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Show TEMPERATURES rrove Halt Lake , dn IvOfan ..... St. Grorg . tUi Vrll . Phoenix ,L Angeles ;PortlaM . . ftntt Yellowstone Denver , . . St. Louis . 'Chicago . . . Washington 'New York Mltml I II ST 25 HIGH CLOUDINESS Increasing, this afternoon and to-nlrhi. to-nlrhi. Considerable cloudiness Wednesday. Slirhtly warmer to day and tonight. High both days near 77. Low tonight 45. saa rraiu . SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR, NO. 87 PROVO. UTAH COUNTY, UTAH. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS Reynolds T Face Dodgers In the Opener Manager Burt Shotton Refuses to Reveal His Starting Pitcher . BULLETIN NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (U.fi The weatherman forecast rain for tomorrow's opening- day of the world series, but said he was not sure the game would be affected. The forecast called for mostly cloudy with some rain. The weather bureau said the, rain, probably would come In the afternoon but that indications were that it might not be steady enough to cause postponement. By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor NEW; YORK, Oct. 4 (U.R) The New York Yankees to- jflay named ' 17-game winner Allie Reynolds to open the world series tomorrow but Manager Burt Shotton of the Brooklyn Dodgers refused to "reveal his, starting pitcher. ' Game time is 11 a. m, mountain .Standard time. Shotton said he would not announce an-nounce his selection until "just before game time." However, it was virtually certain cer-tain that either lefty. Preacher U Roe or Negro rookie Don New- combe would draw the assignment assign-ment for the Dodgers in the opening game of the series at 'Yankee stadium, v Furillo Injured Meanwhile, the Dodgers faced the loss of outfielder Carl Furillo for the first game of the series, and perhaps the second. Shotton listed Furillo in his starting lineup line-up for tomorrow, but at Yankee stadium, where the Dodgers were working out, It was a different ftory. Furillo. hitting .322 for the lason and close to .400 for" the last month, suffered an injured - ankle last 'week,, and aggravated it in the last game at Philadelphia. 'Today he said, "I can't strike, I kcin't bend I catjft play this way." . Trainer Harold E. Windier agreed that Furillo could not play In the shape he -appeared today, but added that he might be able to tape up the injury so that Furillo Fu-rillo could start. ! Manager Casey Stengel bf the Yankees named his starting lineup, line-up, butxhad to include three alternate al-ternate selections .because he did not know whether his team would be facing tight or left handed pitching. 4 As usual. Phil Rizzuto will lead "off at shortstop for the Yanks. First baseman Tommy Henrich Will bat second, and catcher Yogi Berra third. Joe DiMaggio, back in good health for his centerfield Job, will be4n his familiar cleanup clean-up spot. Behind hira comes either left-handefP left-handefP Bobby Brown or' right bander. Billy Johnson, depending upon the Dodger pitcher. In the No. 6 spot will be Johnny Lindell or Gene Woodllng and next in order Cliff Mapes or Hank Bauer, playing right field.- Next is second sec-ond baseman Gerry Coleman and batting last will be pitcher Reynolds. Reyn-olds. Dodger Lineup : Since Stengel committed himself him-self on his pitcher, Shotton was able to announce a definite starting start-ing lineup for Brooklyn, the one usually used against right handers. It will be Pee Wee Reese at shortstop, Johnny Jorgensen . at third base, Duke Snider in centerfield, cen-terfield, Carl Furillo in right, Gil Hodges at first, Roy Campan-eila Campan-eila catching, and the pitcher, whoever he may be. . The umpires for the opening game also were designated. It will be senior American league rmpire Cal Hubbard behind the plate, John (Beans) Reardon of the National league, who has announced an-nounced his-retirement after the world series, at first-base, young Art Passarella of the American league at second base and slender Lou Jorda of the National league at third. The alternate umpires will work the foul lines. They are Ed Hurley of the American league, who will be in right field tomorrow, tomor-row, and George Barr of the National Na-tional who will be in left. ; They will alternate their po- i (Continued on Page Six) Inside the Herald C-nfral Utah News 2-4 F -torts ". , 6 V 1 Stat'Mics ' 3 News Briefs . 3 W-jmen's Features ....... 7 EiitorUI Page 8 Merry-Go-Round .... 8 Classified Ads . ........ 