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A Vienna dispeuh to the "Acht Uhr Blatt," of Berlin, says that lU:rr Bo*hm, & mem? ber ot ins Bovist Ministry at Buda? pest, bau arrived there and han de cl?*er. Wekerle And Bsron S*t?prenyi *ru securely gmx?s? in the Prison at..Budapest. 'Phone Strike May Spread to Entire Country Operators Are Taking Vote on Action to Force the Government to Recognize ; Union and Raise Wages New England Is Helpless Burleson and Tumulty Ask Strikers to Submit Their ? Case to General Manager I New York Tribune Washington Bureau LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 16.?Harry Henderson, business agent of the Tele? phone Operators' Union of Louisville, , to-day announced that a vote is being j taken throughout the country by tele phono employes to forco government i recognition of telephono employes' unions, with a nationwide strike as the i alternative. The referendum, Henderson said, \ would be finished by May 11. He also i asserted that information from the ' headquarters of the National Union ? of Electrical Workers, which includes employes of t?l?phone companies, is that the votes of 250,000 telephono em? ployes already have been received, and ? that a great majority favor a strike j if the demands aro not granted. Henderson also declared that the j strike of operators of the New England and Providence telephono comprimes] was regarded as a tost of the union's strength and that its result would sharply define the issue. The union's demands, Henderson stated, also included higher wages and shorter hours. Officials of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in New York | were without information yesterday of any country-wide attempt on the part of-telephone employes to force recog? nition of their unions. They wero cognizant, however, they said, of a movement under way in practically all states to unionize tho 'phone workers. The organizers' ef? forts had met with greatest success. they stated, in New England, where a majority of the operators,aro ori strike, and in California and Montana. Else? where, it was said, only small minori- ! ties of the operators and auxiliary | workers had joined the unions. Girls Are Striking s "Against Burleson," Gallivan Declares WASHINGTON, April I?.?If the ! New England telephone strike does not ! come to an end within the next twenty- , four hours Joseph Tumulty, secretary : to the President, will cable a state- j ment of the situation to Paris and ask President Wilson for instructions re? garding the steps to be pursued by the government in restoring the New Eng? land telephone service. Mr. Tumulty gave this assurance to Representative James A. Gallivan, of Boston, hern to? day. "If necessary I will get into personal touch with the President," Mr. Tumulty ! said, "so that the girls' side of this controversy may be heard and an early j settlement effected.-' Representative Gallivan conferred ; with Mr. Tumulty to-day at the White ] Heute for three hours regarding the strike situation. He declared it was "a strike, against Burleson," and further stated that unless steps wero takcr> at once by the Federal govern? ment to bring it to an end through conciliatory measures that "not a ves? tige of the Democratic party in Massa? chusetts would remain." Secretary Tumulty was much dis? turbed by the report of the situation | given him by Mr. Gallivan. He was in ; conference for the greater part of the afternoon with officials of the Post office Department and the Department ! of Labor regarding the matter. Asked if he believed the Postofflce Depart- ; ment would make good its hint of strike breakers to restore the service, | Mr. Tumulty declared that he did not i believe the department had any inten? tion of taking such action. Secretary of Labor Wilson gave Mr. Gallivan a ? similar assurance. "I told Mr. Tumulty," said Mr. Gal? livan, "that I represented no one ex- ; cepting the sentiment In Boston, and | that I was not authorized to speak for ? any organization of any kind. I wanted to impress on him that in my j judgment the strike of the telephone ! girls was really a strike against Burle- ! j ion, and I think I convinced him before ! the conference ended. In my judgment ! j and in the judgment of all those with : j whom I have talked about tho situa- ; j tion, the demands of the girls are not ? at ail unfair and never have been, i j Their splendid leader, Miss O'Connor, ! I to my own personal knowledge has I endeavored to interest Burleson for j many weeks in order to avoid what ' ; has now became a reality, but, as I , j told Mr. Tumulty, she met with one re- \ buff after another and the incompetent I and brutal Postmaster General has ; I brought about a situation by which ail Boston is made to suffer. Secrc ! tary Tumulty assured mo that ho ? j