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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-26
Block lis Raced

ARP. Oct. 26. III Fire which
originated ~ a crowded theater,
swept A block III APPS business dis
trict early yesterday causing es1-
mated damage OF 100000.
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Murray Again Sends Troops to Bridge
Boruh S Interlude
Stirs Speculation

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26-(PONIn the wake Of the
epochal conferences of President Hoover and Premier
Laval, Washington today guaged the reaction to the ex-
plosive interlude of Senator Borah. The Idaho Republi-
cans blunt declaration to French newspapermen that the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-26
Cop Shoots Pair

FORT WORTH. Oct. Is. -tP1-
Two unidentified men were shot TO
death by Patrolman z. H. Arledge
earlv today after one Of the men
fired at the officer from q distance
Of four teet
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-26
Judge Near Death

PAMPA, Oct. 26.-iP-The con-
dition OF Judge Clifford Braley.
district magistrate, was critical to-
day. His physicians said he had
become weaker during the night.
He suffered an attack OF heart
trouble at the Stinnett courthouse
last week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-26
FREDERICK FINED

John Broderick OF PIT. Isabel plead
ed guilty to an aggravated assault
upon weldon Glass. minor. and was
fined IS and costs In the county
court at law Monday morning.
The states case was handled by
Asst Co Atty. Rascom CoA
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-26
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy to cloudy and some
what unsettled Monday night and
Tuesday: not much change In
temperature.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
BURNED INFANT
STARTSPR0BE

BRENTWOOD, Md, Feb. 10
Paul Huffman is held in Jail here
without bond and without a
charge being placed against him.
Officials are making an 1nvesti-
cation of a story that the 21-
months-old baby of the Huffmans
was placed on a hot kitchen
stove. Mrs. Huffman has made
a statement to members Of the
Bladensburg rescue squad.
The rescue squad was called to
the Huffman home shortly after
midnight to treat the baby boy
who was painfully but not criti-
cally burned. First aid treat
ment was administered and DR..
Leonard Hays was called in to
care for the child.
Policeman r. E. Brown was
called and on hearing the stories
of persons at the home, including
Huffman'S wife, ordered him
locked up in the Bladensburg jail.
Huffman was at liberty on a
$4OO bond on charges of drunk
and disorderly when the new
investigation began.
He is expected to be brought
into court at Hyattsville, Md.
tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
INDICTED.
IN NBANKFRAUD

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 Q.N.S)
The closing of the Bank Of United
States involving many millions Of
dollars and felt throughout the
country today resulted in eight
men indicted by the special grand
jury investigating the closed in
stitution.
Those indicted were:
IsidOre J. KreseI, counsel for
the bank.
Bernard X. Marcus, president.
Saul Singer, executive vice
president.
Herbert Singer, son Of the
above.
G. Stanley Mitchell, chairman
Of the board.
Henry X. Pollock, director
and counsel.
Alexander S. White, director.
Simon HI. Kugel.
All Face Sing Sing
All named in the indictments
are charged with felonies punish
able on conviction by terms in
Sing Sing prison.
One hundred thousand dollars
bail will be asked for both Mar
GUS and Saul Singer.
Ten thousand dollars bail Is to
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
BILL HIT
BYLAFOLLETTE
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
Declaring the Administrations
new $20,000.000 drought aid bill
would make Congress turn its
back on human suffering" Sena,
tor LaFollette (RD of Wisconsin
this afternoon initiated an insur-
gent revolt against adoption of
the compromise relief plan.
He characterized the action of
the Democratic leaders in accept
ing the compromise as an "un-
conditional surrender"
ChideS Robinson
He chided Senator Joe T. Rob
inson, Democratic floor leader,
for telling the Senate one day
that charitable agencies could not
provide proper relief, only to
reverse himself a few days later.
LaFollette said:
"NOw we are asked to turn
our backs on human suffering"
LaFollette was the first to pub
licly assail the compromise, al
though a dozen Senators oppose
it. He declared the Overwhelm-
ing evidence given Congress 1ndi-
Gated the Red Cross was not
taking care of sufferers in the
drought areas, even though Robin
(Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
BAD HEALTH
BLAMEDFOR
SUICIDE
PLUNGE
James F. SkogIand, Physicist
of Standards Bureau, Sick,
PIunges $50 Feet to Death

