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Defense Is HST
FEB. 10, 1953 Washington Calling—
Cutback
Peace, Prosperity.
By Scripps-Howard Newspapers WASHINGTON, Feb. 9—President Truman himself made the decision to flaten out our defense program, postpone until 1955 goals we'd set for this year. He did it on advice thdt international situation is much ‘improved. That danger of war is less. (Pentagon
doesn’t entirely agree.)
But if we can get truce in Korea, look for Democrats to use “peace and prosperity” as their election year theme song. They hope it will outweigh Republican emphasis on
corruption and inefficiency. position to make a campaign issue of the slowdown in
And Republicans are in no
defense. They've made no Bght to keep arms production
at top speed.
Truman advisers told him: That Russians seemed more reasonable at last United
Nations General Assembly.
That progress in rearming Western Europe actually
is not too bad. That there are signs Russia is Sng, her own rearmament drixe to make her “peace” drive more credible, Although no one believes Russia has abandoned long-range goals, idea is “that perhaps she'll take her time on rearmament if we do too; that if, we continue at “peak” schedules, she might abandon peace drive, gamble on a quick victory now. z “The thin edge of an acceptable calculated’ risk,” one top adviser calls it. President Truman decided to ‘take the risk. :
Escape Hatch
LOOK FOR DRIVE from attorneys to have Internal Revenue Bureau go back to “voluntary disclosure” as a defense against tax fraud prosecution. : y Treasury used to let payers escape fraud. trials if they offered to pay up delinquent taxes, even though Congress: had refused to sanction this loophole, Plan was abolished a few weeks ago as a reform measure. Treasury says no voluntary disclosures have been made until taxpayer finds out government is about to move against him; that it opens the way to widespread abuse, But undercover efforts ‘are being * made to have King
tax-
‘Committee recommend return to this system. “Voluntary dis-
closure” has been big source of revenue to attorneys who specialize in fixing things up for tax clients.
Why?
POLITICS: There's much mystery about last minute drive to get slate of Gen.
. Douglas MacArthur delegates
into New Hampshire presidential primary race before filing deadline—despite General’s efforts to keep out. Politiclans say political unknowns are being ‘used, that slate won't attract many votes—but
that it could get enough to -
hurt Taft chances, help Eisenhower. Stassen’s going to campaign hard in New Hampshire—even though he's expected to take third place. Wants vote to be large at least. Sunday appearance of Sen, Kefauver at Nashua, N. H,, is important test for him. State’s Democratic organization is almost , solid for Truman—but Kefauver's given-a chance to pile up a big vote if he gets around state, fires people with’ enthusiasm.
Tag Issue OPS is going ahead with program -to make clothing
manufacturers put a ticket with ceiling price on each garment—despite fact clothing is now selling far below ceilings. One underwear manufacturer, with a million dozen garments on hand, says it will cost him $250,000 to open up boxes, put ceiling price tickets on each garment. ‘M it’s done, customer at re-
ceiling price is $1.09 for garment he’s buying at 69 cents.
Digging RACE 18 ON to find pay dirt in Agriculture Department scandals. Senate Agriculture Committee is handicapped because it has no staff. It failed in ef-
ad
fort to hire an outside account-
ing firm. But House Appropriations Subcommittee | headed by Rep. Jamie L. Whitten (D. Miss.) has been given staff “and money he needs to continue investigating. And Comptroller General Lindsay Warren is in the race, with his own staff, ~ Secretary Brannan has been trying . to get Senate committee to concentrate on exposing activities of grain .elevator
men who benefited from grain .
thefts. James ‘Patton, president of Farmers’ Union; went to White House to suggest this strategy to the President. Sen. (R. Vt:) says, “That's like asking us not to’ question the nightwatchman who left-the gates opem when
4 the ‘thieves came in.”
ea shortages have ‘begun_to hit closer to BranHome state. Third ware-
. Netherlands,
forced into may trip off other disclosures. Attorney for Jack Cowart, former © agriculture employee now under indictment, says- he will pass up no chance to clear his client, implies this may mean telling story not yet disclosed. Look. for new disclosures on
racket centered about false freight charges. Back Seat Driver PRINCE PHILIP, 'hushand
of Queen Elizabeth II, may become the power behind the Victoria's Prince Alberti, was before his
throne, as Consort, death,
At the oment, most influential members of royal family are women, the new Queen's mother and her grandmother. But Philip has already had an effect on his wife's personality, and Queen is expected to lean on him heavily for advice and guidance. One of Philip's major jobs will be to. train his young son for throne he will inherit some day.