would continue to show the lively in , tercst which he has already dis ! played." Statement by Burleson Postmaster General Burleson, in a ; statement issued late this afternoon, ? injected a new element into the situa? tion by calling attention to the prob I ability th/tt increased wages for the ? telephone operatora in New England; would probably result in higher rates. I His statement follows: "The issu? involved in the strike of < tho telephono operator? in New Eng- ! land is by no means confined to the ! Himple f|m-Mtion whether tho employe! j ' are entitled to higher wages. The peo- | pie of .New England, now Buffering so i seriously from th? loss of service, ?eventually " must determine whether! i they are willing to pay more for such | service in the future than they have in j the pa?-!. "The employes should realize that ? ; the public interests involved and ? shoulii return to work at once upon ? the assurance that their demands will be carefully investigated to determine whether Increased wages can b? granted without impairment of tho financial stability of Mm companies, if th? increases they usk prove to be iust and reasonable, tho ?ik-reuse* Will be granted in any event, ?von though, in | order to continue officiant service, the. charges to the public must bi- increased. I But the public interest cannot bo sac | rinced upon tho mere demand of any j set of employe?. "If the employes will submit their | demands to tho general munager and return to work, they have tho assur? ance of the government thu.t they will 1 be dealt with fairly. If they continue EC to disregard the public interest, the public will be less likely to give the employes the Bupport necessary to war? rant favorable government action." Tumulty's Telegram Mr. Tumulty sent the following tele? gram to the striking operators: "Answering your wire of yeBterday, Miss June and her committee should promptly file application for a change In the wage scale with the general manager of the New England company, Mr. Driver, if it has not already been done. I understand Mr. Driver has always been authorized to agree to an?l submit any proposed agreement which was just and fair to all parties concerned and recommend to the oper? ating board its immediate approval. "Through this means the operators I can avail themselves of the advantages ! of collective bargaining by discussing ] with the general manager the merits ' of their contentions. When Mr. Driver reaches a conclusion you will be ad? vised, and the action on hi? part will ? be promptly transmitted to the board, : and if approved will become effective from the date of termination of the i present scale agreement, which I un- j derstand is December 31." Strikers Suspicious of Postmaster GeneraVs Plan for Settlement BOSTON, April 1(3.?Leaders of the striking telephone operators in New England expressed unwillingness to night to accept tho plans for settle- j ment of their grievances proposed by j Postmaster General Burleson and Jo- ! seph P. Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson. Replying to-night to Secretary Tu- ! multy, Miss O'Connor, leader of the strikers, said: "Your proposition contained in to? day's telegram is not fundamentally different from the proposal of Mr. Burleson. It states that wo may dis? cuss with Mr. Driver, general man? ager. New England Telephone Com? pany, our contentions. Subsequently ne reaches a conclusion upon which ho will advise us, thence to be submitted to the operating board. At no step of this procedure could the methods you recommend be construed as collective bargaining. "We insist upon our right to reach a conclusion with Mr. Driver mutually agreeable to the unions and the com? pany and do not recognize the right of any other agency or individual to hold the power to repudiate this agree? ment. Particularly do we object to it being submitted to a committee con? stituted as is the operating committee, its entire personnel being composed of telephone and telegraph officials generally believed to be opposed to the principle of collective bargaining and indisputably opposed to wage increases for reasons readily understood. Com? mittee reiterates that it stands ready to bargain collectively with Mr. Driver upon assurance that he is empowered to reach settlement with us." The strike of operators throughout New England for increased wages and the privilege of collective bargaining continued unabated to-day. Twelve thousand additional operators were or? dered out at a meeting this noon of the New England Joint Council of Tele phone Workers, and about 1,500 elec? trical workers and cable spicers joined tho ranks of the strikers. The inter-de? partmental union, which includes clerks in various departments, held a meeting to-night nt which' the question of join? ing the strike was