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Aleman's Son Enjoys i D. C. Sights, but Longs To View Skyscrapers Miguel Aleman, jr., 14-year-old j «on of the Capitol's most distln- ; guished visitor, had a day of Wash-, ington sightseeing ahead of him to-1 day. The youngster first accompanied his father : to Arlington Cemetery ! this morning for ceremonies at the: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. At 12:15 p.nL with Fernandez Mc Gregor, of the-Mexican Embassy, he was to visit the White House and then motor to the Chevy Chase club for luncheon at 1:30. Hostess at the meal was to be 11-year-old An tonieta Espinosa de los Monteras, daughter of the Mexican ambassa dor to the United States. After a return to the Embassy, he will visit the National Art Gallery and—if there is time—drop by George Washington University to visit American students, the Em bassy said. At 7 o'clock, he will dine at the Mayflower. More Sightseeing Tomorrow. More sightseeing is on the sched ule for tomorrow, spokesmen at the Embassy said, but the itinerary is still tentative. Tomorrow night, he will leave with his father and the official party for New York, where young Aleman will have a chance to see "the tall buildings and a baseball game." the two highlights of the trip for young He was interviewed yesterday on the Capitol steps after being awarded an honorary membership in Boy Scout Troop No. 81. Miguel was accompanied on the welcoming parade by James Ronald Upp, 14, of 2315 Thirty-second street S.E.. most recent Eagle Scout of the troop. Football Favorite Sport. The young visitor told his fellow, scouts his favorite sport was football. He indicated that he plays, and plays hard, by displaying a right arm that recently had been broken while tumbling. He referred to New York City; when some one asked how he liked Washington. "Pine," he answered, "but I want to see those tall buildings." Miguel, who speaks English with: almost no accent, said he thought, the parade also was "fine." "But II didn't see much of it," he added. Also present at the scout ceremony j were Charles B. Upp, James' father, : chairman of the Congressional Dis trict Advancement Committee of the Boy Scouts; Dr. Hobart M. Corning,' National Capital Area Council vice j president; James Kinsler. scout com missioner; Kenneth B. Spear, scout executive, and James G. Francis, field scout executive. Aleman 'Continued From First Page.) Kennen, wearing the distinctive blue uniform of the Fort Myer cere monial detachment, handed thej wreath to President Alcman, who reverently placed it at the tomb. λ»ιι . ou iuiui rt 111 αΐ/ii. nu α uxiiiibi iui President and Mrs. Truman at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the Mexican Em bassy. This will be followed by a reception for members of the diplo matic corps and other prominent guests. Mr. Truman was host at a state dinner at the White House last j night In honor of the Mexican Presi dent, who spent the night in the Executive Mansion. Mr. Aleman was tired from his long trip and, following the dinner, the two Presi dents talked only briefly before re tiring. Truman Toasts Friendship. Using the occasion to commend to "the other side of the world"; the good - neighbor relationships pointed up by the visit, Mr. Truman said in a toast to Mr. Aleman: "We are living in an age of friendship and unity in the West ern Hemisphere. * * * If we could just get friendship and unity in the Eastern Hemisphere, we would have no more trouble." Mr. Truman turned to Secretary of State Marshall as he spoke. ; "I think," he added, "that we can set an example for the other side of ι the world because our neighbors to ι the north and south are not afraid ] of us. They are friendly with us. "They believe we are honest in i. our endeavor to be friendly with < them." Mr. Truman told the guests, in- ι eluding members of the cabinet, ! ; foreign policy leaders in Congress : and Chief Justice Vinson, that he had returned to President Aleman ' a "souvenir" that was "appropri- · ated" dr "liberated" 100 years ago. It was a book taken from Mexico bv a sergeant in the brigade of · Franklin Pierce who became Presi dent in 1852, Mr. Truman explained. A volume on mathematics belonging Academy, it was discovered in the ; ι archives of the State Historical So- 1 ciety of New Hampshire. When President Aleman left the ! White House this morning. Presi dent Truman told his visitors good- ι by and, after he had left, he re- ι marked to newsmen: "He's a grand guy. I think he is : having a nice time." Mr. Truman waved to the Mex-, ] ican President as the automobile ] procession left the White House j grounds en route to Arlington. ι Sometime during his visit Près- ; ident Aleman is expected to find time to talk with Mr. Truman and , other United States officials about ( possibilities of financial assistance in the development of Mexico's ' agriculture and industry. The Capital's reception of Pres ident Aleman was hailed as a great success by Chairman Edgar Morris ' of the Citizens' Committee which : planned the welcome along the ι motorcade route from the Lincoln ι Memorial to the White House. ι Acting Police Superintendent Wal- ] ter H. Thomas estimated the total ι of spectators at 600.000 to 800,000 persons. j ι Secret Service men and all other ι SALE ( ABOUT 105 ACRES I on either side of Highway; near Govt. Ordnance § 1 Plant; Montg. Co., Md.; 6 mi. from Silver Spring § I (Metropolitan Area). May sell in tracts of about § I 25 to 50 acres. L. W. GROOMES I 18th and Eye Sts. ! iiiiniitiiii[iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii)iiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiniiiii)iiiitii)iiiiiiiiiifflHiinmmm(winmnmiiiffliiiffliitwniwi i i TIME FOR RETIREMENT—Joseph W. Smith, who retires today as operating engineer in the old Post Office Building, is shown winding the tower clock for the last time. —Star Staff Photo. Smith, Who Τ aught City's Clock To Tell Correct Time, Retires By George Kennedy Here's a pretty fix. With daylight saving apparently just around the corner, the man who got Washing ton's town clock to keep the right time, is quitting. He is Joseph W. Smith, operating engineer in the old Post Office Build ing. He is 65 and today he retires. Senator Overton, Democrat, of Louisiana didn't know about that. If he had thrown that in the debate he might have prevailed against this newfangled idea of setting the clocks ahead, that started in World War I. Joe turned in his keys to the tower today after climbing the 100 steps to the clock platform the last time. For 20 years he has climbed it once ι week to wind the clock. "Sic transit gloria mundi" is a Latin inscription that Joe under- [ stands well. He wrote his version of t in pencil, for the next painter! λ wipe out. on the wood kiosk that louses the clock machinery. It \ •eads; "J. W. Smith, 3 p.m., October; L8, 1918-April 30, 1947. Gone with; ;he wind." | ιΐ'Λ ι ι„u According to Gideon Lyon, associ-j ite editor of The Star, who re ported the arrival of Coxey's army md other events in the 80s, that :lock was the town joke at the turn )f the century and for years after. Joe Smith says he is the man who îxed it. Hte went to work in 1918 η the old Post Office—the building is occupied now by a general ac ;ounting office division — although friends warned him that it would be ι temporary job because the building soon would be torn down. It was ; not until 1927 that he got a crack at the clock. Ed Dowling, who was chief engi neer and who still is in the Post Office Department, called Joe up on the clock platform and askedI observers agreed the figure was far above the 250,000 for which the planning committee had been point ing as the minimum of a fitting wel come. The Secret Service detail :alled the reception the most im pressive since that with which the King and Queen of England were greeted in 1939. 10,000 Wait at Airport. About 10,000 persons were gath- ] ?red about the Air Transport Com mand terminal building at the air Dort by the time the official welcom ing party began assemblying. Those in range of the public ! iddress system later heard an ex- j :hanee in which President Truman ermed the reception "one of the I lappiest events of my tour of office'' ind President Aleman called the elations of Mexico and the United ?tates "a clear example of self especting co-operation and of soli iarity without loss of independence." President Truman arrived at 3:40 ).m. The 504th Parachute Infan ry Regiment, a unit of the 82d \irborne division, came to attention in the apron in front of the ter- j ninal building. The Army Band ireeted the President with the usual •uffles and flourishes and the play ng of "Hail to the Chief." Smiling and appearing fit, Mr. rruman scanned the sky, strolled ibout and exchanged a few words vith officers of the regiment. He vas attired in a blue suit and was vearing a black hat. Planes Sweep Over City. His personal plane, the Sacred ?ow, which brought President Ale nan and his party from Mexico j 3ity, roared over the airport at 3:50,1 ollowed by its escort of 12 B-29 superfortresses. The Sacred Cow made a sweep >ver the city and returned to land it 3:55. As the big plane came to a stop, 'resident Truman and Mexican i Embassador Antonio Espinosa de ■ os Monteros led tne welcom- j ng party toward it. President Ale nan stepped down the ramp to the iccompaniment of a 21-gun salute rom field pieces nearby. President Truman then introduced ο the Nation's guest the members >f his cabinet, headed by Secretary >f State Marshall, and the other iignitaries in the reception group. Boy Greets Aleman's Son. James Ronald