A man identified by papers in
his pockets as James F.. Skogland,
49, of 1915 C st. n. E.. an asso-
ciate physicist at the Bureau of
Standards. ended his life at noon
today by jumping from the center
span of the Million Dollar
Bridge" which carries Connecti-
cut Avenue over Rock Greek. He
landed on the Rock Creek Park
way $50 feet below.
There was one witness to the
death plunge, Elmer Stigar, 618
B st. S. w. He said that Mr..
Skogland was walking some dis
tance from him when he turned
suddenly and climbed to the rail
ing of the bridge. In another
second he had plunged to his
death.
All Bones Broken
The force of the fall split the
mans skull and broke nearly
every bone in his body.
Park Police radiOed the report
Of his plunge at 1915. At 1928,
SergeantS MiSkelI and Shelton
were on the spot with a patrol
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The Washington times., 1931-02-10
LOST HE|RESS
HOTEL GUEST

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 G.N.S0.
Two weeks search for Florence
Parker, 22-year-old heiress Of
Yonkers. ended today when she
was found calmly leading her
own life' at the Hotel Piccadilly
here. ..
According to the police, Miss
Parker explained her abrupt de-
parture from her Yonkers home
on January 26, by saying she had
a disagreement with her step
father, James MacDonough, vice
president of the Manufacturers
Trust Company.
Miss Parker had been at the
hotel since the day of her disap-
pearance. She registered under
the name of Rose Dennis" She
had plenty of money, she said,
and had had an enjoyable time.
For a time she attended classes
at the American Academy of
Dramatic Arts in Carnegie Hall
and also busted herself writing
short stories, she told police.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
NOTE To GOOD.
|SBAREDBY
BARTLETT
News Former Assistant Tells
OF Secret Letter He Carried
to Former Cabinet Member

A reluctant admission that he
may have been used without his
knowledge, in calling off the st.
Paul Federal grand jury before it
could investigate the postoffice
lease there in August, 1928, was
obtained from former Assistant
Postmaster General John H. Bart
lett today by Senator Blaine (R0
of Wisconsin, chairman of the
Senate committee investigating
postoffice leases.
The admission came after
Blaine had reviewed previous
testimony that the grand jury
the second one called in connec-
tion with the st. Paul scandal
had been dismissed the day after
it was to reopen the investigation.
Sought Dismissal
Bartlett testified last week that
former Postmaster General Harry
S. New read the first grand jury's
report, charging fraud and cor
ruption in the lease for the st.
Paul commercial station, and
sought the removal of Assistant
District Attorney John K. Fess-
Ter, who had presented the origi-
nal case.
Blaine traced the various steps
taken by the Department of JUS
tice and other investigators pre-
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
Teapot Oil Witness
I'LL in Cannes Home

CANNES, Feb. 10 G.N.SO .
James O'Neil, missing" witness
in the Teapot Dome oil investiga.
tion, who has long been suffer
ing from heart trouble and
rheumatism, is worse, it was
learned today.
O'Neil remained in his villa
here during the Teapot Dome
inquiry despite efforts to induce
him to return to the United
States and testify.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
Edison Span Opening
In Fla. TOMORROW

FORT MYERS, Fla, Feb. 10 II.
N.SO Plans for a municipal
celebration of Thomas A. Edison's
eighty-fourth birthday here tomor-
row include a colorful pageant
parade and dedication ceremonies
for a $750,000 bridge named in
the famous inventors honor.
Tribal chiefs of the Seminole
Indians will aid in the fete. Dedi-
cation of the new bridge over the
Caloosahatchee River will be the
principal item on the program.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
UbicO Elected
GuatemaIan Chief

GUATEMALA, Feb. 10 G.N.S).
The ministry of the interior has
announced the election of Gen.
Jorge Ubico as President Of the
Republic of Guatemala. AL
though the candidate had no op-
position, 305,000 votes cast for
him were considered a tremen-
douS popular victory.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
MdrchesG CdmbOsid
Sues, Seeks Decree

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Feb. 10
0N.SO.-Charges that her hus-
band, MarcheSe Ernest Enrico
Cambosia, italian nobleman failed
to establish a home commensu-
rate with their rank, and sllega-
tions of non-support, will be aired
in court here soon when the di-
vorce trial of Marchesa Marie
Robert Kamm Cambosia is called,
it was learned here today.
Date of hearing is being held
in abeyance until proper publica-
ton of the divorce proceedings is
completed.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
Death Penalty Asked
For KidnnninQ Cases

AUSTIN. Texas. Feb. 10
U.N.S0.-Frequent recent re-
ports of kidnapping in various
parts of the country have moved
Representative Alfred Petsch Of
Fredericksburg to ask the Texas
legislature for more stringent
punishment of the offense.
There is now before the legis-
lature a bill by Petsch which
would make kidnapping a capital
offenSe,
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
POpe's Radio Talk
Due at 1916 A. NJ.