10-11 Radio Programs g' I Comics 9 3000 Utah Coal Miners Ignore 2nd Order Fjrom . Lewis To Start Digging PRICE, Utah, Oct, 4 (U.R) Two-thirds of Utah's 4,500 United Mine Workers today ignored a second order from John L. Lewis, UMW president, and stayed out of Carbon county's vas coal pits, maintaining picket lines around 20 nnn.nninn vtra rrnn mines in n More than 2,500 UMW Huntington canyon west of and the threat of violence Bracken Lee pleaded for "emergency truce. Picket Lines Reduced Operators pledged they would not try to move trucks through picket lines pending peace talks scheduled for this afternoon, and UMW officials ordered that picket lines be reduced to skeleton crews. This morning, miners returned to regular shifts only at Peerless and Standard mines. All 4,500 miners of the Carbon and Emery county areas reported for work but 3,000 of them then. voted to, stay out of the pits and walked out again. The district No. 22 UMW president, presi-dent, Houston. Martin of Rock Springs, announced that union and operator representatives would meet late today to negotiate nego-tiate contracts with the "wagon mines." The meeting originally was scheduled for Castle Dale, but Emery county clerk Fred Reid reported it had beenshifted to Price, where it would start tonight. ' Conflicting Claims As non-union mine operators and union officers last night reached agreement on a meeting, Lewis dispatched a telegram to Utah miners, urging cooperation of all district officers with the international. in-ternational. Utah miners yesterday yester-day ignored Lewis' first order to return and joined in mass picketing picket-ing of Huntington canyon's nonunion non-union mines. Spokesmen for the mine operators opera-tors said most of the non-union miners had joined the operators in opposing unionization. But the UMW claimed all had signed up with the union. A check today disclosed that pickets were posted at non-union mines in Huntington canyon and in the Salina canyon. None of the mines at Huntington was operating, operat-ing, but at Salina several were producing. The Utah state highway patrol reported there had been no- violence vio-lence in the picketing. UMW district vice president Frank Fox at Price said picketing will continue until all mines are unionized. Lieut. Charles Allred of the state highway patrol said several truckloads of coal today went down U. S. highway 50 in Spanish Span-ish Fork canyon despite the miners strike and picketing. The Utah Coal Operators association asso-ciation in Salt Lake City reported report-ed they didn't know Smmediately where the loads originated. .One unofficial but1 usually reliable re-liable source speculated the nonunion non-union mines in Salina canyon probably loaded the trucks, although al-though it was reported this morn ing the mine was being picketed. Vandenberg In Tine' Condition After Operation ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 4 U.R) University hospital authorities reported Senator Arthur H. van denberg in "fine" condition today after half of his left lung was removed re-moved in a lengthy operation. Dr. John Alexander, chief i surgeon, said he couldn t expect the senate Republican leader to1 feel better. In a 9:15 a. m. hospital bulletin, bulle-tin, Alexander said the senator's reaction from the operation and: anethesia is normal and satisfactory." satisfac-tory." The delicate six and one-half hour operation yesterday was needed to correct a lung lesion, Alexander said. Tucker Corp. Loses Its Huge War Plant; Fraud Trial Opens CHICAGO, Oct. 4 (U.R) The Tucker Corp. lost its huge war olant today. as President Preston Tucker Sr., and seven associates ent to trial for alleged fraud in ;he $28,000,000 financing of a .-.ear-engine automobile that never ot into production. -As the mail fraud and,con-piracy and,con-piracy trial began before Bjed-3ral Bjed-3ral Judge Walter J. LaBuyAin another courtroom Federal Judge Michael L. Igoe signed an ordeK returning the sprawling Tucker olant to the war assets administration. Loss of the plant, world s larg-jernment during the war at a coat est under a single roof, all butlof $10,000,000. mnvo tn f nrrf 1 n i fin i 7fl t i rm 4 members jammed into narrow Price at one time yesterday subsided only after Gov. J. Europe Feels Repercussion Of Devaluation LONDON, Oct. 4 (U.R) Britain's devaluation of the pound sterling, which set off a chain reaction of currency devaluation around the world, appeared today to be starting a smaller epidemic Of government crises in western Europe. France, where devaluation of the franc was ordered only after emergency meetings and much soul searching has been the most critically affected. Belgium faces a special parliamentary' par-liamentary' debate on the issue this month which may force the government to quit or broaden the present coalition. & British Crisis Tops The British crisis both economic eco-nomic and political tops the list. The British labor party has a large enough majority