Vote Theft Evidence Destroyed
VOTE THEFT EVIDENCE DESTROYED Tammany Covers Trail Of Ballot Box Thieves By Wiping Out Proof Board of Elections Clerk Brazenly Disposes of Incriminating Ballots and Reports Filed...
...Edward McGowan, a clerk In the Beard of Elections, who had also appeared before the Grand Jury in connection with the veto thievery, destroyed the evidence, Wallace declared...
...Moat of the parties had already paid the Increased duet to the International made necetaary by the development of its work...
...This is a very trying ordeal even for an experienced Minister...
...Three days were devoted to^iVffeneral debate upon the Prime ^Minister's statement of the policy and program of the new Government...
...The success of the Labor Government will not help the Liberals to revive their fortunes in "^etw country, and it ii not reasonable to expect, therefore, that they will go out of their way to make the Labor Government a success...
...The meeting, after hearing •nedrieh Adler explain that the • * P ( of the London office was heavy enough to require two active •etretariet, decided to leave the Weition of choosing another active earetary to 'the next conference, *Meh will be held In Vienna the nrtt week in June...
...Called principally for the purpose of electing members of the gkenuivd Committee and the Administrative Council to take the plseee of the British members who had resigned, in accordance with a resolution of the Hamburg Congress, when they accepted Cabinet jobs in the Government last January, the meeting alto took up the general European situation in conMftfcn with the work of the Experts...
...He may say "That is a question of which I must have notice," or if .he is a subordinate minister, "That is a matter which I will bring to the attention of my right honorable friend...
...The matter of ••"•ring the international office "rem London to tha Continent was I*»o put over until June...
...and several alternates and representatives of minority faction...
...W. Va The killing of two miners by ooal owners* gnu men caused the march of minors in 1921, according to testimony at the trial of Frank Keeney, president of she W*st W p n i s miners, who la charged w/W murder in connection with the march...
...The Socialist Party has been regularly represented in the Conference from its inception...
...Every active, member can afford a fifty cent contribution between now and June, and tome can afford to pay for several five dollar stamps...
...After hearing Arthur Crispien of Germany describe the wsy In which the International Workers' Relief was being uted by Its Communist promoters for political propaganda, the meeting decided to tend a circular to all the affiliated parties containing Criaplen't statement Adler 'said that Socialist Parties should support the Workers' Welfare Committee in Its work of feeding German workeri and their children, that organization being under Socialist control...
...N.E.C...
...Uaitl.g the "Big Three" Secretary Adler told of the progress being made toward effecting a working arrangement with the International Federation of Trade Unions and tha International Cooperative Alliance...
...The National Executive Committee, therefore, issues an urgent call to every party/member to make a personal and substantial sacrifice to help our cause in this crucial situation...
...Again counsel for Denial Piatt, tone of the rt—loan, .ff.de*> With th» other* for violation of the election laws, asked for a postponement...
...The success of this new party organization will depend upon the spirit which animates it...
...Watch for it in the next issee...
...2. The police reports on the results, showing on their face the filing of false returns...
...Now that Labor is the government it is ob»viously s very difficult matter...
...Jnder that act, the Secretary of the Interior was given authority to develop those resources by leasing ,hmn to private enterprise...
...The most atriking feature of this debate was the failure of the official Opposition—that is of the party of the late Conservative Government...
...I That's what Judge Strong of Long Island City, has banded machinists 'on strike against R. Hoe k Company, manufacturers of printing presses...
...International, wrote that he could *•* do his duty by both jobs, but »«t he would continue in the ser"to of the International In a non••Ive capacity, without pay, If de§N...
...Wilburn Is quartered at the' best hotel in this place, and a taxi' It at his disposal...
...It was decided to invite tha Young People's Socialist Woman's Organization...
...Atqulth threatened the Labor government with terrible penaltiei for this act and demanded a day for special discussion upon i t The Liberal party had two or three special meetings to discuss this matter, and have diicovered that they have found a mare's nest...
...An administrative act by the Minister of Labor hat aroused a great deal of criticiim in the public press...
...An Executive has been appointed which consists of twelve members, not ministers, elected by the party, and three members of the Government appointed by the Government...
