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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY, S- C. 1948 Campaign Maneuvers Started Top Republicans Angling For Presidential Candidacy By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WASHINGTON.—More than two weeks before congress adjourned, the last bit of fight went out of it and it looked very much as though it would glide rapidly but smoothly to an unperturbed finish. Then the Missouri scandal raised its ugly head. Sen. James P. Kem (Rep., Mo.), insisted that he was going to present his resolution, S. Res. 150, to investigate the justice department’s handling of the alleged Kansas City vote frauds in 1946. This, despite the fact that the judiciary commit tee of the senate already had decided against such a probe. To the Republicans this was by 3>- no means an unpleasant dish to have on the fire for they intend to make it one of the pieces de re sistance of the campaign. But they didn’t want to start it cook ing before ad journment for they realized that while too many cooks can’t spoil this broth, it might make ev erybody late for dinner — dinner back home. The Democrats, of course, were set to fight it and some of the Re publicans rather than prolong the battle, wanted to forget it for the present. It couldn't be entirely neglected for, despite violent digging on the part of the Republican and Demo cratic national committees, no real ly luscious campaign issue has been unearthed. The Pendergast issue will be used but it cannot be depended upon as a major weapon in the battle of 1948. At present the Republicans, al though they are optimistic enough concerning the final victory, realize that it cannot be achieved without some heavy artillery capable of smashing the Democratic defensive, the strongest feature of which to date is the poll—the poll that showed in July that Harry Truman still had a 54 per cent popular majority. That is why a lot of politicians on Capitol Hill are saying: “We’ll win with Dewey," not just, “We’ll win.” You’d be surprised to see how many good Democrats turn sadly away, without replying to the Re- tublican boast. There is one group, of course. Baukhage which is insisting stubbornly: “We’ll win with Taft.” They may admit if you put them in a comer that they can’t “win with Taft now,” because of the positive evidence re flected in the Truman poll and the negative evidence revealed in the Taft poll. But, they say, “Taft hasn’t started to campaign. When he does he’ll change all that.” How about Warren of California, toward whom those who like neither Taft’s conservatism nor Stassen’s liberalism nor Dewey’s deweyism are looking hopefully? Well, there is one story that Warren couldn’t possibly swing the No. 1 place and that he doesn’t want the No. 2/job— that what he does want is the at torney generalship. At this writing nobody is afraid of the formation of a third party by the left-wingers who would fol low Wallace in the hope of building him up for 1952 or merely to spite everybody else. As to a “revenge” labor vote for the Taft-Hartley act, Taft’s friends are going to insist that he was the man who saved it from being a really vicious anti-labor weapon. Shortly after the veto was over ridden, he indicated that the clauses which muzzle the labor press and prevents them from expressing their political views should be amputated. In fact, some people who are much farther to the left than Taft, in both parties, insist that this bill is going to lose its terrors with time, that familiarity will bring, not con tempt, but the realization that it may be “used” by both manage ment and labor to their advantage just as the railway labor act, much- belabored in its early days, eventu ally became a useful all-around gad get. Meanwhile, the White House con tingent has not been heard hum ming Tosti’s “Goodbye.” Serving the Public What does the word “advertise” mean to you? Does it mean “to warn, to give notice to, to inform, to notify, to make known to”? Or does it mean some sort of high- powered skull-duggery involving sky scrapers, Hollywood blondes, bill boards and singing commercials? The first definition was written by Webster (not the senator, the gen tleman who wrote a dictionary). The other concepts are the result of a rash of lampoonery of advertising which, while some of it may con tain a grain of truth, looks to me like biting the hand that is not feed ing you. The big, bad novel about adver tising at its blooming worst was called “The Hucksters,” a best sell er highly salted with erotica which has been turned into a movie. There is no accounting for tastes, and I won’t object if you see the picture and like it. All I ask: “Don’t ac cept the advertising sequences as the literal truth. There is much about advertising I could loudly decry (and often do) at the risk of biting the hand that is not feeding me. But there are “hucksters” who are undertaking projects of a very decent sort of which you may not be aware. Maybe in these past few months you’ve asked yourself: Why doesn’t somebody DO something about a lot