The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1931, Page 4

Berke Rati annette 4 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1931 The Bismarck Tribune’ } An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER : * (Established 1873) : Published by The Bismarck Tribune Comany, Bismarck, N. D., and en- tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as Becond class mail matter. t GEORGE D. MANN ! President and Publisher. | Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year......$7.20 Daily by mail per year (in Bis- Daily by mail per year (in state outside Bismarck) Daily by mail outside of North Dakota . ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 ed by mail in state, three weekly by Dakota, per year Weekly by mail in Canada, ‘per year ...... Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this-news- paper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. (Official City, State and County + Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS & BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON A Link Is Severed Death of Joseph Dietrich Tuesday severed one of the few remaining links which bind the Bismarck of to- day to the struggling city of long ago. In a way, Dietrich was the strong- est link, for he was one of the men who was active in this territory in the days before Bismarck, oldest Mis- souri river city in North Dakota, came into being. His lifetime saw the dreams of the| , early days translated into the reali- ties of the prese: In making a good many of those ms come true he played an active role, for he was! ever @ progressive citizen working for the upbuilding of his community. To review the life of Joseph Diet- rich is to scan, in a large measure, the history of western North Dakota. He knew it when it was a wilderness, ruled only by warlike tribes of In- diahs. He lived to know it also as the home of hundreds of thousands of his own people, a fertile land where the rude law of the frontiers- man had given way to orderly courts and processes. Dietrich’s passing serves to em- phasize anew how close we are to the frontier here in North Dakota and the wonderful strides that have been made. It calls to mind the debt we owe to him and his fellows for hav- ing suffered the pains of pioneering that fe, who have come after him, might enjoy peace, prosperity and) security. One by one, time takes its toll of the pioneers and they, like lesser men, pass to their rewards. But in their passing we can pause to pay them honor and to extend, even' though feebly, the tribute due to them. In a real sense, the death of Mr. Dietrich is a severe loss to Bismarck. It marks the end of a life and th beginning of @ tradition. Fifty years from now, perhaps, the energetic young folk of today, then old and tottering, will relate with pride how they once knew in the flesh one ot the real pioneers of North Dakota's capital. The Moratorium Passes It was no real surprise to the na- tion, of course, when the resolution declaring the one-year moratorium on international debts was passed by, the senate and signed by the presi- dent. That the moratorium would be approved has been a certainty since that day last summer when President Hoover first ascertained the sentiment of the nation’s politi- cal leaders and then announced his Plan for a debt holiday. The argu- ments and the big to-do made about it at this session have been impor- tant only in so far as they tend to ascertain and align the sentiment of| the country. In this connection, two outstand- ing reactions are evident. The peo- ple at large do not object to the moratorium but they are strongly op- posed to the talk of debt cancella- tion which it has engendered. On that score there can be no doubt about American sentiment. Much water will go over the dam and much stronger arguments than any yet ad- duced will be offered before the citi- zenry of the United States favor any move to have all the cost of the World war placed on the shoulders of Uncle Sam. ~ As opposed to this view of the gen- eral public, we have more than u hint from the international bankezs and leading financiers that further “adjustments” of the debt situation will be necessary. Knowing the sen- timent of the nation, they say tt apologetically but they express the idea in the knowledge that the day 4s not far distant when they will be advocating and urging it openly. Those who read this will live to see tae Gay wien the white house will be told that complete cancellation is the proper course for this country. ‘When that day comes the president, whoever he may be, will have diffi- eulty'in obtaining duplicates of the congressional promises which Hoover got s0 easily last summer. Perhaps the thing which most irks 00) more clearly now than we did 14) 00} us the real losers. | Europe. the average American is the fact that Europe, while it asks us to shoulder; the burdens created by the World war, refuses to disarm and is today better prepared for conflict than ‘t was in 1914, It sees nations which are attempting to evade payment of their debts armed to the teeth andj spending billions on that armament.