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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, . HONDA
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By C. C. MUNROE
1. A&M m#n throughout Texan
Friday nig;ht were told to fight to
ufeaorve the right* for which
.Texan* died Jkt San Jacinto. Mar-
Ion 8. Church ’OB* principal *penk-
er at the 47th annual Aggie Mu»-
ter. told a Jum-pnckcd Gulon Hall
audience the time hn* come to
vote for Texan and the United
State*, not for political partle*.
The former cadet colonel, .Sen
ior Clan* pruMldent, and comman
der of the the Ron* Volunteer*
vlgorouRly denounced federal en-
cronchment on Individual and elate
right*. 1
Ceremonle* euch u* the Aggie
Munter and San Jacinto Day will
become, mere mockerleN unleiot Tex-
atm everywhere vote to atop the
trend’toward centralised govern
ment and log* of pemonul free
dom, Church said.
The audience broke into ap-
plauoe, interrupting Church sev
eral times, as he decried the tact
ics of the Truman administration.
Terming the - “Fair Deal” Va
Student Center
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Group Leaves
For Convention
J. Wayne Stark, director of
the Memorial Student Center;
Miss Ann Hilliard of the MSC
social staff; and Dan Davis,
sophomore business major of
B Flight and member of the
MSC'Council, left Saturday morn-
. ing for Swampscott Massachusetts
to attend the twenty-seventh an
nual convention of Association of
i College Unions. — [
Getting underway Wednesday,
April 26, the group will hear un
ion directors and school officials
( from all over the country discuss
problems faepd iii student center
operation. ' L
Davis will sit in .oh such ses
sions a* “Coardlnution' pf student
union with dther campuk organl-
tatlons,” “Training pr<rhli<ms of
itudelit* op student center, boards
ahd commltees;’' und “How to get
the best program for ybur uplon
dollar." ! j .
With tlii> information gained
from the*e discussions, Davis can
serve more intelligently on the
M8(T Council and offer informa
tion to other i memliers of the
board, ,Stark said.
Sessions Stark will attend In
clude "What are likely to be the
big headaches of the first few
weeks, and can they he avoided T"
. “What kty'J of a program should
read/ to put into operation
when the building opens,” and
“Wh|t adjustments, do other col
lege /departments need to make
when the union opens." ^
Miss Hilliard will si^in on dis-
; cushions of the evaluation of soc
ial programs as they affect col
lege student centers, and discus
sions on food operations. She is
presently director of the Annex
Student Center, -
Two other students were select
ed to attend the convention, but
could hot make the trip because of
jits JO-day duration.
Field Trip Slated
For Range Clashes
The Range Maintenance 412 class
will [take a field trip to Bell Coun
ty tomorrow, April 26, to study
the range conditions arid prob
lems in that area, according to
David G - . Wilson, instructor in the
Range and Forestry Department.
This trip is the second that has
been scheduled to familiarize stu
dents of range maintenance with
the .different types of,,, range and
management problems of Central
and Southcentral Texas.
Dr. Harold F. Heady, associate
professor, and Instructcr Wilson,
are to be in charge of the group.
“backwash” of Roosev ilt’a "New
Deal," Church aald it “h i* now suc
ceeded in stuffing tht Supreme
Court with polinciuna.
"The Constitution is being de
stroyed decision by dei ision by a
political supreme court,"'h« said.
Church, who is forn or general
counsel for the State Democratic
Executive Committee, compared
the present federal (ovemment
with the Mexican gov irnment j In
the time uf Stephen F. Austin. !
Texas had her rights taken away
then, Church said, and "the salme
thing 1* happening toduy."
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i Muster Honors HjeroM
The Muster was oriitinuily con-
c*Hved to honor our fathers Who
dle<b<onreserve the {freedom of
Texaii atnl her citizens, Church
said. "That was why imlttO.') at the
cadet corps’ j request President
Houston declared a holiday for the
college." j ■ T .,
Church was a freshman on the
campus at that time. !
Recalling the incident in his
talk, he told ’ of the student pro
test when Houston failed to de
clare a holiday on the anniversary
of San Jacinto. 1
“We marched to President
Houston’s mansion. He told us to
return to classes^and at noon he
would declare a holiday for the
college,” he related.
