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LiIientlaI vofeH HeIdUE
By Atomic Group for
Further Discussion
/
Ballot Expected Friday;
Senators PIon Session
With Nominees Today
BY the Asseeiofed Press

Chairman Hickenlooper said
today the Senate Atomic Energy
Committee probably will vote
Friday whether to confirm the
nomination Of David E. Lilien-
thai as chairman of the Atomic
Energy Commission.
He said members still wanted to
discuss several important matters
with Mr.. Lilienthal, the four other
nominees to the commission and
Carroll Wilson, the general manager
and would hold another session with
them today If Senate business per-
mitted.
The committee had a two and 9
half hour closed door meeting yes
terday with Mr.. Lilienthal, Mr.. vii.
son and the other nominees, vii.
liam w. Waymack, DR.. Robert F
Bacher, l.. l.. Strauss and Sumner
r. Pike.
There is a chance Senator Hick.
enlooper said, that the committee
may vote on the nominations to.
morrow, but it is more likely The
decision will be postponed until tn,
following day. There is even al
outside possibility, he said, that tn,
hearings may be reopened If tht
members decide additional evidenc,
is needed on any cloudy points.
The public hearings lasted fv'
weeks.
| AS ,soon as the committee ha.
voted its decision, Senator Hicken.
looper said, he will make every eff.
fort to bring the nominations ur
for Senate action. Some Senator.
have served notice they do nb
| want to vote until the printed
(See IILIENTHAI,. Page A-6.)
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Communist Offensive
0nChangehunBea
Nlationa|ists Claim
5000 Enemy Dead Lie on
Battlefield, Rest Are
Fleeing, Commonder Soys
BY the Associ1ted Press

CHANGCHUN, Mar. 5.-The
government commander in Man
churia declared today the Com
munist offensive against Chang
chun has been smashed with
5000 enemy dead on the battle
field and the rest in full retreat
The commander, Gen. Tu Ii.
ming, told newsmen the blow was
so severe that his troops could
capture Harbin, the Communist
stronghold. within 10 days. He said
however, he had no orders to drive
on north.
Gen. TIL gave this version of the
operations, during which the Com.
munists were known to have pushed
to within II miles of Changchun
Manchuria's capital and, by Gen
Tu's account, the Nc. 1 objective
This was the Communists spring
offensive, which had been in thu
cards for six months.
20 Divisions Prepared.
|. Gen. Lin Piao, Communist com.
mander in Manchuria, had prepared
20 divisions, of which about is wer.
committed.
Gen. Lin told his troops that i
they failed to seize the bastion o.
Tehhwe, So miles northeast O
Changchun, they must return tt
the north bank of the Sungari River
dividing line of the warning forces
Gen. Lin's troops crossed the Sun.
gari and, while part of the forcs
drove south toward Changchun, ths
main body was thrown agains
Tehhwe.
For seven days, during which tn,
Communists hurled 100000 troops
into the battle of Tehhwe, blood,
fighting ragged there scant Is mile
south of the Sungari.
Gen. Tu by this time had rushet
up two crack divisions, the 54th ant
list, from Mukden and Szepingka
(See CHINA, Page A-5)
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ST Rescued From Vessel
Aground Off ireland
BY the Assoeioted Pres,

DUBLIN, Mar. 5.-Fifty lone per-
sons were rescued last night from
the 5,230-ton Norwegian grain ship
Bolivar after lifeboats and tugs had
braved stormy seas to reach the
stricken vessel, aground miles from
the Irish coast.
Among those saved were Admira.
Lord Mountevans of World War
fame and Lady Mountevans.
The Bolivar, on her maiden voy.
age, was carrying a load of grair
from Buenos Aires to Dublin wher
she grounded on the Kish Bank!
near Dublin Harbor. Witnesses sale
the ship had split apart and ap'
peared to be a total loss.
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| Truman Flies Over
Volcano Before Trip
To Aztec Pyramids
President to Hold Press
Conference at Scene Of
Indian Antiquities -
By Joseph A. Fox
Stor StoH Correspondent

