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or more Of less important statutes
mount far beyond its investigative
facilities. There are thousands Of such
cases awaiting investigation by agents
now busy with cases requiring imme-
diate action In order to catch des-
perate fugitives.
There are at present approximately
625 F. B. I. agents distributed among
81 field ofices throughout the coun-
try. They must cover the entire
United States and its possessions in
their pursuit Of rowing gangsters Of all
types and a host Of other varieties OF
violators Of Federal laws.
President Roosevelt refused to COM
ment on the flight Of the Lindberghi
when questioned today at his pres:
conference.
Senator Pope, Democrat, of Idaho
announced yesterday he would propose
a congressional Investigation of crime
with a view to making America safer
for law-abiding citizens.
May Probe Local Conditions.
Senator Pope said he would intro
duce q resolution to authorize an
inquiry into local law enforcement
conditions, which have been cited by
Federal officials as the reason for con-
tinued racketeering and gangsterism
in several large cities.
The Federal Bureau Of Investigation
has no Jurisdiction over crimes Of
local character, but has offered its
training facilities to police depart
ments Of the country in an effort to
improve police work. The second Of a
series of such training schools for
police will begin at the Department of
Justice shortly.
The bureau also is aiding local au-
thorities through Identification Of
criminals by fingerprints sent to the
F. B. I. identification Division here.
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ENGINE THEFT CHARGED
Illinoisan Is Accused of Wreck.
ing Locomotive in Joy-ride.

NATION, III, December ~ Dr.
Maurice S2urlin, 80, produce COM
pany employe who took a Christmas
eve joy-ride in an Illinois Central To-
comotive and wrecked a freight train.
was arrafgned in City Court yesterday
and bound over to the grand iury.
He was released on $1,000 bond.
Railroad officials said Spurlin piloted
the locomotive on to the main line
where it crashed head-on into a
freight train. The crew leaped to
safety. Spurlin was uninjured. Traffic
on the line was delayed for two hours.
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HEARING ON NEARBY
BOND ISSUE JAM 3
Takoma Park and Other Com
munities Affected by $3.50, 900
PROPOSAL,
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, December 27.-Ap-
proval by the Public Service Com
mission of proposed s250,ooo bond
issue is asked by the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission.
The applicant will be heard jan
uary 8 On plans to sell the bonds to
supply funds in addition to a $4,000
P. w. A. grant for building and
extension Of new water mains and
sewers in Takoma Park, Rock Greek
Valley, College Park. Hyattsville. East
Riverdale. Chevy Chase and Bethesda
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millions of dollars. He is now serving
a 14-year penitentiary sentence.
Note Assigned BY Husband.
In her petition, filed yesterday in the
Circuit Court at Frederick, Mrs. Pitts
alleged Coblentz gave her husband a
demand note for s147,4 dated De-
cember 18, 1929. She said the note
was assigned to her and that it is now
due with interest.
CoblentZ, former Maryland State
Senator, was president of the now de-
funct Central Trust Co. of Maryland.
Following the failure of his bank, he
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eiate of her hus-
band, to recover
$3.50, 900 on a
promisory note.
The husband,
G. Bryan Pitts,
former head Of
the F. H. Smith
Co.. was found
guilty of conspir-
ing to steal S.
100000 from his
nrm after wit
neSSes had told
how he juggled
mortgages at will
and sold worth
less securities for
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TOBACCO HEIRESS SAILS
Former Doris Duke and Husband
Return From Wedding Trip.

HONOLULU. December 81 P-
James Cromwell and his bride, the
former Doris Duke, heiress to tobacco
millions, sailed aboard the Monterey
yesterday for Los Angeles. They were
accompanied by Rudolph Friml, the
musician.
The Cromwells have been here four
months, enjoying surf-riding and
.other Hawaiian sports. They are en-
route to their home in New York
after a wedding trip around the
iworld.
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This Is purely a cooperative enter.
prise. Technical laboratory facilities
OF the bureau also are offered free TO
all State and municipal law enforce
ment agencies.
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was indicted for
accepting deposits
after he allegedly
knew the bank
was i11solvent. In
a statement last
night concerning
Mrs. Pitts suit,
he said:
Il recall some
thing Of a trans
action made about
six years ago. in
volving over 1000
shares of stock.
which, at that
time, was sup
O0Sed to be worth
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PITTS WIFE SUES
l'OBLENTz0N 0NN0TE
Seeks to Recover $3.50, 900
on Obligation Assigned
Her by Husband.