in parlia ment to remain in power at least until elections, which must be held by law next July. But pressure pres-sure for early election is growing, grow-ing, even among the trade unionists. union-ists. This month's Marshall plan or ganization talks in Paris may also have a big effect on the European political situation. The British action to devalue, taken with only a few hours advance notice, has - -caused much ilWeeling. among the western European states. The trend through Marshall aid, through the European council coun-cil at Strasbourg, through the Brussels pact and the Atlantic (Continued on Page Two) Social Security Measure Survives 1st Test In House WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (U.R) The administration's broad social security expansion bill survived its first test today when the house voted to consider the measure under un-der a procedure barring amend ments. Republicans had sought to open up the legislation to amendment. But Democratic leaders persuaded persuad-ed enougrf of their party members to stay in line to beat back the Reublican challenge. The roll call vote was 189 to 135. , The procedure under which the house will consider the bill calls for four days of debate. At the end of the fourth day, the Re publicans then will have an opportunity op-portunity to offer substitute bill. If the substitute is defeated, the house then will vote on the Democratic Demo-cratic bill. Benefits Raised Under the administration bill, old age insurance benefits would be raised an average of 80 per cent. .An additional 11,000,000 workers would be brought under coverage of old age and survivors insurance. The administration measure proposes to boost payroll taxes on both employers and employes by a gradual schedule rising to IV2 per cent next Jan. 1 and reaching 3V4 per cent by 1970. Wage level for the tax would be raised from the first $3,000 to the first $3,600 of pay. The Republican measure pro poses a slightly slower rate of rise, reaching 3 per cent in 1980. It would hold the wage level to $3,000 as at present. shattered Tucker's dream of revolutionizing revo-lutionizing the automotive industry indus-try with a radically new car. It also put a major stumbling block in the way of any attempt to reorganize re-organize the firm. I Igoe signed the order on the recommendation of his court-ap-i pointed Tucker trustees. Under the orderL the trustees, are given 60 days in which to try to sell Tucker's 10-year lease on the plant, his option to buy it for $30,000,000, and machinery inside the huge building. The nlant uaa hnilt hv thp env- ropic ' - '.IT' ACTIVE STEEL PLANT While other steel plants are idled by a nation-wide steelworkers' strike, smoke belches from the smokestacks smoke-stacks of ttie1 Portsmouth Steel Corporation's blast furnaces in Portsmouth, Ohio. The company agreed to the terms of the president's presi-dent's fact-finding board and is the only active plant in the country. Unemployment Mounts Top-Secret Conferences Under Way In Washington In Effort To Settle Steel, Coal Strikes PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4 (U.R) tfflPflipOiiieut-mounted rapidly today as the impact of the steel and coal strikes spread by the hour through the nation's staggering stag-gering industrial machine. The number of strike-idled may well hit 1,250,000 by the end of the week and 2,000,000 by Nov. 1 if the strikes continue. As workers in allied industries were being furloughed by the thousands, new efforts were under un-der way to end both the steel and coal walkouts, which stemmed stem-med from pension disputes. In Washington, top-secret conferences con-ferences between federal mediators medi-ators and presidential assistant John R. Steelman were, believed to have laid the groundwork for renewed efforts to settle the strikes. Some 'government action, perhaps from the White House itself, was expected by the end of the week. Resume Coal Talks Officials of the United Mine workers meanwhile returned to Russ May Challenge China In UN LAKE SUCCESS, Ni. Y., Oct. 4 (U.R) Russia may challenge the right of the Chinese Nationalist govenment to sit in the United Nations within 48 hours, a well-placed well-placed source in the Soviet bloc said today. The Soviet delegation was ex pected to make its challenge in behalf of recognition of the newly-formed Communist "Chinese People's Republic" before the UN's credentials committee, which decides whether a delegation delega-tion has a legal right to sit. The Russians were expected to argue that the Kuomintang government now functioning at Canton was not representative of the Chinese people. "Action before the credentials committee may come very soon," the Soviet source. said. "It may come as soon as the