MEXICO CITY, Mar. 5-Presi-
dent Truman few over Mexico's s
4-year-old volcano, Paricutin, in
his personal plane, the Sacred
Cow, today and later was to visit
the Pyramids Of Teotihuacan
one of the remnants of Aztec
Indian culture, which escaped
the "scorched earth" policy OF
Hernando Cortez, the Spanish
conquistador.
Mr.. Truman was to make q fast
automobile trip to the pyramids, q
miles north of here, which are dedi.
Gated to the sun and moon.
The Sacred Cow left at 10:0f
am. and landed here at 1881 pm
Picnic Lunch Arranged.
At the pyramids. the President
was to hold press conferences foi
the benefit Of Mexican newspaper
men, who have been anxious to
talk to him after trying for two
days to keep up with Mr.. Truman's
customary rapid pace when on the
road. A picnic lunch also was ar
ranged there.
Later today the President will re-
ceive members of the American col
ony at reception, and tonight he
and President Miguel Aleman will
have quiet dinner at the home
Of the Mexican Chief Executive.
Early tomorrow the President will
board his airplane for the trip to
Waco, Tex, where he is scheduled
for an important speech. Mr.. Tru-
man win be given an honorary de-
gree at Baylor University there.
Leaves Again Saturday.
The Chief Executive is scheduled
to return to Washington tomorrow
night. On Saturday he will leave
again for a visit to the Atlantic
Fleet maneuvers in the Caribbean.
While the President has been
warmly received here, it was a sim
pie gesture yesterday that brought
the greatest applause from the
Mexican people and the biggest
headlines in local newspapers.
Following the procedure which
protocol dictates for chiefs of state,
the President went in the early
morning to the massive statue on
the Paseo de la Reforma commemo-
rating Mexicos independence from
Spanish rule.
With all official ceremony he laid
an 8-foot wreath at the base Of
the granite shaft, and then with no
advance notice drove little further
on into Chapultepec's Bast Park.
Places Wreath at Chapultepec.
At the monument commemorative
the valor of the handful Of young
sters who died defending the fort
there against the American forces
Of Gen. Winfield Scott, the Presi-
dent stood at attention and placed
smaller wreath. It will be 10C
years ago next December 13 tina,
the Battle Of Chapultepec tool
place.
President Truman, the people say
here, WAS the first American even
to touch the modest marble shaft
marking the resting place of Cha
lpultepec's dead, who dropped theiI
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Late News
Bulletin

LONDON (R.-Gen. N. A.
Bulganin, minister of Russian
armed forces, has been ap-
pointed Deputy Prime Minis
ter of Russia, the Moscow
radio announced tonight. His
new appointment puts him in
the No. 2 spot in Russia's po-
litical hierarchy and possibly
marked him as heir apparent
for the aging Stains job. Gen.
Bulganin took over Mr.. Sta
Inns armed forces ministry
Monday.
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Windsors Near Miumi
En- Route to New York
BY the Associated Press

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 5.-The Duke
and Duchess of Windsor are eX-
pected to arrive here today from
Nassau, en- route to New York and
Europe.
Howard Bond, Miami yacht oper-
ator, said he expected the couple
to arrive aboard the Canadian
yacht. Dipidon, about noon, weather
permitting. They have been on a
cruise from Nassau for several
days.
The Windsors are expected to
stop here only a few hours before
proceeding to New York. From
there they will sail for England
and France.
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| Five Marriage Offers
| Made to Martin Since
Election as Speaker

Five offers of marriage have
been made to Joseph w. Martin,
jr., Massachusetts, bachelor, since
he was elected Speaker Of the
House last January.
All the offers came to Mr..
Martin by mail. He has not
accepted or answered any of
them. None sent their pictures.
All of the women involved
pointed out that the Speaker
needed an official hostess-and
offered to take over the job.
One of the offers came from as
far south as Kentucky.
Mr.. Martin, who is 63, has
never been married. He has
made his home for years at the
Hay-Adams House. He is making
no comment on the marriage
proposals.
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ID. c. Attorney Ousted in Trial
AT Tokyo for Refusing Apology

from the defense of Mr.. (forme-
Premier KokD Hirota."
Somei Uzawa, chief of the Japa-
nese defense counsel, asked for a
recess lin order that the japanese
counsel may consider the matter, 50
but it was refused.
The clash between Mr.. Smith and
Justice Webb occurred after the
tribunal president had interrupted
the examination of Tatsuo Mitarai,
a political commentator who was
giving reasons for the fall of various
cabinets.
Justice Webb tried to cut the pro-
tracted testimony short, as he often
did in the prosecutions case, and
at last Mr.. Smith walked to the
lecturn and said:
"On behalf of my client, Mr.. Hi
rota, I take an exception to the
undue interference of the tribunal
fCao TY0Kvn pace Ak
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Vote on Funds
For r0PA Due in
Senate Today
Total of $l6,9o1 BIS
Asked by. Committee
To Control Prices
BULLETIN,

