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Evening star., 1944-10-03
Missing in Action.

ENStHSss
Second 1t. Leon b. Lent, jr., %,
son of 1t. Col. Leon B. Lent tretired,
and Mrs. Lent of ASIA Connecticut
avenue NV, has been reported by
the War Department as missing
from a fight over Hamburg, Ger
many, on August 6. 1t. Lent was CO.
pilot of B-24.
Mrs. Lent said she had learned
that the chief pilot of her sons plane
is now prisoner of war. 1t. Lent
was born in Buffalo and was attend
ing Stevens Institute of Technology
in Hoboken, N. j., when he enlisted
in the Air Forces in January, 1912
He received his advanced training
at Valdosta, Ga, and was commits
stoned in January. He has been
overseas since April His father, Col
Lent, is a chief engineer with the
National Inventors Council of the
Commerce Department.
Sergt. Ernest w. Carter, jr., 81
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest w
Carter, GIG Greenbrier drive, Silver
Spring, Md, has been missing in
action in the North Africa area since
September 10, the War Department
has informed his parents.
A RADIO operator and gunner on a
Liberator, Sergt. Carter has been
overseas since August. He was sta
toned in Italy.
Born in Baltimore, where he was
propularly known as Mick" he has
been a resident of Silver Spring for
l6 years. He was graduated from
Montgomery Blair High School
whree he was active in sports, par
ticularly basket ball and baseball.
He attended Colgate University for
a year and later the University of
Maryland. He enlisted in the Army
Air Force in his sophomore year and
went into active service March, 1943
In addition the following men
were listed as missing by the War
Department:
Sergt. John p. Draskin, husband
of Mrs. Margaret Draskin, 2613
Cathedral avenue NV.
Pfc. Dale Richards, husband of
Mrs. Irene H. Richards, % Orleans
place NE.
The War Department also listed
the following men as missing In
action in the European and Med
iterranean theaters of operations
(Stories concerning their injuries
were carried previously in The Star
on the dates indicated, after their
next of kin had been notified.)
Pvt. Charles F. Hodgkins, son of
Mrs. Caroline s. Hodgkin, 5l26
Seventh street NV. Story carried
July 80.
Pvt. Bradley H. Killian, husband
of Mrs. Viola E. Killian, 1858 First
street S.W. Story carried August /.
Sergt. George c. Priddy, son of
Mrs. Viola v. Priddy, sos Ninth
street Sc. Story carried Septem-
ber IS.
Pfc. Seddon B. Sadtler, husband of
Mrs. Helen Sadtler, Alb South Lee
street, Alexandria.
Prisoner.
Staff Sergt. Gordon A. thinner
mann, a flight engineer on a BIT
is prisoner of the Germans, the
Evening star., 1944-10-03

