Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1926, Page 27

DEBATE WOMEN'S * PRERTY RHTS Citizens’ Delays Vote on Proposed Code Change. An unscheduled debate on the pro. yrosed amendment of the code of Dis. t against females in the descent of rea «state, enlivened the Citizens' Advisory Council night in the District Buil@ing. <hiefl arguments pro and con kiven by Pearl Bellman Klein, 1he Capital’s fair Portigs, who iy defended women's righys, incilman William 8. Torbert, could see no useful purpose In # contemplated change, other than gratify “the sex consclousness proponents of the bill.” Wipe out tl discr against the female,” M peated. woman ha scendants as a man. She right to inherit from her children as a .man.’ But Mr. Torbert could not see it that way. The councilman contended that the propoxed modification was hased primarily on sentimental rea- son: Mrs. Klein insisted that the under- Iying principle of the proposed chanze was one of fairness. “All that we women are asking is that property 2o to the mother and fath- r equally.” she explained. “Under the present law a woman is not dis- laws to prevent last The ne of dmir who mination Klein ap. 18 many de criminated against until she becomes | a mother or zrandmother. “There is no reason for the change,” Mr. Torbert again assured the council. “It will only multiply the heir. Mrs. Klein's continued arguments, however, apparently made a des pression on® some of the councilmen | and when they began injecting favor- ~le comments, Mr. Torbert turned to his adversary and sighed The council, neverthele action on its almost certain indorse- ment of the proposed amendments. A vote will be taken at its next mest- ing Tuesday evening. The council listened to an explan: tion of the va pus juvenile court bills pow pending before Congr Rentatives of several or) tevested in the legisla mbach of the Distr Parent-Teacher Associations outlined the provisions of the Ger Under- hill and Zilhman bills, indicating that her organization probably would favor the latter when about 20 amendments are incorporated. Dorsey W. Hyde. jr.. presidenl of the Monday Evening Club, also spoke in favor the Zihiman bill. and nizations in I of * pointed out that the club had indorsed it _with the proposed modifications. Others who talked on the legislation William T. Bannerman and mon. The bill making it unlawful for hospitals, sanitariums and other in- titutios quartered in frame structu approved on recom mendation of Mr. Tobert. The coun- [ simultaneously disapproved the Norton bill providing for the creation ol a board of public welfare and in- dorsed the Capper measure on this subject. TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN BY COL. W. H. COOPER| i that those Address to American University Students Lauds “Rugged Man of Sorrowful Life. Col. Wade Hampton Cooper, presi- dent of the Southern Soclety of Wash ington, gave an addr on Abraham Lincoln in the chapel of the College of Liberal Arts, American University, Friday. “Our country has been ever erons in its product ser n'of great men. “ol. Cooper. “I have great ad- o0 for George Washington, the father of our country, and many of her 11 Americans. but to my mind, Abraham Lincoln. the preserver and vior of our great Republic, sur passes them all. The spirit of that ruzged man of sorrowful life and tragic death is a heritage and an in iration to all our people and touches alike the mansion and the cabin. ‘The zreatest declaration made: for human liberty. rights and human justice was the fmmortal emancipation proclamation of Abraham Lincoln in January. 1863, driving slAvery forever frone the soli M our great country. There is no other deciaration in all history, from the very earliest dawn of authenticity, that even approaches this declaration for human freedom by Abraham Lincoln, save the declaration con tained in Magna Charta when the people wrested their rights from King John at Runnymeade. ““As a patriotic Ameriean, of the South, proud of our g try and its vast reverently salute the Abraham_Lincoln and give to tribute of the South as I know it to exist in the hearts of her people.” Representative Henry \of Illinois will begin his lectures on “Current Legislatio ‘foe American University next I €vening. 1In these lectures Mr. hone will discuss the important me: ures and various bilis pending before Congress. These lectures are open to the public. Prof. Will Hutchins, head a1t department of American Univer itv, will give an illustrated lectur Modern Stage Production. February 18, at 8 p.m. This I be given at the university, street northwest. W. 8. Corby are enter- udents of the College { Liberal Arts at an organ recital is afternoon at 4:36 at their home en Chevy Chase Circle. BALLOU WILL BE PAID HONOR BY EDUCATORS Will Be Given Tribute With Miss Mary McSkimmon at Luncheon on February 22. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superin- tendent of schools, and Miss Mary MecSkimmon, president of the National fducation Association, will be feted at # luncheon to be given in their honor at the Mayflower on the afternoon of # Washington's birthday by the District of Columbia Education Association. Dr. Ballou is president of the Depart- ment of Superintendence, the princi- pal unit of the many educational or- xanizations which will meet here the week of February 21. William Mather Lewis, president of George Washington University - will preside at the luncheon, and addresses will be made by Payson Smith, com- missioner of education for Massachu- setts; Dr. Frank Condon, superintend- ent of schools, Cincinnati: Prof. Charles Judd, University of Chicago, and Senator Ferris of Michigan. vScores of officials and teachers of ‘the Washington school system will he present. as well as numerous Suests from other cities, ever human son Rathbone urse of " at lecture 1901 ¥ Advisory Council diserimination the deliberations of were and the { the s the same | Protes by repre- | great | Rath- | of the | The longe anthracite coal strike v of the country came to when both sides. elphia and aided by s from the Department of eed to terms which include _lan immediate resumption of work at the mines. While the Government pursued a policy of “hands-off” from the very start, Secretary of Labor 1| Davis has worked hard to bring about eement, keeping, at all times, his plans to himself and denying to L newspaper men on more than one oe- m that the Gevernment, of! doing anything. Among the | terms agreed to i+ 4 contract for five | years, with wages remaining as they were hefore the strike, but with the provision that either side may open negotiations on the wage question during the five-year period. The set- tlement is said thus to assure peage {in the anthracite fields for five years t least. The settlement is designed | that there should be no increase | in the price of coal. it s stated. | Whether it wax a mere coineldence or not, a feature of mreat Interest at- taching to the settlement of the strike {s that it followed by three days the passage of a resolution in the Scnate requesting the President to intervene in the coal strike. Presi- dent Coolidge’s reaction to the Senate resolution, ax described by the “White | a close Frid: jing in Current_NeWL Events Summary of Important National, Foreign and Local Affairs Specially Arranged for the Convenience of Students. meet- | l||_\‘.\ 4Ty PTDAY | = 7 i | Treasury to a deficit at the end of the! next ftiscal vear. 1 Among the other important actions last week on the ta bill the Senate eliminated the publicity provi- sfon from the income tax bill, thus Joining the House in getting rid of what has proved a rather bothersome and meddlesome activity of the Gov- ernment, which threw open the busi- ness of Its taxpayers to a curfosity- stricken public. s Economic. How much petroleum femains in the ground and the best ways of con- serving the Nation's supply were sub- jects discusxed at the meeting here lust week of the Federal Oil Conser- vation Board preparatory to drafting its final report to President (oolidge. Spokesmen for the oil industries of: fered various suggestions, including the elimination of waste within the industry and the devision of existing luws. Some of the experts predicted the poksibllits of un oil shortage at any time unless laws are revised, and some went so far as to estimate that known sources of ofl in the United States would be exhausted jvithin a period of seven and a half vears at the present rate of consumption. The Government moved, through | the Department of Justice, last week House spokesman,” was that he was not bound by the Senate’s request | and that he would continue his policy of non-nterference. The announc ment of the strike settlement wa made three days later and it became { known. at the same time, that Secre- | tary of Lahor Davis had a large part | in regotiating the settlement. | Another view of the ol on prohibition came last week from | Boston where Cardinal O'Connell of | the Roman Catholic Church, declared that while his church applauded vol- | | unta abstinance, it opposed com- | prohibition. He warned nt prohibition leaders that the | Catholic church woyld not allow it- | self to become entangled in the com | pulsory total tinanee movement. The' statement of Carcinal O {nell come time when there {still much discassion ove {report of the Chureh Tempe the Episcopal Church modification of the e of light win | . This report. wh ued in | {the name of the offfcinl temperance | organization of the Episcopal church, |evidently lacks the sanction of many of its bishops. A