davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25

be raised although probably in
Ia somewhat milder form-and
leaders cOncedc that if the emer-
gency lasts long enough all profits
above normal may be taken.
After Morgenthau startled the
House banking and currency com
.mittee with his recommendation
that 100 per cent taxes be imposed
on all profits above 6 per cent Of
investment. Representative Gore
Cd OF Tennessee announced he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25

Representative Buck tD) of Cal
liornia. a member of the COM
mittee. said. 1T would be un-
fair, and certainly would work
"A hardship on many concerns
which have undergone losses i'm
the hope OF obtaining profits
later. "a
Members of the tax COMMITTEES
pointed out that the treasury ha,
previously urged that eXces.
profits be computed solely on IN,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25

basis Of invested capital and that
they be heavily taxed although
nothing as drastic as "a 100 per
cent tax has been suggested pre-
.vlously
The committee, however. in the
recently enacted tax bill, thump-
Iingly turned down this idea and
left excess profits To be computed
either on the basis of a percentage
of invested capital or on a basis OF
the corporations prior earnings.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Profits Levy; Doubt Passage This Session Pig
Pigeon Goes A. w. OIL.

LAKE CHARLES. La, Sept. %.
Inns Military police arrested
a military offender here on
charges of being A. w. O. L. and
picking rides on a freight train,
an unauthorized vehicle Com
pany officers have confined the
ViOlatOr 10 It's quarters Tor me
duration of maneuvers. The Of
fender was a pigeon, lofted at
Lake Charles with a signal COM
pdny,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25

would seek 10 have some such
provision written into the pending
price control bill.
Gore described ms plan as "a
provision 10 have the treasury
recapture all excess profits % The
Tennessee member, however, eX-
planned later.
Il am not sure that I agree
with the secretary that every
thing above 6 per cent Is excess
profits. That matter will have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Morgenthdu Tax
Would Cut War
Profits to6PCt
BY ARTHUR HACHTEN

tht NfNN service NtaH Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Sec-
rotary of the Treasury Morgen-
thau told Congress today that the
administration plans a drastic new
tax program TO take every cent of
excess profits out Of war business
and leave industry a maximum of
Is per cent return on invested
capital
-f'pyrI1yTng before The House
banking and currency committee
on commodity price control legis-
lation, Morgenthau referred TO the
unprecedented tax program. say
ing that:
eff we ask the farmers. the
bankers and the others to be pa
tTtOtic I'm this emergency We
should also ask the corporations
TO give up their excess profits.
TIGHTER PROFITS LAW
1--WE feel that during this
emergency a corporation should
be satisfied to earn q per cent
Of Its invested capital and that
everything over that should 20
TO pay for defense expenditures.
81 feel we will have a much
more stringent excess profits
law"
(TreaSury recommendations
IN regard 10 excess profits in the
recently enacted $3.50, 000.0
defense tax bill were sharply
modified in Congress-
The treasury head raped pro-
visions in the price bill TO give the
farmers ITO per cent of parity for
their products, contending that
parity ought 10 be sufficient. and
Morgenthau warned that the farm
ers, workers and government -ern-
ployes would be at the mercy of
"the three horsemen-the speeu-
fator, profiteer and tIUaruPT, UNI
less the government moves quickly
TO head off initiation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
By GRIFFING BANCROFT
Init News Serxfea star (orresnondeu

WASHINGTON. Sept. 25. Leg
iSlative leaders today described as
virtually non-eXiStent' the
chances that this session Of Con
greSs viii approve Secretary OF
the Treasury Morgenthau's pro
pOyaf that business profits during
the emergency be limited 10 a flat
8 per cent Of invested capital.
The issue. however is certain %
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25

20 be studied and "A fair method
Of computation worked out"
Morgenthau urged that his
recommendation be embodied in a
tax bill rather than a price control
bill but members of the House
ways and means committee-the
chief congressional = x-pVfitiHe
body-were cold 10 the idea al
once
II don't think the secretary
has studied the thing through"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
OPPOSES WAGE FIXING

