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Woodfibre Evacuated
THE VOICE OF THE S]
- Vol

V, No. 43

VANCOUVER, B. C.

OODFIBRE, B. C., May 6.—The Howe Sound area, inng the pulp and paper town of Woodfibre and the min?entre at Britannia, was cleared today of all persons of
nese origin. The Union Steamship S.S. Ladv Cvnthia
was due to arrive in Vancouver about 7 p.m. with 250* evac­
uees. completing the evacuation of the entire coast except,
jlA-iviaii vuindcl
for Vancouver and district and the Fraser Valiev. Registra­
tion of families for various projects was carried out Tvhile
/AMP SW 5-5, Schreiber^ Ont.—A camp committee
the people were still in their homes.
*
*
*
frhich will act as the intermediary between the Nisei men
GREENS OOD, B. C., May- 6.—Families moving to Interior
| the camp and the officials and the Security Commission
■ms
in the future, and immediately to Greenwood, are
been set up here, following a conference between the Some confusion has been re-!
strongly advised to bring with them quantities of food suffi­
and Graham Pipher, of the Ontario Department of La- poited among the evacuees re-; cient foi several days, and kitchen utensils for cooking.
gistering for Interior towns since!
representing the Commission.
the publication of a report in the! The New Canadian was advised by telephone today.
The committee of six, includA number of families arrivprevious
issue of The New Cana­
jr Frank Nagano, Hideo Kaing,
apparently under the
dian
regarding
the
question
of
fa
­
Manitoba Housing
o s. Kondo, K. Kadota, S.
milies buying their own food, ini impression that community
W and M. Seki, were elected
these towns.
"Very Good"
kitchens were
operating,
ballot at a general meeting
It
should
be
noted that the sys­ failed to bring any provi­
« the camp.
Confirming previous encour­
tem of community cooking and
sions
or
cooking
utensils.
Inis committee has been chargaging
reports from families
ceding, such as is employed at
witn the responsibility of Consideration is being given by the Hastings Park- Clearing
They
have
secured
these
I
which
have
been moved to the
­
.-mar anv grievances from, the government authorities to repre­ tion. will NOT be used in theSta
sugar
beet
farms
of Southern
in- from local stores, and in cas- |
en to Mr. Pipher and the Com- sentations submitted to Ottawa teiior towns unless desired
Manitoba was a wire received
bv es of need, the Commission I today
Won, and to assist in the re- regarding financial losses arising interested groups which
from Commissioner John
office
advanced
necessary
I
pool their
ation of the camp.
Shirras,
now on an inspection
from the evacuation program.
expenses.
funds for their purchase.
!
Bt Pipher himself is now sta- In a letter to the Japanese Can­
tour on behalf of the Commis­
Instead, each family or group
Families are also advised to! sion of the Manitoba situation.
:ed at Schreiber as the contact adian Citizens Council, the Prime of persons who go'
to
these
n for the camps.
“Visited six families out in
Minister’s private secretary wrote towns as a unit, will purchase bring nattresses, either single!
or
double,
since
the
beds
can!
difficulties which arose some as follows;
the
country. Housing accomoits own supplies and cook for
’ elation very good," was Mr.
ne ago over the posting of re“The Prime Minister has ask­ themselves in ;he kitchens of be adjusted for either.
ations by the camp foreman ed me to acknowledge receipt of the houses in which they are
Some 700 people have now’ Shirras telegraphed report,
ere ironed out following discus - the petition signed jointly by accomodated.
been
accommodated in Green- “
!
bs among the men with Staff- you and B. Hisaoka as repre­
■0
These supplies
s
will not be pro-1 wo°d. and it is believed that an where they travelled by bus
■geant George Renton of the sentatives of the Japanese Can­ vided by the government. but; additional 400 will be placed' to Kaslo and Slocan, to speed
■’55
CM.P. and Mr. Pipher.