poll of all the bishops of the Ipiscopal church by the New York Times disclosed a ma jorfy of them azainst the report, and | therefore opposed 10 modification. | While the tallk goes forward mer rily, however, the Treasury Depart- ment. which enforces prohibition, is eparing to ask Congress for revi sion of the Volatead act to make it more strict—not more lenient—than | it is today. : rch's stand | John J. Persh- ashington ssful efforts “A sick man ing_came back to V | week from his unsucc {head of the commission to carr the plebiscite in Tacna and A Chile. He saw President Coolidze and Secretary Kellogg the day of his re- turn, to enter Walter | n for treatment be- impaired physical con- en cause of his ditfon. Representative Martin L. Davey of Ohio made himself very unpopular with the majority of vernment workers last week, when he declared outside the postal servi who were paid m nd who lo e advo. hout 100,000 saving, he | were ‘“drones,” ! than they were worth fon Government salarie ted the dismissal of lemployes, with resultant | said, of 10,000,000, ng Sun Wan, charged with the | murder of & member of the Chipese Fducational Mission here in 1919, must stand a third trial as the result of the {jury’s inability to agree on a ve in his second trial last week. young Chinese thus loses his second I fight for freedom. He was convicted and sentenced to hang after his first ltrial after a written confession was | |introduced as evidence against him. he Supreme Court of the Unite States. however. ordered another trial | {\hen it was proved that his confession | {was made ax the result of police ““third degree” methods. Now he must stand trial & third time. sibly becanse of the publicity in- | lawyer has begun legal pro- | ceedings designed to keep the United States out of the World Court by agk- | ing that Secretary of State Kellogg be | restrained from proceeding with nego- | tiations for the entry of the United States into the court. Similar efforts in the past on different oceasions have met with little success. | A speech by Premier Mussolini re garding an alleged an ian cam- paign on behalf of Germans in the Upper Adige caused a slight commo- {tion ~throughout the world last | night regarded by some a in- ,auspicious omen for Germany {into the Leazue of Mussolini answered by Dr. Held. the who requested all good Germans to help their fellow countrymen in Southern Tyrol. awarded to It by | the treaty of St. Germain. Premier Mussolini uttered statements con- Sidered the strongest used by any statesman toward a friendly country {since the war. Russia_continues her refusal t tend the coming disarmament confes ence unless it is held in some coun- try other than Switzerland. It would he preferable if the conference could be held in some country which now | maintains diplomatic tions with the Soviet, Russia has informed the League of Nations. i n s ent Premi speech n premier | Congress. ! The Senate jud ommended to the & that it order another the Aluminum Cc ! which Secretary of the Treasury Mel- lon is a stockholder. The vote to rec- ommend the Investization was divid- led, 9 to 7. The investigation just con- cluded by the committee failed to show anything but some delay on the part| of the Government agencies entrusted | with the prosecution of the anti-trust ( laws, and these delays were explained to the satisfaction of a minority on the committee. The Senate went on a tax-cutting rampage last week and slashed from | the revenue hill §100.000,000 more than | the House cut before passing the measure late Friday night. The ex- tensive cutting drew from Secretary | Mellon of the Treasury Department a solemn warning that if the reductlons become law it w ¢ committee rec- nate last week investigation of | of America, of t’oultry and Eggs - In a large city there is ai- ways a tremendous demand for Poultry and Eggs. The suburban and nearby country resident can find a ready customer for his exce supply by a small advertise- ment under The Star’s Poultry and Eggs classification. | of his automobiles, was quoted by a to | lower | York, for developing the Reed metal | Educational. | 10 hecome its pastor. | Snlution in the public schools of the | bill to prokibit the teaching of evolu. to break up the prospective combina- tion of haking companies by asking the Feder join the companies from merging. The Ward interests. the General Baking| Co.. the Continental Baking Co. and others were the concerns named by the Government and which were charzed by the Government with vio- lation of the Sherman anti-trust law. Henry Ford, a few days previous to announcing a price reduction on some weekly magazine last week as saying that the surest way to check t €ned husiness depression is to ine ind lower prices. is good " Mr. Ford is quoted