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The union times., 1946-08-31
Move To End Wage Board Is Approved

Full approval of the resolution passed by the New Haven Building Trades Council, calling for the aboli- tion of the Wage Adjustment Board, has been given by L. F. Lindelof, gen. eral President of the Painters and Decorators Union. In a letter this week to President Saul Kreas and Secretary Bernard Chloride, Lindelof says:
 "Your jointly signed letter as of August 20, 1o46 and the Resolution inclosed therein re abolishing the Wage Adjustment Board-just re- ceived.
 "This resolution meets with our ap- proval and you may be sure of our full support when the same is pre- sented to the Building and Construc- tion Department.
 Presumably you have ere this mailed the Resolution to the Building and Construction Trades Department at Washington D. C."
The union times., 1946-08-31
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

BUILDING TRADES: The ex- ecutive board of the Conn. State Building and Construction Trades Council will meet in New Haven on Wednesday, Sept. II at II am. The date was changed from the first Wednesday in order not to conflict with the Federation Con- ventiOn.
 Wonder what a Congressman s wife tells her husband when she comes back from marketing her groceries.
 Wonder whether the unions benefit committee would pay off on the illness that keeps Congressman May from appearing before the Mead Committee.
 THE Narragansett (R. I. Times gave this timely tip on gardening recently: ''Keep away weeds. It is best to weed on a hot, dry day when the pants are dry. Never work in the garden when the pants are wet as that is the best time to spread disease"
 THE next time ''you reach for a Lucky" you'll know that you are helping the American Tobacco Company, it's manufacturer. pay a $347, ,6O7 fine assessed against it for violation of O.P.A. price regu- latiOns.
 The judgment was handed down by a Federal court at New York, where the company was charged with "chiseling' on cigarettes pur- chased by the army and navy.
 Attorneys for the company did not deny the charge, but cOntended that the violations were not s'will- full" Judge John Bright was not impressed by that argument, insist ing the evidence showed s'culpabil- ity."
 More than $2O,OOO,OOO worth of nOn-hOusing construction and sev- eral hundred summer camps and cottages being built in New Eng land in violation of Veterans HOus- ing Program Order No. l have been halted by the Compliance Division of Civilian Production Administra- ton. The Division has investigated more than 5000 construction pro- jects since VHP-1 took effect on March 26, and stopped more than 800 of the jobs which were being done in violation of the order.
 Some summer camps and cot tages being built in violation of VHP-l were completed with the blessings of CPA after their build
 Continued on Page Four)
The union times., 1946-08-31
AFL Leads Voting At A-Bomb Plants

OAK RIDGE, Tenn.-The Ameri- can Federation of Labor scored a marked triumph over the CIO in the NLRB election at the atom bomb plants here to determine the collective bargaining agent for the workers. The official tabulation showed 3,622 for the AFL and 3,081 for the CIO.
 However, some workers voted against joining any union, and run off elections will be held. In view of the lead of the AFL Federation organ izers expressed confidence the run-off will show the AFL union the victor
 The AFL at Monsanto Chemical Company, smallest of the three plants, boiled 289 and the votes cast for CIO boiled 121. The AFL lacked five votes of maj ority of the total vote.
The union times., 1946-08-31
Hod Carriers To Fete Delegates

Local No. 455, New Haven Hod Carriers, Building and Common La borers, will give dinner at noon on Sunday, Sept. 1, at the Eatwel1 Res taurant, 158 Meadow Street, for the Locals delegates to the Laborers convention, which opens in Chicago, Sept. 4. The delegates are President George Limosami, Business Agent Harry Russo, and Dominick Plurnbo.
 Close to 1000 delegates are expect ed at the convention, which will be held in the Hotel Morrison. President Joseph V. Moreschi will report on the great strides made by the Interna- tional, which now has a membership of more than a third of a million members. During the war, about 100000 members served in the armed forces.
The union times., 1946-08-31
Labor Day Mass At St. Mary's