of things. Something about the people killed or injured in automobile accidents every year. Something about housing. The war ended two years ago. Yet the land of the free still Isn’t providing homes for the brave. Shame on all of us! Something about the shortage of medical services. Patients are neg lected, hospital wards closed be cause the nation desperately needs nurses. Training them is a long- range, national job. Something about world trade. Our economic future depends on unham pered world trade. Yet pressure groups make our world trade a foot ball for selfish interests. Something about the nation’s health. Between the ages of 15 and 34, tuberculosis is our greatest kill er. At any given time. 500,000 peo ple have it But they don’t know it Alarming? You bet it is. Something hbout our kids. Your children are getting a rough deal in school. Too few teachers. Too antiquated equipment, old textbooks or none at all Make you mad? It should. What has all this to do with ad vertising? Just this: The above words were copied from an adver tisement, a full-page advertisement in a recent New York Times, and oerhaps other papers by this time. It isn’t an ordinary ad. It is not directed primarily to the people without homes, without nurses, it is directed to the persons and organi zations who can help bring these facts home to the general public—to you. It is an ad written by and about the Advertising Council, con cerning an operation of which al most everybody is conscious but about which few people know the details. It is an operation based on giving away what the givers ordinarily sell —advertising space, advertising ideas, advertising copy. It answers the question: “Why doesn’t some body DO something?” The reply is —it’s given in works as well as words—“Somebody IS.” The council grinds nobody’s axe except yours, the public’s, seeks no profits, asks no expense account, has only one objective: To make Amer ica a still better place than it al ready is. The Advertising Council was born a week after Pearl Harbor when Donald Nelson, about to take over chairmanship of the war production board, called in a group of advertis ing executives and discussed with them what the average citizen could do to help victory—and incidentally, what would make him do it. Now you are reading and hearing the results of the council’s peace time efforts—they are embodied in the various forms of advertising of many firms, as spots on the radio, many other places. The council is providing suggestions, ideas, radio fact sheets and other material to members of business firms, unions, civic groups and other citizens who can put that tremendous power, ad vertising, to work personalizing big national problems. NOSTALGIC SCENE ... A scene dear to the hearts of old-timers is that of mares at the watering trough. These three Percherons are typical of the many blue-bloods who will be rounded up from farms throughout the C. S. to compete at the National Percheron show August 23-29 at the Ohio state fair in Columbus. NEWS REVIEW Aid to Poland Cancelled; Reds Delay Jap Treaty POLAND AID: Canceled Following a report by a U. S. sur vey mission that Poland has enough food to meet her minimum require ments at least for this year, the state department canceled Poland's share of the 350 million dollar American relief program. In its announcement, the state de partment said that special items, such as medical supplies and sup- lementary foodstuffs for particular groups, could be supplied Poland through private relief agencies and other organizations. The announcement added: “In view of the above and of the fact that funds available are suffi cient to meet only the most urgent relief needs, it has been decided not to undertake a relief program for Poland.” Next on the list, according to in dications, might be Hungary, where better crop prospects are in sight. The state department said that the decision to cut off relief to Poland was based entirely on the relative needs of European coun tries. No official comment was made on the fact that Poland is well within the Soviet sphere of in fluence and that Hungary is defi nitely Communist-dominated. NEW SPLIT: Peace Treaty Russia’s rejection of the United States proposal for drafting a Japa nese peace treaty is showing up as another breach in the already badly weakened structure of American- Soviet unity. In addition, it may delay indefi nitely work on a peace treaty for Japan which, the United States con tends, is an absolute necessity if the conquered nation is to get back on its economic feet. American proposals for begin ning the task of writing a treaty on August 19 were turned down by Moscow on the grounds that the U. S. was attempting to act uni laterally and without having made any previous agreements with Great Britain, China or Russia. Major question now facing the United States and other nations in terested in making progress on a Far East peace settlement is whether to go ahead with the writ ing of the Japanese peace treaty without Russia. GUN TOTER: Coincidence For a few minutes Washington police