Upp, 14, of 2315 j rhirty-second street S.E., stepped orward to greet President Aleman s on, Miguel, jr., 14, and to serve j is his aide. James, an Eagle Scout if Troop 81, later presented young: «iiguel with an honorary Scout ertificate. A warm exchange of greetings •ccurred between President Aleman ! ind his party and Josephus Daniels, : him to watch the clock and see-~if he could figure out what was wrong with it. Joe sat himself down and watched the four great 15-foot axes operating from a central gear turn as they revolved the big hands on the four faces. According to Mr. Smith, the clock had not kept time because the human element had been injected. Before he was called in on the prob lem, men had to be kept in the clock tower on a 24-hour watch. Every time the 7-foot minute hand passed the half-hour mark and the machin ery started to lift the hand up the four faces, a man would put added iron on the descending weight. The clock operates like the grandfather clocks, with suspended weights pro viding the power and a pendulum regulating the timing. Detected Trouble. It is next to impossible for humans to have the vigilance to put on the weights just at the right time and the clock used to be a bit off. People laughed at it. Joe says he noticed that the uni versal joints would bind at a certain position in the revolution of the axes. It took him two hours to fix it. He reamed out a few holes and since then the clock has kept good time without any addition of weights, he says. Joe was not impressed with Sen ator Overton's threat to advertise in the lost-and-found columns should daylight saving time become law— "Lost, somewhere between sunrise and .sunset, the one golden hour, set with 60 diamond minutes." "Why," said Joe, "it would be no trouble at all. We would merely stop the clock some night and start it again when it was an hour ahead of time. Nothing would be lost. Everybody would have more daylight after work and be better off." Raleigh (N. C.) publisher and for mer Ambassador to Mexico. The two Chief Executives went to the speaker's rostrum together as still and motion picture cameramen sprinted for choice positions and television pickup crews kept their heavy equipment trained on the historic scene—the first arrival of a Mexican President in the United States while in office. The noise of the B-29s and the P-80 Shooting Stars, which made repealed passes over the airport, caused President Truman to Dause. look upward and smile twice during his message. President Aleman paused briefly for the same reason at one point in his reply. Visitor Acknowledges Crowd. After their brief addresses, the Presidents inspected the regiment of paratroopers and then entered their car to ride together toward Washington. Col. William C. West moreland of Columbia, S. C., com manding officer of the regiment, ac companied them on the inspection. Spectators along the Mount Ver non Memorial Highway had an ex cellent view of the two Presidents. The motorcade moved slowly, and President Aleman acknowledged the greetings with a smile, a nod or a wave of the hand. Engineer troops from Fort Bel voir, lined the highway. The sol diers, spaced 20 feet apart, stood rigidly as the official party passed. Armored rolling stock was lined up along the roadway on Columbia Island. The crowds thickened as the Cap ital was entered over the Memorial Bridge. The motorcade passed under a bunting-wrapped inverted "V" from which hung a large Mexican flag and a "Viva Mexico!" banner. Extension ladders on Fire Depart ment trucks formed the "V." Smiles on Seeing Display. * The dapper, gray-suited visiting president smiled broadly as he saw tne aispiay. His first musical salute within the District came In front of the Lin coln Memorial, where the Army Air Forces Band was stationed. Tiny Mexican flags were numer ous in the hands of spectators along Constitution avenue, and the shouts of "Viva!" were frequent. The biggest show of uniforms on the avenue was made by the Navy. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, chief Df naval operations, his staff officers and the entire detachment of offi sensational new SPRINGWEAVE tropical suit It's "stop and go" with Spring weove Tropicols! Stop to see them and you'll go home owning one! 