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Save for the Little Folk
on Our Young 4th Floor

IS fodder Sunsuits in washable cottons.
Smoll, medium. Were l.95. Now ----- soc
4s sPieee Suits Of cotton boucIe cordiqon,
polo shirt, ponts, in vorious coIors ToddIer
sizes |. 2, 3. Were 5.e5. Nov -----3.e5
ls Bothins Suits and Trunks in many eolors
and fobrics. Broken Sizes Were .o5 to
395. Now soc
90 Hats Of cotton pique in roller or Eton STYLES.
White and postels. Extra small, small, medium.
Were l.o5. Now
IS Boys Bothins Trunks of cotton broodcIoth
with cotton knit lining. Medium, large. Were
o'70' mo" ----------------- Use
SO Toddlers' Dresses of broodcoth, lawn and
polished cotton in solid postels, or stripes, prints
or ploids. fodder sizes |, 2, 8. Were 3.o5.
IS ToddIers' Dresses in checked oinohon1.
broodcloth, cotton sheers, in checked or print
moteriol or solid postes. fodder sizes |, z, 8.
Were Z9o. Now
] Bothinette with Plastic tub and dressing tobIe,
wooden frome. White. Slightly damaged.
Wos 1926. Now
WGL-Infonts' Wear, 4th Floor
Evening star., 1953-09-17
50 Mid-Seoson Goats for
Misses DrosticoIIy Reduced
"a to " Price

Group includes Ioo% wool moterioI eoots,
some KoshmOors in So16 wool, 2oe6 nyIon.
A number Of fitted styles. some with white
eoIlos and cuffs. Also some eouturier styles
BY Monsone, Seymour Fox, cormeI. FIonnels,
Jerseys, fleeees, xibelines, boueIes. by Strooek,
Mron, JuiIIiord. Black, novy, sroy, beige. white.
yellow, tweedY mixtures. Broken sizes 10 to l8.
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rs Misses Wool Suits
Va to " Price

1o0% wool materiaIs in famous name suit.
by manufacturers like Forstmonn, Miron, JuiIH-
ord. Boxy jackets, fitted ioekets. suits with
stoIes. Navy. black. beige. sroy, light blue.
Broken sizes 10 TO lS.
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Manufacturer Samples
for Body at Big Sovinss
in Winter ApporeI

40 snow suits, prom suits, prom boss
and buntinss in assorted eoIoFs and styles
and moterioIs. All new merchandise,
some slightly soiled. Would be 5.o5 TO
1928. Now AS to 1910
W5l-lnfonts' Wear, 4th Floor
Evening star., 1953-09-17

Mems Fomous-moke Shirts Reduced
215, for 900 Wers sSs
ond collier
styles Good choice Of
Mems AnkIetstye Hose Reduced
35e, for 90 We're SSc and 100 pair
and fany 0 to
Mems Silk and Royon Ties Reduced
Csc Were 200 to $50
An Of
Sore,2 Floor
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Mems Sports Shirts
GreotIy Reduced, 100
2 for $50 We're 3.9s

4 TOT ZsOV " ere J.1S
ZoO in group. Short sleeve cotton Sports
shirts by famous moker. In an os,ortmere
Of plain eoIOrs; sizes smoII, medium and Ioroe.
WGL-The Mems Store, End Floor.
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Save on Sportsweor
and BIouses

Is Cotton BIouses and HoIters
in prints, checked onehoms and. 1856
piques. Sizes 81 to SO included s.e5
40 BIouses in Assorted FobFies
and Styles. White, maize, coral, $3.50
oquo and pink; sizes 80 to 80 9.o5
30 Blouses in Rayon Tissue
FoiIle and Silk; white, beige and 1856
some small prints Sizes "a = AZ 1895
IS Assorted Cotton Separates:
pIoysuits, bolero jackets, swing
skirts, blouses. Sizes 10 to 20 $3.50
in group --------- 5.e5
IS Cotton SeersuekeP BIouses
and Bermuda Shorts, less than 2.o5 to
" price. Sizes 10 to lS---- 4.95
40 Cotton Pl0ysuits, BIouses and
Skirts, less than V price. Sizes sos to
10 to IA 7.e5
30 Cotton chombFoy Golf
Dresses in oquo, blue, moize. 1895 g
Sizes 8 to u 1895
W6L-Sportsweor and BIouses, 3rd Floor
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Corsetry Reductions