Mrs. Gladys T. Pitts, wife of the man
convicted of plotting Washington's
biggest mortgage scandal, has filed
suit against Emory L. Coblentz, Fred
erick (Md.) banker and former asso-
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Huge Cabbage.

A cabbage 10 feet high is growing in
the garden Of Don Juan Martinez Su-
tro in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

TODAY.
Meeting, War Mothers, Raleigh
Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, District Department.
American Federation of Government
Employees. Pythian Temple, 1912
Ninth street, 8 pm.
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Dinner Federal Trade Commission
Hamilton Hotel, 7:30 pm.
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TOMORROW.
Dance, Sigma Epsilon Sorority,
Mayflower Hotel, 8 pm.
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Dinner dance, NJ Sigma Delta
Sorority Hamilton Hotel, 8 pm.
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PHILIPPINE SEAT
|NLEAGUE SOUGHT
.Quezon to Seek U. S. Per-
. mission for Regime to
Enter Geneva.
BY the Associated Press.


MANILA, p l., September 90
The possibility the new Philippine
Commonwealth will seek permission OF
the United States to apply for men,
bership in the League of Nations III
1t doesn't crack up now was ad-
vanced today by President-elect
Manuel Quezon.
The veteran Filipino political lead
er who was Overwhelmingly chosen
in Tuesdays election to head the
1O-year regime, said in an interview
he would seek more government and
less politics"
He pointed out American permis-
sion would be required to apply for
league membership to enable the
Philippines to assume the obligations
imposed by the Leagues covenont
Quezon said he did not plan imme-
diate action on this question.
The President-elect expressed the
hope that the 40 members of Con-
gress and 20 or more newspaper men
coming from the United States tC
attend the Inauguration in November
would get 'an insight into our prob
lens, and give their friendly CO.
operation in finding solutions
Speaking of the request by IS men,
bers of Congress to increase tariffs
to protect American cotton goods
from japanese competition in the
islands, Quezon said American tariff
experts are now here preparing fol
a reciprocal trade conference early
next year and that tariff increases
very likely will be a part of the con-
ference program.
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the cases, Col. Woodcock said he
could not discuss Louisiana politics.
'"The first trial Of the income tax
fraud cases is that of Abraham L.
Shushan, set for october g." he said
THAT will be followed by the So
called Mississippi Valley Co., set for
october 16. Each of these cases in
volve the nonpayment OF income tax
upon graft from public contracts"
Col. Woodcock said that Shushan
was president of the Louisiana Dock
Board wren the Shushan airport-re-
puted to be the finest in the nation
was constructed. He said Shushsn
was charged with falling to report
income derived as graft.
The Mississippi Valley Co., the
colonel said, was composed of a num-
ber of contractor brothers. He said
the company was charged with hav-
ing paid graft to state purchasing
agent and charging it in their income
tax returns as salaries and commits
sions.
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WOODCOCK BACK
FROM LOUISIANA
Head of St. Johns College
Ends Preliminary Work
on Fraud Cases.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, September 90
Back from what he termed "a most
interesting legal experience in a most
interesting city," Col. Amos w. w.
Woodcock, president of st. Johns Col
lege. was busy today with his duties
at the institution after his experience
as a special assistant to the United
States Attorney General in the New
Orleans income tax cases
Col. Woodcock went to New Orleans
July 20 to examine evidence and con-
duct grand jury proceedings in con-
nection with alleged evasions of the
income tax laws. He returned Sum-
day, visited his home at Salisbury,
Md, and is now preparing for the
opening of St. Johns on Wednesday,
Because of his legal connection in
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PEERING REPORTER.