VATICAN CITY, Feb. 10
GN.SO Pope Plus will dedicate
the Vatican City radio station
and broadcast his first message
to the world promptly at 10:45
a. m. Thursday, Eastern Stand
ard time, it was definitely de-
Cided today.
The address, preceded by a
statement by Senator Guglielmo
Marconi, will be brief. The pro-
gram proper will begin at 10 a.
m. and continue until noon.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
EdUdrds "Just
About the Same"

BOSTON, Feb. 10 G.NS).-
After spending a poor night, TAX
ing little nourishment, Maj. Gen.
Clarence r. Edwards, wartime
commander of the Twenty-sixth
Yankee) Division, was reported
today as "just about the same" at
Phillips House, Massachusetts,
General Hospital, where, since
January IA, he has been battling
to recover from an emergency op-
Grafton.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
3 Face Drug Charge,
Biz Cache Seized

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 QN.SO.
Three men arrested in raid by
narcotic agents were to be
arraigned in Federal court today.
They were Edward Curry and
Edward KreSloff of Philadelphia
and Richard Bayard, New York.
In the mems apartment, raiders
seized narcotics valued at almost
100000.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
Mysterious Hindu
SLGyings Continue

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Feb. 10
Q.N.SO-To the list of mysteri-
GUS slayings of nearly a dozen
Hindus in California in the past
five years, today was added N.
Ram Dhami, secretary of the
Indian National Congress of the
Pacific Coast.
A lone assassin, partially iden-
titled as countryman of Dhami,
shot him to death in the foreign
quarter here last night.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
WAIT
HOP|NGFOR
THRILL
Struggling Communists Enter
House Galleries, But Group
With Petition Is Delayed

Thousands gathered at the
Capitol today to see the threat
ened invasion of the Communists.
They were sadly disappointed.
Twelve o'clock, the hour set for
the invasion, came, but there
were no Communists. Scores of
policemen scanned every ap-
prOach to the Capitol, but all
they saw was newspaper re-
pOrterS, photographers by the
score and citizens eager for .
thrill.
Few StraggIe In
About IS minutes later three or
four bedraggled-looking individ-
suals, who looked as though q
bath would do them no harm,
mountedatbs steps of the. House
wing OF the building. P0lice
made no attempt to hold them
back, and while the crowd buzzed
'"There they co." they entered
and made their way to the gal
lery.
In the next half hour a score
more struggled in by twos and
threes. They seemed detected
and made no attempt to raise
any disturbance. The presence
of the guards seemed to have
taken the heart out of any plan
of action.
Police Guard Corridors
While more than 100 Metro
politan police and the Capitol
police covered every corridor Of
the Capitol Building from Senate
to House in anticipation of the
march of the Communists upon
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The Washington times., 1931-02-10

TURIN, Italy, Feb. 10 QN.SO.
Pronouncing a sentence Of death
upon spaghetti, Italy's staple
food, as an insult to gastornomics,
Turin has apined Italy's first
"futuristic restaurant"
It's sponsor is Signor Fila, a
painter. His object is to kill the
out-of-date palate traditions and
prepare mankind for the syn
thetic chemical foods of the
future" He also believes his
restaurant will help pave the way
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
Cheap Rents, Water,
Heat, Smiths Plan

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 Q.N.S).
Apartments with free heat and
water at $3.50 per month a
room rental are planned by
Alfred E. Smith, former COVER
nor of New York.
He announced today financing
for building such tenementS on
New York'S East Side was about
completed,
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
Child No. y Ca Boy
Is Doing Nicely;
Sos His Mother

AUBURN, N. Y, Feb. 10
Q.N.S0.-A twenty-second child
was born today to Mrs. Morris
Blossom, of Brockport.
1t is a boy. The oldest of his
81 brothers and sisters is 81.
There is one pair of twins
among them. Both he and his
mother are doing well.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
Italians Ban Spaghetti
AS 'InsuLt to Palate"

for not far distant time when
people will receive their nouriSh-
ment by radio.
Signor Fila calls his place "The
Tavern of st. Palate" The first
rule for diners is their renuncia-
tion of spaghetti.
Fila says food, as served today,
has no aesthetic appeal. Sauces,
he declares, are like muddy pools,
and no one has ever thought to
give a joint of beef an artistic
appearance"
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
Prehistoric Traces
Reveal NeU People

CAIRO, Feb. 10 QN.S0.-Ex-
cavations completed on the east
ern bank Of the Nile here have re-
vealed traces of a prehistoric
civilization to the Neolithic age,
which eliminated long before
Egyptian dynastieS existed.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
Anderson to Discuss
Liq1Or Control Plan