adian Citizens Council and the each family will purchase them'at! very shortly.
I up the work of putting
Addressing a general meeting of Naturalized Japanese Citizens the local stores out of the income! i/ j
r
! buildings into repair for the
men, the latter asked for the Committee, requesting the Gov- it receives.
i ^as!o Move Soon
| evacuees. Each party con­
etiing-up of a duly-elected com- ernment to grant assurances Family Income
j VANCOUVER, B.C.—Groups' sisted of ten carpenters, five
fcee. He gave assurances of the that the Canadian citizens of
■ 7
In
the
case
of
a
woman
with!
of women and children are: plumbers, five laborers, one
Kimate transfer of workers from Japanese origin who have been
children,
her
income
will
consist!
moving
steadily to Greenwood.! cook and one cook’s helper.
tedwork to industry, as well as evacuated from the British ColT provision of reasonable recre- umbia coastal areas will be re­ of the wages assigned to her by and the movement to Kaslo is■ Large scale migration of
|onal and educational facilities imbursed after the war for her husband, plus the allowances ; exi3ected to
under wav, New
Westminster,
for children under sixteen. These! ' (
z & v
w
t ।
j
o
„ Anacis
here needed.
their financial loss as a result amount to S5 for the first child! neX week.±rom New Westmin-; Island, Surrey and Sunbury,
One of the first projects likely of the evacuation.
and $4 for each child thereafter! s^er anc^ district.
। is expected to get under way
tne clearing of an athletic
‘‘Mr. King wishes me to let up to a maximum of four. It is} Sunday night a party of 87; to Kaslo next Wednesday eveoand. where inter-camp base- you know7 that your represent­ this income which will be usedTeft from Hastings Park, andning.
U games will be played, as well i ations have been noted and are to buy any food supplies the fam-i
on Monday and Tuesday even-. Additional Catholic groups
games with teams from Schrei-; being referred to the appropri- ily itself wishes to eat.
;
ing,
parties of seventy left from! will leave for Greenwood at
itself.
' ate authorities for consideraThe Commission has given as- j the city after registration with Rhe end of this week, and it is
tion.”
surances that food prices in the;
j believed that parties of Niseis
jFunher groups of men are be-! The petition sent to Ottawa towns will be kept at a reasonable! the Catholic Mission.
Monday
night
two
fatigue
j
would also bo on their way to
,g recalled frequently from thepomtec! out that the evacuation and standard level.
;
anous highway camps. Among^01^' “imposes on Canadians of Relief Provided
: parties left for Nelson, from (highway camp projects.
e more recent arrivals in the Japanese origin losses of a discri- If a family has no source of in-!
Qi a e;
minatory nature beyond the ordi- come, for instance in the case of!
Area.
Mosaburo Teraguchi: uary burdens of war common to a widow, or single woman without!
^ ^ne No. 2—Tobei Teraguchi;!a11 Canadians.’
T
male relatives, or in the case of!
xi.tll—Genji Yada; Jasper No.!
Another Nisei to join the men amilies of imernees, tl
income;
woAiyo Kotani; Taft—Hideo; on Premier Mitchell Hepburn’s will consist of cash reM allowmoa Hideo Maikawa, Kiyoshi farm is Shigeru Sakamoto, 28, ances for food. These
owances;
sunawa: Thunder River—Yo- Nisei gardener of Marpole. He will be based upon the provincial]
on
ns>- on tnuu
I10 Murakami; Tete Jaime—To- will be leaving Thursday even­ relief scale for food, shelter, fuel.;
gesuke Tateishi.
sone
iw* courses and I opt to corning, May 7, to take up his duties clothing, etc. With the relief al-!
Icwance the family will purchase! Vote, the!
ihool t?rmi on sc
food supplies in the same
’.col
is K
at
fl 770A?
any ether familv.
The teem
Commission itproviding shelter at no j Directing this organization is
U
Lw<
oar
for the families. Ar- j Stewart McCrae, on loan from
ents are going ahead to ' the British Columbia Teach-i
ensure
an adequate supply of ! ers’ Federation, who s
