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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
j. s. DICKER|NG
FOR USE Of ALL
BRITISH BASES
Would Remove Excessive
Trade Restrictions
After War
NO DlSCRlM lNATION IN
RAW MATERIALS LIKELY
Would Regulate Supplies of
Commodities TO Protect
Consumer Nations

Washington, Oct cup The
United States was understood to-
day to have asked Great Britain to
make all British bases available for
future American use.
The request was part OF q broad
program presented by the United
States TO Britain and China. in con-
nection with lend-lease arrange
ments, to provide guarantees for a
bitter world after the war.
Postwar doctrines TO which the
United States has asked Britain to
subscribe were said to include;
!. Removal OF excessive trade
restrictions.
2. Non-discrimination in interna.
tional commercial relations.
3. Non-discriminatory use of raw
materials.
4. Willingness to regulate cup.
plies Of commodities to protec, III
terests of consumer nations and
people.
8. International finance to az
essential enterprises and contrib
ute TO continuous development
all countries. d.
China, it was understood, has
been asked to subscribe to the trade
principles. but has not been asked
to make any bases or locations foi
future bases available 10 the United
States.
Negotiations on this program be
tween the United States and the
twe-FeeiPients- eEleaA-lsase- benefits
are concerned with methods of re-
payment for American war mater
ials now being poured out TO them
II Is conceded here that 1t will be
Impractical if not impossible to OBJ
tain entire repayment in cash or
GOODS. The American government
is moving already. therefore, TO
make sure that lasting benefits will
result from this great outlay Of
money and materials.
In the case of Britain the United
States wishes to implement through
definite agreements the eight-point
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Atlantic peace
declaration.
The United States has asked for
the right to use British bases as q
part of Americas long-range de
tense aism. The most controversial
of the British bases would be Singa-
pore. jealousy watched by the Jap
anese who have said frequently
they would consider it cause OF
grave concern" if the base were
opened 10 American warships.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
on
Streets Early

Halloween pranksters started
early this year to annoy residents.
already apprehensivc over tina
providers activities. Several calls
were answered by police Tuesday
night.
Vandals took rocking chair
from the porch Of Miss Myrtle Null.
holland go T. Cross St. TO Pros.
pect Park where they broke II up
and left the pieces. she said They
waxed windows on Russell H. New.
mans car while ii was parked near
hlF home al 6l7 y Prospect st.
They also removed a barrier and
lantern from street construction
on +. Cross st. and moved them
10 p Cross and y. Prospect SITS.
where they presented a traffic haz.
arl.
Sounds as though Of providers,
whether Halloween or otherwise.
were heard by Mrs William kish-
Jar. 100 Catherine ST. and by Mrs.
l.. a. Martin. 32t Miles St. during
the night Apparently nothing was
disturbed. however.
Mrs Buell Johnson, SOB Pearl St.
returned from a few days absence
Tuesday evening. and said II lc0 o..
as though some one had forced
basement window
car which aroused suspici0
<. Huron St residents turned oat
be that Of Carl Nelson. bono
plant emp1ye. who had tire trou
biz while looking for a room
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
War Hostages
Have Reprieve

Paris, Oct. 29-rNS-To give the
French a last opportunity to CO
operate, Chancellor Hitler today
ordered suspension Of further mass
executions OF French hostages.
Gen. Otto Won Stuelpnagel, com
mander-in-chief Of German occu-
patlonal forces in France, issued
new proclamation announcing
that Hitler had ordered the suspen-
sion pending the tracing Of
French assassins Of German OF
ticers.'
The proclamation said
THE Fuehrers action will give
all the French a last opportunity
to cooperate in tracing the Grim
minals and to demonstrate that
they abhor assassinations.
Every Frenchman should real
lie that he is able to cooperate IN
Qualification OF these cowardIy
crimes and simultaneously save his
countrymen from execution.
Possibly he also can help In OBJ
tanning the release Of French war
prisoners.
II and the German defense fore
in France would be happy IN the
event that measures like shooting
hostages are rendered unnecessary
in future
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
Germans Break Through
Into Crimea Peninsula,
Storn1ing Rostou-On-Don
Soviet Will Leave
City Smoking
Ruins
Naval Base at
Sevastopol
in Danger
tsy Associated Prsss>