| We have the spectacle of this nation, unable to keep its naval defenses up | to treaty Strength, forgiving debts to other nations which apparently have no difficulty in that respect. Added to this is the realization that the World war was, after all, hardly our personal war. We see a little years ago and a good many persous are wondering just how much busi- ness we had to sacrifice 55,000 of our young men on Europe's battlefields. We didn’t start the war, we brought it to a triumphant finish. Yet the movement is on in full swing to make Deep in his bones, the American cit- | izen, barring the international banik- ers and the “parlor pinks,” feel that this country is being victimized by He feels that this country, hhas been played for the “sucker” in) the field of international diplomacy-- and he resents it. These and a lot of other things dim the satisfaction with which the na- tion greets the news that the mora- torium has been passed and signed and that congress now can turn its attention to other matters. A Guide to Good Cheer One of the nation’s business 4ead- ers in @ recent discussion of the proper psychology for the modern man, offers the following sugges- tion: “Get up in the morning and say, ‘Thank you, God, for what I have,’ instead of ‘Please, God, give me a lot more.’” “Try to make somebody happy for the day before leaving the house.” “Disregard the weather. You can’t do anything about it anyhow.” “Go out to ‘give’ and not to ‘get’ . .« Don’t engage in pessimistic talk.” “Forget yourself and think of the other fellow.” “Be a booster instead of @ kicker.” “Be convinced that you are in the best town in the world.” “Finally, enlist all of your think- ing in your favor instead of ‘against you.” Granted that it may be difficult at times, the idea is worth trying. The. man who can do these things or who tries to do them is lable to come to the conclusion that life isn’t so bad after all. And a good’ many of the folks whose “Merry Christmas” has the ring of sincerity in it probably have beén do- ing that very thing for a long time. Depression and France One of the interesting points at is- sue these days is whether the con- tinued world business depression 1s going to affect the French attitude toward German reparations—and, if 80, how. French business, long flourishing, is beginning to stagger. The current issue of the Business Conditions| Weekly of the Alexander Hamilton Institute points out that the adverse balance of trade is increasing, unem- ployment is mounting and business houses are watching their profits shrink. i If this continues, will it persuade the French to adopt a more literal attitude on the reparations question? Or will it merely ‘tighten their, insist- ence that Germany pay every cent she owes? On the answers to these questions depends, to a very great extent, the economic stability of Eur- ope in the immediate future. ‘No man falls too low to be saved or to marry a woman who will take in boarders. Editorial Comment Editorials printed j,below show the thoug! trend of ‘They are publi to whether they agri with The Tribun by other editoi fed without rege Questionable Strategy (Minneapolis Tribune) By stripping Representative Mc- Fadden of his patronage privileges, administration Republicans lay them- selves open to the charge of being unnecessarily revengeful and pettiiy intolerant. It seems to us that tie wiser course would have been to maintain an attitude of silent con- tempt towards Mr. McFadden, whose rantings no one was inclined to take seriously and whose venomous attack on the president was so palpably wanting in good taste as to offend even Mr. Hoover’s most uncompro- mising critics. The nonsense about the presideni having “sold out” to Germany on the moratorium was stomached by neitiucr Republicans nor Democrats, and no one was quicker to resent {t than Mr. McFadden’s own constituents. The savagery and unreasonableness of his assault