the political temper of
Western Europe today II would
not give the Communists a propa-
ganda weapon as present Ameri-
can policy has done. Nor would
Gen. De Gaulle be able to make
political capital out of such a pro-
posal.
CONSEQUENCES
To turn the Ruhr back to Ger-
man ownership without any real
of German rearmament for anoth-
er war is real and deep in the
Soviet Union. Robert . Sherwood,
in his remarkable book "Roose-
velt and Hopkins,' tells how at the
Teheran conference Marshal Stalin
said that the United Nations should
maintain control over strategic
points in both Germany and Japan
to prevent future aggression.
Soon Undersecretary of State
Robert A. Lovett will begin nego-
tiations for the North Atlantic Se-
curity Pact. In the face of de-
clared American policy on the
Ruhr, the French are certain to
want far-reaching guarantees that
this country commit itself in ad-
vance to use all its force against
any nation attacking one of the
signatories. Congress would hardly
go that far. Here, then, may be
the irrestible force and the immov-
able object.
(Copyrt, 1948, by United Fea: Syn., Inc.)
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By WILLIAM E. MCKENNEY
Written for NEA Service .. .
I am interrupting the series of
articles dealing with the contro-
versy about the point-count sys-
tem of bidding, to remind those
who will be participating next week
in the national tournament at the
Roney Plata Hotel in Miami
Beach, Fla , that many players in
the tournament will be using a
point-count system, especially for
no trumps. Therefore, I want to
give you a quick review of what
the majority will be using.
They count an ace 4 points, a
king 3, a queen 2 and a jack 1.
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A diamond cube 9 feet on a side would equal
all the gem diamonds mined in the world since
they were discovered 2500 yesars ago. To re-
present all the cut diamonds the cube would be
only 2% feet on a side.
A new set of symbols for numbers instead of
the familiar I, 2, 1, etc, has been proposed by
a British scientist . His idea is to speed up
the "reading" and “writing” of new high-
speed electronic computing machines.
Scandinavia Military
Bloc Draws Warning
MOSCOW, Dec. 2. V—The gov- safeguards is to impose American
eroment newspaper Izvestia policy against the deepest instincts
warned Scandinavian countries to- of all Europe We would be assum-
day against "plans for a Scandi- ing responsibility for consequences
navian military bloc." that might lead directly to a final
The article eaid the plan waa an disaster for the West.
American device for getting the While it would give Russia a
Scandinavian countries into the formidable propaganda weapon,
“Western union ” thla ia not all that la involved. Fear
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AT your eve!
The fifth and sixth cards of a suit
count 1 point each.
Sixteen to IS points are required
for an opening bid of one no trump.
For an opening bid of two no
trump 22 to 24 points are required,
while an original bid of three no
trump shows 23 to 2S points Ac-
cording to the point-count system.
26 points In the combined partner-
ship hands will produce s game.
The supporting hand, with a
count of 8 or 9 points, should bid
two no trump over an opening one
no trump bid; with a count of 10
to 14 points, he should jump to
three no trump
As I said above, 26 points is
expected to produce a game. With
4 points in the combined hands,
a small slam should be bid. while
a points is expected to produce a
grand sism.
One of the most important things
to remember in the point - count
system is thst If you have a count
of 16 to 18 with three suits stopped
and a balanced hand. It is better
to open the bidding with one no
trump instead of a suit bid That is
why the declarer in todays' hand
opens with one no trump rather
than one spade. ___
North has a minimum count of
8. and bids two no trump. If South
had a minimum count of IS be
would pass the two no trump bid.
because he would know that North
" had a count of only 8 or 9. Having
a count of 18. however. South to
justified in going to three no trump
cade in a deal between Canada
and Argentina's Peron. The result
of the ex-champ's visit to Argen-
tina’ Mrs. Christy Tiffany Knight
(of the Social Register) is now an
auctioneer at Meredith Galleris. . .
Miami Beach's newest swank ho-
tel. the Saxony, reports s million
$ in advance reservations. It'a not
finished yet, either. . How can we
expect to keep pro-Nazis out of the
U S. when we can't keep them out
of Carnegie Hall? . . You’ll soon
be able to get a full-size alumi-
num body car (The Mustang: for
$1.235... Liquor biz is off 40 per
cent. 11
Wall Streeters counsel the eol'm
to "keep its neck to." Don't ex-
pect the market 'they say) to go
anywhere but South for the rest
of 1948—no matter what "Tax
selling at this time of the season
(aa well ss the timid investor’s
uncertainty over the President’s
first moves after Jan. 20th) will
keep it bearish. The situation will
Improve after the tax-selling wave
has expended itself . . .All know
(shout the market, which noth-
ing: is thst if I didn't have s
cozier, way of making a salary.