Air War
IF UNITED NATIONS decides to carry war to China— and it will if armistice talks collapse --we're likely to shift major part of our Air Force to Korea and Japan. Air Force isn't talking, but it's safe to assyme we'll use B-508, and perhaps even B-38s as well as the B-29 bombers out there now. We've been carrying bombs to North Korea with about 60-B-29s left over from World War II. Lately, though, we've had to give up daylight raids to avoid heavy losses from anti-aircraft guns and MIGs.
Smooth Sailing
JAPANESE-AMERICAN negotiations on bases and rights Americans will retain in Japan should take 1C more days. So far, progress has been smooth, ‘but easier subjects were tackled first. Looks as if whole * thing “will be finished before treaty is ratified, but it's anybody’s guess as to whether re-
., sults will be announced in ad-
vance of ratification.
TV for Tokyo
JAPANESE are eagerly
waiting TV debut in Tokyo -area. Fifty businessmen, including
five Americans, each has put up 10 million yen to get first station started. Construction starts in March. Receiving sets will cost more than they do here and few can afford them. Promoters count on military buying sets. They'll erect screens for street crowds, ‘also, to gain wider audience for advertising. :
Filibuster
SECRETARY “OF STATE Dean Acheson has new technique for dodging reporters’ questions at press conferences. He now talks from notes about past and present business of State Department, takes so much “time there's only chance for question or two before he rushes off to next appointment.
Holds His Hat
. FORMER Defense Secretary ° Louis JohnSon has decided not
to run in West Virginia sena‘torial primary. against Sen. Harley Kilgore. He and Presi-
dent Truman talked about it -
this week, but Johnson's afraid his dismissal from cabinet «would become an issue. (Truman and Johnson are back on good terms now.) Kilgore faces real opposition from former Republican Sen. Chapman Revercomb in genetd] election.
Juliana Coming NEXT royal visitor to U. 8.
will be Queen Juliana of the ‘8he and Prince
Bernhard are due Apr. 2, will stay two weeks. The Queen
"will address Congress. Apr. 3.
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_THE INDIANAPOLIS
TIMES
"Here's Family of Nations That Lilibet Heads © Fir Giv— Is McKinney In
BIGGER THAN EVER . people occupyin used to boast '
he sun. never sets.”
. Queen. Elizabeth Il, was proclaimed this week the "Head of the Commonwealth," 13,022,239 square mlies, The Commonwealth is actually bigger than Queen Victoria's empire, on There's a difference between the Empire and the Commonwealth.
neatly) 614 million
ich, Britons Technically, the Empire
includes only the United Kingdom and the crown colonies, excluding the dominions, protectorates and other semi- -autonomous
holdings.
The Commonwealth includes the. British Isles,
50 colonies,
13 protectorates, seven trusts and trusteeships, six
"colonies
and protectorates,” two condominiums, two dependencies, one mandate and the Republic of India, an independent sovereign nation. In addition, there are the five dominions, Ceylon, Pakistan, Union of South Africa, Australia and Canada. Black areas on map show
Commonwealth entities.
World Report—
Russ Boast of Armed Might But U.S. Sees Weak Spots In Poor Roads, Frozen Rivers and Trains That Creep
Compiled From the Wire Services Russia’s transportation
system is pictured by authoritative sources as being incapable of moving the volume of goods the Russians claim to be producing, Peter Lisagor, Times Special Correspondent, writes from Washington. Assessing the Soviet potential for supporting a largescale military effort, these sources believe there may be a tendency in the West to overemphasize Soviet progress, They point out that it is almost impossible - to acertain what Soviet production today is. The reason. is_ that ‘the Russians use only percentage figures, an index of meaningless statistics. But the Soviet railroads, waterways and highways could not, in their view, haul the goods if production is at the high level the Russians advertise it to be.