CHOULD you have occasion to walk
through the corridors of tie State
War and Navy Building about the
noon hour you would see number c.
messengers seated at tables, several of
whom are deeply engrossed in news
papers.
Closer scrutiny, however, will dis
close that the real object of their in
terest is lunch, which they consume
surreptitiously behind the shielding
folds of the journals.
1t would, of course. be unthinkatle
to eat brazenly in full view of passers-
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cornice of a deer house in the north
east corner of the Zoo park.
Hornets have built a huge nest
under its left wing and the eagle Is
glad that he or she is made Of stone
DID YOU KNOW?
Did you knou that the emergency
trucks OF the Washington Gas
Light Co. are equipped iDith short
,Oape radio receiuing sets capable
OF picking up police calls, thus
enabling the driuers to speed to the
scene OF any situation tDhich might
involue gas lines, such as explosions
and fires?
Il X X
PATHETIC FALLACY."
WHAT is known in literary circles as
w the pathetic fallacy" (attrib-
uting human qualities to inanimate
objects) is responsible for the present
location of one of the worlds famous
statues
1t is the Greerough marble figure oi
George Washington, represented as a
Roman father. naked from the
waist up.
For many years this statue stood in
the east plaza of the Capitol. Sc
many people pitied the statue, how
ever, as the hot rays Of the sun beat
down on It in Summer and the colo
chilled it in Winter, that Congress wa
forced to bow to public opinion.
A measure was passed providing 1
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SOUTHWEST GROUP ASKS
MORE FIRE EQUIPMENT
Civic Association Cites Need
Through Erection of Low-Cost
Housing Project.

The Southwest Civic Association
through Dr.. George L. johnson, chair
man of its Public Service Committee,
today wrote to Charles E. Schrom,
chief of the District Fire Department
asking the new pieces of fire appara-
tus provided for by an appropriation
by the last session of Congress, be
delivered to the Southwest section.
Two hose wagons and pumping
engine are asked to supplant those
now in use.
The association said that in the
last 25 years three fire companies
have been removed from the area
south of Pennsylvania avenue, and
added that erection of a low-cost
housing project in the Southwest sec
tion would increase the responsibility
Of the three companies now serving
the area
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~ who has had to put up with
~ an unaccommodating land
n lord, finally had to resort 70
extreme measures to get results.
Forced to occupy the only available
apartment on the top floor of made
over dwelling in which her landlord
retains his living quarters, her various
calls to him over the phone were net
with unfulfilled promises only
Came that prolonged ramJ
season a few weeks ago. Arriving in
her apartment one of those evenings
she was greeted with shower bath
in her kitchen where she had re-
paired to get dinner.
Rushing into her bed room she pro-
cured pair of overshoes, rain cane
and an umbrella. first managing to
get her landlord on the phone
Come to my apartment at once
and bring a camera with vou" SIZE
commanded excitedly and. putting ur
the receiver, hurried back into the
kitchen, where the curious landlord
found her under her hoisted umbrella
broiling steak
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wherein chickens mother ducks, dogs
take care of young cats and vice
versa, but have you ever heard of
eagles mothering hornets?
Well, it's happening this very day
in the Washington Zoo. An eagle
has taken a swarm of hornets under
its wing.
This is sort of hoax, however, for
| the eagle is a stone eagle on the
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RIVER YIELDS BODY.
FEET STUCK IN MUD
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, September 20.-The
body of Carranza Sanchez. q, of New
Mexico. who drowned in South River
off Selby-o Bay. was recovered
today. His feet were stuck in the mud.
Sanchez was one of party of four
who arrived at the resort last night
and went to the shore. Residents said
he jumped from row boat in about
seven feet of water and did not
come up.
An inquest will be held tomorrow
night.
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Ex-Advertising Manager Dies.

WAYNE, Pa, September 20 tP).-
Ernest John, So, former advertising
manager of the Victor Talking Ma
chine Co., died yesterday. Born in
st. Ives. England. he came to the
United States in 1898.
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Stotesbury Grandson to Wed.

HOLLYWOOD, September 20 lP).-
Walter Brooks, Philadelphia socialite
and grandson of E. T. Stotesbury,
banker, has announced he will marry
Miss Wells, the daughter of Will
Brown, Dallas oil man. Brooks has a
Hollywood workshop, where he is ex-
perimenting with animated pictures.
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PROTECTION2

PROTECTION?
A man on F street seems to be
"cutting of his nose to spite his
face" He has placed seUeral boards
,rith spikes upturned and numerous
broken bottles in front OF the en-
trance OF his garage to Keep auto
mobiles using q parking lot across
the alley from running on his prop
erty to turn.
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SOLDIER KILLED IN FALL
$500 FEET FROM PLANE
Falls Trough Trap Door Of
Army Bomber as Ejector Lever
Is Released Accidentally.