Father V. R. Burnell, O.P., pastor of St. Mary's, 5 Hillhouse avenue, New Haven, has announced that Solemn Mass will be offered for the intention of peace, labor, and indus try on Labor Day at 9 AM. The Rev. Joseph F. Donnelly, Diocesan direc- tor of the Diocesan Labor Institute, will deliver the address. "We wish to ask all who are interested in the well fare of labor and industry to unite their prayers with ours on this na- tiona1 holiday for labor" the an- nouncement stated.
 The invitation is extended to mem bers of labor and industry and their families, regardless Of religious de- nomination.
The union times., 1946-08-31
Welcome Back

JACKSONVILLE, Fla (FP)- The annual convention of the Bro. of Railroad Signalmen has voted by large majority to return to the AFL. The signalmen had been members of the federation until 1928 when they dropped out because of controversy over jurisdictions.
The union times., 1946-08-31

COnnecticut's two Senators. Democrat Brien McMahOn and Re- publican Thomas C. Hart faced eight major issues in the upper house. They agreed on three, dis agreed on four, with Sen. McMahon abstaining from the last.
 However, their area of disagree ment found Sen. McMahon voting solidly with labor on the following issues which Sen. Hart opposed
 The Pepper amendment to con- tinue OPA "AS-Is' the cloture vote on the anti-poll tax bill, an amend ment slashing ceilings from new homes and the Case Anti-Union bill.
 Sen. McMahon was absent while Sen. Hart was voting with labor in favor of the 65c minimum wage pro- poSal.
 They were both against labor on the Case Bill "racket'' amendment and on the Truman appeal to draft workers in U. s. seized plants but were united on labOr's side, for once, on the clOture rule on FEPC.
The union times., 1946-08-31
Congress Blamed
 For Cutting OPA

WASHINGTON (LPA) - A cross-section of Washington residents believes overwhelmingly that OPA should have been kept as it was be- fore July 1, a poll taken by the Wash ington Post showed last week. Sixty five per cent said OPA should have been kept unchanged Congress will be at fault if prices go up a great deal during the next six months, according to 419o of those boiled, while go blamed labor.
The union times., 1946-08-31
How They Voted

A survey of the voting records set by Connecticut members of the House and Senate shows the Democrats in both houses turned in a far more favorable showing, from labor's standpoint, than did the Republicans.
 As a matter of fact, with the excep- tion of the Truman Slave Labor pro- posal, the four Democratic Represen- tatives-James P. Geelan, Herman P. Kopplemann, Joseph F. Ryter and Mrs. Chase c. Woodhouse-were on labor's side every time regarding II other major pieces of legislation. Republican Joseph E. Talbot, on the other hand, ran up a perfect score against labor on every issue except two, on one of which he didn't vote.
 Clare Boothe Luce, Republican who has announced she will retire from politics, could not look back at very impressive record having ab- stained four times, opposed labor three times and backed progress five times.
 She, incidentally, was the only one in the Connecticut delegation to oppose the Truman proposal. In the record that follows, absence of a name denotes abstention from voting:
 Hobbs Bill
 For: Luce, Talbot.
 Against: Gee1an, Kopp1eman,
 Ryter, Woodhouse. 2-Case Anti-UniOn Bill
 For: Talbot.
 Against: Geelan, Kopplemann,
 Ryter, Woodhouse, Luce. 3-Case Bill Veto Over-rider
 For: Talbot.
 Against: Geelan, Kopplemann,
 Ryter, Woodhouse, Luce. 4-Return USES To States
 For: Luce, Talbot.
 Against: Geelan, Kopplemann
 Ryter, Woodhouse. 5-Patman Housing Ceilings
 For: Geelan, Kopplemann, By
 ter, Woodhouse.
 Against: Luce, Talbot. 6-Truman Slave Labor
 For: Talbot, Geelan, Kopple-
 mann, Ryter, Woodhouse.
 Against: Luce. Civilian Atomic Control
 For: Gee1an, Kopp1emann, Ry-
 ter, Woodhouse, Luce. 8-Funds To Rankin Group
 For: Talbot.
 Against: Gee1an, Ryter, Kop-
 plemann, Woodhouse 9-Emasculate OPA CD
 For: Talbot.
 Against: Gee1an, Kopplemann,
 Ryter, Woodhouse. lO-Emasculate OPA CD
 For: Talbot.
 Against: Geelan, Kopplemann,
 Ryter, Woodhouse. ll-Emasculate OPA (3)
 For: Talbot.
 Against: Geelan, Kopplemann,
 Ryter, Woodhouse. l2-End Meat Subsidies
 All Opposed.
The union times., 1946-08-31