“We went back to classes. We
M. 8. Clturch
Muster Speaker
A&M Riflemen
Outscore Camp
Hood 3£> Points
The A&M ROTC Rifle
Team defeated Camp Hood
personnel in a shoulder to
shoulder rifle match which
was held on the campus last
Friday afternoon, M/Sgt. William.
R. Reese of the Military Science
Department announced this morn
ing. | ' ■ j- ' | j L
The final score showed the A&M
team victorious by 35 points, Sgt.
Reese said. The high point man for
the match was Clifford A. Taylor,
Aggie rifleman who made a score
of 372 points out of a possible 40Q.
Other men men firing for A&M
were Robert E. Grosser with 362
points, Bill J. Holland and George
S. Kent each with 366 points and
Roland T. Zapata with 365 points.
The total for A&M was 1,836 out
of a possible 2,000.
The high point man for Camp
Hood was Ffc. David M. Caldwell
with 370 points. Other men from
Camp Hood who fired were Sgt.
E. F. Rhode with 362 points, Sgt.
Elmer Elusore with 360 points,
Raymond L. George with 358
points, and Sgt. Herschel G. [White
351 points. The total nrimber of
points earned by the Camp Hood
.men totaled 1,801. |
beyed I the orders of constituted
thority and this ceremony which
> all observe here tonight was
Iveu legal status.
“May that always be true," he
<tontinuedr“Many constituted auih*
orlty always reign jat A&M."
! Church spoke of;the brotherhood
i f Aggies, terming It the “great-
st brotherhood In; the wolTd."
[Muster Background
j Turning to the history of the
Muster! Church told of Stephen
Austin’* fight to keep the Mex
ican* from talcing Individual free
dom away from the citi*en* uf
T«xa*. ■ ‘s
Reviewing the tsictic* of Santa
[>u ip centralizing control o f
Mexican states in the Mexican cap
ital, Cliurcb compared them with
it moves which
T
■umi
err bill and the [ efforts of the
ent government! moves
bad the sariie effect.
I He listed the Truman Veto of the
Kerr bill and the [ efforts of the
government to obtain Texas’ tide-
lands bs typical of the attempts
io strip states of | their rights.
! Eventually, he continued, they
{will tape oyer the [board of insur
ance, the poard ofj education, and
f’they’li even take over Austin
unless you act. r .
[ “We fought fcjr a democracy
where the citizen owned the gov-
ernment, not the Government the
jcitizen{” he ‘ said. (“If we go on
(with another administration or
(two like this one, the government
will oWn you.” -j
“When we shall (have made our
selves i freri,” he concluded, “we
shall have paid homage to our
nation; state, and the departed
dead.”,
Guicjn Hall ran^ with applause
as Church returned to his seat.
j' Roll Call
Following the principal address,
Jack Norman, senior pre-med ma
jor from Galvestok read the tra
ditional Muster ppem, “Roll Call
for the Absent,” biy Dr. John Ash
ton ’Od.
With the Singing Cadets in the
(See MUSTER, Page 4)
Four cowhands hot off the range took lime out lo tike their ditaa
to the Cattlemen's Ball Saturday night. They are (front row)
Turkey luieckemeyer, Hans Wittenburg, (hack row) Bob la*dbet-
ter, and Ike Kisenhauer.
Cattlemen Survive
-A By B. F. ROLAND
Th|e “Old West” took over in
SI>isa Hall Saturday night and
men in the School of Agriculture
pulled all the stops for a rip-
aring Cattlemen’s Ball.
With high-heeled boots, Jesse
Jnmes and “All the Boys” cut
lojose with real,!, ojd-time cowboy
music. K ’ J
More than 500 Ag men and their
dates turned out for the ball which
featured presentation to two men
o} honorary memberships in the
Saddle and Sirloin Club and the
Kream and Kow Klub. »
j G. R. White ’95 president of the
Aj&M System Board of Directors
and prominent Southwestern live
stock breeder, was made a mem
ber of the Saddle and Sirloin
Cjlub. J. T. Lively, Dallas Guern
sey breeder, was presented a cer
tificate of membership in the
Kream and Kow Klub.