High School and st. Albans. He
enlisted in the Army soon after his
graduation from Harvard University
in l94l, and was commissioned a
second lieutenant in May, 1872.
His wife and 5-month-old daugh-
ter live in Hollywood, Calf. Two
brothers are in the Army. Mai
Paul Wilmer who is in Italy. ano
Maj. Morton Wilmer, Wright Field
Ohio.
Pfc. Ray E. Miller was killed in
action in France on July 8, the
War Department has informed his
brother, Eldon J. Miller, 2310 North
Burlington street, Arlington. The
Star carried story when his fam
lily was Informed he was missing
on August 7. He also was listed as
missing on the War Department
casualty list today.
Second 1t. william I. Forde, 25.
son of Mrs. William Barge. l4O5
South Thomas street, Arlington, was
killed in action over Germany on
July 13, the War Department in
formed his mother by wire, which
superseded report on todays cas-
ualty list that he was missing. (The
Star carried the story September l4.)
First 1t. Donald c. Webb, %.
whose wife. Mrs. Jean E. Webb,
lives at 3509 North Fourteenth
street, Arlington, Va, died Thurs
day, two days after being injured
in antiaircraft maneuvers at Fort
Bliss, Tex. the War Department has
informed his family.
1t. Webb, a native of Fairbury.
Nebr.. came to the District in 1888.
Before enlisting in September, 1912,
he was a Social Security Board en-
ploye. He was graduated from
Benjamin Franklin University in
1889. He was an instructor at Fort
Bliss at the time of his death.
Besides his widow he is survived by
14-month-old daughter, Betty
Ann; his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Webb of Kearney, Nebr.;
two brothers and three Sisters.
Pfc. William II. Byers, son of John
G. Byers. 423 North Carolina ave-
nue. Sc, has been killed in action,
according to an announcement made
today bv the War Department. He
appeared as missing on previously
issued casualty list for release today.
Wounded.
Corpl. John S. Gray, jr., 20, u. S.
M. c. r., whose mother, Mrs. Rose
NJ. Bombgardner, lives at 80 Chesa-
peake street S.W, was wounded in
the invasion of Tinian Island in
the Marianas, according to the Navy
Department. He was previously re-
ported wounded at Saipan on July 6.
A native of New York, Corpl.
Gray had lived here since 194l and
at the time of his enlistment in
September, 1912, was attending st.
Johns College here. He has been
overseas since January.
Pfc. Milton C.. Odell, IS, was
slightly wounded while serving with
an infantry company in France on
August 9, according to a telegram
received from the War Department
by his wife, Mrs. Opal Odell, l3
Third street NE.
PIT. Odell, who is now convalescing
in hospital in England, has been
in the Army about three years. He
Evening star., 1944-10-03
On the Roll Of Honor

North Carolina University. He joined
the Marine Corps in l94l and has
been overseas for 18 months.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
Two Mill City
Boys Help in
PattOn's Drive
PASSED by Censor)

Air Force Command Station
Somewhere IL England). Two
Minneapolis soldiers, Corporal Al
len Jones and Pfc. Mathew H.
Lewis helped hook up an emergency
aerial pipe line for gas to power
Lieutenant General George S. Pat
tons tank drive into Germany.
When the armored division out
ran their fuel supplies, he and other
crack drivers of the Air Service
Commands streamlined trucking
organization, the Combat Support
Wing, loaded up their trucks from
rear echelon gasoline supply depots.
Twisting down narrow British
highways, the Negro drivers rushed
the gas to waiting planes which
sped it across the Channel to ad-
vanced air bases near the German
border. laundering front-line tanks
paused long enough to draw an
other load of fuel before smashing
on into the Reich.
Private Lewis is the son of Mrs.
Rose Eta Lewis, Gil Olson Blvd,
and Corporal Lewis is the cousin
of Cecil Adair, 1108 Aldrich Ave. n.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
Capt. A. r. Howard,
Former MiHGty
Pastor, Visiting

Captain A. R. Howard, Jr., chap
lain in the U. S. Army, former
pastor of Border Methodist church,
Minneapolis, and his wife are in
the Twin Cities visiting friends.
Captain Howard was pastor of
the Border church for three years,
from 1889 to 1912. He resigned the
pastorate to enter the Army and
has spent 10 months overseas, sta
toned in the West Indies.
He will address the Border con-
gregation Sunday morning, Dec. 10,
at II a. m. His subject will be
"When the Lights Go On Again"
He will address the Methodist
Youth Fellowship at Lake Harriet
Methodist church on Sunday, Dec.
10, at z p. m.
The Towards plan to leave the
Twin Cities Monday, Dec. IL, for
Fl. Bliss, where Captain Howard
is now stationed. They are at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Underwood, 1912 Fourth Ave. So,
Minneapolis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
Halle Forum
Sunday, Dec. 10

