The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, October 29, 1932, Page Page 4, Image 4
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' ~ Thejlorco (his thought struek us simic works,
ago whon (. lillord Mitchell, an^Kiina^o of .-i Michigan
prison, who wri'os a syiuli^aUxl ooTiTTiTit "]tji-oKar?iiii.a
.\egrois 1 I)i (Mi-lioiit '' i lio
countt j wh.o hold elective olhcos of importance,
gave accurato and complete int'ounath>?. In a later
column ho (,'nw his roadms the honotit of iho system
lie uses in gaining hi.- information. Mr. Minb.,
perlorming a- valuable service to (ho reading'
public valuable ooutribuiions;
Mo ti list J hat soiiH' day his body as wol) as his
spirit n\ay bo ('too and that his abilities iniiy l>c
- utilized by his. contemporaries for tilu- biT-iofit oL
-humanity.. Whatever "MitThofl may haw done r-to
_?i*use his incarceration, bis dotoi minat ion to- be abenefactor
of-mtnkind must surely command the
sympathetic respect..of all civilized m-ohlol 'Wo i-e
' ki'ci that lack of suMieiont space- has prevented our
using Mr, Mitchell's tr.atorial; hut wo- hstvo m>t failed
to follow him in "our exchange,
Cliffoj-d Mitchell affords a splendid oxam-plo of
_ whbt a?man?can < 1 <> i i la?nrri c, ill. hfr?i'TTTr -|'nn ! "
?- . :. us.sometime.ags' that la- was-at work on a triology.
- \yo believe .that when i'?j.- pa' i. hi d it?r. ill In1 v.
worth t'lHi loading for that follow seems .to bo ;i j
glutton for work.
THIS (IN KM A AM) N KliliOKS.
Very often are Negro faces to ho soon, on the
OBAvv-i ?*v 1 _I_ .. * I v .M Wil\> < 1114 l 11,11)1 l''' \ f 1 Af'.Ml) \ IrJl'L',*
arc ?,lso In'.'.'il. I'nloss the pit*'ure is a N'egro pic
turo?of which there jppc ) rvll ,; Ify, "'jy iti'.t
in which th'-v )ppi :i' :>! ,.i ; i i>, r,-.. _
corr.edios, where al! are mnyc nr l'e-'s finals' in l
bufoonery the ?y"e..:;-n play- hi- part -e<pially with .
' white; acUns. There is m. ItAmiih- r _
to Rat-inn iTr the Oni (lane Iomcdies. There tire
several Negro acto's who play their .menial role- <
with such artistry that it -laudd- be -vadr knr.wrr j
who they are. ' They. liowover.' are' ohs - tired by't.^e
white stars
There is one Negro a<*'or whose name is atnerally
listed among the characters when he plays
Clarence Muse. .Muse i . an aetLU' ei tli1' ' i>t >n.ni. ^
but economic- expediency lias compt 11 <Tl -him t'o <api'ulate
before the thjrst of the' Amet'ican publicto
she the Negro -only as a."menial. This they Arc
willing to pay for aluL.Muse. pragmal.ist that he
is.'"gives thc-m what they Avant like no one else i-.ssn j
give it to tnetn. His" praethatisin we dare .-a\
caused liiin to.collaborate in such a Yin;v a "Slc-pv' I
Time Down ISouth" which is alino>t as distasteful >
in words ?as> "That's Why Darkies Were Horn."
It has been-our plcasute during 'he bey de.v of <
the -old- Lafayette R'ock C-onfpany' to sec Clarence* 1
Muse play su h dillicult and exacting roles as tin
"Master Mind" and Mr. J^kyll and Mr.- Hyde." \V<
have seen him Mrt fnany other st age predue' inns T?iit
recall as kfit were, yes'erday. Tiis' peiToTnfjm^'- rii
those mentioned.' Our point i^ that it is certainly ,
a pity that such a spleiplid ?Hpr as is* Clarence
4 Muse has to submerge"his red abilities simply bo- '
cause of hi* Ida 1% skin. There" are few sudors on
Ht>e contemporary stage who are as (lawless of l
diction as Muse, but 'he roles in which he is us- '<
ually cast make the language he is ennnblc of usintr 4
seem out-of place and stilted.
We predict that when greater vision is gained
by producers, and when 'he public be omes await '
- _ that gU Negro life does not exist at the skune level
Negro actors and actresses of talent w ill Come into .
their own in the movies.
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MERCURY RECOGNIZES 151.ACK AIM.