next 24 to 48 hours." No meeting of the credentials committee was scheduled. But such a session could be called almost al-most on a moment's notice. Other sources also speculated that the Soviet challenge against Dr. Tingfu F. Tsiang, chief Chinese Chi-nese spokesman, and his delegation delega-tion here, might come tomorrow or Thursday. TWO MORE POLIO CASES IN IDAHO BOISE, Oct. 4 (U.R) The state s worst polio epidemic in history was marked today by. two new cases. They were a Boise woman, 24, and a Grandview girl, 5. s Total for the year to date in Idaho was 384. three more than for the entire 1947 polio epidemic. The total " for September was boosted to 10. H the conference table today with the southern -operators at Blue-field, Blue-field, W. Va. Contract talks with the big commercial northern and western operators will resume tomorrow to-morrow at nearby White Sulphur Springs. On the eve of the negotiations, new outbursts of gunplay rocked the violence-ridden coal field. Non-union coal miners ambushed a group of union men at Pikes-vilTe. Pikes-vilTe. Tenn., wounding three of, them with rifle and shotgun fire. At the same time local officials at Grundy, Va., were investigating investiga-ting the killing of a non-union truck driver. He. was crushed by a boulder that crashed down trom a mountainside, and police said they suspected foul play. In Pennsylvania, warrants were out for the arrest of eight menj after a band of 110 pickets oveH turned a supply house and damaged dam-aged equipment at a non-union strip mine in Elk Steel Front county. Quiet The steel front was quiet as the strike of 514,000 steelworkers enters en-ters its fourth day. Only independent inde-pendent steel mills and those which have signed contracts with the union were operating. Production Prod-uction was down to 8.2 per cent of capacity. The unprecedented combination of the coal and steel strikes had far-reaching repercussions. A survey sur-vey of the pyramiding effects on related industries showed: Railroads: Almost 50,000 idled by the coal strike. Effects of the steel strike will be felt'fully this week end and major lines were prepared to furlough at least 15,-000 15,-000 other workers. Automotive: Packard Motor Car Co. will shut down operations Thursday and Friday, idling 7.865 workers, to make emergency plans with supplier firms. The company will curtail production next week, but the rest of the industry in-dustry generally is in good shape with a 25-to-50 day supply of steel on hand. Shipping: The Milwaukee Harbor Har-bor commission said 200 ships, half of the Great Lakes fleet, will be Idle in a few days, affecting some 8,000 men. Other shippers said they would be "hard hit" when present steel hauling from stockpiles is finished. At Milwaukee, Allis-Chalmers said its tractor plant will be "practically shut down if the strike lasts three weeks." Layoffs will begin in another week, the company said. Truman Yatches Secret Combat Equipment FORT BRAQG. N. C. Oct. 40J.R) President Truman today watched watch-ed top-secret combat equipment of the army field forces in action at war games staged for his benefit bene-fit here. The chief executive, accompan ied by Army Secretary Gordon Gray and Gen. J. Lawton Col lins, army cniei oi stall, came here by plane this morning. After reviewing an honor guard at Pope Field, the president drove immediately to army field forces Board One, a research center where highly secret radar and artillery firing devices were demonstrated dem-onstrated for him. So secret was the demonstra- House Probe A Planned Into Navy Charges Three Admirals Who Backed Crommelirt to Be Called at Hearing WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (U.R) -The house armed services committee will open a full scale investigation early next week into charges that unifi cation is , destroying the navy's morale and combat efficiency, ef-ficiency, it was learned to.day. Rep. Leslie C. Arends, R. 111., said the investigation Was decided on at a secret meeting of the committee's com-mittee's policy group earlier today. to-day. At the top of the list of witnesses wit-nesses will be the three admirals who were revealed last night to have backed Capt. John G. Crom-melin Crom-melin in challenging the unification unifica-tion policies laid down by Navy Secretary Francis P. Matthews. They are Adm. Louis E. Den-feld, Den-feld, chief of naval operations, Adm. A. W. Radford, commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, and Vice Adm. Gerald F. Bogan, commander com-mander of the first task fleet in the Pacific. May Hear Crommelin "In addition, we will hear anybody any-body else that the navy wishes to send up," Arends said. That raised the possibility that a hearing might be granted to