German troops were reported to
have scored a break-through TO.
day into the Crlmea Peninsula, site
OF Russia's Black Sea naval base
OF Sevastopol, while other Nazi
columns stormed at the gates ut
Rostov-on.Don in what appeared Ia
be a climactic phase OF the four.
months-old battle of the Ukraine.
Soviet dispatches said Red army
engineers were already planting
deathtrap mines in Rostov and pre-
pairing to leave the city of 100000 a
smoking ruin.
The main German attacking col
umn was said to be only 10 miles
from the center of the big Don
River port. which guards the north
ern approach TO the Caucasus oil
fields. In Berlin. Nazi military
commentators said that once the
city had fallen. the way would be
open for swift armored divisions TO
strike south toward the nerve cen.
ter OF the oil region at Maikop,
l75 miles below Rostov
a bulletin from Adolf Hitler's
field headquarters said that three
German divislons-about 10000
men 49, succeeded in breaking
through Red army defenses into the
Crimea after 10 days of hard fight
ing.
The reported break presumably
occurred at the entrance 10 the
Perekop Isthmus, fourmiIe'wide
bottleneck linking the Crimea AMI
the T. S. 5. II. mainland, which has
been the scene or bitter lighting.
Although Sevastopol is Russia
main naval base on the Black Sea,
authoritative London quarters said
its capture would not be disastrous
/ to the Soviet fleet. Base faciliti :
could be transferred across tho
sea to Batumi or Novorossisk. on
the Caucasian mainland
At sea, Hitler's high command
credited Nazi U-boats with sinkin /.
! II ships totalling 1900 tons in +.
SIX day pursuit OF convoy travels
/ ing from Gibraltar TO England
An cscorting British dcstroyc :
was dioo tOl ptHo'u anu sum- lnf
high command said. and almost tho
entire convoy was adpei out.
On the bloody front before Mo5-
COW, the Russians acknowledged
the development OF a menac NIX
new thrust by the .erinans 10 the
vicinity Of Volokoiamsk. 70 miles
northwest Of the Soviet capital.
about midway between Mozhaisk
and Kalinin.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
NEUTRALITY ACT
REVISION NOT To
Be COMPLICATED
Leaders in Senate viii
Fight Anti-Strike
Amendments
WHEELER SAYS HE HAS
40 VOTES AGAINST BILL
Presidents Remarks on
Torpedoing Figures
in Debate

Washington. Oct. 2s-UP-Sen.
ate leaders prepared today to resist
any attempt to complicate the bat
tie over neutrality act revision with
anti-strike amendments.
Although some Republican mem
bers Of the opposition bloc on for
eign policy were expected to sup
port a rider dealing with the labor
situation, Sen. Burton X. Wheeler
D.. Mont, leader OF the opposition.
said he would oppose IL. He said he
wanted to limit the neutrality de
cision to the question OF Administra
tion foreign policy.
After two days OF debate on the
measure Wheeler said his poll indi-
Gated that more than 40 votes
would be cast against the proposed
repeal OF neutrality act provisions
barring American ships from bel
ligerent ports and from combat
zones the parts added to the
House-approved armed ship bill by
the Senate committee. lie added
that the poll showed five or six
doubtful votes In addition. a ma
jority Of the Senate is 40.
The speaking schedule for today
was not definite. but Sens. Gerald
p. Nye. r.. n. d.. and Robert NJ
La Toilette, Prog. Wis were ex
pected to present the opposition
argument against the bill aud either
Sen. Walter George. D., Ga, or Sens
JesA- Lee-pr- Okla -aHA-ElbeEt-D
Thomas, D.. Utah, were to appea
for It's passage.
President Roosevelt's press con
ference remarks yesterday on the
U:S.S. Kearny. torpedoed and badly
damaged off Iceland, were expected
to figure in Senate debate again. lie
said the Kearny was helping in a
hunt for submarines which had at
tackled convoy when a submarine
fired the torpedo which ripped open
the side OF the destroyer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
Machines at
Bomber Plant