Because of the appearance in the November nuni
ber of the American Mercury machine of an Vi
tide titled "Black Art" by one of the magazine's
?most regular rontrthtttors. (jeorge S. Schuvler. \ve~ ~r
thought how appropriate-Mr.' Rdhuyler's subject is (J
?=^ in oiding. un in giving tiibute to 'he Anwrienn M?u'~
cury magazine.
Althought 'he subject of the Schuyler arti To li'is
' nothing 'o rlr> wifih real art Mr. Schuyler's contri- J
bution is really an artistic fabrication. I' might
be called a qua?i-short story, bordering on the fac- <
tual in which such things as hlack nhgic and Mack P
' art become the victims of the Schuylerian ridicule. 'v
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her l'.'Jf* article. "The Xririn A> a v\ orKinyman.
Kuyone* (iordon came silnny'Juno I*. "J ? with '"The.
.XojuTtV TVor^NAuyu,) I'.t'J?' "Tlior~"A'\Tnrafr:rm
:m prms . ! lai !? m" camet'i mil I!u<I< 11'11?Pi .die1 pen.
January T.'il'.i Walter . White wvoto "I Investigate
I.yn -liiiu: s" . Alhon llolsey's "Ijjarniny l!nw To Bo
Black" was'.published April ll'jp. -May ll'-Hi .1., A*
Boyors'tohl al.?otr* "The A noriean Noyce In Kurnpe.'
71 illy 11'1.'! I "Ttrr^ A11 of?Tin I'ulln.tui?I'ortor" war
doBi'iented I?'y I>otnoC N. Hall.
TVrhaps' this array.' oi' tailored writers in one
mayezine odi'od and published l.y white people
would moan lit'tlo'.\void it noj J'or- thy" t'aot^ that
I'he "A UWTnn~VtoTT^TiA~ "maya/'rno r ;.y .mll-Trn?rtrj|tj{ticlos.
The sitjvi-paid a'll 'hose Xeym rbntribu?'
\i vs ooiid.uh'd !>v the'A!emu y IVr what tho'y wrote
doubtless xeeods wlnii Xbyrnos have received I mm
'I All! ' i .1 tit , m ' . ' i >! ti"" l-AXettroe
.for 4tV i.s r'Voyniti' 11 of..'Black Ait- black
brains ami Jalctit.s it yives live Xeyro a hoariny
at the bar ot' public opinion. ~ 1 Tito
articles mentioned in i.lii- editorial. eouiain
v <tiiponddi!.y?ai.noimt of ipfnrma ion 'and jntolliyent
diseii^sion <ui ma tors'.o)' racial iivn'ort. and .'lie maya/.ine^
mntaininy hoin --Ini\i1lL yrayy c.i< i\" library
,,v. nod 1 y a N'.-'-i T> -i m;". i:V I bin leu k mimln is
may 1 o 1..d i.y aildryssiny The .Ame.rh--.an -AJorcury
Alayax.ino, Tdt? Fifth Avenue, New York City.
j " RKTVVKKX The lines I
BY GORDOXTh II ANC'Ot K _ J
tiik (.!! I - \ i' |) I'A I * I (?N.
Tho linio is a: iiami *u iu'M iho Xoirio vimts must
ninUo i lu- tftvai . ii.-t-i n*: T'ct-y '.mi. ! hooso tins
day w },< in 'hoy.-will -sorou. For .six!.\ V'ajv
j;;| , i'?-1 i i i-il?; In" i ml i! u a i 'I - ''t : 1 ii-Iiu 111 nl 11
party. and tor sixty yours tlioir <iii1111i<" 11:11?.*?11 lias
yoiH' steadily oil. I oday I Uo N.ok'ro is..a political
.rphan ai!.I th- vaunted favor M, .j llu; Uepuhlicun
I'arty hases it> > laims to ti:<> Wvros u'llciriimcc
i- iia iol'. a tiadition nothinj; n on.', it- the Xt'U'ro.
(ail's to hold o a 'radifidii tli't Ih'o 'llopiihiiran Marry
has boon tlu-winu' ovcri<o;u?l ; iv.V . y'"tr..
hat is hi- hasirioss. i>i.it in l.lic niiiu!,.- of intclliyvnt J
iiii'ii i; is 'In pooios' ol all pool" biisino. s. \\ (ion
I').-id. mi I loo\ t:r lurT'iivs a j ardour to win the
ho bos' .proof' Dial Hi" lo iuiolidin l a'ly .hits HP
fec?!d of political consider.}! ion for tin* Ni'jjrn to
produ "o in this critical boar. For h<'arly four
I - 1' 11 1 i I i i I i f.ii ii ; .1 i 1 I.'.l.v rriii.-.rd In ,l.v
piio'oo'raylicd xvi'l'i- 'Ni'jfi'ors afuMimv that" the idccion
i - appioaohiii^f hp." n''li'v a belated tics tine for
lip Xooro voto of tliiAc quij'. rr.-hr -jrivinK a "pictureparty."