as say- Vs 1o ralse wages and never lTower them. Higher wages and prices mean er power— more custom.” ing. of indus rding to the Fed- s periodic survey Trade and in- | ally were in | 1in other years. the of business conditi dust activity larger volume tha report said. Aviation. With the Mitchell the War Department last week insti tuted a xweeping inquiry to determine whit other aviation officers have been guilty of circulating propazan: against the policies of the general sts or otherwise influencing public opin- | ion through methods outside of mil itary channels. Althouzh official re 1orts on the investigation are lackinz. it is understood the inquiry will d close that several officers, them in.the Reserve Corps. are 3 f circulating pamphlets and memo anda desizned to co-ordinate the titude of flving officers in favor of a separate afr corps The Collier trophy, awarded annual. | Iy for the greatest achievement in the ‘nited States in aviation, was givem last week to Dr. S. Albert Reed of New e disposed of | propeller. The propeller is made for | high speed ships of the Army and the | Navy and Dr. Reed spent four years in its development b In addition to i in aviation at Annapolis, the N require all know aviation, it week. Questions on included in the e motion of the off Department is to | to study mounced viation will aminations for pro I was stated. Dr. Raymond Allen Pearson, presi- dent of the lowa State College of Auriculture. will become president of the University of Maryland within the near future. it week. Dr. Al hert F. W igned to ac- vent a position in the Department of Agriculture. Dr. Dr. I, Stanley Durkee, president of Howard Universit has received o all from the famous Plvmouth Con- gregational Church of Brooklvn. N. Y It is pected vill accept the call and resign from Howard. The Congregational Church in Brooklyn was the church of Henry Ward Beecher. Lyman Abbott and Newell Dwight Hilj The fight he against the teaching of South is spreading. Within the past \\»Pflk the lower house of the Missis- sippi Legislature acted favorably on a tion in that State; in Texas Gov. Mi. riam A. Ferguson and the text book commission of the State acted to bar the teaching of the theory in Texas. tlanta. G: rd of educa .;‘ Alexander’s ! DAHLIAS Lead the World The Duhiin King” _ Sure to Bloom PECIAL OFFER 6 $7.00 . 4 LE (i HH oa L i PINK CERTL e Fosorminke e J. K’.; ALEXANDER The World's Largest Danfia Grower —44-54 (‘nml St. st Bridgewater, Mass. 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The complain- ants are Al Kelly, a_painter at Forest Glen, and William Ailes. postmaster there, who went to Kelly's assistance, when, afc ling to county officers, Kelly was wcked by the students, wh resented his interference when one of the snowhalls, going wild, nar- rowly missed a child. The prisoners identified them: John Joseph White, 22 year Washington: John Y. Regan, 22 sw Apartments, Washington: Arthur Flourence, 19, Brooklyn, M nd Sylvester J. Blake, 22, Hartford, Conn The fifth escaped. Trall of Wreckage. Officers sald they left” a . trail of wreckage in the grocery store opposite the Forest Glen station where they finally cornered Kelly. who sought this haven after he had been pursued from the post office where he first took ref- uge. and where Mile {8 said to have leen roughly handled when he went to the painter’s assistance. The students were waiting at the station for a train when the snow fight started. When a snowball came near a child standing on the front poreh of the sto adjoining the post office, Kelly, who witnessed the oc currence, went over to the youths. Here accounts differ, county officers saving Kelly only remonstrated with the youths, while Regan, thiey say, Ives old, Kene- charges Kelly with striking one of his |, companions with a club. The five then are said to have turned on the painter, who was %o badly beaten that he required medi- cal attention. The students later hoarded @ Paltimore and Ohio train for Washington. ephone message n Earl Burdine ne to rth koma he ain, took the students wd then, in comps 1 Guy Jones, conveyed Rockvillegin an auto- into custody with Pol the vouths te mobile. There Thomas Gott, clerk of Police Court, fixed their bond at $300 each pending a h ring in Police Court on Thursdsy Rezan was freed shortly before mid niht when B. Ashby Leavell of Chevy Chirze went on his bond, and returned to Washington His three compan ions, however. were forced to remain in Jail. Y. W. C. A. Speakers Named. Rice Relatioms Sunday will be ob. served at Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A. vespers at 4 p.m. today with the fol 4 Mrs. Goodpasture. South America. Dr. wn, Mrs. H. B. Allen, Mme. nnerjee of India and Rupert China. Gow Sarah I Sukoda ¥ Saucho o took Steps to