the 48-year-old Crommelin, who risked risk-ed his naval career by charging publicly on Sept. 10 that air force and army leaders in the Pentagon Penta-gon were ganging up to destroy naval aviation at the expense of the national security. Arends said he was not sure whether the hearings would open Monday or Tuesday. But he said committee chairman Carl Vinson, D., Ga., would announce the date tomorrow morning. Vinson refused to comment. He said the committee tomorrow will take up where it left off last month in its investigation of (Continued on Fare Two) 'No Need For Haste' On China Red Bid WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (U.R) The state department announced today it has received from the Chinese Communist regime a bid for U. S, recognition. But a spokesman said the United States 'sees absolutely no need for any haste whatsoever." The spokesman's words bore out predictions of foreign policy experts that there would be no U. S. recognition of the Chinese Reds for a long time to come. Department spokesman Lincoln White said the Communists sent what appeared to be a printed form letter to U. S. consul general gen-eral O. Edmund Clubb in Peip-ing. Peip-ing. The letter signed by the number two Chinese Communist Chou En-Lai said in part: "I consider that it is necessary that there be established normal diplomatic relations between the people's Republic of China and all countries . of the world." White said it was his personal opinion that the form letter and the fact that it was not addressed to Clubb in his official capacity "suggests an implied insult and that it was not the action of a group which genuinely desires friendly relations." tion that White House reporters were kept 300 yards from the area where the president conducted con-ducted his inspection. Reporters stood with' army post school chil- idren and watched huge weather balloons sent aloft with glitter ing metal attachments neath them. slung be - Across a broad grassy field, ihuge radar screens were seen turning slowly to follow tne upward up-ward path of the balloons. Mr. Truman left Washington at 8:45 a. m., EST., and arrived at. Pope Field at 9:57 a. m. The chief executive was accompanied accom-panied by Army Secretary Gordon Gor-don Gray; Gen J. Lawton Col- e Drives T - flJl - II essas lnlonfiie.$ Galveston Flooded When Tide Goes Over Seawall; Houston Is Also Hard Hit HOUSTON, Tex., Oct. 4 (U.R)-A tropical hurricane hit Galveston and Houston early today, driving 50,000 persons from their homes in 10 cities and causing widespread property damage. ' The storm hit the coast near Freeport, Tex., just west of Galveston, about midnight and then roared inland, striking strik-ing here about 2 a. m. as the city's 750,000 residents huddled in cellars or in public buildings thrown open as shelters. At uaiveston, the hurricane threw a big tide over the city's seawall, flooding two federal housing projects, 100 private homes and 12 business houses under un-der one tp three feet of water," according ac-cording to -radio reports received by the Red Cross disaster head quarters at St. Louis. The tide hit at the west end bf the seawall which was erected after a hurricane in 1900 hurled forth a tidal wave that washed over the island resort city and killed 6000 persons. First reports received by the Red Cross over pn improvised network of amateur radio stations indicated that no one was hurt by today's tide but that 3000 persons were forced from their homes. They iwere sheltered and fed this morning at Fort Crocket, an inactive army post that was last used for disaster service in the Texas City explosion of 1947. Glancing Blow ' c Officials said the damage and casualties might have been far heavier if Galveston had been hit by the storm's full fury instead of receiving a glancing blow from its eastern fringe. At Houston Miss Mary Snoddy, Red Cross chapter, manager, said that damage was relatively slight She said that 40,000 persons in shelters were returning home after being served doughnuts and coffee. She reported that the the weather bureau had measured winds at 62 miles per hour at Galveston, 90 at Houston and 52 at Freeport. As it swept directly over Free- port, the small but mighty hurri cane smashed communications lines, wrecked plate glass win dows and blew tree trunks across the countryside. It did considerable damage at AlVin andjAngleton before its dead calm center about five mifes in diameter passed a few miles west of here. The storm hit Freeport withl 100-mile-an-hour winds thrit dropped to 9,0 miles by the time4- the storm arrived nere. At 8 a.m., the storm was report ed veering off its previous course, almost due north, and was heading head-ing north-northeasterly through San Jacinto county, 