My 11 vis ;v<\ruu!'prior- ncr the; Xeirrcr vote
ilioliid. l?o t'ucfidiod.- A It lauijLih standing . no longer
a', tl o fiolitical i-ro-s-'roMtls. and having loiijj sine
made the up cat decision t?> vole heticefoj'th with'
,he party t ha' offered* sr.ma h<nk* 1W a program of
local aidv.au'a'sfa 1")' the Xeufn, had I he-en halted
oofwee-n two opinions,- i In; "picture party" episode
rT.'iid hit1..?ti./T'ii ilia ? n:11.:i tla-1 tyheivhv ih> ! <>[iucn!
lot would have been cast with the Iteniae rar i
l-arty. .'PillS \V IMTFli IS (KilNC TO'VOTF Till'.
I ?i:.M< K'RATIC TH 'KKT IX .;N( >Y K.M RFR-. The
reason- I'oi' .-.o doinjr follow:' V .
Fii.-t, The Republican Party has sacrificed the
min. i|"!e- of l.ineoil) which formed the l>a?is of
hi' .l.iiiul alloyiintce the Xejiro has sworn to the
tarty. It' the. party, litis violated the tradition the
ihii'prat ions thorc'o should ho lontrcr hind the Ncffo.
l.ily-Whiteisiti. is' s?elf-cV'i!' o. p:nol' t hat the
; ratjii'.ir.u lias heejv. violated. It seems the height
d' political folly to feel du4y l.otinil to live lip to
in^yii'xeement which the phii ity-> PJu- fitsT1 pari ha;
enouin ed! 'J'he Neifrir< >c ond i lion'tail fp for U'teater
Political sajraei;\ than "thisci>]ind alletfian e to vioate-l
tra<ytirms presuppose.!. ,
Scrotal. Parties as sia h and candida-ms a> .^freh
vu-an not him? to t In Nop. i o!?There liUlsl lie niTrri"
iltimate--considerations. THe success ol' the Republican
tickyt will rhean nothing-to 'he Xep'ro in
lie y'Srja t If. where the masses of Xoj;roe.< hi list live
r die. For nearly sixty years the Republicans
ii iu'-iicu <ii>?i idv nearly sixty years, twj X1g'rocs
Live heen politically reduced!. Like -'he
Israelites in Kgypt, a change of dynastmade no
lilVept'ine in their conditions. Whether it was ltaneses
I or Haineses 11, t he. InJ of LhelsMilitcs win
in unhappy on''. So lias it heen -wi'li fVie "Negroes
>! ' this country. A change of administ rat ions had
undo little or no difVercwejn the lot of the Negro,
t his might have, heen due in par' to'die i'aet' the
afio "lived South and vot'd North," ;i p'roeedure
httl tens not calculated to help hint So long as
he;Xot'Th took its' cue for handling 'he. Negro from
he South. Further allogi im c to the RepuTrtiean
'aity oll'ers no more in the future! than in 'lie past,
['here is sonic hope if the "Negro votes with the
U-moc rats! Kven in the success of the National
ickr' of the I temoerat it- J'art there is ?? L'-p-> ,.r ,
i'"r i he .Negro. It is in keeping in political
ine in 'he South that otTers?Llie liooo.?The 'Nt'gro ?
Cl io rat .then can vote for the nTon who must
In,Mr. .? n i-.o i
i , ......uiii t>i inn hm'-"' snan ne a i\cgro slum
'''''i u "" :
through the Negro sections of these cities are
> !>< paved; whether or not 1|>o Negro .children*
iiall have;adequate seliTWl facilities with capable
eachers; whether, or not the,Jpcril police are hunano
or brutal in their trcnifhcnt of Negro .offoner-;
whether or not the officials of'the Southern
itics ire Anti-Negro in their at'i'udcs or whether
hey try to he servants of all the people; whether
he Negro seho'ol term must ho equal or less;
he'lier or not the disparity between the exp?ndi
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lui.os for the white and Negro child shall increase |
or decrease; whether or not there shall be two
standards of legal justice or one for all the peo1>fc~~TtnistrTrrc
some of the things which, the success
of the National ticket of "either."party will not
roacli.-???5: t " ?"