The Halle Q. Brown forum on
December 10 will be conducted by
the Twin City committee for In
dustrial and Political education.
The main speaker will be Leonard
Lageman, State Secy. of the C. 1.
o. Members on the panel who will
answer important questions in re-
gard to labor are Nellie Stone, Vice
President of the Hotel and Restau-
rant Workers A. F. of L.; Mrs. Betty
Baker, member of the Amalgamat-
ed Clothing Workers and Secy. to
the Ramsey County C. I. o. coun-
Gil; Frank Boyd, Secy.-Treas. of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters A. F. of L.; Louis Mason,
guard and member of Local 2742
International Harvester Co., c. /.
O.; Ed. Salter, trustee of Local
2742 International Harvester, c. l.
O.; Ray Graf, Pres. of Local 2742
International Harvester, C. I. o.;
Anna Lewis, Local 665 A. F. Of L.
representing Miscellaneous work
ers, and President of the organiza-
ton which is conducting this meet
ing, will introduce the meeting
chairman; William Heron vice
president Local 2742 international
Harvester C. l. o.
Mrs. Lewis is President of the
Twin City Committee for In
dustrial and Political Education
Committee.
The public is invited to attend.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08

Jackson Turley, to several camps
in the U. S. and to New York
where he embarked for Europe.
She remained in New York until
notification of his death was re-
ceived.
Mrs. Turley arrived in the city
Sunday, Dec. 8, and is stopping at
her sisters, Mrs. Ida Taylor, 1916
Bryant Ave. N. Sgt. Turkeys moth
er lives at Mexico, Mo-, and his
sister in Chicago.
He had lived in Minneapolis ten
years and had been in the army
three years. He told his wife that
he expected to remain in the army
after the war.
Mrs. Turley together with her
family will attend the memorial
services to be held for all Mime
sofa casualties at Fl. Smelling at
Post Chapel Sunday, Dec. 10, at 8
p. m.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08

I.B.P.O.E.W. of Minneapolis, Mon
day night, December a.
Hall is completing his 18th term
as head of the lodge. Taylor will
take office the, first meeting in
January. The vote for exalted
ruler at Mondays meeting was
Hall, 10; Taylor, 33. The election
was participated in by the largest
turnout in recent lodge history &C.
cording to lodge officials. ]. W.
Pate, a Minnesota Grand Lodge
deputy, conducted the election.
Other officers elected were James
Hudson, leading knight; Jid Crews,
esteemed loyal knight; Clarence
W. Smith, lecturing knight;
George Washington, esquire; Grant
Charleston, inner guard, and Arthur
Lyons, tiler.
Reuben Warren, veteran Ames
treasurer, was unanimously re-
elected to that office, Gene Moore
was named a trustee.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
Stewart Named
Pastor Largest
A.M.E. Church

Detroit (Special)-Bishop John
Gregg, presiding officer of the
Fourth Episcopal district of the
A. NJ. E. Church, announced We'd
nesday night the appointment of
Rev. Carlyle Fielding Stewart of
Evanston, ILL.,, former Minnesotan,
to the pastorate of the famous
Ebenezer A. NJ. E. church in De-
troit, Mich.
Announcement was made at the
close of the $4,000 educational
drive for Wilberforce University.
Rev. Stewart has been serving
as pastor Of Ebenezer Church in
Evanston for the pastor three
years. He has made an outstand-
ing record at the Illinois church.
His new charge is reputed to
have 5000 members and is the
largest church in the A. NJ. E. con-
nection. 1t has been without a regu-
lar assigned pastor since the ele-
walton of its longtime pastor, Rev.
George Baber, to the bishopric in
May.
A long list of distinguished min
listers have aspired for the Detroit
church. Stewards selection is ex-
pected to be popular since he is ad-
mittedly one of the most outstand-
,ng and best prepared ministers in
the A. M. E; church.
The largest part of his career
has been spent in the Twin Cities
of Minnesota where he has served
as pastor of St. James, Minneap-
oils; st. James, St. Paul and St.
Peter in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
Civil Service
Jobs and Vets
Important Issue

WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA).
AN executive order by President
Roosevelt, aimed at helping dis
abled veterans obtain civil service
jobs, has brought to an end the 10
point preference in competitive
civil service examinations and
placed appointment on the basis of
rehabilitation employment courses,
non-competitive examinations, and
willingness of an agency to grant
the disabled veteran an appoint
ment.
After completing training, the
veteran checks the civil service
rolls, selects a job that he has been
trained for, and asks the agency to
grant him an appointment. If the
agency recommends his employ
ment, then he would be required
to pass a non-competitive examina-
ton for the job.
The off" in the opinion of many
observers, may prove big obstacle
to Negro veterans. Many of the
government agencies now employ
ing Negroes are doing so only be-
cause of the shortage of help and
to some extent because of the eff
forts of the Presidents Committee
on Fair Employment Practice.
The order contemplates that the
veteran must have completed a
prescribed course of training under
the Veterans Administration, and
stipulates that the employing agen-
cy must recommend his appoint
ment to a position for which the
training was received.
The veteran must first establish
that his injury was sustained while
in actual service. He may then en-
roll in ole Of the rehabilitation
courses set up by the Veterans
Administration. He may take a
course in whatever field he chooses,
perhaps leading to an entirely new
line Of work.
Appointments from these nom
competitive examinations will be
permanent, and will rank the vet
eran ahead of all temporary and
wartime appointees.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
New Army Plan
to Shut Negroes
Out of Hotels
By Harry McAlpin

Washington, D. C. (NNPA)-
The Army Service Forces, under
Lieut.. Gen. Brehon Somervell-
now famed as the author of the
statement concerning returning Ne
gro servicemen, I'D like to dump
the coons in the middle of the
desert"-has set up a priority sys-
tenn for referring soldiers to the
hotel-type redistribution centers as
opposed to the camp-type centers.
The priority system is one which
works to the detriment of a dis
proportionately large number of
Negro servicemen.
Highest priority will go to men
who have been patients in hospitals
overseas and nearing completion Of
their convalescence but not quite
ready for duty. In this same group
will be placed prisoners of war who
have been repatriated or have es-
capped.
Second priority will go to men
with combat awards and the great,
est length of service overseas. This
will probably be the largest group
qualifying for hotel accommoda,
tons.
After these groups are accom-
modated in the luxury hotels main.
tanned by the Army, if the hotel &C.
commodations are not exhausted
other men may be sent there, prob
ably on the basis of length of serv-
ice overseas and physical condition,
Because Negroes are used over
seas primarily in capacities which
give little or no opportunity fol
winning combat awards, it is ap.
parent they will get few of the
hotel accommodations.
Just two months ago, the Army
was a very rosy hue from the red
faces of the brass hats resulting
from the furore raised when jim.
crow redistribution centers were
planned for the Theresa Hotel in
New York and the Pershing HoteI
in Chicago, which were discarded
only after President Roosevelt
stepped in and ordered a change Of
plans. Memory of this fact has
given rise to speculation as tC
whether the priority system-whicf
on the face seems a natural pro.
cedure-isn't really a move to de,
feat the housing Of any large num-
Der of Negroes in the luxury-type
hotels maintained as redistribution
centers in various resort locations
So far, only one camp has beer
activated as a redistribution cen
ter. 1t is Sam Houston in Texas
The NNPA pointed out in a release
at the time the Army announced
its revised redistribution center
program that persons familiar with
the usual Army plan of operation
had cautioned Negroes to watcl
closely to see that when the camp
phase of the program was put intC
effect that Negroes are not herdeC
into Southern camps where theil
opportunities for relaxation anc
recreation will be hampered by the
traditions and customs of the com
munities in the surrounding area
That caution seems to hold gooC
still.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
FOUR MEN INJURED
AS AUTO HITS TRUCK