considered. No de? cision was announced. In a statement, given out at noon, William R. Driver, jr., general man? ager of the New England Telephono and Telegraph Company, declared the situation was somewhat better than at any time yesterday. He said that some who had stayed out yesterday re? turned to-day, and that other vacant places were being filled with recruits who would be retained if they qualified. At a mass meeting in Tromont Tem? ple officers of the union reported that in Boston exchanges only eleven oper? ators, other than chief operators, were at the switchboards, and that only one of these was a union member. ? Woman of 69 Seeks Separation Froin Man WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., April 16.? United States Statistical Abstract says it. But it isn't so. Uncle Sam's mathematical experts have asserted in this volume that tho sixth and seventh years of married life mark tho danger point of matri? mony?that most of thw divorces occur then. Once through them, they assert, wedded couples are comparatively sale. But the statistical experts hadn't j met Mr. and Mrs. Herman A. Gorn, of i Pleasantville. He is seventy-seven; she j sixty-nine. They have been married ' for forty-five years and, if ona be- ? lieves the Statistical Abstract, passed I tho danger mark some thirty-eight '? years ago. j Mr. and Mrs. Gorn appeared before | Justice Platt in tho ?Supreme Court j here to-day. Mrs. Gorn wants a separa- ; tion from her husband. For forty-five years, she told the j court, she and her huband had quar-1 relied. Now, she insisted, she could : stand it no longer. -? Many Vacant Seats In New Brooklyn Tube Tho Public 8er?ice Commission re- | ported yesterday that traffic along the route of the new Clark Street tunnel was normal. Inspectors of the commission stated that there were many vacant seats on nearly all the West Side trains to Brooklyn. Some congestion existed, however, on the trains in the old sub? way. Between 4 and 7 o'clock in the even? ing the East ?Side lino carried 47,<>00 passengers in seventy-seven trains with 38,500 seats. On the West Side route there were 19,150 passengers in fifty-nine trains with 29,500 seats. The total number of seats on tho two lines was 68,000 and the total number of passengers 0fi,8?10, the traffic showing 71 per cent on the East Sido and 29 per cent on tho West Side. U. S. Inquiry in Club Row federal Agents Take Up Sphinx Dinner Incident The Department of Justice is in? vestigating the row raised by ono of tho diners at the Sphinx Club dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria, last night, when durinK an address by Senator Chamber? lain, he cried, "To hell with the flag." The club has handed over tho case to the department. A special agent has been assigned to ascertain the identity and address of tho disturber. It is ex? pected he will bo prosecuted under the Espionage Act. gj.. ' ". . " ! _..'. ....' ' . ' > h i ? i ? ADVERTISEMENT SHOES WEAP.T0NSErl~ Whon you w?lk In? ootnfort; ?o do ?locjilug?. A. pm:k?ei) ?if Allen'* Kixit-Kun, the a/UUvpUo powd?? l? ?liuli? Into tli0 to 54 cents an hour for work for which outside concerns paid H7% cents an hour. The men, he said, want a 35 per cent increase in wages and tho eight-hour day. This he said, was tho demand of all of tho mechanical : employes. These employe?, he told the j court, represented about "every trade ? in the city." Leonard also stated that after Tues day night's meeting "strong arm men in the employ of the company beat up employes who refused to show their badges. This, he said, occurred on the Halsey Street station of the "L," to which the men gained access by paying their fares to avoid letting the com? pany have their numbers as being among those at the meeting. James Sheridan, who emphasized the fact that he did not join the union un? til after Mr. Garrison had put his ;:p prova! on employes doing so, said he was then penalized for alleged offences j for the first time in five years, and had . his pay reduced. Pay Their Only Grievance Fred Frohm, representing shop work- i ers, said 140 out of 144 in his shop , ?were members of the union. R. J. j Pooley, also a shopman, said that of 210 in ins shop, 190 were members, j Neither had any personal grievance '? other than insufficient pay. Neither had Miss Ard, who said sho represented ; "tho lady guards." Joseph Capodona told of being dis? charged after joining the union, a di3 trict superintendent assigning this as : a reason. At tho conclusion of tho testimony j Judge Mayer expressed gratification at the frankness of tho witnesses. He believed, he said, that there had been , a general misunderstanding of the ! position of Receiver Garrison, whoso j "every substantial step," he said, he approved. The general situation, he added, was simplified by the