H tho Negro votes the Democratic ticket he will
tiavcr'.sr ir.e sa y so in- these matiers, -and the success
of Mr. Hoover will no more afFect them, in the fu-_
'ure than in the past! To vote tho Democratic
ticket is to put the Southern Negio in position to
help himself politically, by casting, his fortunes
with those who can help him if they will; to east
it with the' Republicans id "to cast it for.those who
coiihl not hck> ii tluly would! The Great Decision!
(To he continued next week.) .- !
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LITERARY ECHOES" h
BY
<7 RACE VERA I'OSTLES V,
JUIMTEK MAMMON. Sonic
persons consider, l'aul Laurence'Dunbar the
lirst i Negro poet worthy of consideration. Nay,
not so. We cannot pmif tUipse who blazt-d.the trail.
Wlno 'about Jttpiter Han>men~ who "published His"
lirst poem in 1760?. As irregular in measure ami
trivial as his compositions are they merit resnect.
llatitiumi- was- a?klaVer ?nts verses were gootl Tor~
one n i11c r "thrive rirrmnstflnens^ TTo wis- owned by
All- .1 nv.r>nh I Im'H" nf Qnomie Villiuro T mm IcIqu.I
Hammnn as did so many slaves, loved his master
and had not the courage of..his convictions regarding
slavery, f . ' . _ '
llnrri?TTT?n~oUr first poeTic. conTFTDuCor TfrnT
first roii' ributions are usually more4 crude than
last ones. The works of his contemporaries were
.-rude. 'We-must remember as James Woldon John.
ion ti ll ii . I llM Ihr Mr:;rn livr-j in tl i" minify
as a slave' for more than two" hundred and fifty
yiUrs. Lxisten.e offered him nothing to hope for
hut* endless labor and pain. I.ife was a continuous
crucifixion..- This economic institution of. slavery
Ihatl its effect upon the Negro's soul.
Let .ns turn to fly; beginnings of American his"
"tory^ VVIiv hovon't~wo some- nmtpm contributions"
'from Those who came over in the Mayflower? The
1 easoir is obviou.s. Those pioneers were too busy
felling trees and otherwise preparing to live? Tun-'
or condition did not permit of literary indulgence.
The saute' is true of us. We were toiling,' si nur
-glingt'. ;?~ '
Ifisti-rv lists Anne Bradstreet as the first poet
of note, and the only female "Colonial poet whose
woVk is worthy of-consideration. Our own Phyllis
\Yh<'ai !o\? was her contemporary and a comparison
I' ,th' !i .-miuAlnil imii1 iniiiial,^
IJhylij.-' tcchninue aspimr-as if. is, ^nrpa^xii^.i.lmi'
of .Anlie liradstreet. - " ?
AhhotWh White and Jackson in their (anthology,
"Poitiy By American Negroes" say, "Negro poetry
in Amei ica .begins with an illiterate siave?vtric 1 TTg~
incln^ite,,religious. sentiment in a crude broadside
, "til it led, 'An livening Though'?Salvation by Christ.
W ith lVneL ntial Cries'," this-frame poetry will end
w'i It a demonstration so surprising in i't.s c-harac,
ter i lijjl it .wjlL be immediately acclaimed as that
.. TjuTr i- well on the road to perfection."
1 h ee cheers for Jujnter Hainmon, preayher land
.VII m>l |)Ul". " _ ? ^
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| POINTED POINTS?
. J . nv cconoE a. sim.lkton
TlIK WKKKI.V TKXT:?F?'ar nol them which
--kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul.
T. Matthew 10:20. "'I
tJ10 \\ KKh'T \- THOT- ?
Fear death?:?'o fee. the fog in my throa',
Tire- mist in my face. *_
; When tile shows hegin, and the blasts denote
1 tun nearing the place,
The potver of the yjght, I he press of the storm,
The post of the foe;
U h<H<? he st/tnds, the Arch Fear in a visible form .
Yet I he strong man must go;
For the journey is done and fche summit attained,
And the barriers fall,
1 hough a battle's to fight ere the querdon bo gained.
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I The reward of it . ' j'l
U'il< 11 njrnmr, un niin lli.m pioi-n,
Tin1 best and the blast.