l_SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.—
^ ]oAPtS ’r°m an ed^GrJa- in the Kaslo City “Kootenaian’', April
fuel
for
cooking and heating
i
evacuation of Japanese from the
I*
titled "This Japanese Situation”.)
purposes and electricity for ; ed Rev. W. H. Norman.
j Pacific Coast military zone nearr
/-sen so much excitement and idle talk pro and con, reRegistration of pupils is now ■ed the half-way mark yesterday,
TT ‘^/pcoF^g “aP evacuees, that a short review of the situ•rangemerits
also being' under way, and it is believed ! with the issuance of five new exEv1- 4 *n *he ^terest of all. In the first place, there is no studied in regard to clothing. and| that some 400 or 500 school j elusion orders by Lieut.-General
who is anv more responsible than any other citizen the co-operation of the women of;
John L. DeWitt, commanding
of ihe Canadian Government to use Kaslo as one oi the various towns, many of whom; boys and girls, from grade general of the Western Defence
77uee depots. It is true the Board of Trade and the City Coun- are experienced dressmakers, will! 1 to grade 8, will shn-Ty be J Command.
£1^7,7.ea 7 'n t^e ^aL ^or £ work party of Japs to build roads, be sought to provide suitable gar­ back at their three P.’s in the j The orders exclude 5570 Japan­
Exhibition Gardens.
he 777 aRa‘'s stipulated that no women or children should be in ments.
ese from sections of Los Angeles,
7'Jl^' ^‘^ this request was turned down flat on a question of
This hall, newest of all theiSan Francisco, Seattle and King
buildings
at Hastings Park, is!County, Wash. Army officials said
Consul Leaves City
°\.a number of vacant buildings; the seclusion of our
now being used by high school tl,'."“ “rtle7s
bring
7r 7' Fe ^s^ance from industrial areas; the fertility of Kaslo
total number of evacuees to
With
Staff
students, and the introduction 50,000.
slo1 "°‘1~these are the things that decided the Commission to use
VANCOUVER. — Ichiro Ka­ of elementary school will tax
wasaki,
Japanese consul in its capacity to the limit. Class­
^CangE TllOn °' 2a,000 people is a big job, and without precedent
Vancouver smee April of 1941, es, it is indicated, will be held
®ecurity Commission is a semi-military organization
left here Monday night for the from 9 to 12 in the morning
see^UFt °n Pr°vincial and civic police, and even the army itself.
east, on the diplomatic ex- of each school day.
1 ti?eir rushes are complied with. This is emphatically a war
Families wishing to evacu­
change
arranged between Ca■r- 77nG 'Ve are at war- Let us be S^ soldiers enough to bow
The teaching staff is being ate to interior towns may
nada and Japan.
^teh 7 Sejuent of those in authority. And let us be grown-up ehis
He
was
accompanied
by
recruited
from among second register with the Catholic
eira?n from any demonstration of our own feelings, for or
family,
members
of
his
staff,
generation in the Park and in Church group at 381 East
v1-ill of the Government. In wrar time many people do
and a small number of non- the city, from among high Cordova Street.
7'47° nok like; here is a chance for us to prove ourselves
diplomatic civilians, who -will school graduates and univer­
me name “Canadian.”
The Catholic Church has
feature in an exchange for per­ sity students. They will be been active in registering
sons of similar status return­
nt t4 C°ille here they come as wards of the Canadian Governgiven some
instruction
in families, and the majority of
ing from Japan.
'es
^'ea^ them as alien enemies until they prove tliemThe party left via CN. on a teacher training, and are lend­ evacuees already sent to
umbEL S a 4ne chance to demonstrate if Christian British
Greenwood, have proceed­
special car, and escorted by
7 7 7 Practice what it preaches. While we all should be careing
their
services
on
a
volun
­
ed
there under auspices of
Corporal D. Davidson of the
Mnc7 0
an<^ unspiteful, the law will deal quicky with cheap R.C.M.P.
teer basis.
this church.
r baiting on the part of children or adults.