Senator Vandenberg, Re-
publican, of Michigan, Presi-
dent pro tenn. of the Senate,
ruled today that an amend
ment' placed in the urgent
deficiency bill designed to wind
up the Office of Price Admin
istration and the Office Of
Temporary Controls on June
30, would have no binding
effect. He based his ruling on
the fact that the amendment
is not worded in the usual
form by which Congress could
have laid down such a man
date.
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Carmel to take the Indo- China as
signment would be replaced because
his policies were not flexible enough
lSee IND0ECIINA, page -A-601
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(See LABOR, Page A-6.)
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(See TRUMAN, Page A-6.)
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(See PALESTINE, Page A-5D
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(See TOKYO, Page A-5.l
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(See MARSHALL, Page A-6)
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(See JOBLESS PAY. Page ABB
Evening star., 1947-05-01
New Career System
|WiII Allow Soldiers
To Reach Top Rank

The Army has set up career"
plan designed to give every man the
chance to earn the stars of general.
Starting January /, the plan
makes two basic changes in the
present procedure. Advancement in
the upper noncommissioned grades
will depend on competition within
an Army or theater; retention OF
grade becomes matter of continued
meritorious service, with demotion
as the penalty for "coasting."
| Enlisted men also will be encour-
aged to try for officer candidate
schools or the Military Academy.
Plan to Encourage Enlisted Men.
The program was announced yes
terday, and Maj. Gen. Willard s
Paul, chief of personnel, told of a
news conference:
Our objective is to widen the
horizon for an enlisted man, en-
hance the chances for him to i'm
prove himself, to climb the ladder
to four stars"
The plan works from the ground
up.
4 A private will have to pass a test
on general military subjects before
he can be made q private first class
Subsequent advancement will be
on competition.
Competition on Different Levels.
Promotion through the last fou
grades to sergeant first class will b,
made by the unit commanders OF
unit competition. The next step
senior sergeant-will be mad,
through competitive examination
within an army or theater. Pro.
motions will be made by army o.
theater commanders on the basi.
of points scored and available va.
cancies.
Sergeant first class and senior ser.
geant will replace, respectively. the
present grades Of staff sergeant ano
technical sergeant.
For promotion to grade one, mas.
ter sergeant, the candidates will
face service-wide competition, with
the War Department making pro.
motions and assignments.
| Gen. Paul said unit commanders
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terms had not been agreed on. Me-
gotiations were continuing.
The Inland walkout was the first
major one In the industry this year.
Picket lines also were organized
at midnight at the Trenton and
Roebling. N. j. plants Of John A.
Roebling's Sons Co., cable manufac-
turers, because OF q breakdown In
negotiations. The company said its
final offer was equivalent to the ap-
proximately $6 a week increase ac-
cepted by other steelworkers.
The Is cents an hour, or $6 week,
wage boost pattern which evolved
from United States Steel,s negotia-
tions last week was the basis for
contract agreements between the
steelworkers and four companies
that were announced yesterday. The
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companies were Bethlehem Steel
Corp, Republic Steel Corp, Crucihle
Steel Co. Of America and the Colo
RADIO Fuel Il Iron Corp.
AT Claymont. Del. the steelwork-
ers reached . wage agreement with
the Worth Steel Co., averting q
strike planned for midnight. Nepo-
t1ations on other issues continued.
The Youngstown Sheet q Tube
Co, which employees 1900 in the
Youngstown, Ohio, area and an
other 1000 in Indiana Harbor and
South Chicago, has extended the
old contract to Saturday night to
permit continued negotiations, 4
union spokesman said.
Negotiations also continued be-
tween the steelworkers and the
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Barber Shop Quartet
Unit Arrunoes Dinner

The annual Spring Sing" dinner
OF the Washington chapter OF the
Society for the Preservation and
Encouragement of Barber Shop
Quartet Singing in America, Inc,
will be held at 7@o'clock tonight at
the Burlington Hotel.
-Four quartets will display their
talents-the Potomac Clippers, the
Washington Diplomats, the Singing
Squires and the Metropolitan Police
Quartet.
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|Pacis Signed in Most
|0f Steel Industry,
But I Strikes Start
By the A,soeiuted Press