thought they might have a would-be assassin on their hands when they picked up a man carry ing a gun inside the capitol just after President Truman had made a visit to the senate chamber. But Clifton R. H. Spires, 39, of Augusta, Ga., arrested on a charge of carrying concealed weapons, ap peared more confused than anyone else about the affair. He seemed to think that he had a grudge against “the big shots in Washington,” but apparently held no animosity to ward the President. Later, he was sent to a Washing ton hospital for observation. The coincidental appearance of President Truman in the senate chamber was the result of a dare which he took while having lunch with some of his former colleagues from the senate. He spoke for five minutes from the seat he held as the senator from Missouri, dwelling largely on the “auld lang syne” theme. READING PUBLIC: 49 Per Cent Heard It is probably a safe surmise that Secretary of State George Marshall was shocked clear down to the bot tom of his briefcase when a Gallup poll revealed that only about 49 per cent of America’s voting population had heard or read of his cele brated plan for repairing and re building Europe’s shattered econ omy. On the other hand, he could take some consolation from the fact 57 per cent of those who were aware of the Marshall plan also approved of it. 1 (The plan, in simple terms, was a suggestion to the European nations that they get together to work out their economic salvation on a coopera tive, self-help basis. Playing a major role in financing the recovery would beAmericanmoney—obtained through taxation of both the 49 per cent who had heard of the plan and the 51 per cent who hadnt.) Here is the first question which Gallup pollsters asked: “Have you heard or read about the Marshall plan for helping Europe get back on its feet?” Those who had heard of the plan were asked: ' “What is your opinion of the plan?” As a footnote, the poll disclosed that while public opinion was gen erally in favor of Marshall’s pro posal, support would decline sharp ly if taxes had to be raised in order to put it through. NOT ALL OUTGO Peak Foreign Income Reported WASHINGTON.—Compensating in an infinitesimal degree for the vast sums of United States money which have flowed abroad during the post war era for relief of devastated countries, earnings on America^ in vestments in foreign countries reached a new peak of 520 million dollars last year, it is revealed in a department of commerce survey. The return, highest in history, sur passed by 18 per cent th» best year of the 1930s and was well above the preceding peak of 474 million dol lars earned in 1928. For 1938, top year of the ’30s, the figure was 440 million dollars. The higher return was largely at tributed to an increase of direct in vestments abroad. These are direct private business investments—not government loans. They include principally foreign branches and subsidiaries of Amer ican enterprises and foreign com panies in which Americans own more than 25 per cent of the voting stock. About one-half of the 1946 income, or 273 million dollars, was received from Latin America, and one- fourth, 126 million dollars, from Canada. The remaining fourth was divided between Europe, Asia, Af rica and Oceania. Among the countries Involved, Canada has consistently occupied first place. Countries next in im portance in providing income on American direct investments were Venezuela, Chile, the United King dom, Cuba, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Largest single income producer was the petroleum industry, which accounted for 170 million dollars in 1946. Manufacturing was second with returns approximating 130 mil lion dollars. Mining and smelting produced 65 million dollars; public utilities, 50 million; agriculture, 45 million; distribution industries, 40 million, and other industries, 20 million. LCSS0N Purity of Heart and Life LESSON TEXT FOR AUGUST 10- Proverbs 2:1-5. 10-17; 4:14-27; 5:1-4; 31:10-12; James 1:13-15. * MEMORY SELECTION — Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.—Proverbs 4:23. EDITOR’S NOTE: Lesson subjects and Scripture texts selected and copy righted by International Council of Re ligious Education; used by permission.^ By WILLIAM CULBERTSON, D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. TT IS well for us to face squarely such a topic as the one assigned. It is particularly necessary to re view the biblical standards with re gard to holiness of life, since the day in which we live is one of lowered conceptions. You will probably remember the story of the celebrated artist who was renowned because of his ability to put on canvas colors of accurate hue and great beauty. His secret was that he kept a number of valu able gems of all colors. He would turn frequently from his painting to study the color of these gems. We need to spend time with the precious gems of the Word of God that we may clearly understand how he would have us live. I. True Wisdom Involves the Fear ef Jehovah (Prov. 2:1-5). TN THE opening chapters of Prov- " erbs. Wisdom is