Ottawa Considers
Petition Re Losses

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More Students Asked ।
For Home Nursing
J

Femme

Additional• members are being;
sought for rhe two classes in!
Home Nursing now meeting at
the Japanese Clinic, corner of
'a
Jackson and Pender, on Thurs­
day afternoon from 3 to 4:
o clock. There are now (ten
Mow,
members, and it is hoped that getting don't get excited! It’s Springtime in theP^
g a trnle poetical. How’s this for a olav?
1
will join to take this very valu­ goes on
:n m the mind. Catch on?
‘ "
x 01 ^
able training.
The class of older women
■JUST GOODBYE
)9
which is lead by Mrs. Isomura,
(A modern one-act play in 10 minutes)
R.N., is taking the more prac­
Place: Manning
Mannino- Pool.
Pnni
tical side of home nursing. In­
Time
fl' evening about 6:30 o.m
cluded in this course is the tak­
W!?1, pImost any Niseiette
‘ '
ing of temperature, application
Kitd,
almost
any
Nisei
goin°of, piasters, bandaging, care oi
BOB. almost any - Nisei deferred
sick children, and of infants up .
MA, almost every mother
to school age. with special at-{
GUARDS, POLICE, BUSMEN
trillion i-o aiet. infection, and!
me care oi pt
w-u^aoj-e, A.en! ’ ("Only a few more minute:
.
In the firs
CXZe^11'^ Km hares t0
wownX^j
crasses for'
young­ omen under Miss Yasu-!
S
;/and he wonJt see me cry
s going to -.... oniy to Schreiber with
the theory;
alright....
nursing as studied in the
long will he be gone?
me Mhs? Four How
lev months of hospital traininoears go no. Ken!
is oeing . stressed. This back- i
ven saying?”)
ground will aid supervision by a! ver “Gee, Mari, thanks for the cigarettes”
trained nurse.
“ ।
been crying. Mari, don't cry. f like to 1 (“It look
_ Besides actual home nursing, j
S»)W’wSMl smne.........• “OH Jiri t 'em ember ’Oli
1 to appear
First- aid instruction will also' be!
given. For this first aid course.! Bob: ;Hiya, pal! God, I wish I were goin- with v ’ ,
the class is requested to bring
ior tins bum leg of mine Tri
^ou. li
triangular bandages and note
get me a bunk right next ’door to Lr ‘» j-fc? &
books.
green around the «llls ham.
‘c< ,
™ SJI, teki
out a bit.”)
S *“ ^ m“ and s^>
It is planned to carry on with
these classes even after the mi- Ken:
gration to interior towns.

association is
Lay lor;
-cd with ■wanting
I
e
the Japs fori- selfish
non oi reuse
■ MU told
OOo.
aerie
well be nonest. We do.
11 s a
ostion ।of whether the
me
white
a. lives on the Pacific
lie brown men
-"
ri
In
urn
Pacnic Coast commu
upon the
author
Taylor, "then
mics of Lie 'acuationr
counterparts of Anson, swell- !
m which perhaps w
are most- ,
a!e chorus, ‘We don't want:
deep] interested for
me
moment,;
them
hack.’ They are so vocif-m
and more upon me broade.
licence of a movement ,Mgm-;ous mat many of the Japanese i
author-on-the- spot Frank J. winch; evacuees, looking back aft-heJ!
lor calls "an unq estioned Tay-; m tie xarms as they departed for’
■loexona the mountains, felt thev
tary necessity.’
I could never return. Ironically, to i
That.. ‘‘military
--- • necessity" arar f
/ leaSt' Genera! DeWitt
mtrarily transplanted 112,905 of lasted them to prove their lOvnitv!
the 127,000 people of Japanese
States bE Planting!
ancestry who live in the coun­ and cultivating, until the dav of 1
try. At least half of them were departure, the crops that they!
OBITUARY
rooted m the soil; the rest were could not hope to harvest ”
Funeral
Services will be held
" I
fishermen, merchants, h o t e 1from the Armstrong Funeral Ma:
keepers, nurserymen, gardeners
Of evacuation itself, another Home Thursday afternoon. May
or in domestic service. It tem­ ; familiar storv
10, at 2 o’clock, for Hideo Ma­
(
d man! otioga nai wa )
porarily deprived 71.896 Ameri­ , . , , , . - "The main stumbl- ! tsumiya, 21, who succumbed Ken: tSmTrAW11™ yo-” (“Gee’ 1 wW> »“ Wouldn’t tad
can citizens of their constitu- ; n§ ^ock t0 tlle migration was the ! to a fatal illness May 3. He was
Hm\ D^jobu yo. What’s this? Osushi? Amato'” i"G*
tional rights, H launched in its i unwillingness of the Rocky Moun- ! found dead by city police in a
j?
“O» * setting old.........it-s goingt be W
course the greatest hurry-up ,ain 'ind Piairie states to accept । rooming house at 391 Powell
made Y°u
you cry
cry a
Of times
1 gUess Fve made
mass hegira this country has I Hie Japanese in any large num- I Street.
1
dlant
mean
t0
>
Ma
R
eal
R,
Ma....Il
I
j
,
Buf
that
Ambling
!
seen.... “
The deceased is survived by a
maxe up to you some day.”)