TASS, the Soviet news agency, disclosed to a breathless world last week that Russians had caught the largest whale in 25 years-1O9 tons. That's lot of blubber, even for Tass.
The union times., 1946-08-31
Living Costs And Low Wages Seen As Major Issues
Delegates Await Report By Non-Pa artisan Political
 Committee

Important problems which face organized labor will be the main business of the 6lst annual convention of the Con- necticut Federation of Labor. which opens Tuesday morn. ing, September 3, at the Hotel Carde in Hartford.
 With workers joining the American Federation of Labor in greater numbers than ever. and with the full weight of labor needed to solve some of these problems, a record attendance at the convention is a foregone con- clusion.
 WAGES AND PRICES
 The issues which the convention will take stands on may be divided into three groups, economic, polit- Ical, and social, although labor has found by long experience that thev are all cut from the same cloth. In the economic group is the fact that wages have failed to keep pace with the large increase in inc cost Of living since VI Day. The cost of living continues to rise almost daily; wages remain lanJ-IOcked. with the result that by and large. thousands of Connecticut workers have taken 2O%o wage-cut in inc last three months. In the building trades, the situation is even more serious, since the Wage AdiustmenR Board in a number of cases is even refusing to approve wage increases which have been agreed to by em- pIOyers. This is but one of the economic problems.
 POLITICAL ACTION
 The field of politics presents a num- Der of phases. The whole state is looking to the State Federation's Non-PartiSan Political Committee for guidance in the coming elections. There IS strong support in virtually all labor circles for the reelection of Reps. Chase G. Woodhouse, James P. Geelan, Herman Kopp1emann, and Joseph Ryter. Labor will have field day in opposing Rep. Joseph Talbot if the Republicans nominate him for governor.
 Much hope is expressed that the Democrats will understand that their best chance of winning is to place genuine liberals on the state and national tickets, and evolve a platform which follows the ROose- welt pattern. There is abundant evil dence that Connecticut need not follow the tradition of eIecting con- servatives in this ''Off-year'' cleo tlOn, provided the Democratic Party can inspire the man in the street, by candidates and platform. and vigorous campaigning, to work his head off during the election drive. There is also much evidence that labOr's participation will be nominal if the campaign is not con- ducted on broad, liberal lines.
 In the social" field, there are in- dications that labor will unite on de- manding that the Legislature this year pass State Fair Employment Practices Act New York and Massa- chusettS now have such legislation. and Connecticut should not be left behind.
 These are but a very few of the is- sues which the delegates will deal with, Suffice it to say that a cross section of all liberal thought in the state will be heard at the convention, fact which speaks we'll for the peo- pie of this state, whose best interests are protected and forwarded by or ganized labor.
 BUILDING TRADES, STATE
 WORKERS
 Two groups will play important roles at the convention. They are the building trades. whose state
The union times., 1946-08-31

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The union times., 1946-08-31

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The union times., 1946-08-31
BUILDING TRADES, STATE
 WORKERS

Two groups will play important roles at the convention. They are the building trades, whose state council, under the leadership of President Michael J. Barry and Sec retary-Treasurer James O'Kane,
 Continued on Page Three)
The union times., 1946-08-31
Do You Know

That Peter J. Mcclure founder of La- bor Day, lived in New Haven, and learned the carpenters trade in the Elm City? Hear the New Haven Central Labor Coun- cil special Labor Day broadcast on Sta- ton WELL, on Labor Day at 7:45 PM.
The union times., 1946-08-31
Labor Day Broadcast