Douglas Wythe of the Saddle and
Sophs Ballot Tomorrow
With Runoffs Thursday
^ ABERNATHY
A record numb >r 'of 65 sopho
mores (had filed for eight positions
as nekt year's junior class offi
cers as filing doted boon .Satur
day. J- . i _ ( <
KletRlonx for < ffleers and for
two junior yell laadara (will Ik- held
tomorrow [night, Dick Ingels, class
presldt-nt, said this morning. Run
off elections art scheduled for
Thursday night.
A Class meetirlg will be held
tonight at 7 in orider -to give yell
leadetj candidates a chance to dis
play thbir, wares before their vot
ers. If time permits, bfficer con- 1
delates will be allowed to speak
to the class, Ingels said.
Voting will be done by secret
ballot; he said, w|th the ballots to
be distributed tlough each unit
in the corps area ind through each
dormitory in the non-corps. Ten
tative arrangements are being
-made to set up a special voting
booth on the can pus Tuesday af
ternoon for day student sopho-
mores only, Ingles said.
Sophomores wil l have eleven men
to choose from for junior class
president when the balloting begins
Tuesday night. Men desiring this
position are Deajn Reed, Howard
Kruse, Stan L. Fferkins, Grady L.
Smallwood, Edwajrd J. Chapin Jr.,
J. Harold Hughes, John T. High
tower, Clintort Fiwcett, Daniel B.
Fleming, H. T. Chandler, and Eric
W. Carlson.
In the vice presidential race,
ten men have shown their- desire
for the riff ice arid have t|o s s e d
theirjhats in the ling by way of the
official filing ropte. On the offi
cial ballot are Friank Wicker, Bill
Caml>mi{ Bob Chapman, Donald
M. Lance, E. R. Tom, Duane Van-
denb«rg, Gerald D. Campbell Jr.,
Richard AlanGreen, Hobie Father-
The 128-piece
annual spring
Guioh Hall.
"The concert Ja
taatea of
as It will appear at Ita
“morrow night at 7:30 in
to appeal to musical
with concert marches.
verl urea novelty numbers, and two instrumental
uarteta presented during the course of the pro-
am,” lit. Col. Vergne Adams, “
grant," lit.
|Mn4 says-
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director of the
ee, and Daniel Scott.
Asuitnnts for the position of
Social hoc rotary of the junior class
are Robert 1). Hinton, I’uul L.
Shaffer, C, R. Ray Jr., and Patti
Lasseii J r.
Unallfied canilldates having sig
nified their desire for' the pom-
tiion of secretary are Davis Ter
ry, Irvin Goldstein, Ken Wiggins,
Joe Davidson Jr., Hill Dnistun,
Two candidates have with
drawn their candidacy from
one office and filed for an
other since The Battalion's
election report Thursday.
Joe Johnson, candidate for
senior class vice-president,
withdrew Friday and re-filed
for president of the class, i
Dare Keelan, who had filed
for senior yell leader, with
drew and filed Cbr senior class
president. V
A complete/»tory on all sen
ior class offic^rfiling will ap
pear in tomorrow’s Battal
ion. Deadline for senior fil
ing is 5 p. m. today.
Hansel C. Kennedy, Herbert M.
Gorrod, and Louis F. Dominguez.
Voters will have six men to
choose from when they begin
choosing next year’s treasurer.
Men having filed for this position
are Thomas Martinez, Don F. Wil-
liforrd, Vance Riley, Wylie L.
Brisco, Ted M. Stephens, and 0.
E. Johnson.
Candidates for class parliamen-
;tarian are Thomas E. Henderson,
Carl A. Peterson, Dale E. Walston,
Phil Huey, and Fred Bruce McDan
iel.
The five men desiring the posi
tion of reporter-historian for the
class of '62 are James Lehmann,
Tom A. Munnerlyn, C. E. Sebesta,
Frank N. Manitzas, and A. C,
Burkhalter Jr.
Sophomores interested in being
sergeant at arms fori next? year’s
i unlor class are Don' B. Austin,
’’elton ’L. Calvin Jr. Tony Mnr-
goittu, Leon Noaek, Charles T.