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 QN.S).
Col. Henry w. Anderson, Of Ricn-
mond, Va, author of the "Ander-
son Plan" for liquor control, will
discuss his plan here, February IS,
before the Merchants Association.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
WOMEN MAY WORK LESS

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Feb
10 Q.N.S0.-Women in Missouri
will be permitted to work but eight
hours a day if a bill now under
consideration by the legislature is
passed
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40 VACANCIES
LEFT BY BAKER
Directorships and Trustee
ships Included Banks and
Utilities.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May George F.
Bakers death tonight left vacant direc-
torships and trusteeships in more than
40 organizations.
His main interest was the First Ma
tional Bank of New York of which he
was chairman of the board. In addi-
ton he was chairman of the board OF
the First Security Co., an affiliate OF the
bank.
He was president and a director of
the New Jersey General Security Co.
and of the Long Branch Railroad Co.,
vice president and director of the Jer-
Sey City Water Supply Co., second vice
president and director of the Northern
Securities Co., trustee of the Console
dated Gas Co., and the Mutual Life In
surance Co.. director of the D. L. e. w.
Railroad Co., the American Telephone
& Telegraph Co., Astoria Light, Heat
& Power Co., Central Railroad of New
jersey, Chase National Bank. the Big
Four Railroad, East Jersey Water Co,
Lehigh & WikeS-Barre Coal Co., Le-
high Valley Railroad Co., Metropolitan
Opera and Real Estate Co., Michigan
Central Railroad Co.. Montclair Water
Co., New Jersey Junction Railroad Co.
He also was director OF New York
81 Harlem Railroad Co., New York &
Putnam Railroad Co, New York
Central g. Hudson River Railroad Co.,
Chicago & st. Louis Railroad, New
Jersey Edison Co.. New York Mutual
Gas Light Co, New York State Realty
& Terminal Co., New York, Susque-
hanna & Western Railroad Co, North
ern Pacific Railroad Co., Pennsylvania
Coal Co.. Philadelphia & Reading Coal
81 Iron Co, the Pullman Co. and the
Reading Co.
His other directorships were Rutland
Railroad Co. Spring Brooke Water
Supply Co., West Shore Railroad Co.,
New York & Queens Electric Light g.
Power Co.. Pullman Inc, United
Electric Light 81 Power Co. United
States Steel Corporation, Harlem Trans
fer Co., Erie Railroad Co, New York
Edison Co.. Pittsburgh g. Lake Erie
Railroad Co. and Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago g. st. Louis Railroad Co.
Mr.. Baker was vice president and
trustee of the American Museum of
Natural History and trustee of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was
a member of the New England Society
and the American Fine Arts Society.
He founded the Harvard Graduate
School of Business Administration, to
which he gave permanent endowment
Of $5,000,000. Many of his benefactions
have not been made public. One of
more than 100000 to Cornell Uni
versity was kept secret for many years.
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CEREMONY MARKS
POLISH UPRISING
Wreath Is Placed at Tomb of
Unknown Insurgent."
President Speaks.
Nv the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
KATOWICE, Poland. May 2.-Upper
Silesia today began two-day celebra-
ton of the anniversary Of the uprising
of Polish insurgents who took to arms
In 1921 fearing that Poland would not
be given. the territory she claimed after
the plebiscite held that year.
Today's exercises included the plac-
ing of a wreath at the tomb of the
unknown insurgent, the arrival of Pres
ident Moscicki, Premier Slawek and
other cabinet members from Warsaw, a
military parade and midnight cere-
monies at Freedom Square.
1t was a sunshinN festive day with
colcrful costumes illustrating centuries
Of Polish handicraft.
Toward noon an endless stream OF
populations, each dressed in the bril-
fore the unknown insurgents tomb,
which was heaped with flowers.
BY early afternoon the streets OF the
square were crowded in anticipation OF
the arrival of President MoScicki. Two
little girls in national costume presented
the President with flowers. He was then
given water which had been carried
from the Baltic Sea and earth from
Posnan, these being symbols Of Poland's
having obtained access TO the sea.
Members of q relay team on bicycles who
had started from Gdynia, the Polish
port, Tuesday afternoon, made the
presentation.
The President thereupon released a
dove with Silesias greeting to Warsaw
while hundreds of other doves were re-
leased to all corners of Poland.
At the academy the President re-
viewed the history Of Upper Silesia, in
the course Of which he said: With all
due observation of treaties Poland will
not forget the 100000 Poles living
beyond the Silesian borders" He also
paid tribute to Marshal PilSudski, as
the father of the insurgent movement.
Later the President reviewed the
troops and at midnight the Insurgents
Union raraded before him with torches
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HOOVER AND MELLON SEE
GREAT LOSS TO NATION
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Regret at the death OF George F.
Baker. New York financier. was ex-
pressed last night by President Hoover
and Secretary Mellon.
The President did not prepare for
NAL statement. but Secretary Mellon.
who had known Mr.. Baker for many
years, said:
IT am greatly distressed to hear of
the death of Mr.. Baker. He was the
dean of American bankers. and for
many years has been an outstanding
figure in the banking world He was a
man of the highest integrity, and pos
sessed in an exceptional degree the
qualities of farSightedness and good
Judgment which he exerted over the
course of his long life in favor of sound
banking and the building up of Ameri-
can business. No one in the financial
world will be more greatly missed than
Mr.. Baker"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
MEDICAL MEN HEAR
STRICKLAND GILLIAN

