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VOL XLI OFFICIAL ORGAN NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF OPERATIVE POTTERS Beaver Falls Nitie’WcmtH Picjiic Game r. Notices Are Posted Covering Vacations a last dis the Beaver Falls, Pa.—At the meeting of Local 33 quite a cussion was held concerning delegates to Atlantic City. During the discussion, sad to say, there were a few personal protests and as yet, it is not known who the delegates will be. We had the pleasure of having two of our national officials at tend the meeting. Their visit was brought about through a dispute on the automatic cup jigger which still remains unsettled. The firm has purchased some property near the plant and are making plans for some improve ments. What this will amount to is still a secret according to infor mation gathered by your O. C. |L The boys at the shop have form- |n1 a ball team and are a little bit disappointed that they were not selected a.s one of the participat ing tear^ at the annual picnic. They hav purchased new uniforms and to date their record is unmar red by defeat. .‘-'.A new dost collecting whirler has been installed in the shop and the finishers are nxiously await ing for more to come These whirl ers will tend to reduce rcal health hazard. John Frieber. dish jiggerman has been on the sick list for the last 4 six weeks. Latest report indicate Vhe is well along the road to raeov ery- 1» Ralph Greco, handler, has been admitted to the hospital at Aspin '',JWall for a toot operation. He is re ported as doing fine. Notices have b&n posted' throughout the shop advising the WllVUgilVUV BDVp MlTJBlilg Vite employee* of their vacation.—O. C. 83. ■July Coal Strike^ ... .. Washington (LPA) Hope of averting a nationwide coal strike 1» wh«n the government Returns the mines to private opera |O,‘pn was heightened last week ^when the United Mine Workers- AFL sat down for the first serious negotiating sessions with compan ies producing 75% of the nation’s soft coal. UMW President John L. Lewis, according to the daily press, aban doned his previous insistence on industry-wide bargaining as he agreed to meet with the northern operators alone. UMW leaders, however, asserted that this was not an accurate interpretation be cause many of the northern mine owners operate pits both in the north and the south. Consequently whatever settlement is reached with the northern operators will be 'much more likely to be accepted /in the south. Optimism was also expressed by Capt. N. H. Collison Navy admin istrator of the mines, who declared that the government would follow ja strict “hands-off’ policy during /negotiations. One thing was cer tain the UMW would stick to its ^demands for a wage increase, a re duction in the work week, and an ^improvement in the current health nd welfare agreement. Tells Credit Men—Go Easy New York (LPA) A warning that overexpansion of credit will endanger the whole economy was «unded by AFL Vice-president atthew Woll last week in a speech to the Nat’l Association of Credit Men. “Unless. prices are brought into line with the effective buying power of consumers,” Woll added, “production again will grind to a halt.” Woll Cails On Management To Take Initiative In Reducing Prices New York City (ILNS).—Call ing business to take the initiative in cutting prices, Matthew Woll, American Federation of Labor vice president, warned that failure to «k$tain adequate buying power ould lead to another depression. Speaking at the golden anniver sary meeting of the National Asso ciation of Credit Men, Woll pointed out that consumer buying power has become progressively less as corporate incomes have soared and directed attention to a recent ap peal of the National Planning As sociation for price reductions. Says Labor Watches Test !1- “The next move is squarely up io business,” Woll declared. “In saying that, I do not mean to mini mize the other possible action that can be taken by labor, government, farmers or other sections of our economy. However, the present iSss- ft. '.rsi«te i Ar’ ■’i*"' MJj 51 AZ D« IrlWlZvflWlW |china 7 ’$• '•5#: I Fair Employment Bill I W I Kerirea rOTTOr capacity tery executive, died May 18 in his I Royal China plant, home, 434 Thompson Ave., follow- ... ing a week’s illness. I al manager for 10 years. I He served for many years pre- viously in the same capacity with Knowles Co. He was born in Milwaukee, Wis., a son of Duncan and Alice A .•■■’••'?’ Local No. 44 I Send Six To Convention Will Elect Officers) At Meeting, June 2nd. Sebring, Ohio At our meeting of May 5, we had a nice turnout to vote for national officers and select the delegates to represent the local at the annual convention in Atlan tic City in June. The local this year is sending six delegates which resulted in a spir ited election before the winners were announced. They are as fol lows: R. C. Larkins, J. I. Sullivan, Jesse Nelson, Earl McBane, God frey Edie and Alvin Kennedy. Mike Conne, Phillip Schroeder, Bro. Mc Daniels, John Hamilton, Andy Zei- I John McDonald turesj, yyork has slowed up somewhat I *81006 my last letter to the Herald'1— since my last letter to the Herald excePtin*two pla,nts-The Limoge I TT A Machinists Union Aids Texas City Victims $ 0 and Royal China plants. e B°th these plants are working to and from all indications, ... Called By Death It" Or Wage Demand I U I Brother Frank Meltzel has ac-1 Cincinnati, O. (ILNS).—Call for John B.^McDonald^ retired pot- |cepted a handling bench at the (a wage increase of 20 cents an hour, *. j.„j (made by President George M. Har- uf. Iwlf l*US WOI*Kwl*S the former Knowlesf Taylor & ly -.i (necessity and asserted that the Knowles Co. II O w/igaillZv I I a* I 1^1 wQIHICII Bower McDonald and resided in i 7 i faith in failing to keep do^gi. the East Liverpool for the past 50 I Atlantic (ILNS).—Calling of the Federation of Labor. lest of the railroad labor organiza- Mr. McDonald was a director of I A1] AFL citrus workers unions in Itions. the First National Bank. He also I Florida have been invited to the I union has already opened its was a member of Riddle Lodge I meeting for the specific purpose of I fight for the 20 cents an hour pay 315, Masons East Liverpool Chap- (forming a permanent organization lrajsef which, if granted, would ter 100, Royal Arch Masons Kera- p® be known as the “Florida Coun- lprobably set a pattern for the rail mos Council 95, Royal and Select I cil °f Citrus Workers Unions, I workers of the nation and Masons Pilgrim Commandery 55, IAFL the duties of which is to (would bring to an aggregate of Knights Templar Al Koran Shrine Ico-relate the work of all the unions IatOut 58^ cents an hour the 4 in of Cleveland, East Liverpool Lodge |in Florida engaged in the citrus in- lcreases won since 1941. ... 258, Elks the Buckeye Club and ldus^r^' I President Harrison declared that St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. I Establishment of the Florida |pendjng antilabor laws are an in- He leaves his widow, Mrs. Ame- (Council of Citrus Workers Unions lvitation for fascism communism lia Meredith McDonald a son, John lls the culmination of a well plan- Lo come jnto the United States. B. McDonald Jr. at home two |ned American Federation of Labor I Summing up the results of the Re daughters, Mrs. Gordon M. Folger I drive in Florida which is coming I publican victory last November, he of Nantucket, Mass., and Mt. Dora, 1an end for this season as the I charged that the monopolies had Fla., and Mrs. Jason H. Brookes of |year’s picking season is ended. The (“bought and paid for” a national East Liverpool a sister, Mrs. W. I AFL. has won 22 out of 24 NLRB (economic crash and now are being L. Taylor, also of East Liverpool, I e’ec^ons held among citrus work- lawarded the first fruits of their and four grandchildren. Iers employed in the industry. (victory through the proposed re- The new organization will act Istrictive legislation against labor. las an advisory capacity to all I Officers’ reports to the conven- uni°ns ’n the citrus industry along Ten hearing examiners, with the (Locke, president, Central Labor power of subpoena, will be appoint- (Union, Orlando! J. W. Franklin, ed July 1 to investigate reports of (president, Polk County Central La- I I nw Tn rnnnApfirnt (legislative lines and public policy 1^ Gains of the last 4 years were in vuiimxutui I work, and will press a drive to (summarized as large increases in Hartford, Conn. (ILNS). Con- |8tandardiz® wa8*s, hours of work (membership and financial re necticut’s fair employment prac- I con. ditlon8 of employment on a sources, the highest wage rates on necticuts rair employment prac (statewide or an area-wide basis. (record, improved working condi tices act became effective May 14 Those invited to attend, other tions, wider recognition of the bro with signing by Gov. James L. (than the regular delegates are: (therhood as the bargaining agent McConaughty. The measure pro- (George L. Googe James A. Harp- |fOr its craft, good industrial rela hibits discrimination by employers, (er, president, Florida Federation of (tions, and an alert and appreciative employment agencies and labor or- (Labor Wendell C. Heaton, attor- (membership more thoroughly con ganizations against any