hurt no one but Mr. McFadden, and if the Republicans had chosen to ignore it, the inevit- able result would have been a sym- ‘pathetic reaction toward President Hoover and the moratorium, As mat- ters siand, however, opinion is upt to be rather sharply divided as to whether the administration regulars did not err almost as badly as Mr. McFadden by adopting a ,strongarm policy of retaliation, The Pennsylvania Republican in possession of his patronage privileg2s is simply @ foolish and ill-tempered man; but stripped of those privilege: by wrathful partisans, he will appear to many to be a martyr in the caus> of frank and open criticism. His summary punishment by the Repub- licans, we suspect, was poor strat even if it was technically justified py Mr. McFadden's shameful and inex- 4 These Are My Jewels! fea New York, Dec. 24—Notes from a convenient cuff: Of all things—“Mrs. Leslie Carter will soon begin a short tour in ‘Zaza.’”. . . And in the mail comes word concerning a revival of Belasco’s “Girl of the Golden West.” Only the other day, Fred L. Allen of Harper's Magazine was arguing that we are on our way back to the Victorian age. . . . Allen has recently written a sort of history of contemp- orary times, “Only Yesterday,” and he has been keeping his finger on the trend of events. . . . Who was it told me he had seen a youngish wom- an wearing a bustle-like skirt just the other day? . . . And in a speak- easy! Well, if “Zaza” can come back after all these years, anything can happen! . . . What a fuss this play kicked up in daddy's days. . . . After the very modern plays of the past few years, “Zaza” must now seem like a Sunday School production. . . . And what a flock of the “old-tim- ers” havé been going back.to the road again. . . . Lou Tellegen is going to appear in stock... . Maude Adams is making the rounds. . . . Mrs. Fiske is Preparing. . . . Ethel Barrymore starts soon. . . . William Gillette threatens to take “Sherlock Holmes” | out of the mothballs for the last time. . . . Eva Tanguay has been do- ing @ vaudeville tour. . . . Al Jolson, although of later vintage, is some- where in “the sticks.” . . . Walker ‘Whiteside is playing the circuits, . >. Otis Skinner appears with Maude Ad- ams... . And it wouldn't surprise me if I heard that David Warfield had taken a long, deep breath and decid- ed to take another chance! ee * The “old cuff” reminds me to make @ few remarks on the amazing chang- es in New York night life to be ob- served within a single season... . The latest arrival on Broadway is the “Two-Bits Cabaret.” ... And if that title doesn’t tip off the situation, then nothing does... . Nor is this a facetious monicker. +.» . There are, it seems, any number of dishes to be purchased at “two: bits”—25 cents in American money— at this resort. . . . The spot figures on turnover. . + Dancing begins | with the lunch-hour crowd and goes on through the day and into the night. . . . There's a dance floor, a jazz band and_a floor show. . . . And, | insofar as I could gather, the only re- quirement is that a patron spend “six bits’—or 75 cents—on something or other if he intends to sit through the evening. . . . And if anyone had told you two years ago that this could happen on Broadway, you'd have been The \ AT THE VARI cusable exhibition on the floor of ihe lower house. . . THIS CURIOUS WORLD MORNING 1v0 EVEN, neiast tego fe Ceo eles create 149 O00 ANNDALLY, Pe ewer, tossed upon the next train for ‘ashoan Springs. xe * Still and all; some of the boys and girls still stay up all night... . New York will always have its quota of residents and visitors who don’t care to go to bed. Yet, for some time the town has minus a resort that swung into action after the other places had listened to the three o° clock curfew whistle. . . . At ee rate, it's the Park Plaza Hotel thal now caters to the lads ahd lassies who want to meet the iceman in the morning. Another hotel, the Park Central, re- cently introduced a novelty that has been clicking. . . . This was the bringing of a negro band into the mid-town dance belt. . . . Harlem, of course, is filled with sepia bands. . . . But the hotels had hesitated... . Noble Sissle, who attracted quite a bit of attention abroad, was given a trial. . . . And it’s become a hit at- traction... . Another cuffed note reminds me to recommend to all and sundry inter- ested in New York, its color and its past, two novels: Thomas Beer's “San- doval” and “The Fair Rewards.” The latter, is the best novel of the Broad- way theater belt I have ever encount- ered. It concerns, however, the per- fod of Clyde Fitch. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) Ce ad Zien, NORWAY’S MARINE LOSS On Dec, 24, 1917, the Norwegian ship fhgrid 11 was sunk by either a Ger- man submarine or a mine. This sink- ing set the toll of Norwegian merch- ant ships at nearly one-third of the entire fleet of the nation. Only four members of the crew were saved. Italian forces were being hard pushed in the Asiago sector in the re- gion of Buso Valbella the Teutons having pushed past forward positions of the Italian army. In assaulting rear positions, however, the enemy; was stopped. Italy’s valiant army pushed back the Austrians from their | foothold on the Piave Vecchio, south | of Gradenigo. In compliance with the demand of} STICKERS GENERAL TOMATO i Bue HIS EVIL - «7 names of two Spanish cities are concealed in the above sentence. Can you find them? 24| ‘the Ukrainian government, Bolshe- vists released the Ukrainian revolu- tionary staff which had been held on suspicion of being in a plot to give General Kaledine Red Cross supplies. BARBS | + Hoover proposes to bring back pros- perity with an eight point plan. That’s oe one better. oe 8 pression. se * is some steel beams in our cred! going the seven wonders of the world |ing made by the wives of officers at |the Post. Mrs. Wallace McNamara, Wilson had 14 points, but Hoover |and Mrs. R. R. Tourtillott are in has cut to eight because of the de-/charge of the wrapping and distribu- . | funeral. What ‘we need, thé president says,|Mrs. Oscar A. Hansen comprise the! Tt is estimated that there still are|The milk of human kindness shouldn’t it | buying committee; [otgtlect And some sun beams in ** Taxes will go up, but not until July 1, Which will bring any joy we ex- pect next July forth. * * * But even those New ‘York police who raided the nudist cult finally got at the naked truth. x ex | And right isn’t even might in the ring, unless the ring’s on a heavy- weight wife. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Ine.) o_O ] Quotations | o Punching the time clock is great fun. I love it—Prince Ferdinand, grandson of the ex-kaiser. * eK ‘There is no question about it—the average man is fascinated by the beauty of a woman«Rudy Vallee, crooner. * * * America is the freest nation and therefore the dryest nation—F. Scott McBride, superintendent of Anti-Sa- loon League. Organizations like the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Ku Klux Klan, the American Legion and the R. O, T. C. do much to foster the war spirit—Dr. William H. Kilpatrick, professor at Columbia University. xe The civilization of Europe and Asia may be destroyed by another Tartar invasion. I am quite serious in think- ing the Russian army is going to prove a terrible foe—Dean Inge .of St- Pauf’s Cathedral, England. Fort Lincoln Will ‘ Have Christmas Eve Program for Kiddies Fort Lincoln’s annual Christmas tree and program for children and soldiers of the post will be held at 7 o'clock tonight at the post, it has been announced. Entertainment will include quartet singing of familiar carols and violin and piano solos. Santa Claus will be on hand to distripute gifts from a large lighted tree’ to more than 75 children of the post. The gymnasium thas been decorated with greenery and ie and green festoons for the occas- Arrangements for the event are be- Mrs. John R, Oswalt, Mrs. F. A. Byrne, tion of gifts; Mrs. A. C. Daily Health Service By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical: Association When the glands below and in front of the ear swell suddenly with the ap- pearance of fever and without any /| grown- other adequate explanation, the con- dition is probably mumps. ‘The exact cause of this disease is not known, but it is quite certainly in- fectious. Contact with cases of the pearance of other cases. The contact may be with the secretions from the nose and throat directly or by contact with articles contaminated by such se- cretions. The disease usually appears from 12 to 26 days after such a con- tact. In most instances a person who have the disease again, but cases do occur rarely a second time in the same and Mrs. Bird Lit- iene come first with me,” said “Qh, no, I don't. Cecily, and beech Frances, and Grand and Rosa- | No" (need. he make each ‘name e You can stop now, Later you may be unable to stop, There's no use in falling in love with a- Fenwick girl, You start out brave and gay and find yourself on a treadmill. You never arrive anywhere, Stop tle, Mrs. Fred