Nearly 20 carloads OF new manu-
featuring machinery for Ypsilanti
bomber plant stands ready for un.
loading from railroad tracks near
the site on Ecorse Rd. Materials
include drill presses and lathes.
In addition about 50 carloads Of
construction materials including
stone. gravel and sand are ready
for unloading
Friction among the workers re-
Gently resulted in the building
trades local when iron workers At
tempted TO unload cars Affiliated
I'm the same local are millwrights
and riggers whose job II is TO
handle the materials. The argu.
ment was settled by company Of
hcials without more trouble among
workers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
COblins to be CleefuI Guests
at School Halloween Parties

program for knde5g1rten, first md
second graders is planned. Re
freshmcnts will be served and
games will be played.
Woodruff. Harriet and Central
grades will have evening programs
beginning at 7.o1 and continuing
tntil 900 Prospect School pu.
pills will not have evening motion
pictures as the other schools but
will hold - c5srsre parade and
have Individual room parties after-
ward.
Ypsilanti and Roosevelt High
School pupils plan dime dance
in the gymnasium after the Ypsi-
lanti- Ecorse High School football
game Dancing will start about 40
o'clock and continue until l1:30.
Refreshments will be served.
Central grade pupils will view
a Halloween assembly in the audi
forum a. 2 O'Clock Friday Miss e
Hazel Milks and Irene Ungrodt
will be In charge.
St John School children will
combine with Central grade chi
dren in the Halloween celebration.
Roosevelt grade children viii
hold a costume parade in the after
noon and follow festivities with In
dividual room parties.
~ Lincoln Consolidated School
the first major high school party
Of the year viii be Friday night.
Dancing and games will furnish en-
tertsinment and refreshments will
be served Elementary grades
plan room parties in the afternoon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29

Reports were given at the meet
ing of the executive board OF the
Observation-Disclosures Boy Scout
Council Tuesday evening at the
Michigan Union in An Arbor
.SgPt- -GAaPeiie- 4Psiietttiiy
presided and others from here
who attended were {. p. Steimle.
DR.. Harry l.. Smith, Norris Wiltse
and Chester Manning.
Mr.. Wiltse gave a report on the
staff OF commissioners as they
operate in the Ypsilanu district
and said that all troops were at a
high level and showing unusual en-
thusiasm. Or. Smith told of the
leadership training course carried
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
Ford Election
Being Delayed

At the request OF the American
Federation OF Labor 30-day post.
ponement has been ordered In the
National Labor Relations Board Of
collection bargaining elections IN
H. feeder plants OF the Ford Mo-
tor Company in Michigan One
such plant is located in Ypsilantl.
The AL charged that certain
Ford plant employees were cam
paigning in favor OF the United Au-
tomobil'a Workers (ClO), and The
board said the postponement was
ordered 10 investigate the charges.
The election was TO determine
whether the employees were 10 be
representa- for collective bargain.
ing by the CfO union, by the Unit
ed Automobile Workers fAFLl or
by neither The balloting was
scheduled for today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29

ties are not made from air. Con.
tributions to the Community Fund
will keep this shop from closing
and help these boys TO learn use
full crafts and keep them of the
streets Of Ypsiianti when there is
nothing constructive on their
minds Your contribution 10 the
Community Fund will also help
many others. The portion allotted
to the Salvation Army will help
bring Joy 10 many deserving per
sons through the months Christ.
mas baskets for the needy viii
change an empty Christmas into
Christmas with presents 81 toys.
clothing and food Two hundred
children who otherwise might not
know what a Christmas party IS
like ars entertained each year
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29

Goblius. witches and ghosts Wll
be gleeful guests at Hallowe m
parties in city schools r iday night.
Following the usual practice of
entertainment children will view
motion pictures. parade before
judges for costume prizes. play
games and partake Of holiday =
frC shments Of cider and doughnuis.
American Legion Post 2S2. rep.
resented by Paul Chapman. Rotary
Club delegates and Kiwsnis repre-
sentative Floyd Smith are in
charge Of the parties and will work
with the high school recreationai
department headed by Ed3in W.
Shadford
Al Hillcrest the usual afternoon
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
Salvation Army Provides Youth Training

at the Yul-tide season The
Torchbearer's Club. a youth orgaui-
cation sponsored by the Salvation
Army furnishes religious. educa.
t!onal and recreational activities
for its members and guests The
Ypsilanti division OF the organ'
zation helps 10 maintain the Sal
walton Army Children's Home, and
the Salvation Army Home and Hos
pital, for girls in Detroit 20 which
its needy may 20 for care
Your community has great need
for the work Of the Salvation Ar.
my Contribute generously 10 the
Community Fund when the oppor-
unity comes and Though il help o
carry on the good work 70 which
us members are deyoting their
time and energy. The Salvation
Army needs your contribution.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29

anticipation Of being able TO make
wooden cuts Of ornamental dolls
and animals for gardens Maybe
you have one or more Of these IN
your garden now, which you have
purchased from some cheerful
young salesman In the afternoon,
older boys replaced the young
craftsmen and were busy at lathe
and saws making desirable little
table lamps from censers OF dis
carded ten pins contributed by the
bowling alley.
Central Specially GO. gave me-
chinery for the little shop and the
KiWanis and Rotary clubs have
donated generously 10 the cause
but the fund IS now exhausted.
Materials ard tools are badly need-
ed Lamps must have cords, and
sockets and shades. Garden novel
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
Housing, Aircraft Work
in West to be Outlined