person for (ney, Florida Federation of Labor (ditioned to bargaining collectively reason of his race, color, religion, (R. t. Richey, vice president, Fiori- than ever before, national origin or ancestry. |da Federation of Labor Spencer discrimination and to attempt to|bor Union, Lakeland Roy Steart, reach settlements. The already ex- (president, Chemical Workers Dis- Washington, D. C,—The Interna- I istent State Interracial Commis- (trict Council No. 1, Mulberry, Flor- (tional Typographical Union (AFL) sion was empowered to conduct a|ida Walter Hoyt, secretary-treas- (has issued a statement urging de continuing study of employment (urer, Florida Federation of Labor (feat of the Mason bill to exempt practices involving racial or reli-|H. L. Mitchell, president, National |the Associated Press and other gious questions. (Farm Labor Union, Memphis, (press services from the Sherman (Tenn. (anti-trust act. crisis has come about through no Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—The |put in the record by a House Ju fault of organized labor. The cur- (international Association of Ma- (diciary Subcommittee, rent high prices and inadequate (chinists announced it has given The ITU quoted a purchasing power are largely the ($10,000 for relief of members of (resolution assailing the Mason bill responsibility of business manage-(the union and their families who (and recalled that for many years ment. Labor is watching to see how were in the Texas City explosion (previous ITU conventions “have business meets the test. We are (last month. All lodges of the union (taken action decrying the practical willing to cooperate in every way (have been asked for contributions (impossibility of establishment of possible, but it is up to business (to increase the fund. The union (news services had already sold to make the first move in bringing (said 8 of its members are known (their product to one local newspa today’s prices and profits in line (dead, 15 seriously injured and oth- (per already in the field.” with today’s wages.” (ers homeless. “If the principle of the Mason Woll said that despite some wage (bill is sound, then the manufactur increases, national wage inco-re RR Men Quit Diet. 50 (ers of presses, linotype machines since 1944 has declined steadily New York (LPA). Brakemen (and other newspaper equipment as while national income has risen, (on the Long Island Railroad have (well as news print could be auth He added that national income rose (ended their year-long affiliation (orized to act likewise and forever from 160.7* billion in 1944 to 164 (with District 50 of the United Mine (freeze the channels of news and billion in 1946, whereas national Workers-AFL. By a 456 to 430 wage income had declined from 113 (vote, workers decided to return to billion to 106 billion in the same (the Brotherhood of Railroad Train period. (men. “We are glad to have them “Unless prices are brought into (back,” said BRT President A. I (Tun to Pago Teoo) r- Whitney. •«r$: X- ‘J v -,r 3 1 ■'W« .^i aw •i- v ■. v ft iji* kv a «£'. 4 ?i*-. EAST LIVERPOOL OHIO, THURSDAY, May 22, 1947 TRIAL ON—Charged with accept- |des and Grace Foutts were chosen ing bribes, former Rep. Andrew J. |as alternates. May (D, Ky.) is facing the music .. ,'' in a Washington courtroom. The A general discussion on resolu one time chairman of the House tions proposed by the local to come Military Affairs Committee is ac- (before the convention was held, I cused of using his office to secure (with the delegates getting the pro- I ffi: Ze°" thC ar8“men‘S SUPPOrt' Ksira KZ.rt'*'* T^'to kill the bill shield flby ’^Ite WluteHo^ til1 \riCvuivoj, (Railway Clerks Voice Approval We are looking for a banner (rison of the Brotherhood of Rail turnout at our meeting on June 2 (way and Steamship Clerks, -Freight Mr. McDonald had been retired I when local officers will be elected. (Handlers, Express and Station Em since 1938, when he left the Edwin I Come out and support those you I M. Knowles China Co. at Newell, I think best qualified to handle your I monstration from 1,600 delegates where he was secretary and gener-lintresets.