eliminate references 10 the theory from text books used in the city schools, and In Kentucky the Legislature is considering two anti. Jlution theorie: WRIGHT COMPANY | ans D. C. FEBRUARY Scrambled Syntax Creeps Into Bill to Americanize Heroes | A bill introduced in the House last week by Representative Celler of New York to bestow citizenship upon the seamen of the steamship President Roosevelt, who took part in the rescue of the crew of the British steamer Antinoe, presents an interesting study in grammatical construction which the teachers may save and give to their pupils in English tomorrow. An excerpt from the bill follows: “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con- gress assembled, that the Secretary of Labor is hereby empowered to admit, they or any of them being so willing, them into United Stat citizenry without further formal- ities and to bestow ypon them the final citizenship papers.” NEGRO HISTORY WEEK OBSERVED AT HOWARD Subject Feature of Noonday As- semblies—Addresses Made by Faculty Members. Activities at Howard University during the past week have been cen- tered around the observance of negro history week. Especlal attention has been given In the classrooms to char- acters in negro life whose merits and achievements make them worthy of mention to college youth. The inter- est in negro_ history week observance was shown by the attendance at the ily noon day assemblies in Andrpw Rankin Memorial Chapel, where mem- hers of the faculty addressed the stu. dent body upon subjects dealing with the progress of the negro. The second try-outs for the varsity debating teams whith will represent Howard Unlversity in the annual tri- gular debate between Howard. incoln and Union Universities and the debate between Howard and At- lanta Universities s held in Andrew nkin Memori vel last Thurs- evening. ubject _debated during the tr . “Resolved, That the 'nite 1ould Abolish iff Policy pnsible for he couts Howar ma Del and varsity debates are held Dr. Samuel Judson Porter, pastor of First Baptist Church. will he the prin- cipnl speaker at the vesper serv which will be held this afternoon at 4:30 in the Andrew Rankin Memorlal Chapel. usic will be furnished by the university choir. 14, | suditorium " | the v dram PUPILS SHOW TALENT IN ORCHESTRAL WORK | | Midyear Classes Will Be Organized | This Week in Public Schools. The music department of the public schools. under Dr. E. N director. the Community Center de- partment co-operating. will organize | the midyear classes on orchestral in- struments and plano this week The demonstrations of children playing on the plano. solo and ensem- ble, “real pieces” they had studied in class and memorized, transposing an wering technical questions, e 1926—PART 1. COMPANY C WINNER OF FINAL WAR GAME Takes Championship of Eastern From Company D—Party Given for Cadets. Captain Harry Portch of Company ¢ led his team to victory over Com- pany D on February 6 in the final war same series for the championship team at Eastern. Members of the team are as follows: Sergts. Carl Mar- tin and George Butler, Corps. Lau- rence Weaver, Harry Rosen and Hen- Hoffman Tuesday Company C played Com- pany L of Western for championship of the 3d Regiment. A party was ziven to the cadets by the Merrill Club #irls on Monday afternoos. Refresh. ments were served, and Jimmie Madl son with his school hestra fur- nished music for the dance. ‘ompa nies A and D are making preparations to glve a cadet dance on February 26 in the armor Eastern's rifie team had a match with Western's tcam on Kastern's 1ange February 12, Members of East. ern’s team are as follows: L. Stein, L. Denslow, ¢ . Entwisle, R is helping the gh orchestra practice every Friday afternoon in Central's armory for the meeting of the department of superintendence during the week of Some of the pieces that and Clreum- ‘Oberon Over- n Fantasy,” ¢ Victor Herbert, and “Lohengrin’ selections, by Wagner. One hundred and twenty-five players will make up the orchestra 1-hour activities held in the are the main attraction for the students during the last half of their lunch periods. On Mondays, Wedn s and Fridays educational “movies” are shown. Last vear 120 such pictures were twice exhibited. These pictures are furnished by the Departmen: the Interfor and Agri- culture. Some of them are cn coal mining, salt mining, auto manufactur- ing, forest development, farming and | breeding. On Tuesdays and Thursdays music is furnished by the chool's orchestra and glee elu « rms and by the the chair- to be the Y. The play will be school auditorium Two full casts will trained for the different pari The executive committee of the Home and School Association held a meeting on 10 at Principal Hart's office to make plans for the first meeting of the present