Maceo Breedlove, SIT 18th Ave.
&c., and five other men, Alvin
Breedlove and Willie George, 1916
18th Ave. &c., and Neeley Ward,
S17 18th Ave. &c., were injured
when the car in which they were
riding struck a parked truck near
the Cudahy Packing plant, South
St. Paul, Tuesday, Dec. 5. The
truck allegedly did not have any
parking lights. Maceo and Alvin
suffered cuts and bruises and
broken thighs.
Neeley Ward is still at Ancker
Hospital at st. Paul too critical to
move. Willie Georges condition is
reported as fair.
The three men Maceo, Alvin and
George are at Minneapolis General
Hospital. Another man, whose name
could not be ascertained, was not
hurt. All five men are employed at
the packing plant.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
Local R.R. Labor
Shortage Cited

H. D. McHugh, District Manager,
Railroad Retirement Board, stated
today that the employment situa-
ton on the local railroads is rela-
lively easy.
There is at present no shortage
of pullman porters and dining car
operators. There is, however, an
acute shortage of help in such occu-
pations as refrigeration laborers
and tarmen, and to a lesser extent
shop and roundhouse laborers. In
terested individuals may apply at
the Railroad Retirement Board En-
ployment Service, ~ East Fifth
Street, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
Chester Oden, Jr.,
OutstandingBO
at BOyStOWn, Neb

Chester Oden, Jr., formerly of
st. Paul and Minneapolis, is re-
portedly an outstanding student at
Boys Town, Neb., famed boys
school, headed by Father Flanni-
gan. Chester's father is Sgt. Ches-
ter Oden, serving overseas with the
U. S. Army.
Young Chester is now touring
California with the Boys Town
football team on which he is reserve
guard. Only Is, he is a junior in
high school. He is an honor stu
dent, member of the school band,
choir and orchestra. 1t is said his
ambition is to be a doctor.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08

CHdlTIudh VI VIC mCALF I'm
FEPC, has been meeting with a
group of Negro leaders-among
them Judge William HASTE,
DR.. Charming Tobias, Alphonse
Heningburg and Mrs. Mary Nc
Leod Bethune-presumably to get
their advice on the advisability Of
such hearings during tendency in
Congress of the bills for a perma-
nent FEPC. When the meeting got
under way, however, and Ross saw
the Importance the group attached
to the pending legislation ne was
forced to admit the date for the
hearings already had been set.
Then there followed a confer
ence of the group at the White
House on the whole matter. Ross
wanted a ego ahead" signal from
the top, even though the date was
set already.
Even after meetings, Ross was
still working on the problem Of
lining up the pledges of cooperation
from the War Manpower Commits
sion, the Office of Defense Trans
portation, the War Production
Board, and the Army-whose back
ing is necessary if the Transit case
is to be handled without mishap.
The whole thing "stinks" to high
heaven! All the preliminary ground
work of getting other-agency CO.
operation should have been done
months and months ago. Certain
" it should have been assured be-
fore the hearing date was set.
For three years the Capital
Transit case has been a hooded
goblin to the FEPC. No one has
had the nerve to shoulder the re-
sponsibility of moving out against
it. Defiantly, the company has re-
fused to abide by an FEPC direc-
tive to cease its discriminatory
hiring practice of excluding Ne
groes from jobs as motormen and
conductors.
This reluctance has run through
the administrations of three FEPC
chairmen-McLean, Haas and now
Ross. Hearings have been threat
ened, ultimatums have been is
sued, but no action has been taken.
Each time, the FEPC has backed
down.
Now Ross, as reluctant to accept
the responsibility as the others,
seeks to share his burden with Ne
gro leaders and the White House.
He cannot dodge it, however. He
should be warned, as DR.. Tobias
has done already, that nothing must
impede the passage of legislation
for a permanent FEPC.
And this doesn't mean junking
the hearings on Capital Transit.
What it means is that Ross must
"straighten up and fly right" by
seeing that there are no slips; that
poor administration, poor planning,
and poor execution do not make a
fiasco of this important case.
It can be handled without the use
of the Army and Maryland if Ross
can't do it, then Ross, on whom
the responsibility falls, and not
the hearings, should be junked.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
Marie J. King
Buried Monday