—O. C. 44. ployes, brought an enthusiastic de- I at the union convention. I Delegates shouted their approval a las President Harrison told the (opening session the increase was a wage increase won last year had been wiped out by soaring prices. z^lHe accused manufacturers of bad I yw. During World War II, Mr. 1*^ convention of the, Florida ,c: a Membership Gain jfcitejW was chairman JBCWJ Citrus Worked-Ui»hmu the 4 wm. since the laa^Bn District Transportation Committee, I*" Auburndale May 18, was an- lvention, the union has made a net which formed share-the-ride plans, Inounced here by George L. Googe, |gain of 81,613 members and now, in fuel and rubber conservation I Southern director of the American lwjth a total of 302,000, is the larg for the war effort. nation’s price structure. tion showed unprecedented prog- (Printers Hit Bill To EdSC |Pi*egg Wire Restrictions Signed by President Woodruff (Randolph, Vice-President Larry (Taylor, Vice-President Elmer (Brown and Secretary-Treasurer Don F. Hurd, the statement was convention the opportunity to produce news papers. Freedom of the press would then be freedom to suppress and the public would be at the mercy of those already in the (newspaper business.' F. v tterwte rn fl 1 AT AFL RADIO SHOW—As the AFL radio campaign to defeat antilabor laws goes into the home stretch, this studio audience listens while members of AFL qptertainment unions dramatize the dan- gers lurking in the Taft-Hartley slave bill. Since only a presidential veto upheld Congress can beat Hold Party At Close Of LU Meeting Mamrack And Harris Chosen As Delegates Delegates chosen to represent the local at the convention were President John Mamrack and Vice President Charles Harris. Bros. Cliff Rawlings and Charles Atkin sin were chpsen alternates. Bro. Mamrack at the close of the meeting pulled a surprise by hav ing his record player and a large selection of records to provide en tertainment for the balance of the evening.—O. C. 51. Truman Ignores Labor Appeals On Portal Bill Washington (LPA) President Truman took the recommendations of his cabinet and ignored the ad vice of organized labor last week in signing the anti-portal pay bill. The cabinet approved eight to one, with Labor Secretary Schwel lenbach as the lone dissent, legisla tion which labor and liberal Con gressmen contended would not only ban portal suits but would also undermine many of the protective provisions of the Wage-Hour, Walsh-Healy and Bacon-Davis Acts. Truman’s advisers, it was under stood, argued that enactment of this portal bill would provide great er justification for a veto of the Taft-Hartley anti-labor bill. As a face-saving gesture they had Tru man incorporate in his message to Congress an appeal tor passage of a 65c minimum wage bill. Long Oakland Strike Ended By Agreement Oakland, Calif. (ILNS).—The .A’ 1 n- .-fj*- .'^ :, .'.•■? ,{-■■ i'#fl.. .•&» ?k AJ rep Canonsburg, Pa.—A large resentative of members of Local Union 51 were in attendance at the regular meeting, held May 12, to register their vote for national officers and delegates to the 1947 convention. Though there was a fair atten dance it seems that more of the members should be interested en ough in our organization to be on hand for such an occasion. The polls were open from 2:30 p. m. until the’ close of the meeting which afforded all our members an op portunity to Wrte.3**" r**a**^- The social committee again came through in fine style furnishing a tasty lunch of baked ham sand wiches. coffee, etc. 7- month-old strike against two de partment stores here has been end ed by an agreement satisfactory to both sides, spokesmen for both sides said. The strike led last De cember to a general strike of all American Federation of unions In Alameda county. Labor with- The Retail Clerks Union drew pickets from the Kahn and Hastings stores and police patrols were taken out of the area. J. Paul St. Sure, attorney for the Retail Merchants Association, and James Galliano, representative of the union, made the joint announce ment. Teachers Win Strike Detroit (LPA)—Boosts in salary minimums from $1800 to $2400, plus $400 annual pay increases, resulted in settlement of the week’s strike of 115 members of the American Federation of Teachers —AFL in East Detroit. ,r 'M- $■ •■..■•■» -i 26 D~.ll lxCIISwS rrOffl Dell (meeting settlements were A number of made by unaffiliated unions at the same time NFTW unions were reaching agreement. These settle ments followed about the same general pattern as NFTW unions. One unaffiliated union, the Maryland Federation of Telephone Workers, accepted a the for Union Junks Rail hood of Railway Clerks, largest MSatefca I Phone Unions Win $2 To $12 .Lost Meetina |T 1 00 |AjOGCU X4U4M Hot Session Icoffey And Wagstaff (Go To Atlantic City I Cambridge, Ohio.