Williams, ami Roger H. Jenawold.
Agronomy Society
Host to Fleming
Lamar Firming, president of th«
Andermm-Clayton 'Company, will
be the guest of honor at the Cot*
ton Pageant and Hall, according
to Frank Zubclk, president of the
Agronomy Society.
The Andersun-Clayton Company,
largest cotton buying and selling
company In tho world, was one of
the chief companies interested in
founding the Cotton Pagean and
Ball 16 years ago, Zabclk said.
Fleming will make a short ad
dress at the Pageant and will crown
King Cotton, Zabci)| added. ' j
Sirloin Club gave (White his cer
tificate. Carl T. Hand of the Kream
and [Kow Klub gave the member
ship : to Lively, j [i j
Record of Service |
White was honored for his long
record of service I to A&M dnd his
activities as a livestock breeder.
He it an honorary vied president of
the j Livestock Breeders Associa
tion.
Lively is noted as one of the
outstanding Guernsey breeders in
the Southwest. *'
Members of two judging teams
in the School of Agriculture were
giveri medals during an intermis
sion at the ball j I
Four men of the Produce Judg- i
ing ! Team who [{received medals
werri W. C. Coker, B. J. Jrihnsbn,
Jim [ Park, and W. D. Jones. The
Dairy Cattle Judging Teani mem
bers] who received awards were
Earl Edwards, . 'fy. MeCarley,
and (G. H. McLriiryf. , |
Miller, [Speaks
Dr. JJ C. Miller, head of the
Aniinal Husbandry Department,
.thaijked all members of th« teams
for their efforts,; He directed par
ticular thanks to the second string
team members who, he said,] "push
ed {he first! string men so! that
they were able to win the con
tests in which they entered,”
A| special a ward of upnrecla-
tion was given tp F. I, Danlherg,
sponsor of the.[ Saddle and Sir
loin [Chib. Cgrl K|mipll», past pres
ident of the duo, presented pah|-
berg with u hniid tooled [leather
l|eitl The it want! was given as it
token of thanki for Dnhlberg'*
Work on behalf [of the teiint anil
it* member*, if
Doug Frebeig.isenlor AH major,
acted as master of ceremonies frir
the i IntcrmtMsioriJ program.
The hall was dccontted Iri West
ern style. Saddles, wagons, and n
refreshment bail decorated | with
western brand* j served a* back
ground fpr the dance.
Accountants Plan
Panel Discussion!
A panel discritsiori, “The First
Yeah After College- -A Panel fpr
Next TISA
M
eet
The Aggie delegation attend
ing the second annual state conven
tion of the Texas Intercollegiate
Studenta Association! in Waco this
past weekend gained a 16-9 de
cision of that body to Hold next
year’s convention on this cam
pus. Also, Jo* Fuller, student sen
ator from Law Hull, was elected
parliamentarian of i the 1950-61
T18A. | T • .
TISA la a state-Wide organisa*
tion of student governments from
29 Texas junior and Mentor col
lages and unlvemltl*)*.
The organisation seek* to ex
change beneficial Ideas among *Ui-
dent government* and to promote
constructive effort* Of student gov
ernment*. j :: 7j
The 16-9 decision' to [ hold next
year's convention at A&M was a
victory for the Aggie delegation
which locked horns 'with a deter
mined delegation ffom, the Uni
versity of HousUm, j
Offering such advantages as cen
tral location [easily accessible to
most schools in the state, use of
the new Memorial Student Center,
and the friendliness and hospital
ity of Texas Aggies, the A&M
delegation won support from li|rge
and small colleges alike.
Dan Davis, vice president of
1949-60 TISA and sopiiomurelclaMS
vice-president, offered the !m
tion on behaff of A AM. Chu
Klrkham followed Davis to pre
A&M's ease for gaining the
convention. r
till Make* Hid
Prior to the choice of n
convention site the University
Houston delegation pushed
mimeographed sheets or or
such entertainment features uu
afternoon, ten in the Sham
Hotel, gueut status to the
Frontier Fiesta, and a yaeht |tm|r
of the Houston Chip clmnjie; tej
San Jacinto (ButtlCgrou
Kirkham promised adequate
tertainment for the convention
Question Tabled
College Students’
highlights of the
will be onriof the
third annual Ab-
couhting Conference, here April
27-2j8.