Strickland Gillian. local humorist
will address the thirty-fourth annual
banquet Of the Washington Medical
and Surgical Society, to be held in
the ball room of the Mayflower Hotel
Tuesday night, beginning at 1880
o'clock.
DR.. William Gerry Morgan. president
Of the American Medical Association;
the surgeon general of the Army, Maj
Gen Merritte W. Ireland, and Rear
Admiral Charles E. Riggs, surgeon gem
eral of the Navy, will be guests of
honor
The organization has limited mem
bership Of IS specialists. while 400
guests will attend the banquet. DR..
John c. Eckhardt, president. will pre-
side at the meeting. Fellowships will
be awarded to two active members of
the society, DR.. Putzki and DR.. Francis
Miner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
GEORGE + BAKER
EXPIRES At 81
Dean of Fi;nanCierS Pneu-
monia Victim After Two
Day Illness.
Continued From First Page)

Continued From First Page.)
Baker went to Albany, N. Y, where he
found a lob in a shoe store, later going
to Troy and establishing his own bust
ness. One of his first acquaintance
was Russell Sage, young merchant
and when he married Eveline Stevens
of Greenbush. N. Y, May 3, 1889, sage
was the best man.
George Fisher Baker was born March
81, 1910, when his fathers business
prospects were none too bright. the
name Fisher was given him after an
uncle by marriage, Hinsdale Fisher, OF
Medfield.
When young George was'5, the family
moved to Brooklyn and the father SET
up a small retail shoe business IN
Maiden lane. Young George had Two
sisters then, Martha Elizabeth, born IN
1842. and Eva Frances, born two years
later.
Young George spent his Summers at
Grandmother Bakers at Dedham and
at Uncle Fishers at Medfield. The father
had little taste for business, liked liter
allure and politics, and so became &C
ouainted with Horace Greeley, Tor
whom ne did some work for the New
York Tribune.
Removes to Williamsburg.
Later he removed his family to Will
Harrisburg, where he became town clerk
and a power in local affairs. He was
elected to the Legislature in 1851 and
put through bill making Williamsburg
a city. for which he became known as
the father of Williamsburg.
Young George worked on the farm IN
Summer and went to Carlos Skaters
school in the Winter. Later he attend
ed Seward Institute.
The struggle which was to result In
his later vast success began with his
appointment in the State Banking De-
psrtment in March, 1856. at salary OF
$500 a year--large for boy of IL years
in those days He saved. bought bank
stock, enlarged his holdings. At 25 he
was frequently called to Washington Tor
consultation by Secretary OF the Treas
ury Chase.
Baker. whose father was connected with
the Treasury Department. She was not
a relative. Five children were born,
three of whom are living: Evelyn, who
became Mrs. Howard B. St. George,
Kingston Hill, England; Florence, who
became Mrs William @. Loew, New
York, and George. jr.. who in 1911 mar
ried Miss Edith Brevoort Kane OF Tux
edo N. Y.
For some years the family made its
Summer home at Monmouth Beach and
afterward at Tuxedo Park, where they
bought the home formerly owned by
Mrs. Pierre Lorillard.
Baker usually picked men with un--
canny insight. Henry p. Dawson and
Thomas w. Lamont are examples. Both
went from the First National Bank to
the House Of Morgan
Amid all his activities he retained an
interest in art and music. He began
collecting pictures as young man and
in his home are many rare paintings
and tapestries.
He was active in sculling In his youth
and an ardent yachtsman in later years,
and always fond Of golf,
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders Of Cedar Hill Cemetery Corporation
will be held at the cemetery Monday, May
j. o. HARRISON, President.