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I am also grateful to his excel lency Don Antonio Rocha, president of the Governing Boafd, for the words that he has addressed to me and which I value in all their generosity. They are for me singu larly significant coming from the representative of a republic with which my people and myself feel bound by strong ties of friendship and admiration. On the magnificent perspective of history, the political thought of the Americas stands out over many others by virtue of its belief In the power of ideals. An ideal is always, in fact, a dynamic principle, preg nant with the marvelous power of projecting itself into the future. Like a seed, an ideal carries in it self the traits of a development not always foreknown. Maturing in time, it acquires a tangible form that brings out the growing power synthesized in its origin. Admits slowness in Acnievement. From Simon Bolivar to our day, the Pan American ideal has been felt to be the desire of our republics to unite. The liberator thought that the hour was at hand to lay the bases of his doctrine of perpetual alliance, although, certainly, his clearsighted I genius was aware that such a union could not be achieved at once, as by a prodigy, but "through sensible ef fects and well directed efforts." How did our peoples respond, for long years, to that purpose of unity? What efforts did they make? We have to admit that for long whiles wraths and discords darkened the horizon. But despite several crises, our nations, at times unwit tingly, made headway as desired. And if there were times when our nations despaired, it was because the road led constantly uphill, cut ting into the hardest granite of the mountain. Now that we find ourselves at a height from which we can view1 cere and enlisted personnel, includ ing WAVES, assigned to headquar ters stood at attention in front of the Navy Department Building. A wave oi saluting arms rolled down the front rank as the presi dential car passed. There were Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, high school cadets and uni formed units from scores of patri otic organizations. There were 18 bands stationed along Constitution and Pennsylvania avenues. At Seventh street and Consti tution avenue several youngsters neia a nomemaae Danner oearmg the words, "Welcome to Washing ton." A float designed in Mexican motif, representing the Banneker Recre ation Center, was parked at Sixth street and Constitution avenue. A paper shower floated down over the motorcade from the windows of Pennsylvania avenue buildings. The motorcade stopped at the re viewing stand in front of the Dis trict Building, where the three Com missioners and other notables were: waiting to add the city's formal wel come to the spontaneous greetings, of its residents. Young Extends Greetings. "The bonds between your country and ours, Mr. President, are of the highest order, and it is our hope that they will continue to grow in strength throughout the years," Commisisoner John Russell Young said in greeting President Aleman. Mr. Morris also extended a wel come on behalf of local citizens. Engineer Commissioner Gordon R. Young spoke in Spanish to extenc! the city's greeting. President Aleman also was given a scroll signed by the Commis- j sioners. Both Presidents remained in their car but stood during the brief cere mony. Mr. Aleman thanked the Commis sioners in Spanish, expressing grati tude for the warm welcome given him by the Capital. White House Entrance. When the motorcade reached the White House grounds, a Navy and Marine guard of honor within the northwest gate snapped to attention. The Navy Band played the anthem of the two Nations, and President Truman escorted his guest into the White House. He will address a joint session of Congress at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow. Thereafter, he will have luncheon aboard the Presidential yacht Wil liamsbure and visit Mount Vernon at 3 p.m. A press conference In Blair-Lee House is scheduled for 5 p.m. After an informal dinner in the White House, President Aleman will leave by train at midnight for New York to continue his tour. Greek Air Force Men Attacked in Salonika iy fhe Associated Press ATHENS. April 30.—Minister of Air Panayotis Kanellopoulps an nounced today that a bus carrying 15 Greek air officers and men was attacked with hand grenades early this morning in Salonika. One offi cer was reported killed and some soldiers wounded. how far our republics have ad vanced, we marvel at the success at tained. Many interests, apparently opposed, have been harmonized and many situations, irréconciliable in appearance, have been directed to the single goal which the liberator prefigured in full light during his poignant exile in Jamaica. Many Obstacles Surmounted. Between the Congress of Panama and the creation of the Commercial Office of the "International Union of the American Republics," and be tween this last and the Pan Amer ican Union of our day, many ob-. stacles have been surmounted and much selfishness has be%n overcome. The fulfillment of Bolivar's ideal is at hand. The international situation over and above what our peoples may claim, shows how necessary the Americas are for the peace of the world and for the United Nations, an organization within whose world wide scope, the usefulness of re gional agreements is