IS heIeaseu ACCIuentaIIy.
BY the Associated Press.
HAMILTON FIELD, Calf, Septem-
Der 20.-Pvt. George H. Brinkley, %.
fell through trap door of an Army
bombing plane yesterday and was
dropped $500 feet to his death at
Point Reyes, 35 miles west of here.
Army officials here reported the
trap door opened after Brinkley acci-
dentally released bonnb-ejector lever.
The plane, piloted by Maj. John NJ
Davies, was one of six Army bombers
in maneuvers along the coast.
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Rabbits for Poor.

Faced with a plague of rabbits,
farmers at Leicestershire, England,
shot the bunnies and gave them to
the poor.
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THIRD HOUSE"

THE appellation of Fourth Estate"
for the newspaper profession is
generally well known, but that Of
Third House" for the press galleries
of the Capitol has been less wide
spread. Our goldfish bowl research
expert testifies that this designation of
the press galleries was officially adopt
ed during President Harrison's admin
istration when DR. Francis Bacon, cor
respondent of the New York American,
used to sign himself as Regular Mem
ber, Third House."
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Washington Wayside
Random Observations of Interesting
Events and Things.

by in the austere halls of the veners-
BILE edifice.
X X X
B-Z-2-Z-Z.
ONE occasionally hears of those
~ phenomena of the animal world
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place for it In the apse of chapel in
the original Smithsonian Museum.
where it now reposes, saintlike, and
safe from all rigors of the weather.
X X X
SIGN IN ANACOSTIA.
Sign seen on Nichols Avenue,
Andcosti1:
DOGS
ELECTROCUTED
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they're it,!

Whatever can be said
about the Double
Breasted ID. b. Chesty
goes double for the D.
B. Tick. It has the
smart snug waist and
full chest feature plus
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the new pattern style
effect of TICK! Tiny
white dots woven in
Herringbone, Stripe
and Mixture patterns.
A combination of Style
that is surely "The
Last Word"
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BROILING IN THE RAIN.

A WOMAN Government worker
" who has had to put up with
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WORKERS BACK
'S|ROV|CH BILL

The decision in the contro-
verted Donovan case was cited
today before the House Civil Ser
vice Committee as showing the
necessity for creation of an appel
late body to which aggrieved
Government employees may take
their cases.
Wilbur Cohen, representing the
FERA Lodge of the American
Federation of Government EN-
ployes, told the committee he be-
lieved he represented the views
of a great number of the emer-
gency agency workers with re-
spect to the provisions of the
Sirovitch bill to extend the Civil
Service.
In general, Mr.. Cohen. ap-
proved of the measure, especially
those provisions which would per-
NIT emergency employees to be
blanketed into the Civil Service
on passing a non-competitive ex-
animation.
The bill calls for creation of an
appeals body to which employees
might take their grievances, but
specifies that the board should be
composed of a representative of
the employee, a representative of
the department in which he works
and an official of the Civil Service
Commission.
William A. Roberts, represent
ing the Federal Bar Association
and the Federal Court clerks
urged that the court clerks and
lawyers in the Government service
be placed under the Civil Service,
asserted that "the service should
afford a career"
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$4,000 Out for
Maryland Hunt
Cup Classic

WORTHING TON VALLEY,
Md, April 27.-Eight of the finest
jumpers of the famous Maryland
and Virginia thoroughbred coun-
try were poised today to compete
in the historic and aristocratic
Maryland Hunt Cup to be run
late today over the Worthington
Valley estates of C. L. A. HeiSer
and T. w. Y. Martin, with Charles
S. Chesterton's Captain Kettle an
outstanding favorite.
Captain Kettle is favored by
dint of his impressive victories the
last two years over the four miles
of turf and % timber fences stand
ing five feet high to be taken en-
route. 1t is the forty-second run
ming of the stiffest post and rail
competition known to the gentle
man riding paStime of this section.
At noon today Walter K. and
Diony were scratched from the ten
expected to start, leaving in COM
petition Mrs. Vadim Makaroff's
Gigilo, Mrs. w. Austin Wads-
worth's Hotspur II, Alexander Cas-
salts Vaudeville, Benjamin Leslie
Behr's Mullah, AS Fair and Brose
Over, and John K. ShaW'S Cockey
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. -
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SCHULTZ J j Ry.
NEAR VERDICT