declara- j tion of Mr. Vahey that the men were i not asking for recognition of tho ; union, but of tho right to join a union. ' Reading from Receiver Garrison's j circular, to which the witnesses had i testified, Judge Mayer said this had j been sent to ail employes of the B. R. j T., although, he said, tho court was i not in possession of the surface lines | and Mr. Garrison had no authority | over them. -? Tax Bill to Pass, Legislature Likely To Quit Saturday! Davenport Decides to Desert ; Insurgents if His Meas? ure Goes Through and Bring Early Adjournment Staff Correspondence ALBANY, April 16.?Senator Freder? ick M. Davenport, of Oncida, will de? sert the insurgent Republicans if the 2 per cent income tax and other meas? ures drafted by the special tax com? mittee, of which ho is chairman, arc passed. This would give Senator J Henry Walters, majority leader, con? trol of tho situation in the upper house. Walters wants to adjourn Sat? urday. There is every likelihood of the tax bills being passed in time to let tho Legislature adjourn on Satur? day. Senator Walters to-day announced on the floor of tho house that when the tax bills are passed tho Senate could adjourn. A conference of the Republicans was held to - night to smooth out differences with respect to the tax legislation. Walters Again Loses Senator Wallers again today brought, up the adjournment resolu? tion, and after debate the Democrats and the four insurgent Republicans again were able to muster the neces? sary twenty-six votes to force post? ponement of action until to-morrow. The Assembly to-day killed all hope of the social welfare bills passing in j the lower house. Charles D. Donohu.e, minority leader, moved to discharge rules committee from tho minimum wage and eight-hour bills. The vote on tho first was 64 to 77; on the second 6? to 78, Motions to discharge rules from the health insurance and Graves Hydro-Electric bills will be. made to? morrow and undoubtedly will meet tho samo fate. The Fowler municipal ownership bill, the last of tho five bills which the Assembly Republicans in caucus last night, agreed to beat, passed the Sen? ate to-day by a vote of 28 to 22. It never will get out of the Assembly Rules Committee, however. Nine Bolt Caucus In the vote in the Assembly on the welfare bills nine of ttic ten Republi? cans who bolted tho Republican cau? cus last night voted with tho Demo? crats for the motion to bring out of Rule Committee the minimum wage bill. The tenth insurgent, Frank L. Gardner, of Dutchess, voted with the majority, but he returned to the in? surgents in the vote on the eight-hour bill. In the debate the Republicans wero charged with submitting to the control which Speaker Sweet had ex? ercised over them. "Are you going to take advantage of the technical parliamentary pro? cedure which permits one man "rule in this House?" asked Assemblyman Jo? seph Steinberg, of New York, one of the insurgents. Minority Leader Donohuc charged that Speaker Sweet had determined weeks ago that these bills should not pass, and that the majority of the Republicans were meekly standing by him. Majority Leader Simon L. Adler, in explaining the position of the Repub? licans in opposing the welfare bills, declared that the Republican majority had found it necessary to interpose itself as a bulwark against the riot of ill-considered legislation that had come over from the Senate. He des clared that the bills were little under? stood, that a delay in action could do i no harm and might result. ?n much ! good. ?-#?? Lewis Exonerates Tyler Of Bunk Murder Complicity District Attorney Lewis of Kings County announced yesterday that Roy Tyler, who was brought to Brooklyn from St. Louis on March 2? last be? cause of his supposed connection with the hold-up of the Cast Brooklyn Sav? ings Bank last December, when two men were killed, was entirely innocent I lie District Attorney added that lyier would be released shortly, un? less the authorities from Cleveland, Ohio, or Stamford, Conn., out in a claim for him. m umm mu.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.muni? 1000 TONS OF COFFEE To induce the greatest number to visit the Liggett Drug Stores regularly, we sell certain table needs at reduced prices on Friday and Saturday of each week only. 1,936,640 pounds of Liggett's Breakfast Coffee were sold in our stores last year. m \Ol;ltl!'i!i!!.;iilllIliiili!m?!!li!MIII!!iilltlllllHI!llll1l,illl'llt'lHi|llMnii''i:!?N|i!iM|f|ir'l?f.!H(M:i?.t? Burke Says He Acted as Agent For Thompson Continued from pa*e 1 man of the committee, asked Senator Thompson when he would be ready to cross - examine Burke. Thompson thought it would be a week at least, as he wanted to prepare thoroughly. "I protest against Senator Thomp? son cross-examining me," persisted Burke. "The committee ia not