Defense housing and aircraft
works in southern California Will
be reported upon by Board Of Com
merce Secretary Paul Ungrodt al
Yrsilanti Council Of Defense meet
ing Friday noon az Hotel Huron.
Mr. Ungrodt recently returned from
the national commerce meeting in
California.
Board of Commerce transports
ton and traffic committee will
meet Friday noon at the. Hotel.
Both committees will lunch to-
gether at the Hotel
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
Bomber Plant to be Visited
by Duke of Windsor Thursday

The Duke OF Windsor will make
an inspection tour OF the $4,000 600
Ypsllani bomber plant Thursday
afternoon Henry and Edsel Ford
are expected to personally conduct
the former King of England through
the plant where some parts are
already being made for B-24 bomb
ers.
Ford Motor Company workers are
busy today preparing roadways
through the plant and airport for
the tour OF the celebrity. Exact
time OF the visit here has not been
decided.
The Duke will entrain from New
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
Three Injured
as Cars Crash

Three were injured in a crash on
Wasntenaw Ave. near Carpenter
Rd. about 1880 Tuesday night.
They are Miss Margaret Locke. 81,
Pontiac Mrs. Helen Miller, 81. 1921
Washtenaw Ave; John May. IS, Ill
E. Ann St, Ann Arbor.
A car driven by Sampson War.
rem, 20, Ill f. Ann St. had stalled,
and was struck in the rear by a car
driven by Miss Locke, sending the
Warren car $50 feet along the high
way, Both were headed east. Mrs
Miller and Mr. May were in Mr..
Warren's car. All injured were re-
moved to St. Joseph Mercy Hos
pital, Ann Arbor
lacerated, Bruised
Nern Mccullough, 40. Flint, re-
ceived decorations and bruises when
he lost control OF a car he wac
driving on Huron River Or. near
Haggerty Ri. Tuesday evening. The
vehicle went Off the road. hit a tree
and overturned. State police
brought Mr.. Mccullough to Boyer
Memorial Hospital
Sideswrpe
On Huron River DR.. near Chase
Rd. Tuesday afternoon ears driven
by Walter EudzinsN. 50, and by
Anthony Sekorski, 81. Carleton,
sideswiped. State police said Mr.
Sekorski apparently lost control OF
his vehicle waich skidded to the
left side of the road in the path OF
the oncomins DudzinfN car. Mr.
Sekorski was treated for decorations
and bruises by Belleville physi
clan. and was ordered TO appear al
the local state police post to show
cause Why his drivers license
should not he revoked.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
officers Shot

London. oct BINS The Lon.
don Daily Mail reported from Mad
rid today that the news has leak
I'd out" that two German officers
were shot aud killed in the Lie
area Of France on Monday Ger
man authorities. the dispatch
claimed. are remaining silent re.
earding the reported new assassi-
nations
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
Congress Today
by Associated Pressl

by Associated Press)
Senate
Continues debate on Neutrality
Act revision meets noon EST.
Nonessential federal expendl.
lures committee organizes Ill a.
M.
Defense investigating committee
calls Nathan Straus OF Housing
Authority G00:30)
House
In recess.
Banking Committee continues
study Of price control bill 10000.
Migration Committee continues
hearings on defense 10000.
TUESDAY
Senate debated neutrality revi.0
sion.
House In recess.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
Joseph MCIntire Now
Competing For Title
in Mail Checker Tits

Joseph Mclntire who entered
with la others IN mail checker
contest Is one OF seven now com
peting for the championship title
and cash award.
For five years the contest has
been running and Mr. Mclntire and
one other player are the only m
defeated players remaining in the
f,ttvvgvs
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29

York at p. m. tonight and arrive
in Detroit at S:l7 a. m. Thursday
He VIII visit the factory OF the
Chrysler Corporation where tanks
are being produced Accompanied
by his aide. Captain Vyyyan Drury
the Duke will have luncheon at the
Chrysler executive offices in High
land Park.
He will leave Detroit at 7 p. n.
and return TO New York al 7:40
a. m Friday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
AUCTION CALENDAR