But he was emphatic in oppos-
ing any legislation 10 fix wages.
He said:
1T has been suggested during
these hearings that this price
control bill shouid include Il
ceiling over wages. I should
Like 10 90 On record AZ not Shar-
ing this view. In free countries
tabor is not commodity. hu-
-~ man beings are not property.
and they should not be treated
a. such.
II fully appreciate that wages
affect the cost of production
and the general level of prices.
However, n we very definitely
can, on the one hand. keep the
cost Of living from rising. and
on the other hand impose ade-
quate taxes on excessive profits,
then we will have removed the
ma j0r causes for demand for
general wage increases.
BARGAINING CONTRACTS
Furthermore, IL Is worth not
ing that the major portion Of
our defense industries today l.
covered by collective bargaining
contracts. and only n sharp rise
in the cost of living il likely To
upset those contracts.
After recalling that prices rose
IS per cent before Congress en-
acted control legislation during
the world war, NorEcrtfau
warned the committee that prices
now are rising rapidly. He said
1.-The wholesale prices Of farm
products have risen 81 per cent
I'm the past year, and of that rise.
8 per cent has occurred In the
! last month. All commodities
have risen Is per cent i'm the last
year and . per cent in the last
month alone.
THE public Il amply aware OF
what Is happening. The house
wife knows that pork chops that
were 20 cents a pound In JaDu-
AIRY were 30 in February. 81 in
April. 80 in MAY, 35 I'm June. 81
i'm July, 80 In August, and 81 At
the moment, a total rise Of 40
per cent i'm nine months. The
housewife knows that eggs have
risen more than third.
HOME FRONT WAR
Passage OF this bill would he
one additional step forward in
the war against imitation, the
war that must he fought and
won II we are 10 preserve our
American heritage"
MOrgenthau said price leCiSla-
ton alone would not prevent in
nation; that heavy taxation. heavy
investments In defense bonds and
stamps and other controls over
bank credit may be necessary.
Capital expenditures for non
defense needs should be discour-
aged. and the social security pro-
gram might be extended TO soak
up more purchasing power he
added.
As Morgenthau was testifying,
Chafgan Steagall Cd of Ala
bama was comforting with Presi-
dent Roosevelt on price control
legislation. Emerging from the
White House. Steagall told news
men that he had assured the PreSi-
dent the committee would speedily
report a price control bill.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25

o be slipping
the tho a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-01

indicated IT may be planning To
strike at the West Coast Go
leader through his own counsel.
At the opening session Gitlow
identified Mrs. Carol King. Bridges
chief defense attorney. as having
been formerly a law partner of
one Joseph r. Brodsky whom he
identified as Communist.
Gitlow testified that in 1919 he
began serving a 5-fo-10-year
prison sentence in New York state
on a conviction Of criminal an
archy. At thai time the Com
muuists- 'ti4a him for MAYOR of
New York City Three years later
he was pardoned by the governor,
he testified
Gitlow. who helped organize the
United States Communist Party in
1919 and remained a member IN
Ill 1929. when he was its general
secretary. testified al length about
his knowledge of the party and
the Communist International.
The witness also stated several
times that the American Com
munist Party Is controlled by the
Communist International. while
the Communist international Is
controlled By the Russian Com
munist Party
He testified after government
counsel Judge Clarence y. Good
win stated the government would
prove that Bridges once belonged
TO the Industrial Workers of the
World and the Communist Party
and once was affiliated with the
Marine Workers Industrial Union.
The WV praeiiced sabotage
the Communist Party advocated
violent destruction of the United
States government and The MWIU
was dominated by the Communist
Interna 9onal Judge G o o9d " n
charged.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-01
7 Enter Guilty Plea
On Firearms Charge

Two Detroit men. arraigned or
warrants charging violation OF the
National Firearms Act before
Federal Commissioner George NJ
Reed, pleaded guilty today and
we're ordered held for action by
the federal grand jury. They are
Eugene Wells d of -63S Cont.
mental avenue. and Ernest Enocks.
g OF 1916 East jefferson avenue.
who were found IN possession of
a loaded sawed-off shotgun when
arrested March -.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-01
NAZI RAGE MOUNTS

German indignation was brough
to the boiling point by these de
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-01
Little Fish
Make a Big
Michigan Industry

. SMELr are running Around Esca.
naba and Menominee, Beulah, BOVINE
City and other smelt centers. that
means bH-y -dat- and htts7 nights
Thousands Of people join in the acti,.
iiy, netting ton, Of fish every night.
The annual catch Of smelt in Mich.
igan Is over 100000 pounds and
growing every year. In the Escanaba
area alone, its a $4,000 industry.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-01

ready 10 resume testimony in
Harry Bridges second deportation
hearing today as the government
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-01
Links Bridges to IWW
Government Counsel Lists Charges Gi Former Party Leader Again
Takes Stand in Second Deportation Hearing

SAN FRANCISCO. April l.
Benjamin G6ttiowf51 former convict
and Communist Party leader was
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Copyright b. Detroit Times. All rights reserved
HERBERT CASTOR
The assistant secretary of
the treasury acting as head of
the department in the absence
of Secretary Henry Morgen-
THAI, looking up world War
statutes on which the seizure
of the NaLi, Italian and Danish
ships by The Coast Guard WAS
based. The action was a
protective measure" he said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-01
Serb Showdown
By NightfdII
Predicted
BY PIERRE j. HUSS


