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Show HUNGER STRIKE RECORD OF OLD WAS 63 DAYS PAROL OcL L (Correspondence of the Associated Press ) The long hunger hun-ger s'.rike of Mayor .MacSwIney of i 'ork has caused much discussion here ua to bow long It Is posKtbl. for a man to fasL Dr. Socquct has told the I'arls Midi that the record f 63 days without food was set by William Gra- nlsr in 1831. I "Granier had been sentenced to death and was confined In the prison of Toulosc," said Dr. Socquct. "Ho had a horror of th guillotine arid to save himself from death by th.it Instrument In-strument determined to starve whl' h he did after 63 d.tys "Many hunger strikers have Hv d longer than could have been expected." expect-ed." he went on. "There an- the car.-.-, n Tanner. Sued and Aierlattl, the latter lat-ter of whom starved for 4& days while h' lout one-quarter of his weight. Taylor Tay-lor tells Of the cane of a worker who was Imprisoned In a mine for 60 dny v without food. 'IK' lived three d. after his res'Ue and died as a result :Jof being excessively fed. Many luna-I luna-I tics have refused to take food for 20, I 30 or even 40 days. "No rule can bo estublish-d as to 'I length of time a man can fa.it. His ndurajii w ill depend upon his pr--rloUS health, his eonstitutlon and also I upon hlH spiritual eonditlon which It I very Important. It i well known! that a starving man may Increase hi' ! endurance a icreat deul by drinking |