Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1927, Page 4

Y % MEANS HAKESPLER LBV, Fess pa st to Pay Tribute to Resigning Urges Preparedness in Talk| Rules Authority. at Annual Banquet of Span- —— ish War Veterans. Longworth, Tilson and Blan- ton Give Eulogies—To Prac- tice Law in Toledo. A plea for more adequate national defense was made by Senator Means of Colorado, commander-in-chief of the United Spanisk War Veterans, at the annual banguet of the Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp, United Spanish War Veterans of W ton, held last night at the > Masonic Temple. | The House "pnu:xum yesterday to pay tribute to Lehr Fess, parliamentarian, who is re- | signing to take up the practice of 3 {law in Toledo Senator Means pictured the condi-| tions that exicted in 1898 at the start| Speaker Longworth, House Leader of the Spanish American War, recall- | Tilson, Minority Leader Garrett and ing the unpreparedness of the United | Representative Thomas L. Blanton, States at that time. He urged those | Democrat, of Texas, united in eulogiz present to use their efforts to prevent | ing the services of Mr. Fess. What a recurrence of such conditions by us-| thay said was indorsed with vigorous ing their influence to promote ade-|applause by the House membership, quate national defense to insure |present in unusual numbers peace for the United States. i N Senator Means presented Past Com mander James E. Burns of Dewey | After explaining the exacting duties Camp, with a Past Commander’s |of the post of parliamentarian Speake jewel Longworth urged passage of a reso Senor Don ( lution calling for the appointment of Consul for Cuba an nt parliamentarian, saying that it is a new office which in the recently was chosen an honorary member of Harden Camp, expressed [ best interests of the country as a whole should have been established the mppreciation of the Cuban people for the work and valor of the men |years ago. With reference to Mr. Fes who fought against Spain to liberate | the Speaker said: Ouba. Other speakers included: Byron [ *I regret very mucl W. Bonney, president of the board of | present parliamentar: managers of the Soldiers and Sailors': at the close of this se Home: Edna R. Summerfield, depart-|of first authorities on pa ment president of the District auxili- | law in America today. He ha aries: William L. Mattocks, national | ed to attend the next session of Con- chief of staff, and James J. Murphy, | gress until January 1, but after that quartermaster general. he leaves. It is a great loss to the Arthur H. League, past department | House, and it certainly is a great loss commander and past commander of|to me. The object of this resolution Dewey Camp, presided as master of|is to afford an opportunity for a young ceremonies. Supper was served by the| man who, I believe, has the making ladies' auxiliary of Dewey Camp, in|of a firstrate parliamentarian, by his charge of Mrs. Andrew Kimmell, presi-| appointment as assistant parliamen- dent. Music was furnished by a sec-|tarian, to become as familiar as it is tion of the Army Band. humanly possible to do between now i L and January 1 next, with the dutles “SALAD” IS GROWN | Fintont onThe passais of thi reso: ON SINGLE PLAN lution, to appoint as assistant parlia- mentarian Mr. Deschler, who sits on the left of the Speaker. Tomato and Pepper Crossed to Pro- duce “Topepo,” Which Gives Flavor or Both. s de Quesada, ashington, who ¢ that our 1l leave us s one Blanton Thanks Him. Regarding the courtesy, efficiency and helpfulness of Mr. Fess, Repre- sentative Blanton said: “I want to say in behalf of our pres- ent parliamentarian, Mr. Fess, that he not only assists the Speaker and he not only helps the different chalrmen of the committee of the whole House, B S Satat; R but never have I known a member SAN JOSE, Calif., February 3.—|going to him seeking information that Technically, salads are sliced rather|he did not take all the time necessary than grown. but a new vegetable that | to look up the question and give him aused in its legislative | THE EVENTN! (VST T LUN, _STAR, WASHINC DA 1927. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY T, LEHR FESS, PARLIAMENTARIAN, S HOUSE MEMBERS the information desired. He has done this on many occasicns and has kindly rendered me assistance many times, and 1 do not think we could find a more courteous. gentleman anywhere in_the world.” Minority Leader Garrett spoke for side of the House in appreciation of the retiring parlia- mentarian, as follow T think it is very wise to have this stant parliamentarian, and 1 am arty sympathy with the purpose he resolution. In_saying this I ; what I think is very deserved, what has been ex- a by the Speaker and what has been expressed by the gentleman from Texas relative to the present parlia- mentary clerk of this