Marie J. King, 70, 5007 Hum
boldt Ave. N, Minneapolis, was
buried at St. Anthony cemetery,
Monday, Dec. A, after funeral SER
vices held at St. Martins Catholic
church, at 9 a. m. Rev. F. Burns
officiated.
Mrs. King died Thursday, Nov,
80, at Minneapolis General hos
pital. She was born in st. Louis
and had lived in Minneapolis six
years. She is survived by two sis
tiers, with whom she lived, Mrs.
Bessie Sydnor and Mrs. Ida Owens
by.
Woodland Funeral Home was in
charge.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
EIks Annual
Memorial Rites
Sunday Night

The four Elk lodges and temples
of the Twin Cities will hold their
annual Memorial Services at Zion
Baptist Church Sunday night, De-
cember 10.
Participating will be Gopher
Lodge No. 1O5, Ames LOG, Mime
haha Temple No. 129 and Como
Temple No. 1913.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
CHARLES DE LA COMPSON
SUFFERS INJURY

An accidental slip on the icy
pavement resulting in a serious
hand cut on a broken bottle put
Charles De La Compson, T.C.O.P.
guard, in the hospital late last
week.
De La Compson, who lives in
Minneapolis, is reported in good
condition.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
Sportsman Club
Dance Sunday at
Hall St

The Sportsman Club will give a
dance Sunday, Dec. 10, beginning
at $3.50 p. m, at the Gustavus
Adolphus Hall, 1923 E. Lake, Min
neapolis. There will be guest
artists from the Navy Band at Void
Chamberlain Field. Admission is
Toe including tax.
A jam session will be held. Some
of the members of big name bands
will repeatedly be on hand to en-
terrain.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
A Trustee

An editor is really q trustee. en-
titled to his profits If they are
clean and decent to the fullest
extent that he may make them.
but not entitled to make his profits
at the communitY's loss. Unless
he CON give the public some vGlu-
able thing - information. guild
dnce. or sntertoinment-he has
no right to his profits.-WilliGm
Allen White.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
Souvenirs from
Battle Front at
Newspaper Office

German helmets, bayonet, gas
mask, gas container, belt and 9TH
err souvenirs straight from the
battle field will be on display in
this newspapers Minneapolis Of
fee next week.
This battle equipment was taken
off the battle field at a German
Fort during the third wave of the
invasion of Southern France, by
Seaman Harold Brown, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Brown, 405 st.
Anthony Ave-, st. Paul.
Seaman Brown was in st. Paul
recently on a SO-day furlough from
overseas duty.
Do your Christmas Shopping
with friendly firms whose ads are
usually found in this paper-adv.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
VISITORS

Jack Parson, Mrs. Beryle Smith, Rev. A. F,
Martin, J. W. Lucas, Leroy Bryant, Leon.
ard Cowan, Frank Wright, Bertha L.
Thompson, Bessie Lee Laws, William
Marshall, Willy Wright, Minneapolis; Mrs
Mary Williams, Charlotte Moody, Chicago
Mrs. Villa M. Parker, Mrs. Sadie Ellis Gar
rison, st. Paul: Alvin Anderson, Everett
Flanagan, Fred Williams, Pat Manuel,
Ralph Jones, Arthur Thomas, Vernon Lucas
and ]. z. Hall. Jr., from Des Moines, Iowa.
This newspaper has been a reli-
able public servant for over 10
years.-adv.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
Cecil Taylor Is
Elected Exalted
Ruler of Ames

Cecil Taylor, long active in Elk
circles, defeated the veteran George
W. Hall for the office of exalted
ruler of Ames Lodge No. 1O6,