The Russians’ waterways, it
is noted, are frozen most. of
the winter. They haven't a modern network of highways, and the roads they do have are second-rate.
Trains Poke Along
Railroad trains travel about 20 miles an hour on singletrack rails built on roadbeds © of sand and cinders, they report. They use 90-pound rails, as contrasted with 110 to 130 pound rails used in the West. Their locomotives appear to be in disrepair much of the time.
These sources say they have no information - on recent: speculative reports that the Russians are outproducing the U, 8. in jet aircraft of all types. But it is doubted that air transport could make up the deficiencies in road, rail and water.
They make a special note of the fact that it is part of the Communist doctrine to claim vast industrial advances. At the same time, however, they refuse to downgrade the Soviet military potential, emphasizing that Red forces are deployed in strength along all the frontiers of Union. Bank on Stalin
They believe that as long as Stalin is alive, the chances are against’ Russian precipitating ‘a world war.
This judgment is based on the belief- that Stalin, described as a prudent man with a sense of history, would be unlikely to risk his vast achievements as the all-power-ful Communist leader in a world war. : :
Stalin, these sources point out, is likely to profit from the experience of Hitler and Mussolini whose appetites power and conquest led them to ruin. »
If odds were being quoted, they. say they would cite 3 to 2 against war, maybe even 5 to 3. ; These views are conditioned, though, by two things, according to these authorities.
One is that the younger men around Stalin may succeed in convincing him that the time has come—as the Communist doctrine- holds capitalism to get that “final push” of military action. The other is that Western diplomacy conceivably could push the Kremlin into a.corner and force it to strike out in war as a desperation move.
the Soviet
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it must—for ,
Soviet Union RADIO Thame” fade Soviet Union no longer answe alls from amateur operators in Western Europe, nor do they send international’ postcards confirming reception. This unofficial “window” to the outside world remained open until recently,
Egypt FROM neighboring Arab countries come reports indi-
cating that Egypt is overplaying its role as chief troublemaker inthe Moslem world. Other countries show increasing signs of refusing to follow Egypt's policy . of purging Western influences and at the same time becoming more friendly with Soviet Russia. Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and even Morocco apparently remain unsold on Egypt's course. Meanwhile
terrorized for-
: eigners in riot-wrecked Cairo
are expecting a second “outbreak of violence. : British embassy officials have advised their nationals
to be careful to guard against a repetition of the riots of Jan. 26. which cost more than 70 lives. American families are worried that attacks may be extended to all foreigners.
France
CHARLES DE GAULLE'S recent loud criticism of American policy in France has given
the - French Commies a new idea. Heads of American organi-
zations in Paris have received
an anonvmous letter reading like this: “Down with the Americans. Dirty beasts, go
back where you belong. Long
live De Gaulle.” > The general is unaware of the trick. Austria
SOVIET military authorities
have seized control of all com- v
munications between Slovakia and Austria. Two explanations, are given of this move, begun in January: —-It's to block Slovak anti-
Inside of ‘World Affairs
CHURCHILL'S government is extending its eqonomy wav? to the British delegation to the United Nations in Paris. A
savings of nearly $450 a week
will be made through cutting down on cars and chauffeurs and fancy hotel suites. |
» » ” LONDON society gossips are linking the names of Anthony Eden and the Duchess
of Kent. 2.
THOUGH often called socialist, Nehru's government in India is helping and en-
couraging airline companies to develop, big and small While railroads dre being
welded and nationalized, air-
lines are sprouting competitively. Ey "9 » oo LZ RED CHINESE air force claims to have opened new routes in Tibet and Sikang by whipping treacherous air “currents for the first time over the high plateaus of the region. ” MN ” INDONESIA is undertaking a five-year plan to transfer 160,000 families from Java to its other islands, including Sumatra, Borneo and the
Celebes. Java now has 55 mil-
lion population and is increas-. ing at the rate of 500,000 a year.
o u a D. N. PRITT, former British labor M. P. turned Communist propagandist, is now feeding anti-American material from, the Balkans anonymously to Indian leftist newspapers, ” » = BURMA is now rated the successor to Afghanistan as Asia's hardest country for a western newspaperman to enter, —Visas—are—scarce—and slow,
" » u A NEW DETACHMENT of Soviet secret police arrived "in Bucharest in the beginning of December. Their job seems to be to keep a wafch on the stability of the regime and report to Moscow. on any move= ments which might cause trouble in Romania.