House, Mr. Fess. He is not only efficient, but he is cour- teous under all circumstances; does an infinite amount of labor, and I regret very much to see him go. I know the good wishes of all of us will go with him into his practice of the law, and I know quite well that one who has demonstrated such reasoning pow- er as a parliamentarian will demon- strate that reasoning power as a law- ver, and I am quite sure he is to meet with great success in his chosen pro- fession.” House Leader Tilson said: “I entirely approve all that both the distinguished Speaker and the minor- ity leader have said in regard to our t parliamentarian, Lehr Fess. cery one in this House, especially those who have had the duty of pre- siding in the chair as chairman of the committee of the whole House, know that he has been most obliging, most efficient, most capable; and this is all the more reason we should pass this resolution, so as to begin now to train up some one to take his place and also that we may have an apprentice com- ing along.” is in jtself the next thing to a salad is now being cultivated. The propagator of the curious| TRAFFIC ENGINEER URGED FOR DISTRICT IN FUNK’S REPORT garden product is John F. O'Keefe, San Jose business man. He spent several vears experimenting to bring about the “Topepo,” which is a com- bination of the pepper and the tomato. &% OKeefe tried hybridizing the one tomato and the nese Giant S or Bell pevper. The first season the (Continued from First Page) Tesult of the crossing was a few small, : by e e o he-mall: | mittee's contacts with him forced the likely looking ones were saved and he | conclusion that as an administrative tried again. At the end of the second | ogmc, be in year he had discarded all but two and | OTCer he 18 not the man to b 1 With these seeds he planted again the | charge of the city’s legal staff. third year. suggest this office to the consideration Results the third year were decided- | of the legislative committee. A new Iy encouraging, and again discarding | girecting hand to act also as general down to the best-appearing specimens | counsel to the Public Utllities Com- he went on with his experiments. Sea- | mission with comensurate compensi- son by season the length of the Bell | {jon should be provided for.” pepper parent gradually merged into ! "f¢ter discussing the difficulties in the flatness of the tomato and in-| urhacing desirable school play- creased its size up to 6 or 8 inches in diameter and finally to a perfected vegetable. It has a pepper flavor, with much of the sweetness and succulency of the ground and park sites under the limitation of 25 per cent in excess of assessed value, which the committee placed in the bill last year and which it has retained this year, Mr. Funk possibly as much as $350,000. “There is a new item, also, in the sum of $100,000 for providing fire- proof stage curtains for the Central and Dunbar High Schools. These three items, plus an increase of $490,- 000 for the construction of buildings, including the preparation of plans, and for the acquisition of school and playground sites account for the larger outlay proposed for 1928. “The biulding and land projects are in conformity with the five-year school building program authorization. Two items the committee refused. One, for an addition to the Crummell School, the other for a sit for a health school for colored children. I, and some of my colleagues on the subcommittee, made a personal survey of these and other items, and our judgment is that there is no pressing need for either of these two school items at this time.” Would Avoid Extravagance, In explaining the committee's ac- tion in disallowing an item for more teachers, Mr. Funk declared: tomato. The new creation appeals to the eye with its gorgeous coloring, rang- ing from a red deeper than that of the tomato to a golden yellow striped with green. The walls are as thick or thicker than the tomato and its #eeds, resembling thobe of the pepper, are fewer in number and are gathered close to the stem in the inside cavity. The “Topepo” will keep a month In a room of ordinary temperature without decay. It is used for salads, flavoring soups, gravies and dressings or for baking when stuffed with shrimp, crab and lobster. — . QUEEN’S FARM A SUCCESS. Poultry Raising Effort to Be Ex- tended—King Interested. drew this conclusion. “We must be firm in our stand on this matter. There should be no waverng. If these speculators are made to realize that we are determined to block their avaricious schemese I believe we may confidently look forward to triumph- ing in our aim. % “I also believe this, hotvever, that we should not discriminate in these matters—it we are going to impose the limitation on one piece of prop- erty we should impose it on all. I think this should be a_consideration attached to every local