—The first May Fringe issue settlements varied I handy. from place to place and covered I Brother Wagstaff, day shop different item*. Their money valiA I committeeman, mpos^MMt kjo likewise varied but will probably I servicemen had returned to the amount to about the 68c per week (shop and had been placed satisfac average agreed to in the Long|torily. Lines settlement. union on the railroads with almost 350,000 membership, has wiped the Chicago (ILNS). Municipal or “white” clause out of its constitu- (dinances offer unique opportunities tion, thus opening the door to full |for education of the public by local rights for Negro members. (government and for effective local This action was taken by a land- (enforcement, says a report on 14 slide majority at the Brotherhood's (such ordinances made available by international convention here last (the American Council on Race re week. Only about 50 out of over jlations at its headquarters here. 1000 delegates voted against proposition. President George M. Harrison I San Diego, Philadelphia, Phoenix, made a strong plea for removal |Ariz., St. Louis, Seattle, Spokane, of that restriction and cited the I and Toledo and an ordinance pro fact that four states have already I but withdrawn in Cleveland, enacted laws prohibiting member- (Ohio. ship discrimination by unions be- The report recommends that cause of race, color or creed. such ordinances provide for crea- A J: of Local 122 was held on (the 14th with Chairman Wade pre Washington (LPA)—Wage gains (siting. It was a lengthy, noisy af ranging from a low of $2 to a high I fair with hot words flying thick of $12 were received last week by |and Chairman Wade had to oa i. I resort to the gavel several times 26 sinking telephone unions that orde ,nd signed new contracts with subsid- I The 1^1 girig» question of di iaries of the Bell system thruout (vision of work and a floating crew the country. I due to the installation of new ma- Still out on strike were 13 af- I chines caused the greatest amount filiates of the independent Nat’l lof talk. Then there was the ques Federation of Telephone Workers I tion of the length of time needed whose walkout entered the seventh Ito go to headquarters and the week on May 19. Reports to NFTW (standing committee. This was clar headquarters indicated that many I ified by reports from several broth unions which had already settled lers who made the trip and present on a new contract refused to vio- led their bill for last time. It is at late the picket lines of the workers I such times that the advice and wis still out. |dom of the older heads come ip It was gratifying to the officers h.8** su,ch This was due to the election of na tional officers and the selection of delegates to the coming convention, me Dame Brothers James Coffey and Forest those ""for |Wa^sta^f were chosen as delegates. 1 Production at the plant contin ues full blast due to good orders. Construction of plant No. 3 is go- company proposal to arbitrate. In |m^ aJon? all other cases, the settlements P6™*? included wage increases. ft (available. It should be in operation The 26 NFTW settlements cover- Brother Wade, packer, is recov ed approximately 150,060 workers, eri from a of .housemair those of unaffinated unions cov- I. °o •, 2o ered an additional 60,000. The 13 I NFTW unions still on strike rep- I e resent a combined membership of approximately 140,600 workers. I Of the 16 unions still in dispute, Cuoid Busy At Evansville Shop 14 were with Bell companies, two I with independent companies. Of I Evansville, Ind. Local Union the 14 Bell disputes, 9 were with I No. 5 turned out in fine style at associated companies, five with I their meeting on May 13 when the Western Electric. I X1 I chief order of business on the eve- In only one of the five Western I"1"?’8 w“ U,.e of Electric disputes did the company ““.o"8! °«Ke'? to ft”*1 the w’ make a wage offer. That was the I ,or tw"! Association of Communication Seldom has such interest been Equipment Workers who rejected 18h“'ra‘he "aUonal election, it as being inadequate. Brother Benry Schnautz was chosen to represent the local at the Most basic increases, said NFTW coming convention in Atlantic City, officios, clustered around $3 to $4 I Si8ter Theresa Montgomery was with the final average wage raise|name1 alternate. Bro. Schnautz is coming close to $4 a week. |an at the game and fully As the strikes came closer to I qualified and capable to represent conclusion the NFTW intensified Our interests, its plans drive that will weld all telephone I time at the shop. Sisters Betty workers into union. NFTW intensified I our interests. a new organizing Cupid has been working over a single national I Schnautz and Rosella Reine are the I blushing brides, and Sister Mary I Zeigler also s (Brother MEMBER INTERNATIONAL LABOR NEWS SERVICE ITruman Signs Portal iSuit Ban But Appeals: For 65-Cent Base Pay became the bride of Edward Arnold. All were (beautiful church weddings.