1 would hate that death bandaged my eyes, andfofcbone,
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Anil nvulii mi' iri'iip puU ' " 1 ~
\*o! let me taste the whole of it, face like my siers
The heroes of old. *
Hear 'lie brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears
Of pain,-darkness.and coldT
For sudden the worst turns'the best, to the brave,
The ' black minutes at end, .
t? thilti' jjf) dun't got all hot up over tho election. !'
Neither candidate cares a ran for or about nn. L _jj
Oaiullll HWIIIU to be near the end of the road. J
IT.v t>?e time yob read these few lines lie may he !
tran.dated. A trnh gn.niman and f"it"mpltv-tj^ the *i
Christian- spirit in the of material power and !'
interestine , religious bickocitrg. ]
Fear not fqr this writer, the trouble which"'the 5
coal miners are having is 'about thirty miles dis- ?|
tant. However a few Sunday afternoons ago the
miners put on a little show a few blocks and killed ]
a policeman, a minor mlatter. \Vha't are. you pay- :
ing foV coal? .lust put in twenty-five tons at $3.71
per ton. Imagine the price is much higher in Co- I *j
lumbia. You see there are several mines right in 5
my city. . \
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BETHUNE-COOKMAN ORG VM.ZKS N.ii
LITTLE Til KATRK _j_- ; joy
: 1, -- i'-. - ' - J . _2SJ a -Sft=ah2* pC?
Forward Step'in Dramatics ' | ^:i
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I'nder Expert Guidance. <rL>]
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Daytona Beach, Fia,, Oct. 17, l!k>2' ,
?The English Department .of T.e- ^ *
thune-Cookman College took a how , *
step forward In Die line. oT dramatic mo
-entertainment last' week with tfte 1
forming of a "Little Theatre" with 'sol
an enthusiastic niomhership of over -V|
e r'ntv students. The workn will he
sponsored by Walter 10. SnviUi. professor
of English and Mrs. \\". 3\I.
Brown of the Department of Music.ly.
made special study drama tics for
schools. . :f ^n?
' vt 11
The following ofiiccrs were eiee'eill'ro'iv
the student body: , ' 1'iVsidont. olu
James W. 'Spiithf Jacksonville; \Mro-wT
president. Miss*. Mae kTr Gramling, ma
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THE LADIES' 1
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City Haptist Jubilc
?WILL HOLl
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iiolhivhem
Sermon l>v Row .1. I'. Feeder, ?r
. visiting ( i
Pinev (J rove. 2nd Nazareth
( IIOIRS OF -Til 1
1. Zion.: 2. New Hope. it. St.
John. <>. Zlon ChitpeL?I. _H\niiorl
Cnilt't i lun.. . .Vdjjjuit'ium'nt. '
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? pays an KfMow.i'ueni alter death, (ii
t* Donation until she losiuAnries.
f?THK- lINITEpSONS Ol
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IS TIIK HOC
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K RKV, A C. COOK,
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? A GREAT SCHOOL WITH
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t* Her aim is to prepare each s
^ a-living hut to make a life.?S*
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? Christian Envirormcnt ?
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C. \ Christian Edu
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, Departments?
[ Junior College
f Teacher Training
[I High School
5 School xtf. Music
\ Home Economies
School of Theology
Supervised Extra Curri
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iaimmni ana iru* uuesTU ine u?ns
will bo announced later.
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TTDNVENTit&N
APT1ST CHURCH
r 30, 1932. '.T
SSSIOS. .. ;
>nii I'f'iiI in t'linoi'i L.
Wise, St. Paul. .. - ^
lison Smith, St. John,
icilla Tucker, Bethlehem,
nines, Zion Chapel. .
a A. Wilkes. Zion.
id Killinjrsworth, Sfc JohhT" ~~
He Crummey, Zion.
y Robinson, New Hopo.
>< k. by Mrs. Serpremer Jack- tin
(loiiror. Now Hone.
1 Killinpsvorth.
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ield. Ziou.
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iillinKsworth. ' '
y. (i loo-Club Quartette. !
erpre-mer Jackson, Bethlehem.
y,. Zion.
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Auxiliary by Mr. A. D. Jen2:00
o'clock 'sharp. * >
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t-s Quartette.
ntion jyivon by Mrs. Rosa A.
iNt Jubilee Choir Union t>y
jnartet'e No. 1.
irrie Williams, Zion.
Quartette No. 2.
K BOARD:
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Paul. -4. (Bethlehem. 5. St.
WIvY, Secretary,* T;
'S, President.
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Christian Influence \ *
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icula Activities j",
)otball, Tennis, Debating ' V
SSDAfY, SEPT. 20, 1932 $
si/ies on our Faculty.
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