land purchase authorization we pass.” Hold Measure Is Good. “The bill here presented,” said Mr. Funk, “taking it as a whole, is a good meastire in practically every direction and one which I feel confident has the support of a great majority of 1 citizens. The commlittee was s Tebrusty 3 U Bl e e o nastatand by the ead of Mary’s poultry farm at Golds- | the Citizens’ Advisory Council, which borough is so profitable that she is |is 4 body made up of representatives ROW Planning to extend it, and the | from each of a number of sectional King hus established a similar farm | cjtizens’ assocfations, that the budget gmore. Princess. Mary’s farm is operated on strictly business prineiples, and she has a very complete set of books kept which shows exactly the cost of estimates are practically in accord with the estimates presented to the Commissioners by the Citizens’ Ad- visory Council, In fact, the two sub- missions were but $55,000 apart. This “Despite our interest in the schools and our desire to see that the chil- dren of the Capital City shall have every educational advantage, we must not, at the same time, Mr. Chairman, let our propensities in this direction lead us into extravagance. I am convinced that out of the present total of 2,656 teachers the schools can be made to function smoothly and efficiently, any statement of the school authorities to the contrary notwithstanding. “Turning to the subject of streets, you will find that the bill generously provides for bettering and improving the city’s thoroughfares. Three im- portant widening projects in the in- terest of accelerating the movement of traffic are made possible—one, Connecticut avenue from M street to Florida avenue; another, Fifteenth street from I street to Massachu- setts avenue, and Thirteenth street from I street to Massachusetts avenue, Besides the usual run of new paving items a new item of $450,000 appears for the improvement of streets throughout the city, which have been paved more than 30 years. Referring to disparities between as- sessed value and asking price of land, Mr. Funk said that such difference gives renewed emphasis to the com- producing every fowl. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and Sailings From New York. would indicate, I take it, that the citizens of Washington have a very large voice in shaping their city's fiscal program. “The committee, Mr. Chairman, has not wandered far from the budget proposals. “In the first place, we are propos- ing a continuance of the lump-sum contribution plan inaugurated in the .20 (1925 bill—$9,000,000. In addition to 28| that, we propose to continue to give 5 | up our share of certain miscellaneous 28 | revenue derived from rents, fees of various kinds, special assessments, sales, licenses, fines, and so forth, in which the Federal Government par- ticipated under the former 60-40 plan. Our share in these under the former arrangement it is estimated ‘would total $950,000 during 1928. Do not get the idea, therefore, gentlemen, that we contribute but $9,000,000. Ten million would be nearer correct. $1.50 Tax Believed Sufficient. “We are told, and I do not question the accuracy of the information, that a $1.50 tax rate will suffice so far as this bill is concerned, including an allowance for unforeseen demands to the extent of $500,000. Of course, the new assessment will be operative, effective from the first of next July, and on the basis of the estimated new assessed value of real estate $1.50 will yield about as much rey- enue as the current $1.80 rate will produce on the present valuation. “The new valuation is estimated to aggregate $1,150,000,000 and the pres- jent valuation totals $951,000,000. I don’t mean to say that the rate next year will be $1.50, because it may be necessary to add to this bill in another body or to make provisions in the general deficiency bill in pursuance of several authorizations for which no estimates have been presented and which entail some rather substantial outlay “The biggest drain upon local re- sources is occasioned by the schools. Of the total sum proposed in this bill approximately one-third is on account of the public school system. The ex- act amount is $11,999,046. This is larger by $1,093,675 than the sum of the current appropriations for the schools and $345,6556 less than the submissions which the committee considered. The new teachers' re- Noon | tirement law is responsible for $289, 000 of the increase, An initial ap- propriation becomes necessary on ac- count of the equipment for the new McKinley High School, to be supple- ARRIVALS AT NEW afayette—B. ort. Vietor: Vandyck—B; Cristobal—Crist oamo—San Jue DUE TODAY. Ascania—Southampton and Cher- bourg . . IR Western World—Bi Robert E. Lee—Havana . Zacapa—Puerto Barrios Martinique—Puerto Colombia Baltic—Liverpool ... ....... YORK. DUE