I’d invest in 20th Centruy-Fox and
American Broadcasting Company
stocks. Both are prosperous firms
with brilliant futures. And when
they wed—as reported-how can
backers lose? T
Billy Rose, the showman, prob’ly
won’t give lessons to the critics
anymore on how to pick hits. His
esrly adverts on “Magdalena”
(and "Music In My Heart"! read
like the commentators’ and poll-
sters’ ridic-tions. . Strippers are
amused at gendarmes clamping
down on 52nd Street spots. They
argue the Swing Street joints are
Ice-cresm parlors compared to.
Chicago’s Rush Street, Log An.
gales' Mein Street "grinds” and
New Orleans’ Bourbon Street
cribs. . Biggest laugh (teleview-
ers didn't see) on the Texaco pro-
gram. M. Berle made his entrance
(dressed as a Pilgrim: astride an
old nag. but the lamps had to be
hurriedly doused when it started
ad-libbing. . .This is why you pay
ao much to go to a movie: The
"Joan of Arc" sign above the Vic-
toria Theatre costa 875,000.
Clark (who wrote the report that M P
Chiang deserved our aid again: as All of you to the 48 States, wno
a former paid lobbyist for T. V. enriched the Runyon Cancer Fund.
Soong Chiang Kai-shek • brudder- will be glad to learn that on De-
In-law? T ? * . . cember 18th the Runyon Commit-
. . tee will announce the first of the
The Amos n Andy ruling runs Damon Runyon Fellowships. A
1 grest sum of Runyon funds will
send s Isrge number of doctors,
male sod female, to any university
they select. To probe through mic-
roscopes for the killer to up-to-
date cancer labs Two-year endow-e
menta. . The American Cancer So-
ciety to assisting to selecting ap-
plicants . .If you would help with
a donation (no matter how
small), please send it to me.
MAN ABOUT TOWN
Robert Taylor and Barbara
Stanwyck's intimates Can't Be-
lleve It! . . The Shah of Iran will
be sealed to the dghtr of the Iran-
ian Ambass. In Wash. . Ann Mill-
er'S photo has replaced Lenore
Danker’s on L. B. Mayer's MGM
desk . . .Paul Whiteman’s dghtr
Margo and J. Franklin (the disc-
joc> are spinning. . .How Times
Change: Ambassador Douglas'
dghtr Sharman and the Marquess
de Milford, etc., are now a front
page romance. They were just an-
other item in the WW col’m of
4-2-48 . . .Chums are desperately
trying to keep the wife of a famed
political loser from screaming
she's Had Renough! (After New
Year’s) . . Aren’t the Al ("Lil
Abner": Capps acting like a
couple of Shmoos? . . The Trygve
Lies of the United Nations split-
Ung? . . Symphony conductor Ar-
turo Rodzinski is reported broke
and IU in Yurrop. He baton'd toe
Detroit Symph and N. Y. Phil. •
• • •
Life Is Like That Dept.: Henry
Luce's plx mag has an interest-
ing layout on Chicago's Fairyland
—but its researchers got nervous
and gave readers who know bet-
ter) the tee-bees with phonerrone-
ous captions. . .The photo of Char-
lie Fishetti is not Cholly . . .And
the photo of Al Capone’s brother
"Bottles” is of Ralph. . .(Oh. that's
awright. Jes' call me perfesser!)
• « •
Pres. Trusvelt will request Sen-
ator Francis Myers to re-introduce
the bill hiking the minimum
wage from 40 to 75c an hour. . .
Londoners still gabbing about a
veddy social Briddish divorcee
named Terry Richardson being
Completely Gone over a vistUng
H’wood (married) star. . Elliott
V. Bell regrets spoiling an interest-
ing item, but “I never purchased
any house in Washington prior to
the electton" (The source will now
d d.) .. .Carol Crane (Steve's ex)
and Carlos Valdez took an "I
Duo" Many gazettes around the
nation will celebrate New Year's
with taller ad rates .Mink farms
are trying to breed the animals
with lighter and lighter furs. So
that should be the trend .How-
cum none of the alert editors Iden-
tified former Senator D. Worth
into trouble, says a tax mag. .
They sold their program to CBS
for 32.000.000. They also signed
separate employment contracts,
continuing the salaries they had
previously been receiving . The
tax bureau okayed the deal as s
sale, says the msg. thereby giving
the sellers the benefit of a 25 per
cent capital gains . .The ruling
caused a bandwagon rush in show
bir. but the Internal Revenue Bu-
resu has suddenly refused to issue
any similar rulings until it re-
examines the whole setup.
V. S. Sen. Bridges has also
fouled up matters by asking the
top tax collector for full particu-
lars regarding the matter. The
Senator. Insiders think, apparently
feels the ruling unjustifiably per-
mits conversion of ordinary salary
Incomes into capital gains.
Gene Tunney will serve as fa-
Riot in Soviet
Zone ‘Against U.S.’
MOSCOW, Dec. 2. in - A Soviet
news agency dispatch from Pyon-F •
yang, capital of Northern Korea
said today miners there are dem-
onstrating “against the American J
occupation” in the south. T
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