Inii News ssrsiee stan Correspondent
BERLIN. April THE limit Of
German patience with regard to
Yugoslavia was reached today. au-
thentic quarters announced and a
definite showdown was predicted
before nightfall.
Germany may wash her hands
OF the whole crisis presumably
m diplomatic Sense1 and let
events take some other course.
according 10 views expressed in
the Wilhelmstrasse.
This was not further empha-
sized. The Reich thus far has
used diplomacy and pressure
through its controlled press.
Observers believed the "other
ccourse' meant military action.
NAZI RAGE MOUNTS
German indignation was brought
TO the boiling point by these de-
velopments:
Reported arrival in Belgrade
i of British Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden and Gen. Sir
John q. Dill. chief of the British
imperial general stan.
London advised there was no
confirmation of Berlin reports
that Eden and Dill mad reached
Belgrade
O-Alleged excuses amounting
TO Macedonian terrorism"
against the German minorities
in various parts of YugoslaNia.
C-Nithdrawal for no apparent
- reason of the Yugoslavian
minister from Berlin. This ac-
ton MAS followed Immediately
by recall of Niktor Won Heeren,
German minister TO Belgrade.
The latter will not return to
Belgrade unless or until Nugo-
Slavia re-establishes normal re-
latiOns.
Alleged Ang o-AmeTican
Vaccinations 10 stir he
YugoslaVs into action against
Germany.
VIOLATES ANS PACT
Official circles said they were
appalled, OYER Eden's arrival IN
which they declared
vas an outright violation of tho
.ripartite pact YugoslaVia they
aid, Is Still officially considered
an ally.
At , p m. official circles said
he situation vas steadily Worsen-
ne. with all indications that A
torn possibly threatening all
Europe might break
,hortb
WiihelmStrasse authorities de
Jared anti-German incidents in
are getting out Of
aand They maintained this was
demonstrated by arrest Of all
eaders Of German groups through
1ut iugoSlavia. pillaging and burn
ng of German villages and the
beating up and numbering of Ger
mans along with other kinds of
error.
Il was asserted the German gov
repeatedly has drawn the
attention of Belgrade 10 these
Incidents.
SPoKESMAN'S VIEW
One spokesman for the VII
commented:
we cannot comment on cur
rent political events in Belgrade.
Iii il not vet known whether
the Reich government will issue
formal procurement about
YugoSlavia i'm the next few hours
or today.
Arrival OF Eden and Dill at
Belgrade naturally has eNeep-
tional significance at this par
tieular moment.
obviously IL is not their mis-
sion To pacify things, but to
cause sparks"
] FL Ill. NI
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-01

Like all fish. smelt are highly perish.
able. and handling the catch requires
lightning communication between
packer, shipper and city market. In
locating the places where smelt are
in demand, speeding up shipments,
routing fast orders. modern telephone
service helps get the succulent little
fsh from riler 10 frlingg.pan- in the
shortest possible time.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-01

Eoeh spring local girls
are chosen tn reign as
Queens Of the vari.
Gus Smeli Festivals
which take place dur.
ing April. These gala
events attract large
numbers of visitors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-10
NfDITERRANEAS RAIDS
AID TO ALLIED SHIPS

The stepped-up British war on
shipping in the Mediterranean
probably accounts for London's
claim that British and allied losses
IN july and August were only
about ons-third those II the AXIS
The reduction IN British losses
may be attributed in part 10 =
strsnR thsninK 81 the convoy forces.
nes defense methods ard the
United states patrol ~ the vest
ern Atlantic The latter. fnr in
stance. has released badly needed
escort vessels fpr duty In other
waters
Thus. despite the great German
effort. The nfsblood Of supplies
atm Ia flowing 10 Britain. On the
other hand. the Germans have not
Dssn abis 10 break the British
blockade They we're forced 70
turn first 10 the Balkans and nos
~ Rusaia far supplies They were
getting some supplies frnm thoas
countries. but not enough. What
they would not give. Germany -
trying 10 take.
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STARTS on
PAGE ONE