E|lis M. Sowell, dean pf the
School of Business at TCU will {>6
moderator for the panel discussion.
The conference is sponsored by
the Department ! Of Business and
Accounting, and chapters of the
Texas Society bjf Certified public
Accountants, thh Controllers In
stitute of America, National As
sociation of Cost Accountants, In
stitute of Internal Auditors, Texas
Society of Accountants, Dallas Pe
troleum Accountants, Texas As
sociation of University Instructors
in Accounting, i rj
By a parliamentary maneuver,
the Texas IntercollegXate Student*
Association meeting in Waco Sat
urday morning sidestepped th
convention’s one controversial is
jaUe a resolution that the “righ 1
to membership (to TISA) not
denied to any college because A
race or creed.”
The maneuver was to table thh
controversial resolution. Prior to
the convention several strident gov
erning bodies had anticipated if*
presentation and instructed gov
erning bodies had (anticipated itjs
presentation and instructed their
Crops Judgers
For New Te
Begin Practic
Scheduled practice peri<
for proapective member*
the 19B0 A&M CropN Judj
Ing Team ure now boin^coi
ducted, Recording to
Collard, team coach and Agrono
my instructor. The; Ivan] will con.
slat of three persona and one al
ternate.
Candidate* for the team include
Raymond Kunfce. Tommie C. Duf
fle, Walter H. Tanamachi, George
Y. Ricketts, F, B. Stroud, Tomrriy
F. Green, Keith L. Hargrove, Wil
liam M. Lewis, Shelby! Newmrin,
James A. Enloe, David A. Rives,
Edwin B. Daniels, B. J. Terrell,
Charles W. Wendt, William E.
Watson Jr., and Qriinton A. John
son.
These students Will practice rip-
proximately once ri week for tjhe
remainder of this semester arid
will start intensive trailing at the
beginning of the fall semestjer,
Collard said. There will be four
or five full length contests | in
October and November which vfill
serve as a basis for selection Of
team members.
The team will compete in tjhe
Kansas City National Collegiate
Crops Judging Contest on Nov. 23
and on Nov. 25 it will compete in
the International Intercoilegii
Grain Judging Contest at C
cage.
Prior to these contests, the tejam
will obtain practice by judging at
county and community fairs
throughout this section of TeXas,
Collard concluded
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Mr.
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Rom Volunteer Company
were called Friday night at
delegations how to vote if sicK a
resolution wiere brought to
floor.
A&M’s Student Sen
16-9 to instruct its delegation ,,to
oppose such a resolution if
sented. The tabling motion act ieved
postponment' of the coptrovprsial
issue, not its defeat.
Otherwise, the convention consid
ered many problems of student
government on an individual and
on a state-wide basis. In seninar
meetings the convention discussed
honor systems, faculty-stude it re
lations, student courts, and si udent
governments^ rights in inveitigat-
ing school prices and princi] lies.
Discussed also were discir Unary
committees, student government
finance, school spirit, and liiltur-
al entertainment. The semi: Tar on
cultural entertainment was led by
Charles Kirkham, co-vice president
of the Senior Class qnd Student
convention delegate.
Financing Kxplained
Grady Elms, as*i*tAnt ijlrector
of Student Activities, prose
the seminar group the hieani* A&M
uses to finance and sec ure il
entortalnmeijt and ehietta
of all kinds,!
After Klimc' presentation,
slot: developed on how a
could be organised so that! small
er colleges could gain tori enter
tainment groups at prices they
could afford to pay. '
Honor System
The discussion of hjmor systems
centered largely nroimd riroblems
schools alraadyj using an honor
system have encountered. |A gen
eral conclusion was reached that
honor systeriis, in orcjler to be ef
fective, must receive willir
eration from students and
members. The honor s g s t e rri
is most effective when sma "
geneous groups cgoose it.
Keith Allsup, “ student
president, was chairman of| a Town
Hall meeting of the cojiveritiori
which brought the 200 delegates
into general assembly.