disposing of that now, Mr. Burke," said Senator ! Burlingame. "It will be decided later." John Stanchfield, of counsel to the j Intorborough, who, Burke says, was , introduced to Thompson by him at Niagara at the Senator's request, mailed a certificate from his phygjrtien stating that he was convalescing from Spanish influenza. Mr. Stanchfield said he would be pleased if the committee could arrange to take his testimony at his home in Islip, L. I. This will be dor?e. Samuel Beardsley, counsel to the Consolidated Gas Company, who was also named by Burke as one of the corporation lawyers he swore he visited on Thompson's behalf, will be a witness to-morrow. Burke's examination to-day was con? ducted by Deputy Attorney General Jejromo L. Cheney, who was assigned as counsel to the committee. Mr. Cheney's opening questions were aimed at clarifying some of Burke's state? ments regarding his alleged relation I with Senator Thompson during the i last session of the Legislature. Q.~ Senator Thompson said that ! while the report of the Thompson com? mittee was being prepared you visited the committee a good deal and were apparently interested In gas com? panies. Were you representing tho Consolidated Gas Company? A.?No, sir. Q.?Any other gas companies? A.? No, sir. Q.?Were you interested in legisla? tion before the 1918 session? A.? Yes, sir Q.?Whom did you represent? A. - Senator Thompson. Q.- -What ao you mean when you say you represented Senator Thomp? son? A_I had several conversations with Senator Thompson on the legisla? tion you speak of, and I gathered from all the conversations that, he wanted me to impress the officials of the gas, electric and traction companies with his ability to do certain things. Tho witness explained that, the legislation in question was the Wickes bill of last year, which revoked ex? isting laws fixing a maximum price on gas and permitting the Public Service Commission to determine what rutt? ?should be charged. "I don't know anything about the bill," added Burke, "except what Sen? ator Thompson told. lie said that he wanted me around him. Ho said to me: 'I would like you to sec Mr. Beardsley and Mr. Brady and see if we can't get it fixed up so that it will meet with" their approval.' Then after tho session last year Senator Thomp? son asked mo to arrango for him to meet Mr. Brady, as he wanted to im? press him with his sincerity on be? half of the traction companies." "Traction or gas companies?" in? quired Mr. Cheney. "Traction and gas companies," re? plied tho witness. "I said: 'All right. Mr. Brady would be glad to meet you, as he wants to thank you for your efforts on his behalf when the com mittee was in session down here a | year ago.' " "I took him down to see Judge ! Beardsley, and we three had luncheon at the India House and then we went i to see Mr. Brady. Senator Thompson I received Mr. Brady's thanks for not. having called him when the investiga- ? tion of the Thompson committee was ' on a year before. We then left and Senator Thompson and I sent imo the | subway to the Biltmorc. There Sena- ; tor Thompson said to me: 'Brady im- i presses me as beir.g a pretty square ' sort of a fellow.' "I said: 'I don't know much abouti Mr. Brady. I met him at his father's ; funeral. His father was a pretty good I friend of mine.' "Thompson told me he could pass the ! Wicks bill. I said. 'How?' "He said: 'If I could only get; Sophie Irene Loeb to let go. I could pass tho bill.' I said, 'What baB ? Sophie Loeb got to do with bills?' I? did not know who Miss Loeb was at I that time. I found out afterward that ; Bhe was a reporter of "The New York j World.' " Burko then related that he visited ; Samuel W. Beardsley, Henry J. Hem- ! mens and other gas company lawyers ? at tho request of Senator Thompson \ while the Wicks bill was before the ! Legislature. He said the gas company i lawyers gave him typewritten sugges-1 tions as to changes in the bill, and j that the bill was finally amended "aa j they wanted it." Burke said that In order to nrove I that he was associated closeiy wich | Thompson he would relate an incident ? that happened in 1917, when tho j Thompson committee occupied rooms at the Biltmorc. "I had hated to bring in Judge Wag- ; r.er's name. But I'm charged with a felony and I'll drag in anybody's to provo I'm innocent. On a certain day when Mr. Hemmens and Mr. Thomas and myself were in Senator Thomp? son's room, Ji?lge Wagner tex-Senator Robert F. Wagner, now a Justice of the Supreme Court and then a member of the Thompson committee) came in, and when he saw who we were, he stalked out and shut the door. "Thompson then took me into an ante-room and said: 'I want you to do something for Wagner.' 