—O. C. Jim Crow Clauses I city Ordinances Declared Necessary the I The report, prepared by Alex El Ison and Leonard Schanfield, attor the Ineys and authorities on legislation, Ne- (analyzes the following ordinances: Immediately affected by change will be 23,000 present gro members who up to now have (those adopted by the cities of Chi been organized into auxiliaries (cago, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis without full voting rights or rep- (those pending in Buffalo, N. Y., De resentation at conventions. |troit, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, $2.00 P£R YEAR ___ I Washington, D. C.—President Truman signed the bill I barring portal-to-portal pay claims, but coupled with it in his I message to Congress a strong plea for legislation to raise the I minimum wage provided by the Fair Labor Standards Act I from the present 40 cents an hour to 65 cents. 7 'w{ I At the same time he asked that minimum wage bene- 4 fits be extended to many persons not now protected by the I law. I Leaders of labor committees in both branches of Con I gress indicated an immediate willingness to open hearings ------------------------------------------------/on the President’s proposal for the increased minimum wage. The President’s message on the sighing of the portal-to-portal pay bill explained he believed he was acting “in the interest of the eco nomic stability of the Nation.” Leaders of the AFL declined comment on scattered and unfound ed reports that organized labor was planning a court challenge on the validity of the new legislation, nor would they comment on the Presi dent’s action. The President’s proposal for raising the minimum wage drew immediate response in the House where Chairman Fred A. Hartley, Jr., of New Jersey, made it quite clear he would hold open hearings of the Labor Committee if his Re publican colleagues approved. On the other side of the Capitol, Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, Chairman of the Senate Labor ,, Committee, also indicated that his group would not object to similar hearings. Discussing this need for increas ing minimum wage standards the President told Congress: “Prior to its adjournment last (Tun to Page Two) Ne w. Anfi-Lynch^. Law in Congress Washington (LPA) Introduc tion of a bill that would punish lynching with jail terms up to 20 years, and fines up to $10,000 highlighted a week in which at tention of fighters for civil rights centered on the significant trial of 31 cab drivers for the murder of a Negro suspect who had been ad ducted on Feb. 17 from a Green ville, S. C., jail. In the House ofTtepresentatives, Clifford P. Case (R., N. J.) intro duced a new anti-lynching bill (HR-3488), asserting that “Our moral leadership, upon which the outside world depends at least as much as our physical strength and material resources, will be greatly weakened unless we, as the nation, take definite and effective steps to eradicate the foul crime of lynch ing from the fabric of our domes tic life.” The bill would not only provide heavy criminal penalties for any member of a lynch mob or any other person wilfully involved in a lynching. It would also punish any state or local official who shall have failed in the performance of his duty to prevent a lynching or to apprehend and bring to justice anyone guilty of that crime. The local community whose neg lect makesc possible a lynching, or an abduction which leads to a lynching, is made Hable for civil damages from $2C00 to $10,000 to the lynch victim or his family if he is killed. In the Greenville’trial, 26 of the 31 men signed confessions that they had participated in the abduc tion and brutal murder of Willie Earle, 24-year-old Negro, who was (Turn to Page Todo) To Buttress Fair Employment Laws tion of a special commission, or municipal administrative body, to be responsible for enforcement, powers to the city’s regular prose cuting authorities. It concludes that local ordinances are a neces sary buttress to state or possible Federal laws on fair employment practices. State fair employment laws have/ been adopted by Indiana, Massa chusetts, New Jersey, New York and Wisconsin, and are under con sideration in Ohio, Washington, Missouri, Minnesota, Connecticut, Illinois, Rhode Island and Nebras ka. Oregon has adopted a state ment of public policy in favor of fair employment. Legislation is in preparation in 7 additional states —Arizona, Delaware, Iowa, Kan sas, Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. -M.VX :-vAt i s *.’ i If T' I ■a «, .-i & -. 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