The New Haven Central Labor Council will sponsor a special Labor Day Broad cast on Station WELL (96O) on Labor Day at 7:45 PM. Be sure to hear this program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-23
Grain
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, April o. up An
other jump of five cents, the limit
permitted in one session, was re-
corded by May rye Monday. It
was the second consecutive five
cent gain by this contract follow
ing last Fridays announcement of
the governments, program for
combating famine in Europe and
Asia.
The markets pattern closely fol-
lowed that of last Saturday. At
the outset May rye was bid up the
limit. 1t remained there through
out the session with trading re-
stricted because OF limited Offer
iags. The May delivery was also
up five cents at Minneapolis. The
Winnipeg exchange, where May
had jumped five cents Saturday,
was closed Monday.
Action of rye did not impart
strength to oats, which declined
under profit-taking. Final oats
prices were unchanged to l IL
lower, July 50 SO. Rye was I'M
changed to cents higher, May
1888 5-S, a new all time high.
Wheat, corn and barley remained
unchanged at ceilings.
Flour trade advices from New
York said the restriction on wheat
flour and advances in cash rye
prices were pushing up the price OF
rye flour. Reports said offerings
were scarce and when buyers seek
some supplies they are forced to
pay advancing prices. Rye flour
was quoted at $7.95 to $50 hun
dred pounds, up IS to SIS cents from
Saturdays levels. These are the
highest quotations in the memory
of flour dealers.
WHEAT
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-23
DRY GOODS

NEW YORK, April 22-(R)-
Fair quantities of print cloths and
sheetings were sold in the cotton
textile market Monday for April
and May delivery-reflecting the
fact that mills have pretty well
digested the set-aside program for
the second quarter.
Some ALLEGATIONS were made
against the low-cost apparel pro-
gram and also to industrial users.
Additional ALLEGATIONS of wooden
and worsted goods were reported
in the wool goods market. A con-
tinued increase of the rate of
wool goods production was noted
but the bottleneck on lining re-
stricted the processing of finished
goods.
There was a strong demand for
rayon goods but nothing was avail
able beyond the monthly allotment
from mills to regular customers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-23
Livestock
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. April 22.-R)- Top
slaughter lambs dropped fully 95
cents under last weeks high level
and 70 cents down from the previ-
Gus session to $16.15
Medium to good grades showed
less decline comparatively, but had
taken much of a similar drop to-
ward the latter part of last week
when pre-Eastef buying leveled
sharply off. Most good wooden
Western lambs sold from $500
to $16.15, the same level as a month
ago, and medium and good lambs
were $500 to $3.50. 9th r
classes were practically absent,
with slaughter ewes quotable at
$4,000. Cattle receips were 1000 less
than a week ago topped by a few
weighty loads which brought the
$500 oPA ceiling. Most steers
were $1,000 to s175C, while choice
to fine heifers hit S17.65, a new
high mark for the season. Cows
achieved only peddling market,
mostly quoted at 5000 to $500,
and beef bulls were $14.5o down,
vealers $1700 down, and stock
cattle scarce and firm.
Average Monday receipts of 4, 900
salable and $500 packer hogs
cleared promptly at the ceilings,
with shippers taking 1000 head.
Receipts totaled $4,000 cattle,
600 calves, and 1000 sheep.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-23
LOSSES DOMINATE
BOND MART TRADE
Cloudy Price Trends Hold
Sway Rails Suffering
Small Declines