T. Neville and Mrs. W. K. Dudley are directing the decorat- ing. ‘Rites for Farmer at Coteau Are Conducted Coteau, N. D., Dec. 24—The fu- neral of Lars T. Jacobson, 66, who dropped dead in a street car in Seat- tle, Wash., last Friday, were to be conducted from the Lutheran church here at 2 p. m. Thursday. Pive children are left. They are Albert; John and Jacob of Coteau, Thomas of Bowbells, N..D., and Mrs. Emma es of Seattle, whom Mr. Jacobson had gone west to visit. Jacobson came to Bowhells in 1899, homesteading on a farm near that city and in 1920 entered the mercan- tile business here. Albert now runs the mercantile business. Brother of Pastor At New England Dies New England, N. D. Dec. 24.—Rev. Edward Nordby, pastor of the Nor- wegian Lutheran church at New England, has just received news of Alfred. Nordby, 45, which occurred at Val- the death of his bréther, brand, Sask. Canada, Dec. 19. Deceased leaves his widow and four disease results promptly in the ap- } has had mumps once is not likely to | dren, MUMPS ALSO. ATTACK ADULTS Disease Is Most Common in Winter and Spring and May Result in Secondary Trouble for Grown-Ups individual: Records indicate that. mumps is one of the most infectious of all such diseases, Children from five to 15 are more likely to be infected than are others, but cases frequently occur among grown-ups, particularly in dormitories or institutions. Mumps is seen moss commonly in the spring and wihter, but may occur at any season. Men are infected more frequently than are women. ‘Fortunately the complica- tions of mumps are not serious, ex- pete Re cases in which secondary an tion of the sex glands oc- * Oe * When mumps develop, the patient should at once be kept away from other people, particularly young chil- during the time when the glands are swollen. In the prevention of mumps, the blood of people who have recently had the disease may be in- jected, but the procedure is not com- monly’ practiced because the disease itself we not o1 serious. Cer- tainly the handkerchiefs and any oth- er apparel that is soiled with the nose ‘- and thfoat secretions of the patients ‘should be boiled and thus freed from the menace of conveying the infec- tion. Oo |FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: AEG. U.S. PAT. OFF. sons. Rev. Nordby was unable, be- cause of the distance, to about 5,000,000 slaves in the world. | THREE KINDS LOVE & times.” Ann did not turn, “Yes,” sald. “I thought it seemed v good—all but the chowder.” “Everything was good,” said Ce attend the be bottled up. © sss by BY KAY CLEAVER Bad : Doran and Co. ang hkGie HERE TODAY -elly, and. came tn and closed the ‘sq fe ie had to talk. “You liked nanos Or Pacetedon , 4 (titm, didn't you, Ann? Did the con- versation, and the evening, and— 80 on, seem all right to you? Wasn't it slick that Grand and Rosalie both went to sleep?” K Ann’s fingers kept on hunting hairpins, “Yes, I liked him. I thought ‘things seemed all right. ‘What made him leave so early?” pens Ann been en- “He ts sort of shy. Phil's leaving freee to Parke EoROyt. youn and all . . . I'd so much rather Cecily beta RAY BoxmEt, have him shy than—than not, You ih. bts really did like him, didn't you, Ann? He is good-looking, don’t you think?” tor kno EB “Of course,” said Ann. “You like et hi him a lot, don’t you, Cissy?” aime sed nodded. “Um-hum, 1 W GO ON WITH THE STORY epg a" CHAPTER Vir “And he likes you a lot?” ARRY objected, “But, Mr. a “Ann, = ont nee I don’t now at all. Sometimes I think he etch Ah Sack rani oie does, and then I think he doesn’t. me defenseless, sa o He was queer. when we first came admit..." » in this evening—that may have Phil stood. Barry should not have been my fault. But later he was called him prejudiced. It was @ eraly. apm pow .in 1s hall he ‘3 on to my hands and kept men ~ Pell ainane RAR matte holding them while he thanked me larly disliked, for having bim here. Still, he didn’t . “On the contrary,” Phil said, “I say a word about ever seeing me | pride myself that no man living has again, or telephoning, or—any- & more open mind than 1 have: thing.” open, that {s, to the decenctes. I've Ann experimented with a smile enjoyed talking to you, Mr. McKeel. {n the mirror. “For that matter, Hope we can get at it again some Phil didn’t say anything about see time. I'll have to be going now. ing me again, either. Good night. Good night.” “Ann,” Cecily’s voice was tense, Cecily and Barry said “Good “how can you bear it? The happi- night.” Grand and Rosalie were ness of the certainty, I