SATURDAY. November lat 1900
o'clock. Mrs. Jay Knapp. Prod
pristor, 500 Ellis Road, 2 miles
west Of Ypsllsnti on U. S. 49,
mile south on Ellis Rd. Cart
Wright. Auetioneer; o. e. vedder
Clerk. Adv. 1881
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29

EDITORS NOTE. Floreutinc Tyr
rell and Alta Gable. students I'm
Ypsirant High School are authors
OF the following article in which
services Of tie salvation Army are
outlined The SALVATION Army is one
Of the agencies beuefitting from the
annual Community Fund drive.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
BY Florentine Tyrrell and
Alta Gable

Ritd OdDle
Fifty deserving boys need your
help. They need your help to build
strong character and become bet
ter citizens OF your community.
Every Saturday two groups Of boys
met al the Salvation Army head
quarters on Michigan Ave. with
two instructors from the Normal
College to learn woodwork In the
morning small boys came hurrylng
in and up the stairs 10 the neat
second floor work shop, filed with
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29

Milan. Mich. Oct. 29--Mrs. Don
aid Parrott was taken TO st. Jos.
epa's Hospital Ann Arbor, early
this morning after she was injured
in a crash on Hurd St. Mr.. Parrot.
who was driving, lost control Of the
car and it struck a utilities pole,
shearing It off He was not hurt, but
Mrs. Parrot received back injuries.
The accident was Investigated by
Officer Myrlsn Goodridge.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
RUwMkoE SALE

AL day Thurs Presbyterian
Oh basement. Wash. St. entrance
Adv. 1929
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
Today in 1915

tRy Associated Pressi
British capture several trenches
on front north OF the Somme.
BERLIN-AP- Italian Foreign
Minister Count Galeszzo Ciano Is re-
turning 20 Italy today after a tour
OF the eastern front during which
he saw Adolf Hitler at hts headqusr
ters. DNB said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29

FRIED CHICKEN supper sheldon
Church. Thurs. Oct 30. 55c and Csc.
Adv. 1929
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29

WASHINGTON - AP - The
United States will send a military
mission to lraq, was learned on
reliable authority today. to study
the feasibility OF constructing the
unfinished link in the historic
Berliu-to-Bagdad railway a. a route
for war supplies to Russia
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29

WASHlNGTON-AP- Secretary
Nickard declared today that he
would oppose proposed legislation
authorizing 100 per cent parity
loans for basic farm crops because
he fears it would interfere with
the Agriculture Departments eff
forts to secure a record production
OF food next year.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29

ROME-AP-Stefani said today
that filters reported a mile-long
patch OF oil in the Mediterranean
where an Italian plane torpedoed
a British cruiser last Saturday, ind
eating TO them that the cruiser
sank. The high command Sunday
had claimed only that the cruiser
was damaged,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29

CLANTON, Ala ms Four of
the Il persons burned to death
when a Greyhound bus struck a
concrete bridge and burned just
south OF Clanton Sunday night re-
NAMED unidentified today. Latest
victim to succumb to burns was
Otis Lunsford of Westyille, Fla.
private soldier at Fort Oglethorpe,
Ga.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29

BUEN'OS AIRES -AP-Departure
of Acting President Ramon Castillo
by train for the interior last night
was attended by a pistol shot which
caused a mJmentary panic az the
station. but police said Il was I.
harmless accident. Officers Of the
Asgentine capital reported he pis-
tol was discharged In the air during
en- alteration between TWO men on
the platform when one sought to
bit tie other wiz the weapon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29

NICHY. Unoccupied France -AP
The official journal today listed
60 towns in northern France. includ.
Ing Amiens and Abeeyille. as still
unable 10 house their residents ade
quately because o. war damage.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29

Recommendations NJ.
Nelson, OPM priorities director, TO-
day ordered the washing machine
and ironer industry to reduce its
output lis per cent under aver
age monthly sales for the II months
ended last June so.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-29
Flashes Of
Late News
The WEATHER: Thursday;
Cool, Rain

LISBON. Portugal-AP - An
other contingent OF Portuguese
troops left today aboard the Liner
Nyassa for the Azores. as Portugal
continued strengthening her At
lantie outposts.
LONDON-AP-King George VI
sent a telegram Of "warmest greet
ings and good wishes" today TO
President lsmet Inonu OF Turkey
on the 18th anniversary OF the
establishment of the Turkish re
public.