NEW YORK, May Most OF
the Nations steel companies and
their workers have agreed to
renew contracts on a pattern
increasing wages Is cents an
hour, but expiration of negotia-
ton headlines last midnight
touched off two strikes In the
industry.
At Indiana Harbor. Ind. a spokes-
man for the CIO steelworkers said a
strike began at 1901 am. at Inland
Steel Co., seventh largest producer
in the Nation, because contract
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Pittsburgh Steel Co., with work son-
tinuing at its Monessen. Pa, plant
In most cases the new contracts
caH tor q l2h cents increase In
straight time pay, with adjustments
ana other benefits bringing the
total increase to about Is cents. A
Bethlehem spokesman said its TO-
ooO employees would average $1.61
stralgnt time pay under the new
pay pattern.
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might not like the idea, since most
Of them want to pick their top men
But It Is expected to benefit the
men.
In another move warrant officer
grades are to be revised In four
ranks, instead Of the present two,
with top pay equivalent to that Of
a major.
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.lN.vvORVls
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The smaI. easy-to-take P-W tablets scs
tn special way to remove Pin.Worms. So
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directions.
~ nsans Pin.sfeem rslixl
Evening star., 1947-05-01

Z. This contest is for women only.
Any woman sixteen or over, living
IN Continental United States or its
Territories, may enter-except en-
ployees of Swift 4 Company, it's ad.
vertsing agencies and members of
their families. Contest subject to
Federal and State regulations.
3, Contest opened March 81; closes
May 4, 1947. All entries must be
postmarked before midnight of the
closing date. No entries will be re-
turned and no correspondence en-
tered into. You accept the condi-
tions Of these rules when you enter.
&. Winners Of major prizes will be
announced over Don McNeill's
Breakfast Club radio program f9:15
AM. New York Time) a. soon a.
possible after contest closes. Com
plsts lit Of winners ssnt on request
70 anyone sending IN 4 self-ed-
dEsBsd, stamped envelope.
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NNN\AMNNkAMN
HERE ARE THE EASY RULES

!. Print or write plainly your '1ast
line" for the Swift's Bland Lard
jingle, using sufficient words to
complete It. Make your last word
rhyme with "by".
=. Use Entry Blank, or any sheet Of
paper; Print plainly your name
and address and your dealers name
and address. Mail your entry to
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Chicago 80, III. Send as many en-
tries as you wish, but each must Be
on a separate piece of paper and
accompanied by the top from q lib.
carton or 3-lb. containsr Of Swift's
Bland Lard.
,. Entries win bs judged on orig
inaGty, suitability, and aptness Of
thought. The judges decisions will
Be final. Duplicate prizes in case Of
ties. All entries become ths prop
erty Of Swift 3 Company.
The frontiersman., 1947-06-07
ACCA GETS JUNE 1OI.At or s3O.3s
SaldoV ia s

Seldoviais June c ontr i but ion to the Al oska Crippled Chil- dr en's is s 6c iation was $3O.35 in all, it was announced this week by Mr s. JuanitG And er son, ACCA cha ir- man hor ok
 DonC tfons were collec ted iron the jars of ten local bus inc sses. Largest sum rec ived YVES fr on the Linwood Bar which cOntr i buted S8. .O2.
The frontiersman., 1947-06-07

HFlU flUUJ u |Ht Ct|iItltRltS
 From seldovia's beaches to the city's two cemeteries is but step, across the Board walk in one instance, and walk of Is min utes distance ip the other,~ but in either case it's a useless waste of~ shoeleether. f. the stopper is hoping to find . more p1eas- ing aspect at the cemeteries than he did on Seldovie's filtered beaches- :: t5'$.:' show that; seldoyta has no ynorps reSpeetyfo it's dead than it has desire for approval from it's passing visitors. The Russian etery, in parti culor, which should be of . the tourist highlights of seldovia because of it's historic significance, is . monument to civic carelessness and eglect.
 Tangled und CT brush, weeds end grass over- grow the plots in both c5met7ries. Markers, in many instances entirely missing, s2g and ing apart.
 The Chamber of Commerce, in the first akening Of . lon:5- ur1b er ing civic pride, but is loatll to under tcSe the coded cl7an- ing york on its own. So the jot comes sduara. ly back to you and you end you md all of us who live in Seldovia ind who q that our town ought to be beautiful spot to look ct from the Boardwalk it is from a.
 This is job that should be done soon. It's isb that can be acconpl shed only by setting day aside and getting to the ceme-' tery vi tn hoe and Weoder, hammer and nails, fer good dcy's work at repa iring and cleaning.
 v"hy not talk to your nei ghbor tonight and fix day ext week when together you do. your share of the work?
Evening star., 1947-07-12
III. 5. Makes Most Cotton

During World War II, 100000 900
cotton spindles in Europe, Japan
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Raft Expedition Sights
PoIynesian Birds After
Sailing 1850 Miles