...The Committee was particularly hpistent upon tha necessity of defending the eight-hour day, and retended the working class members ef the various Parliaments that they * SB?^ try to see to it that German "Sifcloyers be forced to rleturn to 'Jwa system, not only (n the interest ef Germsn workers, but also of that 'ef the international proletariat fyon learning of the defeat by the Swiss voters on February 17, of the proposal practically to do away *tth the eight-hour-day law, Secretary Adler sent a message of conmitulation to the Social Democratic 'arty of Switzerland...
...tlon of clear-out working-claat political conceptions and methods...
...Another resolution called upon the Socialist members of national legislative bodies to remind their fellow members of the sad condition of Armenia in connection with the Treaty of Lausanne...
...Tom Shaw, Minister of Labor, will submit to Parliament at the earliest possible opportunity...
...It was brought out that Keeney pleaded with the miners to abandon their mad enterprise...
...Wibaut (Holland...
...y. 5. NOT REPRESENTED Seven Million Members Represented at Luxemburg Meeting...
...I Stock Is Oversubscribed In a letter sent the persons who subscribed to stock In the propSsed bank, Furber saY that Henry Dawes, comptroller of the currency, had told him that if he would withdraw from the organisation the charter would be granted...
...Chicago, March 14.—The importance of adequate representation of the Socialist Party in the forthcoming Cleveland conventions of the Conference for Progressive Political Action and of the party itself is stressed in a statement issued to the members of the party by the Socialist National Executive Com• t t e e . The declaration, alfavod by that e^nepSeSeV^WB^ieSt^^^W...
...VOTE THEFT EVIDENCE DESTROYED Tammany Covers Trail Of Ballot Box Thieves By Wiping Out Proof Board of Elections Clerk Brazenly Disposes of Incriminating Ballots and Reports Filed in Claessens Election Contest — Trial of Officials Again Postponed...
...The text of the statement follows: "To the Members of the Socialist Party...
...Stand hy the President Until about a week ago, it was believed that President Coolidgc's guilt extended to only crimes of omission—his failure to act when he should have acted, his refusal to encourage by a single act of his own the efforts of tha committee to uncover the 'details of the conspiracy at which the nation was shocked...
...Both conventions will be held in Cleveland...
...For the tSth or 80th time, Marcal Journeyed to the Criminal Courte building with tha slim hop* that the case would he brought to trial...
...Varandaih (Armenia and Poale Zion...
...The New Members Chosen' The conference elected Charles Bexton, Noel Brailsford and Mrs...
...Tha stock, according to the Mayor, waa oversubscribed and could have been doubled THUGS CAUSED MARCH...
...There was little ohjection from tha district attorney's representative and the cats waa again postponed...
...Longuet and Bracke (France...
...Pistiner (Rumania...
...The first hour of each Parliamentary sitting is devoted to sntwering quettiont which sre put by members to Ministers...
...Stauning and Andersen (Denmark...
...Peidl (Hungary...
...It also showed that the only time during the entire investigation when "Silent Cal" might have and should hsve kept silent he spoke—that is, when he telegraphed to Edward B. McLean, whose deliberate efforts to shield Albert B. Fall before the Senate Committee were already known to tha entire country, his appreciation of McLean's approval of his stand in tha Denby case...
...Baldwin, was very feeble in his criticism...
...It i* n<y uncommon thing for as many is Mb hundred ..questions to be pnt down...
...McGowan appeared in court at .one time in connection with vote' fraud case...
...Commission on Reparations...
...There are a number .of recognised ways of retreat Jot a minister a»hen ( he finds himself in an embarrassing situation...
...That h i s secretary, Mr...
...the Iras Ing of Teapqt Dome was Intended to "conserve" the oil deposits BERGER ASKED TO INQUIRE INTO DISCRIMINATION Washington.—Attention of Representative Victor L. Berger, Milwaukee, has been called to the case of James B. Furber, Socialist Mayor of Rahway, N. J., who says that a charter for the proposed People's National bank of Rahway has been denied because Furber, one of the organisers, is a Socialist...
...When aSSfa foals pay me, I pay yea...
...We also have word from Friederich Adler, Secretary of the International that he will contribute to The New Leader...
...Every dollar will help to tecura an effective convention and to build up the party...
...The object of the convention it "to take action on nomination of candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States, and on other questions that may come before the convention...