Hall’s central theme wari “What
(See TISA,.Page ^)
Grad School Seeks
Summer Applicants
Dr. I. P. Trotter, De*:i of the
Graduate School, announjeed this
morning that students interested in
taking graduate courses in the
summer session should ripply for
admission to the Graduate* School
well in advance of the oriening of
summer session. Forms and infor
mation for making application will
b« supplied upon request.
The large summer school en
rollment of candidates for advanced
degrees assures the offering of u
wide variety of graduati courses,
according to Dr. TfotterJ The stu
dent should determine in advance
that the graduate course* he wants
or which arii required in his par
ticular program arc to offered
at the time he plaiiH to inroll.
If these are not scheduled In
th* aUmmer sesslirii catklogue, he
should ci)ntact (he [head of the de
partment handling the course re
garding th* posslltlllt) of
courses being offered. d|> -
Dr. Trotter salt! tha
pose of the college is
the offering of
In the trimmer
demand for them
vance and the a
can bu mad* *'
: Ni i
the pgr-
tb facilitate
u*te courses
when the
kriown in ad-
aid facilities
stressed the
fered
dent
implctc fncill
by tge new Memori
Center|. I i -
Fuller Elected
ibout Opposition Marie Col-
Hoi ’
and a Dlck
e Won tile
I tfreasmer
Fuller’s election was obtained
by ail 18-7 roll call ballot, Previous
to tie oiertion., Fuller luol >11*-
tlngi lehed himself to the convert- ; '
tlon’n sstisfnettop by raising points /
of prirllumchtary prorodun during
the »unduct bf the general session.
He is also parliamentarion of
this year’s [ Student' Setmi e. /
Karl Lord was elected presldont.
to tlie 1II60-5I TISA Ity U laud-
slide majority. Sterling Steve*,
froiu the Ui iversltv of ’I’eti**, wa*
elected vlee-prcshient over Uni
versity of Houriton’s crindIMate
Tony Frlloux,
W thout opii
ogno f.roin Hockatlay
Snilth of Austin (College
offlegs of secretary ond
respectively,
Deletrolett Jubilant {
Jubilanlj Mrgle delcgntjes had
several HtaUmicnts to make after
the convention was a<Uounte<l.
Commented delegation chairman
Kciti Allsup: “A good conven
tion. We ( profited by riuriing.’’ !.
Bill Parse said, '"Besides meet- 1
ing a lot of people .and hearing
how| other schools handle their
affairs, We got the convention
for next year and ! an officer. The,
convention next year will be a
boost for A&M and TISA,”
After handshaking, back slap
ping, politicking, and passing gut
MSC book matches for two days,
footballer Charlie Royalty sum
med! up his feelings with, “I’m more
tired now than after a football
game.” I
f i Dr. Kdwln Nmiruh
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Nourse to Make
Great Issues ;
’’The Danger in National
Deficit JRnancing” will be tho
topic of Dr. Edwin G.
NoUrse’s address in another
of the Great Issues speech
series tonight in the Chemistry
Lecture Room at 8 p. ml
According to Dr. S. R. Gam
mon, head of the History Depart
ment, Nourse is ,ari outstanding
economist who has done consider
able research on national produc
tion and income. / '
The speaker is ri past president
of the American Econori '
elation and g former chS
the Social Science Rescai
oil. He became the first chdirmun
of the Couticil of Economic Ad
visers to the President [when the
employment Act of *1946 was en-,
acted. Dr. Gammon said. I
After serving as advisory chair-/
man from ,A u lf U8t *‘ Il3>ifi to No/
vember 19,49 Nqurse^resigned frorp
that positioip because he was un
able to san-tion a policy of *a-
tionul ciefici . financliig, Df. Grfm-
men added. ’ i S '
A campus Viaitor who was not
a college prof was talking to a
group of Htiidents last week. While
extolling the merits ufl a certain ,
profession, l lie speaker raised a
qucHtlon in thit mind of * student
in the audience.
During a tmeuk In the talk, Ihe -
student calniid hi* hum) and was
recognised by the speriker. , |
“Prof•Mol', could you clenri this
up for me7" ’ (
He never got to statg his prob-
*|iea‘
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