last week-en following a vacation
Vas the Rev. Hertsert West. pastor
Of the Oherhn church.
Visiting ~ the home ~ Mr.. and
MR.. Thomas Vaughan. az. last
weekend WAS Mr.. and Mrs. .. I'll
Wood Vaughan and son. James. Of
Everett.
sam Ward. visiting in Tacoma
FOR 10 days. has gsne to Los An
geles.
Recent guest IN Vaughn At the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. \. .. Free
born was Emma Ellison Of Tacoma.
Mrs. George Mcknight. injured
when her husband was killed IN an
auto accident Aug. 30. Is recover
ing slowly in a hospital in san
Jose. Calf. They formerly lived
here
Visitors recently AZ the home ~
Mrs. Lena Close 81 Randle were
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Close. Of
Tacoma.
a son was horn Friday to Mr..
and Mrs. ". =. Firth.
A pair of ash trays made with
elaborate anchors and chains cut
from heavy steel by an artist
welder at the shipyard are repos-
Ing on the desks Of Mayor Harry
+. Cain and Harold y. Bird. city
garbage department superintend-
ent. The tokens from shipyard
workers were engraved and gold
plated. John Myekoff and Glenn
q. kremer made the presentation.
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HYMN SELECTED WAS
FAboRITE Oh MOTHER

The hymn was selected by the
president because 1t Was hls moth
ers favonte.
After the service. eight men Of
the estate, some Of whom had
worked for Mrs. Roosevelt for
more than two score years. lifted
the mahogany caskst. and carried
il n the heafss
Past spacious estates. lined with
lichen-coYered stone walls. through
the quaint little village Of Hyde
Park. Mrs. Roosevelt was taken
to her last resting place In the
sylvan surroundings Of ST. James
church
ssyenty-fiv. yards behind the
church. n small stone structure a.
ancient Dutch style combined with
Gothic. the body ~ the president 8
mother was laid in the Roosevelt
family plot
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-10
Sharp Decline
In Ship Losses
Boon 10 British

Continued Prem Page onel
June. total losses were Tttstas
Adding q hypothetical 500 900 ~
July. the British total would -
under 5000 600 tons. about enc
fourth ~ what britain had ~ the
start Of the var or has acquired
stree. Thus Britain would stlil
have about = per cen, u her
shipping capacity.
As q July |. ieap Britain had
u .n0i pga tons. To this was added.
according 20 british sources.
: 1000 600 tons FIRM conquered
countries. making a total Of more
than - 600 600 tons Aoquisi.
lions from the United states and
British shiphulldlng would swell
the figure 10 an undtacloaed 81
tent. figures not being available
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-10
STATE TROOPERS GUARD
ENIRANCES 10 EsTAII

The journey was made IN priv
acy. State troopers guarded every
entrance 10 the Roosevelt estate
and kept the post road free Of All
other traffic From early morn
Ing CCC youths from Freedom
Plains had been stationed a. the
church. A steel cable stretched
from tree 70 tree helped keep the
churohyard clear
As the heaTss halted near the
open grave. the men from ths
estate again lifted the coffin "a
their shoulders. A. their head Nas
William Plog. estate supefinisnd.
ent. who went to Work for ths
ROoheyelts three years befors
James EoozsRsit's birth.
There were 10 euisgisz ~ ~
grave. There were no great bank,
u nowers Tiers was ~ pomp.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-10
No License
10 Forfeit
Jury Sets Fine OF
Driver CT $50

a tary In Justice Blanche Punk
Milers court Monday afternoon
inpo~ed = fine q $50 and cost, o.
= c. Owens Of Seattle for drunk
drisinE.
II was directed that Owens Also
fcrfeit his drivers license for one
uor but when Justice Miller
80 about It after the trial
90 admitted he had no drivers
uDrss
-fou man they sold Won
eruck without first knowing
whether You had = license TO
arve IT." asked the Justice.
SUR" laid Owens. "thevu
Del Won truck over there for
us down.
Ne said he had only had the
trnck two weeks when he was
erested by state Patroln1an Bert
overholt, after chase extending
fU miles. overholt said Owens
Wnh another man in the car. drove
Hough Fife 35-mile zone at so
Aes an hour or more. finally
epping IN Bay st. where Over
- nabbed him Traffic was too
Fy TO catch his sooner. Over
III said.
#Owens Vas committed 10 the
eounty jail until the fine and
oosts are paid.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-10
First Fall Meeting
For Club Thursday