...Deflated Farmer Talks ta Banker The following lt% awpy «i a tetter i iieja f e P v a i bp • Croat FaJsf haunt*' from a farmer...
...1 "Dear Comrades: "The coming National Convention of the Socialist Party will be crucial for the future of our movement "It will be called to order on July 6, two days after the opening of the convention called by...
...Czech (German Social Democratic Party of Czechoslovakia...
...This time to the 20th of March...
...When the House assembled February 12, the new Labor ministers had to face this trying ordeal of questions...
...The time up to the end of the financial year—that is March 31st—will be fully occupied in financial buiiness, in pasting supplementary estimates which sanction the expenditure of money for which no provision was made in the original estimates for the year...
...to elect delegates to future conferenoes Of the Executive Committee...
...It was resolved to have a delegate of the Executive Committee on the Board of Management of the Young People's International...
...Upon their return trip from Luxemburg, Crispien, Bauer, Diamond, Abramovitch and Dan were arrested by French political police at Coblenx, but quickly released when they voiced indignant protests...
...Ha knew, the committee knew, and all those who were presenbJuurjr that the whole itorj had noEbeari UM...
...It can keep the Government informed as to the views of the party members on matters before Parliament, and advise ai to measures which the party thinks ought te be introduced...
...It had been decided to form a joint committee, with two members from each International, to systematize the work...
...Berger has asked for more information regarding the case...
...McGowan testified before tha Grand Jury which returned the indictment against Piatt, and nil confederates...
...Let every member assess himself according to hit meant...
...In recent years this practice of putting questions to Ministers hat developed to a great extent, and every dya now far more questions aw»ar,upon the order paper than t i ^ f T & t * . to ftntwar...
...By MARX LEWIS Washington.—The havoc which the oil scandal has played with the reputations of some of our leading statesmen has now succeeded, in detttOying^wTmt' Ieft many months newspapersAnmr...
...WORLD LABOR IS WARNED BY INTERNATIONAL __ Socialist Executive Sees .Enslavement of Germans as a Manses to Labor i Everywhere...
...It is against them that he erred the most—it is they who suffer most by the indiscretions of "Cautious CaL" The conclusion that President Coolidge's interest in the case waa not confined to tha telegrams which have been read into the record is irresistible...
...Nemec and Meissner (Social Democratic Party of Czecho-Slovakla...
...The Conservative opposition were gathered in full muster, and it soon became evident that some of the ex-Ministers ware bent upon putting the new Government through their pacings...
...The Bill is designed to carry out one of the derisions of the Washington Convention of 1019...
...No reaton was given...
...The situation was not without an element of comedy which might easily have developed into tragedy if the Labor ministers had not been equal to the occasion...
...When Friedrich Adler, secretary of the London Bureau of the International opened the meeting en February 10, thirty •embers of the Committee from seventeen countries were present...
...Fortnightly meetings of the whole membership are to be held...
...In either event, tha appeal states, funds sre needed to make the Socialist representation at the conventions most impressive...
...C. Walli fliM waa elected treasurer...
...Vandervelde and Brouckere (Belgium...
...But the incident is interesting as showing what the Labor Government may expect from the Liberals...
...Ploes wet...
...One of the star witnesses for the coal owners is J. E. Wilburn, a miner and unschooled mountain preacher...
...NEXT WEEK...
...And his failure to be silent at the time when of all times he should have been silent also lost for him his claim to the title "Cautious Cel...
...The Liberals will miss no opportunity of making capital out of any mistakes which the Labor Government may make...
...jMj, members of the Administrative Wtncll in the pUcetlbf Arthur Hen*e»on, Sidney Webb and Harry Gteling, while the British repre•atathres reported the selection of ?Jen» Cramp and Cameron for the i Wecutive Committee, from which •antsy MacDonald and J- H. 2*tt*t had resigned...
...Furber said ha refused to do so out of consideration of those who had subscribed for stock oa his solicitation...
...It's a damn thame," Wallaea declared...
...Zieleni (Latvia...
...Members m ay question Ministers I upon any matter , •. I relating to the ad- &flH I ministration o f Haall'Jj"''' • their department...
...AUBer explained that the Socialist Party of die United States had been unable to send over its members of , the Committee...
...The material destroyed inclndeds 1. The ballots, indicating the extent to which the return* had bean falsified...