CLAIMING that Romanian workers are clamoring for the opportunity to learn Russian, the Communist regime in Bucharest is giving its blessing to Russian - language courses. = » - A FRENCHMAN indexed under the number H M 101220999114 pays his social security dues regularly “like . his 12 million salaried countrymen. He has never drawn any benefits. He enjoys excellent health, His name Auriol, President of France. & = ns THE military authorities have ordered construction of a training tower for parachutists at Poznan, near Lake -Roussalka, which will be the highest of {ts type—in—Poland. ® on = THERE were 374,000 chronic alcoholics in France in 1945. In 1951 this’ number _has tripled. Twenty-five per cent of the mental cases treated in the hospitals are due to drink.
= un = DUTCH civil servants have been forbidden to join the
Communist party under threat of dismissal. » " - FRENCH explorer Jean de Riquer, a Basque from the Franco-Spanish border region, is preparing an expedition in search of Noah's Ark, De Riquer believes Noah was a Basque. He says that on the
fortieth day of the flood when
Noah caught sightof a mountain he exclaimed “Araratl This means in the Basque language “there is the lang.”
» n B EASTERN Germany and Hungary have sighed a commercial agreement valid from 1952 to 1955. Hungary will send bauxite, leathér skins and wool. Eastern Germany will returp ° almost exclusively finished
‘products, >
» ~ nn BRITISH oil = technicians
"who were pulled out of Aba-
dan will have jobs offered to them in the Canadian oilfields at Alberta. \
Good Old Days Are Headed for the Door— ‘Chicken Colonels’ Must Find a New Roost
By KEYES BEECH
TOKYO, Feb. 9 The Army's “chicken colonels”
are going to have to find a .
new place ‘to roost after Mar. 31. About that time, according: too "Army announcement, Tokyo's famed Imperial Hotel, the best known in fhe Orient and for the last six years billet for top. Army brass, will be given back its. Japanese owners. - : Gen, Ridgway’s headquarters said other buildings which like the Imperial are symbols of
the occupation will be released . as ‘soon as possible sites, the
peace treaty is ratified. The an Rodpesment ap-.
~parently was timed. to: soften
criticism ‘of the Army for at-
(CDN) —
tempting to hold on. to ‘the best after
-tarism’s heyday took up so much good room in Tokyo, the’
- Japanese say. The Army's chiéf justification for holding on to present installations is that they are necessary for support of the Korean War, 2
TETSUZO INUMARU, Imperial. Hotel president, was delighted to know he will get his property back. But Mr. Inu-
‘maru, a. good Rotarian and
‘president of the Japan Hotel Association, said the Army still controls 441 of Japan's: 86
~ first-class hotels representing
two-thirds of the. best rooms.
‘Mr. Inumaru said the sooner : the Army releases the hotels:
the sooner Japan can regain
‘some of its prewar tourist.
for the best rooms,” “That’s mors
-
have to cHarge $6- or
; ‘MacArthur,
iced down or loose the tourist trade.” ‘ Imperial has 500 employees for 220 rooms, Under Army operation it has been subsi-
‘dized to a point where, hs
member of the staff remarked, “An American hotel would go broke.” Correspondents were the first Americans to occupy the.Im-
.-perial after Japan’s surrender,
For two weeks they lived in the best rooms and signed bar chits with magnificent aplomb. Mysteriously the names of
other leading military figures, turned up on some enits; : - # THEN THE ARMY took over ran the. press out.” Subsequently, generals and senior
colonels occupying the hotel : TE to Te Trout ~ sponden! n : ~ door and . requiring them
passed a rule forbidding
is Vincent.”
Eichelberger and,
i Ten.
Communists who've tried to contact the capitalistic world through the Pressbourg border area. These anti-Reds have smuggled military information to the western occupation powers in Austria.