semester, ta be. held wn March 5. Dr. R. A. Fisher, president of the association, presided at the meeti / Man en tic committe ) of Miss selected under mans) school preser on March denced the efciency of the method | and the teaching done in our public schoals. . The past week the classes studying violin. cello, cornet net and drums gave g of successful instruction. a.year-old hoy. after only work, one lesson a week, played * - kea Doodle” on his flute a visitor ex- claimed. “Washington will have its own symphony orchestra yet!” The classes on orchestral instru- ments are under the supervision of Laura Fairchild Warn, and the piano classes are under Edith h and when a 11 weeks’ K. OF C. SCHOOL HAS LECTURES SCHEDULED Discussion of “Credit and Its Es- sentials From Business View- point” Among Topics Listed. Harry Carroll of the Carroll Electric Co. will lectura to the Venetian Ac- counting Soclety of the Knights of Columbus Evening School at 8 o’clock next Friday evening, February 19. The subject will be “Credit and Its Essentlals from a ness Man's Viewpoint." Dr. Frank O'Hara, dean of the Eve- ning School and professor of econom- ics at the Catholic University, lectured in the economlics series on Thursday night on “The Church's Attitude To- ward Private Property As Set Forth n the Encyclical on” La At 8 o'clock next Thursday, February 18, Dr. O'Hara will continue the serles with a discussion of “The Obligatio of the State to Protect the Labore Wednesday, February 17, at 1 o'clock, Mr. Benjanin H. Streeks, well known' local interfor decorator and Bu | consultor, will lecture to the real es- tate class on interior the new home. This lecture will fit into the work of the class, which has recently discussed the selection of a home site and the type of home to be erected. At a later date the real estate classes will hear Robert T. Rock, jr.. of the Catholic University discuss the application of psychological principles to the art of selling real estate. Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock Rev. R. A. McGowan of the social action department, the National Catholic Welfare Conference, will lecture on “Working Conditions Among Federal Employes in the District of Colum- bia.” At 8 o'clock on the same eve- ning Prof. Arthur Deering of the Catholfc University will lecture on “The Irish Theater.” Prof. Deering spoke last Tuesday night on “Sir James M. Barrie.” decorations in HISTORY DEPARTMENT HEAD TO GIVE ADDRESS Miss Otelia Cromwell, head of the department of English’ and history, has secured the consent of Dr. Charles fi. Wesley to address the teachers of history Monday in the library of the Armstrong High School. All teachers of history are extended an invitatfon to attend the lecture, which is to be given at 3:30 o'clock In the afternoon. Among the February entrants from the Stevens School {8 James Spriggs, 12 years old. Miss H. D. Brown re. ports him as among the brightest pupils in her cooking Nezro history week.,” during which the contributions of negroes to civill- zition have been studied by all of the sections, was brought to a close on Friday by a general assembly, at which Prof. Leo Hansherry addressed | the student body on the dutles of the negro to present civilization. James B. Hunter of the history department was chairman of the local committee which conducted the history week pro- gram. The local competition in The Star's oratorical contest promises to develop the keenest rivalry. Practically all of the undergraduates who weathered the preliminary contest last year, in- cluding the former prize iinners Gaddis and Johnson, have entered, and the reports from the section teach- ows many new aspirants for oratorical honors. 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Sondhetmer has a fifficult task in whipping into shape the manual chse-order drill and the wpen-order drill of the new compAny in a few aonths The addition of a new company in reases Central’s totat %o nine. It has been several vears stnce this school has had such a larze number The Blue Bird,” Miurice Master linck’s charming faf. will be the ring offering of the i“entral Drama tic Association, schedtled for tation the evenings of Murch 13, with a specful performance for th alumni The Dran through fts tic a¥sociation pring plays to give school. in four-yea? rycles, a rep: sentative variety of tusteful drama ranging from modeth farce to the mortal bard Three new officers of the Central bank taff have beea appointed by E. 0. Harned, facu'tz adviser, to fill the pos t graduates len, president: Ernest Gerwer, president, and Morrts Dwos fer. Those who duated w Goldman, Lois Nichols und Lore. The bank staff is m of students, who b funds in a regular ion. Club Denounces Dry Raiders. 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