...The meeting waa attended by Allen, Cramp, Bell and Wallhead (Great Britain...
...It was the hope of the politicians whose activities in •connection with the oil leases shed considerable illumination on hew, and for whom, affairs of government are being aidministered, that If the worst came to the worst, "they would stand by the President"—a slogan which they found it convenient to adopt during the war while they were engaged in looting the treasury of the United States...
...Tom •»w, British Minister of Labor, *»• of the two secretaries of the...
...The Budget It will not be possible to get to our legislative proposals before Eaiter, except in regard to a few •mall matters...
...SILENT CAL" GOT HIS CUES MIXED...
...I * When asked why he destroyed the evidence, McGowan stated he did not think they could be of any use or interest to anybody...
...THE NEW LEADER has made arrangements with Adler whereby he will be a regular contributor to Its columns...
...It was pointed out that September t l , wss too far away from July 81, the date of tha beginning of the war, and it waa resolved to have the Belgian members of the Executive Committee get In touch with the Amsterdam International end try to agree upon a better date...
...Party Control Th* Labor party has this week devised . t'lan for the internal organization ot t!v Parliamentary party...
...What may prove a fertile, and at he ssme time a profitable, field of nvestigation, however, may be one is to the way in which former Sec•etary Fall administered the provilions of the coal, oil and phosphate easing act of February 26, 1920...
...Persistent agitation by the Socialist Party for s trial of the election officials who stole the election of Socialist candidate for Assembly August Claessens in the 1921 election...
...COMING...
...The Conference for Progressive Political Action, represents about 2,500,000 organised workers, a number of farmers\organizationt, the Farmer-Labor Parties of several ttates in the Middle-West and various other progressiva organizations...
...These memtm.d-for.th.p^tecUon.m, conservation of these minerals—just as...
...g>ng *f reactionaries in Hungary was condemned and the League of Nations was asked to refuse a loan to Hungary if tha White Terror continued...
...Beereury Adler reported that or the foiiy.ihrcu purtlet, that,had ut filiated with the International since the Hamburg Congress, twentythree bad reported a combined duespaying membership of about 6,600,000, making it probable that the total memberthip of the affiliated parties wat at least 7,000,000...
...Asquith the leader of the Liberal party...
...Some of them were getting ready to stand behind him, in t he hope that the prestige of his office would shield them from the penalty which their deeds had merited...
...That*' teas considerable disappointment expressed at the data chosen by the International Federation of Trade unions and the Young People's Socialist International for world-wide anti-militarist demonstrations in connection with the tenth anniversary next Summer of the outbreak of the World War...
...Tseretelll (Georgia...
...In either event, the decisions of our National Convention will be momentous and our Opportunities will be enormous...
...TALKED OUT OF TURN TO MCLEAN "Cautious" One Spoke to McLean When Me Should Have Renamed Mum—Remained Mnm When Words Were Needed...
...Hy this means matSaowden j e n of public interest msy be ventilated, and the House of Commons keeps some, measure of control over theconduct of ministers...
...The resolution adopted on Russia called upon other countries to imitate Great Britain and Italy and recognize the Soviet Government, but also demanded that said Government ceate persecuting political opponent...
...raber&dUo posterity's*^ This week's . investigation* has shown that the only time "Silent Cal" was silent was when he should have spoken—that Is, when the charges were made m the Senate that the oil reserves hart been turned over to private interests on terms that were disadvantageous to tha government, when evidence had been accumulated to shew that a steal had been perpejdair, Doheny, and the others...
...Head of International To Write for Leader FRIEDERICH ADLER, leader of the Aastrlan Socialists and secretary or the Socialist Workers International...
...eW to nechsnt, 1 ain't fix awl yf...
...An ex-minister has a great advantage in this respect for he is familiar with the work of the department...
...having badgered Tammany Hall into s position where it must go ahead with the trial or show its open defiance of the courts and the votersTammany has chosen the latter course...
...g ' v - r - The sessions of the Executive Committee of the Socialist and Labor International held in Luxemburg in February are of absorbing/ interest to New Leader readers...
...It was pointed out that each reparations as Germany ought to pay to cover the devastation of Prance and Belgium should be taken from the profits of German capitalMs snd not out of the hides of the workers...
...Judge Strong- lets It be known that he is sgin' the strikers, now and hereafter...