60 miles north of here. ! The little town of Freeport oh the gulf shore, 50 miles south of here, appeared to have suffered its worsr damage. All of its elec trie power was knocked out and (Continued on Pare 12) Truman Hits Bickering In Services FORT BRAGG. N. C, Oct 4 n .P President, Truman said today the .air force and the navy are raising most of the current ftirori aboiit -unification of the armed services. He implied that he wants inter-service bickering stopped at once. The president spoke informally at a luncheon which broke up his day of inspecting the army field forces and their demonstration of latest combat techniques. "I hope," the president said, "that when the navy and the air force get all their troubles settled, the army, as usual, will go alohg." While he did not amplify Jthis rfmark. it was apparent that he wants the inter-service squabble stopped now. ' I lins. Army Chief of Staff, and Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway, deputy chief of staff for administration admin-istration and the army's senior paratroop commander.. The. president's presi-dent's staff also accompanied him. After insnftctinff an honor crimrH . at pope Field, the president plan ned to drivf to Fort Bragg to inspect 20,000 troops of the Third army. He was invited to lunch as the guest of Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge, commanding general of the Fifth Corps, and Lt. Gen. Alvin C. Gillem, commander of the Third army. During the afternoon hewas (Coneinued on Page Two) Group Votes 7-0 Against LelandOlds WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 J (U.R) A senate Commerce subcommittee voted unanimously today to recommend rec-ommend that the senate reject the nomination of Leland Olds for a third five-year term on the federal power commission. Subcommittee Chairman Lyndon Lyn-don B. Johnson, D., Tex., announced an-nounced that the group four Democrats ana three ReDublicana had voted 7 to 0 to report the appointment unfavorably to the full committee. Inasmuch as the I subcommittee is a majority of the full commerce committee, the unanimous vote insured that the full committee would disapprove the nomination. Administration leaders privately are conceding that the senate will follow suit and, reject the nomination. nomi-nation. "I don't believe that any en-ator en-ator who could have heard the testimony on his writings on hia work would vote for his confirmation," confir-mation," Johnson told reporters. Committee Members Besides Johnson, the subcommittee subcom-mittee included Chairman Edwin C. John, D., Colo., of the full committee and Sens. Ernest W. McFarlandl. D., Ariz., Herbert R. O'Connor, Md., Clyde M. Reed. n., rvans., jonn w. uriCKer. O.. and Homer Capehart. R.. Ind. Pesident Truman nominated (Coneinued on Page Two) Mining Industry Blamed for Utah Unemployment Rise By UNITED PRESS Utah's economically - 1 e k mining industry was blamed for unemployment figure in the Bee-hJve Bee-hJve state, that is '180 per cent higher than a year ago. The Utah State Department of Employment Security reported yesterday that 14,000 persons are on jobless rolls, compared to 5,-0000 5,-0000 at the same time in 1948. Department officials said Utah a mining industry, hit by pricea, which have tumbled within the last year and strikes at some Utah pits, accounted for the biggest big-gest unemployment problem. Manufacturing and construction industries both registered employment em-ployment gains. The job outlook in Park City, Price and Provo was described as gloomy. "There are no job opportunities in the Park City area" for the 685 work Applicants, reported the department. depart-ment. Perlman Terms Oil Land Bills 'Outrageous7 WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (U.R) Solicitor General Philip B. Perl-man Perl-man today attacked as "outrageous," "outrage-ous," a group of proposed billa which would turn title to the marginal oil lands over to coastal states. Perlman urged the senate interior inter-ior committee to approve two administration ad-ministration bills which would r bulwark the supreme court's de-? ' cision giving the federal government govern-ment clear title to the coastal marginal lands. Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug also was scheduled to testify.. . Perlman said the bills to give title to the states would transfer trans-fer to coastal states, without consideration, con-sideration, "the oil and other resources re-sources . . . and then make the magnanimous gesture of granting grant-ing to the United States, in time of war or other period of danger, the first opportunity to buy back its own Oil." "That is the nothing less than outrageous proposal which has been submitted to you ..." he said. ' f |