personified. Anyone who believes in Jesus Christ cannot help understanding something of his relationship to wis dom. In him “are hid all the treas ures of wisdom and knowledge” (Col. 2:3). To those of us who trust him, he has been made unto us wis dom (I Cor. 1-30). In this passage in Proverbs the point is that if we observe his com mandments, if we incline our ears unto wisdom, if we apply our hearts to understanding, if we long for dis cernment, as earnestly as we would seek for silver and hidden treasures, we shall understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. God will meet every individual who really wants to know him. Said our Lord, “If any man wlll- eth to do his will, he shall know . . (John 7:17). n. True Wisdom Involves Holi ness of Life (Prov. 2:10-17; 4:14-17; 5:1-4). ' I 'O truly know God is, of course, to be spared the heartache which results from being deceived by sin and Satan. When wisdom enters the heart, the result Is dis cretion and understanding (Prov. 2:10, 11). Thus God delivers us from the way of evil and from men that speak evil things (v. 12). Attention should be given to the description of these evil men in verses 12-15: they speak perverse things; they forsake the paths of uprightness; they walk in the ways of darkness; they rejoice to do evil; they delight in the perverseness of evil; their paths are crooked and wayward. Deliverance from the strange woman is likewise vouchsafed, as we have true wisdom. The descrip tion of these women is informative —flattering, forgetful of both friends and God; their lips drop honey, their mouths are smoother than oil. Notice the conclusion of the matter: In the end they are bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two- edged sword, their feet go down to death, and their steps take hold on Sheol. How much we need God’s wis dom in this world. It is easy to be deceived. III. True Wisdom Means Peace at the End (Prov. 4:18-27). ' I 'O walk with God, to walk in -*• wisdom, is indeed as the dawn ing light, shining more and more unto the perfect day. If there were no other reward for living for God (and there are many, many others), the benediction at even tide would be enough to cause us to think seriously before we flout the ways of God. IV. A Representative of True Wis dom (Prov. 31:10-12). 'T'HIS passage describes the wise woman. She is indeed to be ex tolled. The worthy woman, the woman who loves God, the woman who is therefore wise, is in price far above rubies. V. Sin’s History (James 1:13-15). T'HE wise man, the man who will -*■ be pure in heart and life, ought to understand something of the his tory of sin in his individual life. Temptation here refers undoubt edly to a solicitation to evil. God does make trial of men (Gen. 22:1), but he does not dangle before them that which is evil in itself. The history of personal evil is, that because of our lust we are enticed. Thus when lust has con ceived (that is to say, we have succumbed to the enticement), sin is born, and sin, when it is fin ished—but it is never finished; it goes on and on; no power on earth can arrest it — bringetb forth death. RsUassd by Western Newspaper Union. IN THESE UNITED STATES Minnesota Fete Recalls Historic Indian Uprising WNU Features. NEW ULM, MINN.—Eighty-five years ago this month the Sioux Indians under command of Chief Little Crow struck out in a last desperate attempt to drive the white men from their rapidly shrinking empire in the Midwest states. Center of the attack, which occurred at a period when America was en gaged in bitter civil war between the states, was New Ulm, early German settlement in Minnesota. The Indians struck with sudden, savage fury in what history has recorded as the New Ulm Massacre. Although the^>- T Indians’ cause was hopeless from the outset, it cost the lives of more than 700 men, women and children of Southwestern Minnesota. The Indians were, in the end, bad ly defeated and driven from the state into Dakota territory. Many were captured and more than 300 were sentenced to hang. Interven tion of President Lincoln spared the lives of the great majority of these, but 38 eventually died in the great est mass hanging America ever has recorded. There are different versions of the incident that touched off the trouble, conceded to have been one of the most serious of all American Indian uprisings. Accepted by many is the story that it was provoked by the craving of a renegade Indian, named One Who Kills Ghosts, for a mess of eggs for break fast. The story has it that one of his companions ordered One Who Kills Ghosts to put down the eggs to avoid starting trouble. One Who Kills Ghosts thereupon accused the other of being a coward and afraid of the white man. Muster for War. That, allegedly, set off the spark. In the quarrel that followed, the young bucks decided to prove their valor and went to a nearby settler’s home and shot up members of the family. Indians throughout the Min nesota river valley immediately be gan mustering for war and the very next day whites at the lower agency were attacked. The Indians