TOMORROW. Paris—Hayre 2 8gmaria—Liverpool nland—San_Francisco oreas—Piraeus ... .. Aquitapta—Southitipton rottninghol American Merchant—London EXPECTED ARRIVAL Adriatic—Medites American American 1. Arable—Aniwe Araguaya—Bermuda AT NEW YORK. Feb. 2 remen—Bremerhaven Cameronia—Glasgow nta Marta ') erpool . . E amano-—Genoa L T T et Hamburg—Hamburg . Ytuanta—Dunzi s anuel ‘Arnus—Cadiz London Noordam: Nova Scotia—Trinidad Olympic—Southampton President Adams—World’ oru President Harding—World cruise. President Polk—World crui Santa Cruz anta Luisa—Valparaiso . seania—Southampton nited States—Copenhage: Vestris—Buenos Aires . Westphalia—Hamburg SAILING TODAY. Siboney—Havana .. Avon—Bermuda. . .. SAILING TOMORROW. Dentschland—Cherbourg. Sout) ampton and Hamburg.. Fort Victoria—Bermuda ... Maracaibo—San Juan. Le Guayra, Curacoa and_Maracaibo.. sixaola—Kingston. Cristobal. Car- tagena and S ko—Rotterdam City’ of Baroda—Port Evelyn—Puerto Colombi B by Vlickenbach—Cristobal . Sy i mittee’s contention that the law re- quiring full value assessments is not being properly administered, or else that the owners of property . here which is needed for public uses are determined to force local taxpayers to contribute toward extortionate prices for their personal gain. ‘“Despite this seeming deadlock, the committee does not believe that it is futile to attempt to accomplish its aim through jthe continuation of this price limitation. —_—— HOEHLING’S FAIRNESS PRAISED BY JURORS Retiring Panel Thanks Justice of Criminal Division 1 for His Consideration. Justice Adolph A. Hoehling, presid- ing in Criminal Division 1, was com- plimented by the retiring jurors in his court yesterday afternoon. The jurors presented him with a resolution in which they expressed their admiration for his fairness and thanked him for his consideration of them. The resolution read: “We, the mem- bers of the jury panel, who have just finished our term of service before you in Criminal Court No. 1, desire to express to you our sincere appre- ciation of the many courtesles ex- tended to us by you during the past month. You have at all times been kind, courteous and considerate. May we also say that in all cases disposed of by you during our term of service jyour rulings and decisions have been eminently fair, both to the interests of the Government and the defend- ants? Your court has been conducted judicially and impartially, without the fear or favor of any man or set of men. X “It is with real regret that we are leaving you, and we wish you and yours many, many years of continued happiness and prosperity.” Noted British General Dies. LONDON, February 1 (#).—Sir Gen. George W. A. Higginson, who won promotion for his service in the Cri- mean War, is dead at his home, Gyldernscroft, Marlow-on-Thames. He celebrated his 100th bi day last JGuned‘by h{e}\:lewlng thé" Grenadier uards, which he joined 82 years ago. Ho held decorations from the frrens Haiiaa s S IPLANS ACTION SOON ONDISTRICT BILLS lSenate Committee to Take ' Up Capital Measures at 3 0’Clock Thursday. im mar the most wrmes ven local measure: portant of which is the ket bill, will be acted upon by the Senate District committee at a_meet ing fixed today by Chairman Capper for 3 o'clock Thu afternoon. Other bills scheduled for action at I that time are : The medical practice bill, creating a new board for the licensing and ex amination of practitioners; the bill de signed to prevent the Commissioners | from using the corner of § ond and R streets northeast, site for the heating plant for the new McKinlex High School; the bill to enable the National Capital Park and Planning Commission to protect proposed park sites during the time that condem tion proceedings to acquire them are pending; and proposed salary increases for park policemen. Street Widening Included. A Dbill to authorize the widening of orth Carolina avenue northeast, and a bill to allow the District to issue automobile permits to drivers in the military and 1 service without fees also are pending. The medical practice bill is nearly ready for final action with the ex ception of a few amendments. The park commission bill would em power the director of public buildings {and public parks to assume jurisdiction over a site as soon as the condemnation proceedings are begun, with a pro- vision for the reimbursing of the own- ers for being deprived of the use of their land temporarily in the event the condemnation proceeding does not go through. Market Action Desired. On the question of the Farmers' Market Chairman Capper is desirous of having some legislation enacted at this session. The bill already ap- proved by the House authorizes pur- chase of a site without specifying a location. Since the bill reached the Senate committee advocates of the Southwest and mid-city sites have made strenuous efforts to convince the committee of the ri ective merit of the locality they indorse. Senator Capper personally believes Congress should authorize the site without attempting at this time to designate the location, in view of the fact that the farmers will have to give up the present market before very long to make way for the Federal building program. 