NATO
FOUR. North Treaty Organization members Have "agreed at Paris to increase their efforts, Informed sources said, Norway and Denmark have agreed to extend service _in their military forces from 12 to 18 months as part of an overall plan to bring NATO up to fighting strength, Belgium and "Canada also have agreed to increase their efforts, but details would not be published for the present. - i —— i —
SYDNEY, Australia, Feb, 9 — Citizens of the New South Wales town of Scone are chuckling over their lo-’ cal theater's obvious desire to present life in orderly form to filmgoers. Announcing its forthcoming pictures, the Civic Thea-
& Atlantic
ter listed (1) “Two Weeks With Love,” (2) “Wedding Bells,” (3) “We Want a Child,” and (4)
“Father's Little Dividend.” :
Indo-China
BRITISH Novelist Graham Greene, whose application for a U. 8. visa was held up almost a month hecause he had orice been a Communist, left for America by plane, Mr. ireene admitted joining the Communist party briefly when in college,
Malaya
TOUGH British paratroops jumped. into the tangled jungles of north Malaya in the first parachute operation against. Communist terrorists. The jump, made in bad weather, drew ‘no opposition. Military -authorities would not disclose the exact location of the operation beyond saying it was in Perak state and only
20 miles from the Thailand border, Japan JAPAN'S twin evils, over-
population dnd -poverty, are breeding an increase in child slavery, Although Japan is relatively prosperous the poor seem to be getting poorer. » According to labor ministery records, 1579 Japanese ranging in age from 8 to 20 were sold into slavéry during. a recent six-month period. Officials admit that this figure represents
—only a fraction of the traffic,
since ‘most cases go undiscovered. It's an old story-—too many
mouthssand too little food.
Mexico THE United States: and Mexico renewed their migratory labor agreement for 90 days, "President Truman has said’ he will not permit a new pact to be negotiated with Mexico until Congress enacts legisia-tion-imposing stiff pénalties for importing or harboring “wetbacks” -— Mexicans in this country illegally.
" The hotel's regular Army “guests” paid no rent but a
$12 monthly service charge. “Meals were a standard ‘40 cents.
The Imperial held its grand
‘opening with a bang-—just five
minutes before ‘Japan's disastrous 1923 earthquake. Built by American architect Frank Lloyd. Wright, the Imperial survived the quake to become the hub’ of Tokyo's international society and stopping. place for ‘princes, maharajahs, ambassadors and ather notables.
__ Outwardly gingerbread in ‘appearance, the Imperial has
been called an architectural monstrosity by qualified observers. ‘Inside, its narrow
© winding corridors and tiny -°
rooms have been unf
brably | comparéd with a rab
a 6 Toke
called into Mayor's office for Officer wouldn't * property tax bill for $21.60,
Or Out of Indiana, State Politics? &
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By THE TIMES STAYF 0 y-
SOME HEAVY STRINGS are being pulled behind scenes in the Democratic Party on lineup of didates for Governor and other state offices. : : Democratic National Chairman Frank McKinney :
recently said he would follow a “hands off" policy-in-
Indiana party politics.
But from Wasaington comes word that Mr. McKinney
has “advised”
Attorney General J. Emmett McManamon
not to be a candidate for re-election, radical departure from old custom since two-year office holders are usually;
unopposed for “renomination.
Only two ‘years ago, Mr. late Al Feeney because Mayor wanted to dump couple of Democratic two-year office holders. Mr. McKinney at that time refused explaining every two-year office holder has a right to expect support for another term. Also, local Democrats are expressing concern over’ reports that a slate of state ticket candidates was lined
up by Mr, McKinney and his associates in Chicago hotel room recently "T'ts _ said national chairman wants Roger Branigin, Lafavette attorney, for (Governor,
Matthew Welsh, UU. -8 District attorney, for lieutenant governor and, John Noonan, Alcoholic Beyerage Commis sion secretary. to run for Sec retary of State, On other side of political street — Republican leadership
is still in muddle of indecision on candidates for Governor nomination. Regular GOP state organization, presumably controlled by U. 8 fen. William Jenner & Co, is bobbing around like cork on rough sea trying to decide where to land, - W. 0. Hughes, Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives, is due to announce his candidacy for GOP governor this week. He has been close fo regular organization. John VanNess, president pro tem of the State Senate, also closely aligned with state GOP machine, tossed hat in same ring last week, Others<n same boat will get in later.