recognized. Under such pressing circum stances, we must not defer making actual the principles that for more than a century have served us as solid bridges for our co-operation and our unity. Our common love of freedom offers our heimsphere with honor and offers the best foundation foi the political solidarity in which we live. Without the support provided by that common consciousness we ; might be, in the panorama of the present world, only a multiplicity of countries bound together by geog raphy but dispersed by holding pol icies at variance with one another. Springs From Love of Liberty. That which groups the stars of our skies into a clear constellation, what binds together and co-ordi nates out countries without impair- ( ing the independence and the dig nity of each, springs precisely from their essential love of liberty. for us to be persuaded of this fact, it is not necessary here to recall that Hidalgo in 1810 decreed the abolition of slavery. The Treaty of Panama condemned the slave traffic. The Mexican Constitution of 1857 declared any slave free by the sole fact of setting foot upon territory of the republic. In prophetic vision, Abraham Lin coln, speaking of Negroes, said that! "in some trying time to come they would probably help to keep the jewel of liberty in the family of freedom." Jose Marti movingly en deavored to institute "the cult of the full dignity of man" as the first law of his nation. In Brazil, Nabuco waged a fearless struggle. Benito Guatemala Decorates Top U. S. Commanders By the Associated Press GUATEMALA, Guatemala, April 30.—The Ministry of Defense today announced the award of decorations of military merit to Gen. Eisenhower and other ranking American com manders for their part in the Allied victory. Among those to be decorated are Gens. MacArthur, Henry H. Arnold. Carl Spaatz, George C. Kenny, Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Vice Admiral A. W. Reriford. Those to be decorated with the -.t. » I VA .O'UVUIJ IllViiV, lU VUllU ; class, Include Lt. Gen. Matthew j Ridgeway and Maj. Gen. Robert1 Walsh. Baseball ι Continued From First Page.l Appling. Wright fouled to Travis. : One run. SECOND INNING. WASHINGTON—Travis doubled to center. Priddy flied to Kennedy, Travis holding second. Travis took third as Michael's threw out Christ man. Evans tapped to Rigney in front of the plate and Rigney tossed to Dickey to catch Travis attempt ing to score. CHICAGO—Kolloway popped to Priddy. Lewis made a fine running catch of Michaels.' liner. Dickey | walked. Rigney forced Dickey, Tra-1 vis to Priddy. THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON—Newsom took a third strike. Appling threw out Grace. Lewis doubled to left. Spence grounded to Baker who tagged Lewis on the base line. CHICAGO—Baker flied to Grace. Appling went the same way. Phil ley struck out. FOURTH IVVIXT, WASHINGTON—Vernon singled to left. Travis flied deep to Wright. Priddy fanned. Vernon was out at tempting to steal, Dickey to Mich aels. CHICAGO—Priddy threw out Ken nedy. Wright grounded out to Verncn. Kolloway singled to cen ter. Michaels walked. Dickey sin gled to center, scoring Kolloway and sending Michaels to third. Rigney flied to Grace. One run. FIFTH INNING. WASHINGTON — Christman aopped to Michaels. Baker threw out Evans. Appling threw out Newsom. CHICAGO—Baker flied to Grace. Appling singled to left. Philley sin gled to right, sending Appling te third. Kennedy doubled to left cen ter, scoring Appling and Philley. Wright singled to left, scoring Ken nedy. Haefner replaced Newsom for Washington. Kolloway flied to Grace. Michaels -forced Wright, Christman to Priddy. Three runs. To BERMUDA In SPEEDBIRB Style! / Direct from Baltimor· in BOAC's spacious 60-passongor flying boats What better time to fly from gray skiesl What better way to reach tunny Bermuda than —luxuriously— by BO AC Speedbirdl Characteristic British attentiveness, from : stewards who make your comfort their ; career. Bar open in flight. Complimentary meals. Special facilities for children. Make your reservations well a head, while space is still available. DEPARTURES EVERY MON.,THURS.,SAT. 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Together with the feeling for lib erty that so deeply in their being unites our countries, let me point out one of the more stable charac teristics, the idea that liberty is to be preserved through the conjoint effort of our peoples. Cite· Treaty of 1826. In proof enough of what I affirm, let us remember that Article 3rd of the Treaty of Union, League and Perpetual Confederation of July 15, 1826, contains in embryo the Act of Chapultepec. "The contracting par ties"—that article stated—"obligate and commit themselves to their mutual defense against every attack that may jeopardize their political existence, and to employ, against the enemies of the independence of all or of any of them, all their in fluence. · · .