SYRACUSE, N. Y, April q q.
N.SD michael G. Shea, foreman
of the Federal court jury de-
liberating the fate of Arthur
Dutch Schultz" Flegenheimer for
alleged income tax evasion, re-
ported to the court today that, al
though still deadlocked, he be-
lieved the jurors could yet agree
on a verdict. They retired i'm
mediately for further elaboration.
Judge Frederick H. Bryant
ordered the jurors locked up last
night after they had reviewed the
evidence for more than II hours
without arriving at a verdict.
1t was rumored the jurors stood
8 to 4 for acquittal.
When the jurors were locked up
for the night, Schultz was escorted
to Hotel Syracuse by two depu-
ties. He said:
"This suspense is awful.
wish the whole business were
OVC.."
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MEXICO ACTS
IN CR|S|SON
SILVER
Peso Replaced by Paper Bills,
Copper Change as U. S.
B0omS Metal Price

MEXICO CITY, April 81
G.NSO silver peso re-
treated precipitately from circu-
lation today as President Carde-
mas drastic monetary DEGREES,
aimed at safeguarding Mexico's
silver reserve against Washing
tons boost in the price of the
metal, began to take effect.
Following the peso int hiding
and into government reserves,
silver small chance disappeared
also. In the place of both ap-
peared paper "vales"-represent-
ing promises to pay" similar to
the paper currency used in revo-
lutionary days-and bank of
Mexico bills and copper change.
Clarifying yesterdays decree
the President today put into effect
the following. monetary orders:
/. Exporting of silver is pro.
hibited.
2. Silver money is to be re-
tired from circulation within 80
days.
3. All silver obligations are to
be payable in Bank of Mexico
bills.
4. One, 5, 10, 20, so. 100, 500.
and 1000 Bank of Mexico bills
shall be legal tender, supple
mented by copper small change.
The Indians, to whom the wei
come ring of hard silver in the
past proved perhaps the most pc
tent influence in determining the
country's monetary policy, loom
as the big question mark with re
gard to the successful enforce
ment of the new monetary laws
The Government is greatly con
cerned as to whether they will
accept paper money, and put il
freely into circulation. Once be
fore, in 1917, the Indian fooo
vendors of the Hinterland
spurned paper money, and forced
the country to 60 on metallic
basis.
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Summer Visits
D.C.,Mercury
Reaches 81

Summer paid an unexpected
visit to the Capital today when
the mercury mounted to "a de-
grees at noon and kept on climb
ing.
A current of warm air COM
ing in from the South was
blamed for the sudden rise
which carried the thermometer
up 20 degrees in eight hours.
Tom orrow will continue
warm, but the first heat
wave" will be broken by show
ers, the forecaSter said.
The high temperature is not
uncommon at this time of year,
it was said at the Weather
Bureau, the all-time record
having been established in 1915
for today, with the mercury
standing at IS degrees.
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SEEKS MIRA VIEW
Of PRESIDENT
International News Service

Senate NRA foes today claimed
overwhelming support for their
move to limit extended life of
the Blue Eagle to next February
or March.
Even tor Pat Harrison
CD of Mississippi, chairman Of
the Senate Finance Committee
considering the extension legis-
Iation, conceded the new move
had gathered surprising strength.
Both Senator Harrison and those
who oppose any further extern
sion of the big recovery units
life today sought to sound out
President Roosevelt on the pro-
poSal for the limitation. spon-
sored by Senator Clark CD Of
Missouri.
Friends of MIRA saw in adop-
ton of an extension bill which
would limit life of the recovery
setup to next February a means
to avoid bitter fighting over any
and all extension.
Futile To Attempt
Those Senators who would like
to see the whole NRA abandoned
favored the Clark proposal be-
cause they felt it was futile to
attempt to allow the big body to
go out of existence on June 16,
when it's present legal life ex-
pires, barring continuing legisla-
ton.
Senator Clark pointed out ex-
tension until next February or
March would give the new Con-
gress plenty time to abandon the
MIRA, if it has been proved a fail
ure by then. On the other hand,
he argued, it would also give the
Congress time to draft perfecting
legislation and further extend the
recovery machinery in case it has
proved a success by next year.
Said Senator Clark:
cat any rate, a great many
court decisions will have been
rendered on the various phases
Of the law by that time. We
will have a clear perspective Of
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