NEW YORK. July IL Biased on
radio reports from the mid-Pacific)
(NANA).-The Kon-Tiki raft ex-
pedition now nearing the end Of a
4,500-mile trans-Pacific drift have
sighted the first birds from the
Polynesian Islands toward which
they are sailing.
Their position yesterday was 128
degrees 81 minutes west, IL degrees
% minutes south. They reported
mo wind during the last "a hours"
as result Of which they drifted only
l3 nautical miles instead of the usual
daily average of around 40 sea miles.
Previously the expedition had
radioed that if all went we'll and
present speeds we're maintained, they
should make their first landfall
about July 81. They expected then
to sight the island of Pukapuka in
the Tuamotu group. They are aim
ing for the island of Tahiti, several
hundred miles beyond this group.
The 45-foot raft, powered only by
wind and ocean current, has so far
covered 3,413 sea miles. 1t left
Callao, Peru, April %.
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Scientists Find BoIso Craft
Performed Well on Ocean

AT SEA, July II (Delaye0 After
rs days at sea the Kon-T Tiki expedi-
Itions raft has now drifted 3,400 nau-
tical miles, or 5000 land miles, west
ward from Peru. We have only 488
miles to go before reaching our first
possible landfaH. Though 1t Is too
early to draw final conclusions from
our experiences, we have made some
interesting observations.
The balsa wood raft of prehis-
toric South America design had
fine sea capacities and impressive
speed. 1t was delicate but sea-
worthy and was easily the most
commodious Of all prehistoric ves-
sells.
In the roughest seas our balsa
logs ride big waves like a duck and
level out whitecaps like a heavy
steamroller. 1t has been maintained
that Balsa absorbs water and after
a short time the logs will sink. We
cut and drifted our own logs down
an Ecuadorian jungle river in jan
uary and are now three-fourths of
the way to Polynesia with the logs
still floating high.
Sails on Inca Rats.
It has frequently been held that
pre- -Columbic America was unac-
quainted with the use of sail. But
the early Spaniards describe sails
on Inca RATS and toy vessel with a
square sail has been found in
pre-Inca grave on the coast OF Peru.
Our experiments have shown that
since the prehistoric Peruvians in
vented centerboards they must in
deed have had sail.
A premeditated voyage by prehis-
toric sun followers from Peru would
allow them to carry sufficient sweet
potatoes and dried food supplies to
take them far into Polynesia: We
have at present potatoes, gourds and
coconuts exposed to weather In Pc
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ruvian baskets on the foredeck. The
potatoes, as well as the coconuts,
have long since started to sprout
and ten-inch coconut palms COM
pete in greenness with the seagrass
covering the logs.
Early South American raftsmen
carried their water supply in bam-
boo canes with the little hole in the
end plugged up. We have such canes
on board, with an inside diameter of
four to Ave inches. One such cane
holds about Is gallons and 30 canes
may At easily side by side under the
plated bamboo deck. There the
shade and constant overwash keep
them at exact sea temperature. If
$50 gallons are insufficient, then two
or three layers Of bamboo canes
could go between the logs and the
bamboo deck.
Any starvation among these pre-
historic fishermen seems incredible,
as flying fish land on our low raft
every night and a small quantity of
edible crabs can be picked right of
the logs. Most mornings, edible
squids also are found on board.
Grabs Sharks Tail.
The shade under our slowly drift
ing raft attracts quantities Of big
fish, easily caught for food. AS this
is written, three sharks swim around
us, one 50 close that could touch
its dorsal fin with my foot. Sharks
are usually lazy and dull unless
there is blood in the water, which
makes them furious.
We learn their habits and capaci-.
ties through constant association.
Last week when a 6-foot shark swal-
lowed some bait at the edge of the
raft, I grabbed his tail and twisted
the animal up on the raft before
1t summoned itself to fight. They
often seem paralyzed when caught
unexpectedly. Shark f1let, soaked
one day in seawater, then cooked,
tastes like haddock and provides
food for many men.
The strong sun also permits RATS
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hut and plenty Of bathing create
little thirst.
Our experiences with the little
known balsa raft have, on the whole,
convinced all Of us that with such
craft in common use along the coast
of ancient Peru, with the wind and
current sweeping necessarily toward
the west, Polynesia can hardly have
been undiscovered by South Ameri-
can raftSmen.
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men to serve dried fish.

men to serve dried dSh.
Drifting voyagers could gather
rain during sporadic showers. We
are experimenting now at quenching
thirst with the juice from raw hsh.
This can pc secured by twisting
pieces through cloth or simply by
chewing portions of fish in native
fashion. Although We have sum-
cient water supply, we drink little as
o constant breeze, our cool bamboo