Strangulation
BATTLE of annexation of outlying districts into City of Indianapolis tax structure is ‘starting over again with new administration. City's latest ultimatum: Suburban residents will get no City services until they agree to annexation and pay City taxes,
City's lure: Extensive sewer.
expansion program, badly needed by suburbanites, Far-out dwellers are turning their noses up at this, saying City advantages are not all they're cracked up to be. So, outlying districts are planning their own sewage disposals with no help from City. Result: Indianapolis municipal expansion will be strangled by ring of small towns around City’s limits.
Wanted: Power
LOOK FOR county commissioners in Indiana to try for bigger splash in government, heavier weight in legislature. Overhaul job will be undertaken by Indiana County Commissioners Association when it meets here Feb, 20. Group will seek to be more effective in sponsoring bills in the legislature and become more powerful with state units of government. They'll
what they're driving at.
Trade at Home
HOME TOWN business firms will be shown marked preference in awardihg City contracts under new administration policy. : Members of various City boards have made it clear that
wherever possible City busi. .
ness will be tossed to local boys to keep proceeds eifeiating here, Business will’ go to outiols city firms only when local firms can't meet competition by wide margin on prices, quality.
Apology?
RELIABLE report is that Mayor: Alex Clark has made some gesture of apology to former Police. Chief John O’Neal on latter's recent sus= pension and demotion by Safety Board. ’ J Recently Lt. O'Neal was friendly visit. comment on visit. Mayor Clark sald, “I just wanted to shake hands with him.” -
Sour Note -
SUMMER operetta fans are bemoaning this year's lackadaisical planning. Talk is Starlight Musicals
"won't be revived this year.
T™Wo CARS collided at 30th St. and Both drivers rushed to: nearest phones and ¢ Squad car with sirens screaming rushed ‘Meanwhile, before police arrived, | path of traffic at cornér and was
Police officers dashed 1
put out newsletter periodically to let people know
McKinney broke with the:
Reagons: Failure to find 'per= manent, satisfactory site; gene, eral ineptitude of planners, Devotees of outdoor enters tainment fear one dark season will kill whole enterprise pers manently. Hence, bitter ‘atti= tude against existing organiza= tion for not trying harder to keep musicals going.
Washout
ales
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Please, One Accident at a Time
WE'RE THE ONES WHO CALLED YOu,
SOME washing machines have repulsive personalities to st one customer at South Side self-service laundry. Woman refused assignment tn one machine in perfect working order. It was No:13. “No, siree, I'm not superstis tious a bit,” she insisted. “T just don’t like the looks of that machine.” i
Poor Mouth PUBLIO SPOTLIGHT on
takes, government spending has made Army money con« scious. It has reached all way down to. noncommissioned o ‘ Sergeant-major at Ft. Harrie son got new dental plate from Army clinic; all pajd for, of course, by Uncle Sam. + He wore plate once, made him uncomfortable. He just shoved factory teeth into a drawer and forgot 'em. However, commanding offi cer spied unused toetly in drawer, “Sergeant, apparently you'vi forgotten Army's im nt cost-conscious program,” quipped. Sergeant gulped, picked up teeth, shoved them into. his mouth and went on with his work. Te
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ALI, HULLABALOO about candidates filing for delegates to the state GOP nominating convention in the primary elec tions here May 6 — who's for Sen, Taft and who's for Gen. Eisenhower in presidential race. —will be mere “eye wash" (apologies to President True man). Candidates filing for election as delegates don’t have to say who they're for and most of them won't. So, when 206 GOP delegates are elected in the primary here, nobody will actually know any more about Marion Coufity’s aaninggiA the GOP fight than th now. Taftmen will claim ‘2 Ikemen will claim same,
Ouch From West
TAXPAYERS find all sorta of excuses why they don't ove back taxes. Case in point was Ulustrat : at Marion County Treasurer's office last week. Treasurer sent delinquent
Reply came, postmarked from California. Taxpayer sald didn’t owe any taxes since had moved out of state, argus ing all past obligations fore given if you leave state, Treasurer stood his ground, dent out harsh demand for payment with legal threats” Check for full amount came in few weeks. ©
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