.-block has been overcome by the!
Deftly woven into the storv areicreation of the Wartime Civilian!i. sister, Mrs. Yamamoto in Ha­ GUAR^,: "ALL AB0ARD! ALL ABOARD FOR
SCHREIBER!”
the anecdotes, the comments the i Control Authority, "with power to ! ney, a cousin, Mr. M. Matsumi- Ken:
the 'clHs^ o^kag' ’ ’ ’ BeE‘ Sob, don’t spend all your time will
descriptions oi’ the American Npimove anybody, anywhere, regard- ' 5 °f?hlS city’ and a brother,
sei. sekin forth a picture omess of race, creed or color.” ° ' ! ‘Push”, who refumpri
Come on’ orab m
thlnk,you were going away, and non
returned Wednes­
to do someth
gS a?d,.ho°f * Pronto!” (“Sorry, paid
successful, v ell-educated, young! And or the eventual solution to । day morning from Schreiber,
Ontario,
men with
O'O'no- to
^^Mari.
y°U”)P°PPmg UP JUSt
and 'social ja tremendously difficult social! workin—. where he has been
gomg
to saj goodbye to
= W11H1 h
standing in economic
fQr the past month.
their respective com- i problem, there is a comment bv V ’
Bob:
munities.
as Americana'S. Government socio !
Fean rin tw' f Canachan Government.” (“Poor guv....IJ
Tim death occurred Monday,
citrus wao have rhe privilege toi^h will be echoed by manv a’!
cast a vole and the duty
" I
• of an-! venous student of our own smaf- i May a, of Mr. Teiichiro Kato, of Ken : J. can do that for him. )
thpspSfqrpnLi ' Wheres Mari? Where is she anyway? M
an arniy ^'^
caU- These!/^scale Canadian problem:
f'
! Steveston. a pioneer Japanese
me tire citizens icreed
i
eminent
of
this
province
and
sf ■‘■.•CI’1! Oh! Here comes Bob again. Danntl
to move;
“The Japanese were never A- '
even before alien
.. - and I ve only five minutes left ”)
"
I
Germans and; meiican in .California. Now i manager for many years of the Mari : "O
Ken!

'
I
Ricamond
Farmers

Associa
­
ivhen they are dispersed, they
Ken.- “Mari!” (“She’s cuteand softand swell.”)
tion.
R is a picture ■Ut SU™e;
may ultimately become absorbwith reason that t “hearty, b
Mari: T S almost time‘isn?t iE” (“Gee, Ken. I don’t want voutot
cd in American Hie, not by inforced laugh" cannot entirely! termarriage
i may never see you again!”)
A h?
but through losing
conceal a menial contusion in the! their concentrated
I
Ken:
"What are you going to do?” (“It isn’t fair....... MariLj
identity? i
American Nisei perhaps even!
HELP WAITED
Pd better not say i1;-What Hghtc
may bf their ^eat chance ' YOUNG MAN /y
;
of his Canadian1 to become Americans.”
L
Wi
E

OR
TW
O

0
offer
anyone, least of all, a girl, except waiting...
cousin, who has had much less!
and
wno
knows how long the war will last.”)



,.

The
pkwicns
question
that
arises
'
Barrie
^nt
at
i easen to consideri mmself a ciT- m ones mind to
'$ miles north of
along. I always have, you know. O. maybe go]
» Hori-' how does a“