Pail ani Ntnsar ssheanis ~ tht
West Knd improvement and civic
eiah viii begin Thursday night ~
= o'clock q, mssiinE - . group
in Franklin achsal
a COMMITTEES 10 10 rspsst sa |.
Fsssnt msstiHH Nth ths pafz
board regarding sdsii,ionsi d.
veiormsns ~ vfsnkiia Fsfh All
ssss end residents are iHyitsd n
attend
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Puyallup Woman.
Two Others Hurt
One Acciden. OF
18th and Jefferson

a rseors driver vas ecoked II
TIRE oity 81 fer investigates Il
drunken drfviak after ~ oss
caused injury - Frsds sehei,na
Is u fnyailup n a collision ~ 50
2sth q. a. jefferson ave ists
Monday night
Mss schsitiin. eoz an =, Sw-
vas IN PpsyaIiup General hsspital
vita = fractured cellar eons ~
Injury and severe shock.
she wss riding in a esr driven
Nv p J starwich %. ~ha was
reported attempting a leu turn
OF jefferson = q haek - ths
bulkheaa AZ 2sth -. when he vsz
struck from behind
Reiesaei 90 Ran
Vincent ursich a. Taccr,s. 81,
was arrested hy Officers Trent
and joyce. He was released At
: - a. m. On $500 cash hail at the
order a Deputy Prosecutor Wi
liam y Goodwin sisrNich also
was arrested but released st oncr
on reoognizance b. The motor
division.
The injured woman already had
been removed when police arrived.
She was taken 20 the Puyallup
hospital by Bll Leonharit Of Puy.
allup. who had been driving =
short distance behind starwieh.
Car Turns over
In the county hospital Tor
observation q injuries in an soci.
dent just after midnight Vas
Juanita Book. -. ~ 622s So
Junett Tier car turned over At
So. 27th and X sts ~ II n = m.
and she was taken "a her home IN
cab At 2sa. however. police
were called 10 take her % the
hospital. The young woman suf.
fered a deep cut under her chin
and shock.
jess Parker. so. ~ Route s.
BOX 1913. South Tacoma. was
taken 10 st JoSeph's hospital
Monday night with a broken right
Lex. suffered when he fell under a
slowly moving truck Parker was
helping load a caterpillar tractor
on the truck when he slipped.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Is Laid 10 Rest

Continued From Page One)
the dead from the Episcopal book
Of Common Prayer
Only the president and first
lady. their sons. James, Elliott and
John, the sons wives and Mrs
Franklin u Roosevelt jr, the
presidents aunt and uncle. Mrs
Price Collier Of Tuxedo Park
y. Y. and Frederick nelano and
few employees Of the 200-acre
estate were present
Eight voices Of the ST James
choir. led by Miss Mary =. Gar
rison and accompanied on the
plano. began the services by sing
ing % Love That WIN Not Let
Me Co"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-10

fcontlnu<d Prem rse< onel
w~re rumn~d - ministry aid
.nd scess a che<rcarn w<re
sttzsk~d
ns1fne< - wharr a<~s % The
4~riEn I'D rad n~~n GO - The
20 events = - .sr. awaited
eagerly details af IN. newest raid.
s~eend = whss 4 SO Indicated
wuald ~ = wknt<r'ipnx rsureixn
- iszsax th< ar w<f a Germany
with lnes<s=sax fafv~.
. uownKN< tosr
HFgfish nomnsux np~rnfsnrn
~ishsn - l..s = haars n .s<ss-
stne ~ N. fserfzn rsis sod Nor-
nay Aaehts fsid - western ln<l.sp-
tFtst ti~fWsns. Nd sxt<nsist from
Sof~sy - slrtEy. ard Ha>~s>n
nlenzs ~ ast> : heavy rat -
nv Haress. sspttsl ~ Hunasnis
rh< sesis q ne nrtfisn f<'<s
sss insileat<f ~ tHs .ari<~soa
nat - A~saeznx ri~Hss hst he<a
lnet IN ira zs~st Sunday night
Fsit'<1 thst tss tm<ri<sns hssift
flying fnstFess~s rad been ~ss "A
clans. AZ N. .m-r,r.n r.r,~
.,,saasua 49,. nl<s.ns after 4
sweep ex=r narth@rn Francs ana.
ssx.
Awuau Ans 9BaasN0
Authoritative aasrssrs <&sa that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-10
NA/Is NOT ABfF To
USE ALI. CAPTURED SHIPS

With Germany's original mer.
chant fleet. some 600 600 tons
acquired from the occupis,s coun-
tries, and italys fleet. the axis
had 1900 900 tons available An
announcement by the RfitKh press
service reports 600 600 tons sunk,
scuttled or captured
Germany has not besn able tn
make run Use ~ the captured ships
nd hafbofs II Il true that she
has prevented Britain from using
them. as she was able "a do IN the
World war Nevertheless. the
British air force and fleet have
been pounding at all these bases
and making them sometimes dlffi-
cult 10 use. The African campaign
also has made axis shipping. most
~ Italian. extremely vulnerable.