mean. To both asleep. Ann went with Philip love Phil, as you do, and to know into the hall: ' serge that hee loves you, and e at you'll see him tomorrow and Pieces abe aie 4 ees the next day—all that. It seems to for the flaming youth, basn’t she?” vn i just couldn't eadare being so “I don't ” Ann’ Sbbed. if os don’t Legal . Ann was on her way to the ‘l_know,” Phil said, and pulled clothes closet, She stopped for an his coat down in the back. “It’s a instant to rumple the shining brown case, sure enough, this time. You of Cecily's boyish bob, but she did know what will happen, don't. you?” not answer her question until sho “Happen?” Ann questioned. “ was inside the closet. “ghell marry him the day he| {ion om: eae.” Cecily said, “dinner was grand. Thank you a mile | "at, grows on one,” she sald from aske her. She'll let you down. there, “that ability to endure happt- You'll see. She'll marry him; and| sneer?) “come first with Tous Ann, short tonight and forget it. I wish | 289. a you will be left holding the sack | and always have.” someone had warned me—eight gaged and supporting the family.” “No,” she began, “that tw true, | Years ago.” Fat lot of thanks Mc-| PRECAUSE of Ermintrude’s insist. ‘Ann thought, “But I ean’t. Ican|It isn’t my fault—” Phil had|Keel would give me—now. Pity, ence that it would look perfectly hold the sack, but I can't support|turned and was going. Phil. had|though. He is young—some fool | awful to get downtown early today the family on my $25 8 week. No|€one!, Gone? Right off like that| ideals, of course—but on the whole,|—of all days!—Mary-Frances this one could. We'll freeze and starve,”| Without kissing ber’ good night?| intelligent, He bad known the| afternoon had consented to route ‘and said nothing. Phil had gone. If he had purposely | Bronte quotation: ‘I have seen the| their daily walk from the McKinley “She'll tet you down,” Phi) re-| mitted the kiss it wouldn't matter | 8ea and York Cathedral.’ Stop short | High School through the business « 4 peated, and stamped into one over-|8° much. But.she fegred, sho serl-| tonight and forget'it, Well—why | district of the suburb and home | shoe. “You'll hold the sack,” ne|Usly feared, that he had simply|20t? What was the epigram? ‘It | asain, to include a long detour into repeated, and stamped into the|Walked away and forgotten ‘alf|advice ts good, why give it away?" | Rosymende, a new and modestly at- Maier sariios. about’ it. Ah, the bunk! But—why not? Rot! | tractive residential district. dan fared-: “You've bo: ret 20 |" yet eos} Stop short and forget it.” Before long Rosymeade’s babies say that, Phil. Cissy will not.| PRARRY, driving and intent on the) , Pie, roses Bis pipe vk ngalaet | ora aol Rootes ee Cissy never has let me nor anyone polished black pavements ahead, | ¢opwarg x teraley ng, et apned would submit to delivery trucks down. You've no right.” did“ not/ see Philip standing back} .ay eo comiNg Cree rushing through their final errands jo door. Ann tagged him . Bul 5 boys thuddin nin; and went on: “Suppose she coos tait| Philip saw bim and felt a small| (ECILY tapped on Ann's door and | piovcies to perctee: tetere conten fn love. - Suppose she does get en. | SAtistaction because Barry, too, had| |“ opened it. Ann was standing in| automobiles, whizzing sprinklers, gaged to that nice boy. {sn't that| lett the Fenwick’s house early. Hada! ‘ait bureau, her fingers f¥-/ and whirring lawnmowers; but as her affair? You and 1 have been| “Suppose,” Philip went on think-| ‘DE about through the dark curls] yet the streets were still, and the engaged for eight years,” ing, as he watched the small red| oO" peer hair (it was @ nuisance,! small tawns lay untroubled and “Yes, L know that. 1 don't need| ght dim into the darkness, “that | nd Heavy, end hard to find bats) open to the sun, to be told.” sald Phil on the porch | !’@ hailed him, and cadged a ride| ior 2% jFaNt id tt ¢) But for Mary-Frances Fenwick to Ann in the doorway. “But Cissy | 80me, and said to him on the way,| por not cut tt), pulling out the!ang grmintrude Hill there was isn’t Ike you. Her man will come ‘Don’t fall in love with Cecily Fen- pi x neither calm’ nor peace nor patience fret with her.” wick. Don't over go there again,| “Ana, angél,” Cecily sald, “dinner | nor tranquility nor quiet anywhere. was grand.. Thank you a million “The trouble with you, Ermin- trude,” continued Mary-Frances, “is that you are like my sisters, you im don’t understand that love is (To Be Continued) wpe r ~ ~ % ro 1% 1 \|% | EX d \