• (See for instar
s
own.
(“But Ken, I don’t want to go to Ghcst To"]
no" Quoted in
issue of ond how is he likely to feel fo-YhFkens
^
§arden and
vour
years
in
a
ghost town
I can’t afford to...... Mfi
“Time">.
■ the duration and after
P m greenhouse in<
short for a girT'D “Or, maybe I’ll go to Schreiber. You ^
aid like my pancakes, didn’t you.” (< “I’ve just got to be T’
There is. of course, the
pant
or....... ”) I've got it, Ken! I’m going to Schreiber too$
ole and familiar "other
S

a
hamburger
joint....... GERTIE’S FLAPJACKS AND HAI
the story'-, equally
while
you wait........sounds like a good ous^i
here
trod in
tWsBritish
tee Columbi
wiTi;^
^XS!
proposition too....... ”
war” of the Salinas V Be X
J
,H!,rboilr by
!Col™c» office.
ouisens Ken: OK. Gertie! Where does the waiting line form? Left
right?” (“Poor kid!”)
general sAnrAtqrv
i
: Right, of course. I’m left-handed.”
nt suggestion, or rather Japanese American Citizens ■u?015' ETALE. COOK
! Mari
argument on
w,rhe one hand.Deague, which recently moved
on a large farm near To- i
, W ‘•k'santse workers have come headouarters
L
iront-o. a^^v ^e Hew Canadian,! BUSMAN; “ALI; ABOARD! ”
Mari:
to dominate and control substan- eU nom San rrancisco
Keisen i:
1’^Goodbye’ Ken- Take good care of yourself. And &
to Salt Lake Cit
jml aspects of productive activity,
I
the Plump French Canadian demoiselles. 0" pe*
NOTICE
and \et on the other hand, that mav - - Although some individuals
,
Minnehaha
type you prefer. (“O, I didn't mean a15
LIVING OUTdiscriminate against me. liqW PER.SONS u
that,
but
I
have
to
say
something, don’t I? You’re lucky
Can be main- shall never become bitter or lose
i
, , , - Park> and wishing
tamed perfectly well without the faith
•^
a
,^'
y
boys
can
make
a life anywhere they go..
po
apply
for
work
as
cooks

for
I
know
that
such
per!L^?
ly
as
cooks,
car-1
use oi Japanese workers. Clearly,sons are not representative of the iPent€as’ Dhunbers or female ste--'
u S ^mi’ent wkk us- I don’t ask for the impossible...
a contradictory picture,
'

it is - . . majority
the
right to live like any average girl....... and all than
of the American people inOgraphers sh°uM list their!
ily obscured in time of war by

;2m “"
of
New! K“: possible now.”)
introduction o non-economic
Chins up, Mari! If you’re going to cry, I’ve got a pretty^
guements.
shoulder.
- (“i sure wouldn’t mind her head on my show-'
move to greenwood
■TWO MALE COOKS. TO WORK!
at that.”)
Californians, perhaps
„&u,
Minya Sano announces 1^;in Japanese ±Highway
what more frank than
Camp at) Mail. Me cry! Go on, I wouldn’t give you the pleasure! If you ^
ria own; i emoval to Greenwood,
q
Hope.
B.
c.
Aooly
LO
neighbours. Managing - s
The New I
smoke that vile pipe of yours, I wouldn’t get smoke in:ty^
y i wnere
I tUS postal address will be : Canadian.
Austin E. Anson, of tire
smarty! ’ ("Stop teasing me, olease........ I might fall doFT ^
12^
Japanese Catholic Mission.
the job.”)
' '
!
HOUSE WANTED

: ELDERLY. REFINED LADY! busman “ALL ABOARD! SAY, HURRY UP, YOUNG FELL.
/ J
fishes to rent a Japanese-owned^ Bob: . i':, -ken,
Ken, are you gonna
gonna to take this bus to the statics “
pome in suburban area. Can p^!
v ould you prefer a special upholstered coach to convey PWW S15 per month, would like’
carcass to Schreiber?”
isieve and a garden, and house! Ken: ■'Okay, wise guy! Bye, Ma!”
■ must be small. Phone PAcific 1972 ! ^Ia:
Kenbo, Kenbo..... kutsu shita motta? Futon mo wasuirtyKl5*V
de ne!”
JrOAL RANGE WANTED
Ken: "And Mari”
Syesi&ht
Eg-ED CO AU RANGE. RECENT- Mari
II St
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ODE TO A NISEI LAD
Tulips, dances, romance and such
Didn't seem to have mounted to much
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Now each little thing
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Go to Schreiber.
it used to be Mart Kenny’s orchestra
And plenty of College boys’ rah rah,
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