spread out over the country on both sides of the river, despoiling every settlement by torch, tomahawk and terror. Terrified settlers hurried their families to New Ulm as the Indians massed for attack. Milford, a rural settlement seven miles west of New Ulm, was attacked and many of its inhabitants killed on August 18. The following day a force of war riors hit at New Ulm, killing sev eral persons and burning a number of buildings. The defense held, how ever, and after some spirited fight ing, the savages withdrew. During the battle reinforcements arrived from St. Peter, Mankato, Le Sueur and other neighboring settlements, bringing the defense forces to around 800. Maj. Charles E. Flandrau, a former Indian agent, was placed in command and defenses of the town were strength ened. Path of Destruction. Four days later, on August 23, the Indians attacked New Ulm in great er number. Fighting continued un til noon of the following day, when the attackers withdrew. Of the New Ulm defenders, 34 had been killed, 60 wounded. Nearly 200 buildings had been destroyed. During the same time the Indians also laid siege to Fort Ridgley, a United States military post estab lished in 1853, 18 miles up the river from New Ulm. During the nine- day siege, two formidable assaults were made and repulsed. The In dians then retreated into the Da kotas, taking with them many captives. Whatever it was that started the uprising, historians are agreed that it wasn’t a mere sudden whim. The Indians were well prepared when they launched their attack. Their leaders knew well what they were doing when they chose Fort Ridgely and the settlement of New Ulm as their main ob jectives. It is felt that the underlying cause goes back to 1851, before the state of Minnesota was founded, when treaties were negotiated with the upper and lower branches of the Sioux nation for the transfer of most of their vast lands in southern Min nesota and in Iowa to the govern ment in return for specified pay ments. The Indians were to make their homes on a reservation con sisting of a 10-mile strip on both sides of the Minnesota river, near Fort Ridgely. The treaty was unpopular with many of the Indians, for they had exchanged a big empire for a nar row strip of not very suitable land, and payments were not as large as they had expected. Other fac tors, too, contributed to the hostile feeling which was becoming more pronounced at a time when able- bodied men were being sent out of the state to fight in the Civil war. LEADS UPRISING . . . Chief Lit tle Crow of the Sioux Indian tribe led more than 4,000 warriors in the historic raid against New Ulm, pioneer southern Minnesota farming center. Little Crow es caped U. S. troops sent in pursuit after the Indians were driven off in a climactic battle August 18, 1862. Thirty-eight of his warriors were hanged later at Mankato, Minn. Little Crow escaped that fate, but later was found and shot. Bravery of their hardy forefathers whose valiant defense once and for all destroyed the war-making power of the Sioux in the Midwest and made the area safe for settlers, will be commemorated in a huge six-day observance, August 12-17, by resi dents of New Ulm. None of the actual defenders is known to sur vive, but still living are more than a score of men and women who, as children, shared the anxious mo ments of those trying days. Some, despite their advanced ages, can vividly recall many harrowing ex periences. Descendants of the de fenders today make up much of the city’s population. The observance not only will hon or the pioneer settlers of the region but also will serve as the official homecoming for several thousand New Ulm and Brown county vet erans of World War II. Attendance of residents from throughout the Midwest is expected to swell attend ance at the six-day program to 150,- 000 and the city will be appropri ately decked out for the event, which commemorates so vital a period in the history of the Plains states. Texans May Resort To Law of Six Gun To Guard Property AMARILLO, TEX. — Sturdy Texas plainsmen again may have to resort to the law of the six-gun in order to protect their property. But this time the war will be against wheat thieves, not cattle rustlers. Bandits are making steady forays on huge piles of wheat, dumped on the ground at har vesting time as a result of short age of shipping facilities. Wheat rustlers, it is reported, are especially active on the south plains. Floyd county farm ers have reported large losses from their estimated million bushels of grain left in huge piles on the ground. Fancy Names Abound In South, State Finds MONTGOMERY, ALA.