NEW YORK, April 22-P-
Cloudy price trends in the bond
market cleared in late dealings,
Monday as losses appeared for a
large m :jority of issues.
Increased offerings of the lower
priced rails were particularly in
evidence and declines ranged to
more than 2 points. The low-yield
corporates made a better show
ing.
Closing lower were Great West
ern incomes at 70 10, Santa Fe
IS at 140 IL, Frisco Is "a" at SO
1-8, Rock Island convertible 4 IFS
at "a IL, Chicago, indianapolis g.
Louisville IS of '66 at 81, Baltimore
& Ohio stamped convertibles at 70
IA and Western Union IS at SO.
Pulling against the trend for
minor gains were Lehigh Valley
Terminal IS at SO IL, Maine Cen
trail 4 LIS at 81 IA and Wisconsin
Central IS at 80.
Renewed weakness developed in
long-term U. S. governments after
opening stability. In the overtime
counter market the victory loan
2 LIS of Dec. '67-'72 dropped the
permissible limit of IA point to
lO4 1882 bid, or yield of 2.20
per cent. Several weeks ago this
issue sold at above 1O6. In the
stock market the tendency was
also lower.
In the foreign department Ant
werp IS gained a point at lis ID.
Recently popular Latin-American
issues moved irregularly.
Turnover of $4,684,0O0 compared
with $780, 900 Thursday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-23
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, April 22.-AP)-
Sales, closing price and net Change
of the fifteen most active stocks
Monday:
Armour and Co., 28,2oO; 1875,
up Is.
Am Pow and 1t, 1880; 175s,
up 81.
Radio-Keith 20. 300; 2e7s, up %.
Inthydro-El A $4,000; 1872, up Is.
Colum Gas and Ell $4,000; 1915,
no.
sunray Oil Is, ZOO; 1914, off rs.
Gen Pub Util 1900; 225s, off "a.
Walworth IL, 100; IT'S, up rs.
Gar Wood Ind $500; 14A, up "a.
Socony-Vac 10.7OO; TN, up rs.
United Corp 10,500; 5a4, no.
Comwlth and Sou 1O,400; AZ, no.
Am Wooden 10,1O0; 531z, up 5.
N. Central 10000; 277s, off ".
Graham Paige $500; IN, no.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-23
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, April 22.-R)-
Closing foreign exchange rates
follow Great Britain in dallars,
others in cents:
Canadian dallar in New York
open market 1-8 per cent discount
or 90.87 10 U. S. cents, up .06 IA
of a cent.
Europe: Great Britain S4.03 IL,
unchanged. France tFranc) .845, up
.00375ofacent.
Latin America: Argentina Free
24.46; unchanged; Brazel Free SIS;
Mexico 2O.65
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-23
Market Exhibits Spotty
Performance Throughout

Home Products, 41-2, and Du
Pont, 21-2. Ahead fractions to q
point or so were American lTele.
phone, Peoples Gas Con a sharp
Jump in first quarter metz Amer
lean Power, International Hydro
Electric, R-K-O, American Air
lines, Santa Fe, Pullman Chesa.
peake & Ohio (reflecting expand
ing March in ome,) U. S. Rubber
and International Harvester.
Among casualties were U. S.
Steel, Youngstown Sheet, Bethle-
hem, Chrysler, Goodrich, Douglas
Aircraft, United Aircraft, Lock
heed, Southern Pacific, N. Y.
Central, Southern Railway, Balti-
more & Ohio North American,
Electric Power & Light, Anaconda,
Kennecott, Westinghouse. Ameri-
can Can, Phillip Norris and Stand
ard Oil IN. j.
Bonds Uneven
Bonds were uneven. At Chicago
oats and rye were unchanged to
off 1 IL cents a bushel and up the
limit Of cents, respectively. Cot
ton dropped S. cents to $1.45 a
bale.
In the curb club Aluminium
climbed about 7 points at one time
following announcement Of
merger program but retained only
SO points. Humble Oil added
"a, Gorham Inc. "a" 1 SO and
Transwestern oil l IL. Turnover
here was $4,000 shares versus
$40. 900 in the preceding full SEES
sion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-23
Assorted Favorites Show
Certain Strength In
Early Hours
MARKETS AT A GLANCE