50 SCHOOLS FOUND OVERCROWDED BY MEMBER OF HOUSE (Continued from First Page.) eral average throughout the country. “That my figure must be accurate is shown by the overcrowded condi- tion of the Washington schools. Mrs. Bannerman even admits that, But fortunately we do not need her ad- missions. It was shown in the hear- ings that 40 pupils per teacher or class was the maximum for the com- fort and advantage of both teacher and pupil.” He then presented a table show- ing there are 22 white schools and 27 colored schools overcrowded—all of them needing additional teachers. Simmons Opens Debate. Contending that the majority of the 74 new school teachers asked for by Dr. Ballou—or 44—are for junior high schools, for which the plans have not yet been drawn. Mr. Simmons, who opened the debate for the subcommit- tee on_the school question, answered Dr. Ballow's statement regarding school teacher needs as follows: “The request ror 74 teachers is di- vided—25 for elementary schools, 44 for junior high schools and 5 for senior high schools. “He charges then that a refusal to grant these 25 elementary teachers will aterially increase the size of classes elementary schools. He testified that the average increase anticipated in 1927-28 will be 900 in elementary schools. There are now 1,482 regular classroom teachers. Thus the average increase per teacher is .6 of one puplil, and the same increase per room, for there "are 1,414 elementary rooms. However, his estimate as to increases is not borne out by his own figures. The table shows the average increase during the last five years to be 728 (if 1925-26 is included) and 691 (if 1925-26 is excluded). Elementary School Plea. “He asks for 25 extra elementary school teachers. Of those but 15 were regular classroom teachers. The other 10 are for manual training and do- mestic art. Add 900 to the total en- rollment and 15 to the regular clas room teachers and you will have 53,- 560 enrolled and 1497 teachers, and the number of pupils per classroom teacher will be 35.8 instead of 35.5, as at present. ‘“He charges that it will be impos- sible to organize small classes of typical children who need special in- struction. Now on what basis is that statement made? “No increase was asked in the teaching force for that purpose. These 25 teachers were to be for regular classes, manual training and domestic art. He now has 52 teachers in this class of work. No increase or de- crease has been asked for or made in that service. ““He charges that this action means ‘the assignment to regular class. room instruction of all supplemen- tary teachers now employed in our larger elementary schools.” There are now 61 supplementary elementary teachers on the pay roll. A refusal of 25 means, according to his state- ment, the removal of these 61 from their present assignments. Completion of Program. “He asked for 15 regular teachers to add to his present list of 1,482— and for 10 special teachers to add to his present list of 229. When the five-year building program is coem- pleted there will be 1,434 regular class- rooms in the elementary schools. We are now appropriating for 1,482 r ular classroom teachers, or there are 48 more regular classroom teachers now on the pay roll than there will be regular classrooms when the five- year building program is completed. “He asks 44 teachers for the Junior High School. If he does not get them he must materially increase’ the classes. Those teachers have not been asked for as a general addition to the teaching force, but for special locations in specified buildings. Of those 44 teachers, 12 are for the Gar- net-Patterson and 11 for Gordon (Georgetown) Junior High Schools. The plans not done, the contracts not let, not one bit of actual work done on’ the schools, no one knows when the buildings will be completed and yet he demands teachers, and if we do not give him the 23 teachers to put in his blue print schoolhouses, he will be compelled to ‘reduce the quality of instruction’ in the schools. ““Of the remaining 21 for in the Junior 4 DAN BEARD, CHIEF SCOUT. DENIES ORATORICAL FUNDAMENTALLY BAD BOY EXISTS IN CANADA INTERESTS “There Are Only Bad Pér-» ents,” He Says—Cites Honesty Test. Declares He Has Learned| From Youthful Members of Organization. By the Assoc FLUSHI ated Press G, N. Y. February 1 Dan Beard, ear-old woodcrafts. n and highest ranking of the million or more I and men of the Boy Scouts in Ame ica, learned from youngsters well taught them. “Some dozen years ¢ national Scout