—First of September has a brother named First of August, it is revealed in a list of fancy names compiled from records of the Alabama department of industrial relations. Pearly Gates, .another unusual monicker, may be indicative of a fond mother’s future hopes for her new-born baby. Then, too, there’s actually a person with the name Ima Hogg. Among others included in the list are Dixie Cola, Square Bell, Main Line Harris, General Davis, Presi dent Dickinson, Apt Greene, Effort Hicks, Stonewall Jackson and Early Jones. Identical Twins Pose Problem PITTSBURGH, PA — Identical twins who are as alike mentally as physically posed an unusual prob lem for Mrs. Edith Sleath, history instructor at Latimer junior high school, when the two were nominat ed for the same merit award. Francei; and Nancy Borich are the twin.! involved. Their physical characteristics are so identical that friends frequently have difficulty identifying them. Proof that their mental capabilities also are identi cal was contained in a report show ing their final grades for the past two years were the same in every subject. Both were nominated for the DAR American history merit award. Aft er several conferences, the DAR de cided a choice between the two was unnecessary. Medals were given to both girls. Death of Lone Man In Plane Is Puzzle Flew Solo in a Ship Normally Manned by Ten. SHREVEPORT, LA. — For per sonal reasons that may never be known, a staff sergeant took off, apparently alone, from Barksdale field in a Flying Fortress normally manned by a crew of 10 and crashed to a fiery death at Sibley, La. Mystified field authorities hastily set up a board of inquiry to deter mine answers to the following puz zling questions: What motivated the unauthorized flight by the sergeant, identified a> Robert Farrar, 28, of Bastrop, La.T How was he able to get the four engines revved up and otherwise put the big bomber in flight trim by himself? How did the sergeant get his ship warmed up and take off without' arousing guards, the officer on duty and the flight control tower? The first that anyone knew the fortress was missing was when an airplane pilot spotted the wreckage and noti fied the field. How did the sergeant get the plane air-borne from an unlighted runway? Barksdale authorities were so much in the dark on the whole affair that they first reported a B-1T was missing with a full crew aboard. But when only one body was recovered from the charred and crumpled wreckage, they 1 counted off ranks at the field and found only the staff sergeant un accounted for. The army said that the sergeant was an overseas air force veteran and hence he probably knew a great deal about the operation of the B-17, the army’s principal bombing weapon all during the Eu ropean phase of the war. CoL Victor H. Straham, com mandant at Barksdale, said that no flight was authorized and none had been cleared by the control tower.' Although the sergeant was be-j lieved the only man aboard, an offl-; cial Barksdale bulletin said: “Many; men are on furlough and it is not possible to be absolutely certain! others might not have been aboard.” ( Army Air Foret Radar Saves Planes, 240 Men WASHINGTON. — Army air forces credits its highly prized instrument landing equipment with having saved 240 aircraft crewmen from an unwelcome— and perhaps costly—mass para chute jump over the Azores. The men were aboard 12 planes, including nine B-29 Su perfortresses, returning from a tour of Europe. They encoun tered unusually rough weather coming in to the Azores, which for a time had pilots debating whether to crash land in the ocean or take to parachutes and abandon millions of dollars worth of equipment. AAF, however, put 100 per cent reliance on ground control ap proach radar equipment at La- gens field, the Azores, and all the planes were brought in safely. Mexico Discloses Finding Of Two Uranium Deposits MEXICO CITY. — Discovery all two uranium deposits in Mexico has! resulted in a recommendation that! an atomic energy committee, simi lar to that of the United States, be formed, it was disclosed here. The uranium deposits were dis covered in the state of Chihuahua late in 1946 by an official group working under orders from the fed eral government. One was near Zotolar, three miles from Rio Grande river and just southwest of Presidio, Tex. The sec ond was near Place de Guadulupe, about 25 miles southwest of Pre sidio. 5,000 Youths Flee Russian Zone to Escape Forced Toil FRANKFURT, GERMANY. — U. S. Constabulary, as well as Ger man border police, all along the United States zone’s eastern bound ary were seriously concerned over the ever-increasing influx of per sons crossing illegally from the So viet zone. More than 5,000 are estimated to have crossed already. According to reports most of the escapees are young men—between 17 and 30 years old—all of whom declare they came to the U. S. zone to escape forced labor in uranium mines of Saxony or compulsory re cruitment for the Russian air force. Man Falls Beneath Train, Declares He’s Not Injured NEW YORK. — Horrified specta tors watched a man tumble from a subway platform and disappear un der a train approaching the station. The train was brought to a halt. Police rushed in with heavy jacks and working at desperate speed started raising the car. Suddenly a puzzled face peered out from under the car and its owner asked: “What’s all the excitementfl What’s going on here?” Identified as Edward Seagraves, 45, he was taken to a hospital for observation despite his protests that he was “all right.”