...Without exception every minister acquitted himself with credit...
...29.—The British House of Commons has an institution unknown in any other Parliament in the world...
...In his antiiiaJ report for the year 1921, Secretary Fall referred to the preparation by the Bureau of Mines >f tentative regulations- for phosphate, oil shale, and sodium leases', riie petroleum division of the bureau, ie stated, carried on work relating o the leasing of oil lands...
...The coal owners' attorneys fought against admitting this testimony, but they were overruled by the court...
...They are "perpetually enjoined and prohibited" from eomhiiiiiijr or agreeing together "in any, manner to injure or destroy plaintiff's good will, trade and business...
...He now stands convicted of crimes of commission no less than of crimes of omission...
...If the convention will lay tha foundation of a genuine political party of Labor in the United States and make It possible for our party to cooperate with It, we will have an unparalleled opportunity to place our political training and experience at the service of the working class In the practical work of organising the new movement and helping to guide Its development in the, direc...
...Special assessment stamps have been issued to cover the unusual expentet...
...Crispien and Braun (Germany...
...THE NEW LEADER IS YOUR PAPER.' WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR IT...
...He had little or nothing to say in criticism of the legislative program of the Government, and confined his iilu iiWsliiim mainly to tome commonplace comments about the recognition, of Russia...
...In short this Executive of the non-official membership'will •met as a sort of liaiion between the Government and the party...
...He was convicted of second-degree murder last year and sentenced to 11 years in the penitentiary...
...Special aseesiment stamps have been issued in denominations of 50c, fl.00 and $6.00...
...McGowan testified before the Assembly Committee which declared the election had been fraudulent and seated Claessens after he had been counted out...
...The late Prime Minister, Mr...
...Trusting yaw will do this, I remain, " Yours truly, "B.H Parliament to Get Eight-Hours Bill London, March 10.—Rapid progress is being made with the drafting of tha Eight-Hours' Day Bill, which Mr...
...The tyranny of Admiral rtny and his...
...lI 'Tree* S i n 1 T# 1 got r e * lege* abwat what I owe you...
...The National organisation of our party will be represented by three delegates and each state committee of the party will be entitled to two delegates...
...If tfatt WWS Judgment .Day aad yaw anas no mare propared to meet your Maker than I am to moot fear account, you turo would have to go to Hal...
...Then he deserted the union, and has been testifying for the cosl owners...
...and grant liberty . to aprgia...
...I think they are already feeling rather sorry that they have made so much noise about the matter...
...LABOR CABINET SHOWS STRENGTH IN EARLY TEST Chancellor Snowden Tells How Ministers Weather Question-Period Barrage in Commons...
...We cannot, we must not Neglect this historic opportunity...
...H Marcal then conferred with A#» . sis tan t District Attorney Wallace, let the letter's office and was told the evidence had been destroyed...
...If it regards it, self ss the friendly adviser and cooperator of the Government it can be very useful, but if its idea is that it must be the critic of the Government, and that its purpose is to keep the Government "straight," then it may lead to a good deal of friction and mischief...
...j The Keeney trial is flnanred by the coal owners and associate corporations...
...ttle Grand Duchy, on the border of francs, Germany and Belgium, was recently the scene of «the first meetbur of the Executive Committee oi the {Socialist and Labor International since the letter's organisation in Hamburg last May...
...Morgari (Italy...
...The Poplar matter...
...Abramovitch -and Dan (Russian Social Democracy...
...If the convention ahould fall to take proper action, the Socialist Party will be called upon to lead the light in the coming presidential ! campaign at the only party o' Labor and progress'Under the most favorable conditions that have ever confronted us...
...Adler is one of the leading Socialists of Austria and is the son of Victor Adler, one of the founders of the Austrian movement "Watte in oar Industrial System," by William Bloom, is an excellent criticism of this phase of modern capitalism...
...Mr...
...Tha cane was on Judge RosalskyV calendar Tuesday...
...The answers to the printed questions upon the order paper are prepared by the officials of his department, but unless he is very well acquainted with the subject mattes* of the question he may be tripped by some astute supplementary question...
...KILLED TWO MINERS FayettevUte...
...CRITICS ARE ROUTED Conservative Opposition Is Rendered Feeble at Hands of Ramsay MacDonald...