commissione enjoying a good cigar when a Scout asked, ‘Chief, why do you smoke?" I couldn’t think of a good enough an- swer, so I threw the cigar into the five and haven't smoked since.” Mr. Beard also declares that, al- though he has an education in plain and fancy swearing, he uses no ex- pletive stronger than “Bless my soul!” or “My word!” for fear a Scout will hear him ~ The commi: is no such thing as a fundamentally vs as uniformed | mer is convinced there | S AP AR N bad boy. He relates numerous in- stances of boys who have responded to the Scout code of honor, and de- clares “There are only bad parents.” Scout , showed the highest ge in a recent scientific honesty st in public and private schools “The community and you and I,” opinion, “are responsible for young man in prison.” 7 for Stuart. Now what are the fac about the Francis, Randall and Stuart Schools. They are just being completed and, of course, teachers must be provided. But Congress has already provided for those schools. Thirty-six teachers are now not be. ing. used, which Dr. Ballou testified would be used in organizing these three junior high schools, and Con- gress gave him those teachers for that purpose. If you will turn to page 693 of the hearing on this bill last year (1926), you will find that Dr, Ballou asked for, and received, 52 ad- ditional junior high teachers, giving as his justification therefor the open- ing of the Stuart, Francis, Randall and Macfarland Schools and the need for teachers. He further explained that seventh grade and eighth grade teaching positions would be converted into junior high positions. These 17 teachers asked this year are to sup- plement an already complete staff in thu:‘c three schols. “We now have on the Junior High School staff 273 teachers. The :\Vegr- age per classroom teacher is but 21.1 based on the actual number belong- ing and but 20 based on the average daily attendance. The estimated in- crease for Junior High School at- tendance this year is 900, No tables were given to justify that estimate, but for the purpose of this state- ment I accept it. Add 900 to the total average attendance as shown and you will have a maximum en- rollment of 6,412. Leaving the teach- ers force at 273 and the average per classroom teacher based on total enrollment will be 23.5. But adding the 900 to 5,259 (the average daily attendance in the junior high schools) and you will have 6,159 or 22.6 pupils per classroom teacher. The present high school average is These figures justify our belief that the Junior high schools are amply pro- vided with teachers. Schools Not Yet Built. “But disregard the fact that last year we appropriated for every teach- er needed in the three new junior high schools, and that we are ap- propriating for them again this year. “He asks for 21 junior high teach- ers in addition to those asked for the two schools not yet built. He can use 21 of the 25 teachers allocat- ed to Garnet Patterson and Gordon, for whom he has no use and have four left unallocated. “Now in the scnior high schools he asks for five new teachers, none of whom are to be used in new school- houses. Dr. Ballou testified that in the last five years the average increase in senior high schools was 852 pupils. The table on page 521 shows it to be 782, or 120 less than his figures, He explains this by ving that he did not have 1925-26 available in May last, when the estimate was made up, but in the last three years the average increase had been but 386 and last year was but 201. So why figure an increase of 800°in the high schools as he does? But much of that will be ab- sorbed in the junior high schools. Suppose the high school increases twice what it did last year—400. You would then have an actual enrollment of 11,393 and an average per teacher of 22.8, as against 22 now. If we gave him those five teachers, the average number per classroom teacher would be reduced from 22.8 to 22.6. Based on average daily attendance and with the estimated 400 increase of pupils, the average per teacher would be 21.6 without the increase and 21.4 with the increase. Beginning i3 K ] K| 3 ¥ | 3 i 3 : take - SUITS YEARLY REDUCTION. "y Choice of the HOUSE EVERY - KUPPENHEIMER AND GROSNER VERCOAT in our stock will be reduced to either $29.75 $39.75 Two prices—hundreds of fine coats (OUR ENTIRE STOCK). No matter what the former marking—you can choose a coat to your liking at $29.75 or $39.75. These two reduced groups in EVERY OVER- $55 and $60 KUPPENHEIMER All sizes—a special group— take advantage of this HALF- S S e U e U S S Tomorrow $ 38 CONTEST If It Swims Get It at Center Market ez {Will Be Held in Every Province | From British Columbia to Nova Scotia. The Dollar You Earn Today Is Too Much to Spend Today Keep a Little for Yonrself— Surely You Know Why. 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