·" These words burn with a faith that is still for us the faith of the Americas, the faith in the Americas. Wp have indeed formed ân associa tion to live in peace, and we do not wish to have our peace at the mercy of aggressors, because we know that sooner or later any aggression, wherever launched, imperils the peace of the Americas. That fidelity to peace, as a bond of progress, is the essence of our heritage and is the truest promise of unity for the states of the New World. Time flows by and is gone, circum stances change. But from genera tion to generation and from hand to hand, like the torch of Lucretius, the unchanging desire to live in inde pendence is passed on. It is a de sire that the independence of each nation, through the solidarity of all, may be the monument of an endur ing peace born in liberty, conse crated to justice and perfected j through democracy. Mexico, your excellencies, has ! never stinted its efforts to the task :hat this institution is designed to serve and to ennoble. Therefore, η expressing to you my apprecia ;ion of this ceremony that has jrought us together. I but interpret I ;he sentiments of my countrymen when I greet in each one of you a iister nation and when I express the | 'ervent wish that continental broth :rhood may always justify the pride >f our republics in having achieved t, as well as we all desire it, with ι heroic resolve, with foresight and vith all our hearts. Truman, Aleman Offer Toasts at State Dinner Following are the texts of the toast by President Truman to Mexican President Aleman and Mr. Aleman's reply at last night's il state dinner at the White House: President Truman: Mr. President, gentlemen: I have * very pleasant duty now. We have is a guest tonight the President of >ur sister republic, a gentleman of H'hom I have become very fond, who s doing a great piece of work for lis country, and who is a friend of ;he United States of America. And I want to say to you, Mr. President, that you are attending a unique dinner of this sort. It is not ;ustomary according to the rules of Mr. Protocol over there to have the Chief Justice and the President pro tem of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House, and all the members of the cabinet, at the same dinner. They are here. And they are here because they wanted to show how much they thought of the President of our ; sister republic. And I think they are all here because they are friends of mine. And we threw old man protocol out the window tonight. It is unique in that respect. I had the pleasure tonight of re turning to the President of Mexico a souvenir which had been—what do they call it?—Appropriated? Voices: Liberated! Old Mexican Book 'Xiberated." The President: The present word ^ liberated—just a hundred years igo. And it was liberated by a ser geant in the brigade of Franklin Pierce who became President in 1852. That book was discovered In :he archives of the Historical Soci ety of the State of New Hampshire, ιηα tne unaersecretary οι tne Navy. Mr. John Sullivan, said that the Historical Society of the State of New Hampshire felt that book on nathematics which belonged to the Military Academy of Mexico should oe returned by another President. 5o I handed that book back to the President of Mexico tonight, at the •equest of the Historical Society of ;he State of New Hampshire. And he President expressed great satis faction in receiving it. We now are living in an age of 'rendship and unity in the Western Semispheie. General (Marshall ι, if ve could just get friendship and unity η the eastern hemisphere, we would lave no more trouble. And you have ,ried your best. And so have we all. Sut I think we can set an example or the other side of the world be :aase our neighbors to the north ind to the south are not afraid of us. They are friendly with us. They believe that we are honest "in our en deavor to be· friendly with them. That is proven by the visit of my friend here from Mexico City. Compares Greeting in Mexico. I was extremely happy this after noon when the chairman of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia succeeded in turning out half the population of the city of Washington to meet the President of Mexico. He did a good job. I told the President of Mexico that all we did was to tell the people that he was coming and they turned out because they wanted to meet him and welcome him. But it didn't equal the welcome that I got in the city of Mexico. I want to propose a toast to the President of the Republic of Mexico. Aieman Replies to Truman. President Aieman—Mr. President, gentlemen: I still have vivid In my mind the warm welcome that the ι cuy οι Washington gave to us. 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