...Nevertheless he did not think, he says, anybody could be interested' in the material he destroyed...
...The House of Commons, which in spite of party feeling it a very good-natured assembly, greatly enjoyed the Spectacle of the new ministers using all the conventional arts of evasion and subterfuge to escape from an embarrassing question...
...ASKS FUND FOR CONVENTION Special Assessment Stamps Are Issued to Cover the Outlay...
...A Tammany appointed election official hat brasenly destroyed the evidence on which th« trial of tha ballot bos thieves mutt proceed) This wan admitted by Assistant District Attorney Wallace, Tueiday, in conversation with Hyman Marcal, Sociallit watcher nnd chief whV net of tha thievery that took place election night, 1921...
...The only remaining material evidence on which the case moat now proceed are the tally sheets which are in the hands of the police...
...Adminiawamran Bad Whether anjpalre awn has thus far been revealed i a brought to light or not the investigation of the oil leases cannot make the case against the present administration any itronger than i t is today...
...Very often the Speaker comes to the assistance of a minitter and puts an end to the cross examination by saying "That matter does not arise upon the original question" or "That is a matter for debate not for a question...
...Slemp, did net tell all that occurred when he was in Florida "vacationing" was evident t o all those who heard him testify...
...Sukhomlin and Stalinsky (Russian Social Revolutionaries...
...London, Feb...
...WraJaSftl^ Lao M. H.rkins, Edmund T. Malms, William R. Snow and Birch Wilson, suggests (we possible results of the Cleveland meetings—First, "formation of a genuine political party of labor," or the entrance of the party iato tha campaign "as tha only party of Labor and progress...
...Nor will the investigation of Attorney Gen;ral Daugherty which is about to begin to bring forth much to startle the nation...
...Asauith in Opposition Mere effective criticism came from Mr...
...At the Keeney trial he waa enmeshed in his previous statements and was compelled to admit ho committed perjury...
...Bauer (Austria) ; Branting and Moeliner (Sweden...
...3. The official report of the Board of Elections of the fraudulent count 4. The official report to the Board of Elections of the corrected account...
...The new plan of organization tries to reconcile the responsibilities of the Government with a measure of control by the party members...
...Officers of the Machinists' union are Included in the court order...
...CAN'T DISCUSS STRIKE How would you like to be on strike and then have an injunction judge warn you that if you tell your troubles to anyone hell jail you for contempt of court...
...the Conference for Progrettive Political Action...
...DAMNED SHAME" WALLACE SAYS Despite Knowledge of Indictments and Personal Appearance Before the Grand Jury, MacGowan, Clerk, Says He Didn't Think Material Could Be of Further Use...
...1 t MACHINISTS ENJOINED...
...Ill" coal owners' at-' torneys have charge of tha trial...
...Do not miss this article...
...Hope waa expressed that some day the League of Nations Would be made an effective instru'JJppt for holding down militarism...
...Otto Bauer Ind^^^na^B'ran^ngf the meeting pasted a resolution which, while hailing the action of the Experts' Commission as an advance over the method of brute force employed by M. Pclhcare in ,M attempt to make .Germany pay, warned the workers of the world to V en guard against the possibility of the German working people being robbed of most of their rights •nder the pretext of turning out profits for reparations and thus being made the pacemakers of the ttst of the world in semi-industrial slavery...
...The convention call of the Conference it addressed to all national and international Labor unions, State Federations of Labor, Central City Labor bodiet, organizations of working farmers, and cooperative societies...
...Let no Socialist fail of his doty...
...The news story of this meeting which appears in this issue will be followed by an article in the next issue on "Building the International.'* This is written by Oscar Pollak, Assistant Secretary, of the International...
...When it was an reposition party it was s simple matte, to organize its parliamentary policy...
...We must see to it that Our convention is well represented end thst delegates from all parts of the country are enabled to attend, and we mutt build up our party organisation to the maximum of Its strength and efficiency before the coming campaign...
...Diamond (Poland...
...i I debate it per• M ^ s j f r I mitted, but sup'VII elementary ques* sHnaV^al , ' ' o n s t n e form I^HH||Ifl "f cross-examina"il tlon is allowed...
...It can advise the Government, and in that matter it can be very useful...
...Asquith has to make a show of independence, and in doing so he carried his effort almost to the point of open hostility...
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