MARKETS AT A GLANCE
NEW YORK, April ~ - ~ -
Stocks-mixed; selected issues
in demand.
Bonds-irregular; price changes
narrow.
Cotton go irregular; commission
house and New Orleans profit
taking.
CHICAGO
Wheat-unchanged ut ceilings.
Corn-unchanged 1T ceilings.
Rye-May up 5 cent limit.
Kogs-active and steady 1T OPA
ceilings. Top $14.S5.
lCattle-generaI market fully
steady. Top $500.
NEW YORK, April 22-P)- The
stock market presented a spotty
performance Monday with assorted
favorites exhibiting certain
amount of strength while many
leaders retreated to minus terri
tory.
Stumbling tendencies mainly
were attributed to profit cashing
on the idea that last weeks aver
age climb to a 15-year peak had
rendered the list technically vul-
nerable. The coal strike remained
a bearish element and accounts
were trimmed to await Senate &C
ton on the o. P. A. Dividends,
earnings, idle funds and special
situations provided individual
props.
Direction Cloudy
The direction was bit cloudy
from the start and prices were
well jumbled at the close. Deal
ings slowed at intervals and trans
fers of 100000 shares compared
with 100000 last Thursday. The
Associated Press 60-stock COM
posite was off L OF point at 1914
its first dip since April 10. While
the tiles managed to edge into
high ground for the bull market,
both the industrials and rails de-
clined. Of 993 issues registering,
sol were lower and 315 advanced.
Du FONT Up
Prominent gamers included
American Wooden, up 5; Timken-
Detroit IL, in further response
to a splitup proposal; American
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-23
BRITISH BRIDE GETS
SOUVENIR BOUQUET;
lO,OO0TH ARRIVAL

NEW YORK, April 22.-R-
Mrs. LOnnie Warren Perry,
whose husband lives at (z13
North Second street, Abe
marie, N. c., was presented
bouquet of Easter flowers here
Sunday when the big Brit
ish liner Queen Mary docked
with 2,435 passengers.
The gift was in recognltlon
of her place as the 10,Oootn
war bride to cross the Atiantlc
on the ship.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-23
CHICAGO BUTTER

CHICAGO, April 22-R- GUS
DA)-The butter market was flrm
and unchanged Monday at OPA
ceiling prices: (bulk in 1loer
Boxes IA SO score Al; A 81 score
46 -: A 80 score &C IA
Eggs were firm; large No. l ana
2 extras 36.5-3741 No, 3 and 4 ex-
tras 1886: Medium extras 32.5-
33: Standards 34-35: Current re-
ceipts 1888: Dirties 1882;
checks 31-315.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-23
NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK. April 22-P)-Flour
steady: Northwestern type 80 per
cent extraction 100 lbs) 3.75; all
purposes bakers 80 per cent extrac-
ton Goo lbs) 3.77: Southeastern
type 80 per cent extraction 3.7o.
Rye flour strong, fancy patents
Goo lbs) 7.95-810 nominal.
Cornmeal steady: Goo lbs) white
granulated 1888 IL; yellow 3.44
IL.
Beans steady: jobbing sales on
spot markell marrow, jumbo 9.55;
pea No. 1, 6.97-7.16; red kidney
ITO.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-23
CASH GRAIN


CHICAGO, April 22-(P)-Wheat
No. 2 red and hard, 1872 nominal
ceiling.
Corn: No. 2 yellow 1.19 norni-
nal; on sale $1.35.
Oats: No. 2 white, 81-86 cents
ceiling plus 1-cent markup; No.
l heavy mixed sold 81 cents.
Barley: Mating, 1.25-1.43 IL
nominal; feed 1.141.24 IL nomi-
nal.
Field seed (hundredweight) +,
nominal; red clover 31.50; sweet
clover 1915; alsike $3.50; alfalfa
common 33.50-36.5O; Timothy
5.75-6.00; Red Top 12.00-12.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-23
Cotton
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS M1DDLING

NEW ORLEANS, April 22-P)
The average price of niddling
15-16-inch cotton, Monday, at 10
designated Southern spot markets
was $1.10 a bale lower at 2759 a
pound; average for the past 80
days 2738; middling 49,
inch average 1881.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-23
CHICAGO POTATOES

CHICAGO, April 22-P)-US
|DA-Potatoes: Arrivals 220; on
track ISL total U. S. shipments
Friday, 1923, Saturday Dol, and
Sunday 5.
Old stocks: Supplies moder-
ate, demand slow, market dull.
New stocks: Supplies moder-
ate, demand slow, market slightly
weaker. Idaho Russet Burbanks
y. S. No. l $3.65-3.75; Wyoming
Bliss Triumphs U. S. No. 1, 1878;
MINES ota-North Dakota cobblers
commercial $2.25; Bliss Tri-
unphs commercial $2.10; Texas
5O-lb. sacks Bliss Triumphs U. S.
No. S2.35-2.75.