1 said: 'What can I do?' He said: 'Mayor Mitchel is going to blast something on Senator Wagner to-day and I want you to find out what it is.' "I went out and investigated and camo back and told Thompson it was a 'dream.' " Burke said that when the bill re? organizing the Public Servico Commis? sion was before the Legislature last year Thompson asked him to make an appointment with Mr. Hemmens. He ?aici the Senator from Niagara wanted to discuss a provision in the bill re? pealing the 80-cent gas law. "Thompson said that he did not know if he could stand for that' provision as the papers would pan hell out of it." said Burke. "I think Hemmens did not want to meet Thompson alone." "He wanted you to be there?" in? quired Mr. Cheney. "Yes," said Burke. Burke explained that ho had to go to Canada, and that tho meeting never took place. Burke was then asked about tho meeting with Thompson at the Repub? lican Club, at which Thompson alleges Burke offered half a million dollars to support the Carson-Martin bill. Burke said there was some talk about Mayor Dylan, during which Thompson said: "I don't know how the people of the City of New York elected that big. fat-headed Mayor of New York." Burke, rising from his chair, stretched forth his hand in dramatic appeal to the committee and said: "Don't forget the burned Shonts let? ters. Find out why they were burned in the home of Mr. Pepperman. tPep perman is secretary to Theodore P. Shonts. president of the Interborough.) Find out why Senator Thompcon threw them into the fireplace in the Pepper man home. T make this statement to show that Thompson was always look? ing to get something. "Don't forget that Thompson enid in one breath that I was a decent fellow and in the next breath charged me with offering him a half million dollar slush fund. I have no lawyer and I've had no one to advise me, and I've tried to do the best I could to defend myself with tho education I picked u-> la ?ft? streets of New York." " " The committee will meet again to? morrow. Hughes Denies He Received Fee From Traction Interests WASHINGTON, April 16.?Th? ??. sertion in testimony before the New York Legislative slush fund inquiry that Charles E. Hughea had beet) x% tained by New York Traction intere?, was denied by him to-day. "I have read the preposteroui storr published in the report of the Albwr hearing," said Mr. Hughe?, "tint I had been paid $50,000 by the traction interests to appear at the legiil?ti?e hearing on tho Caraon-Martin bill There is not a word of truth in it I have not been retained by the traction interests and I have not received dollar from them. "The fact is that I wai asked by the four life insurance companies the Equitable, New York Life, Mutual, ?nd Metropolitan, which are large holders of traction bonds, to represent them at the public hearing before the legln tive committee and to make an argu? ment in support of the bill, especially on the constitutional question in? volved. This has been my only con? nection with the matter. "I may add that I have not received a fee or rendered a bill and when I do, it will be, of course, ?imply a rea? sonable charge for tho legal service. Aside from the public hearing I hsve' not had any communication with any member of the Legislature about the matter." Smith Agrees To Help Avert Harbor Strike Continued from p?t?p 1 drafting men from the harbor ?quad. The government departments also were making plans to meet the situation when Mr. Hughes intervened with a proposition that another general con? ference be held. For the boat o?jrner?. Paul Bonynge, their counsel, declared a lack of faith that anything worth while would come from such a meeting, but expressed his belief tnat hi? clients would be represented. The private boat owners are placing much reliance on a meeting of the general executive board of the Inter? national Longshoremen's Association which will be held in this city this morning to help end the strike. The fifteen members of the board have been called here by T. V. O'Connor, the international pres'dent, who has been at odds with the Marine Workers' Affiliation, and has forced two of the unions identified with that body to ?.?lake private settlements. In this O'Connor has claehed with F. Paul A. Vaccarelli, the international vice-president in charge of this port, and it is understood the meeting has been called on thi s account. At O'Connor's hotel last evening it was said he was out of the city. "All that I know about the meeting is what O'Connor said at a meeting of the district council last Sunday," paid Vaccarelli. "At that meeting he said he had been accused of strike breaking and that he had called the executive board to th;ash out the whole situation." Detroit Barber, 86, Said To Be Oldest in Service DETROIT, Mich.?Detroit claims the distinction of being the home of the oldest ?'ictive barber in the world. 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