Were Now
56 Assorted GirdIes end Pontis
Girdles in white and some navy.
Sotin lostex. summer meshes
loces and power nets; broken $3.50
sizes 7.95 2.e5
Is Discontinued Styles Of StFap-
less and Bondeou Bros, also
Woist Nippers. White or black 2OOto
in broken sizes SOS 2.e5
16 Discontinued style GirdIes
with side Upper. White; nyIon
toffeto panel and nyIon lostique
side panels. Broken size range sos 3.e5
20 GirdIes and Pontie GirdIes
OF nyIon power net and lace.
White. sizes snoIl medium and
loree 7.5o 5.s5
81 Bondeou Bros and Moter-
nifty Garter Belts. White or 25Oto
teo rose broken sizes --- 500 sse
WGL-Corsets and Bros, 3rd Floor
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Junior and Teen-dge
Shoes, 4.95
Were 8.95 and 9.95

Were 8.95 and 9.95
$50 pairs in group. Pumps and stFop
styles in red or navy; eoIfskin end block
potent leather. Some with white trim;
some with mesh. Broken sizes Va TO 8.
WGL-The Young Shoe Shop. End Floor
Evening star., 1953-09-17
GirdIes, Discontinued Styles

$50 We're 4.95 and 5.95
80 in group. Lostex with nyIon Ioee front ponel
in white. pink or blue. petite and small sizes
only-ideol for The smoll young figure. Mode
by famous sirdIe manufoeturer.
WGL-knit Underwear, Bird Floor.
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BIouses and NeckWeo
at Sovings

so EveFsIoze Cotton or Denim
haIteFs in two styles. Moize,
red, blue, oroy, pink or white.
Sizes 81 to 38 - 1.oS CSC
IS Linen Collars in v or Peter
Pan styles. CoIored trim-- l.e5 las
IS Cotton Pique coIIGrs, reVers-
ible plain and polka dot 100 75e
30 Linen BoIeFo Joekets in two
styles. White, beige or black;
sizes 10, Ia, l6--- 7.e5 4.4S
20 White Piqus Clutch copes,
fully lined d-------------- s.e5 7.45
WGL-Neekweor, lst Floor
30 Cotton BIouses with Cop
Sleeves; mondorin or v neck
line. Also some sleeveless with
convertible collar. Stripes and
solid tones. Sizes 81 to 3d. 2.e5 las
WGL-BIouses, Ist Floor
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Summer Hats, 1875 to $50

Summer Hats, 1875 to $50
Were 3.95 TO 1926
100 in group, fobrie hats in mony STYLES.
colors: white. black, navy, red. beige and
green.
Millinery. End Floor
180 pairs Women's Shoes
3.95 Were S6.95 to 1925
Matching Handbags, 3.e5
Were S.95 to 1925
Wide assortment Of eosuoI and dress STYLES in
mony eolors. Broken size range. Add z0%
Federal tex to hondbass.
W6L-The Shoe Center, End Floor
Wonderful Sovines on
Maternity Wear
It's to IT'S Were 595 to 1925
Group Of So cotton shorts, joekets, skirts.
pedal pusheTs; and z piece dresses ineIudina
some dressy styles.
W6L-Moternity Shop, 3rd Floor.
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W6L-Coots and Suits, Bird Floor
Big Sovings for
Girls and Sub-teens

IS Cotton or Rsyon Dresses in girls, sub-teens
ond chubby sizes. Were 5.95 to 1925,
80 Sub-teen Sizes in Joekets, Suits ond Dresses
OF cotton, royon or wool. Were 7.e5 to 1926.
Coots of light weight wool, in sub-teen sizes.
PosteIs Were $500. Now --7.S5
WGl-6irIs' Apporel, 4th Floor
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Tremendous Savings in
Juvenile ApporeI
458 Items, 45c and 95c

Were I.95 and 2.95
A group Of reduced pieces including girls seer
sucker blouses, shorts and sunsuits and white
piqus hots. Also boys swim trunks and short
sIeeved polo shirts.
WGL-Juvenile Apparel. 4th Floor
Evening star., 1953-09-17
Poj0mos, Gowns and
ComisoIes Reduced

WeTe now
II Cotton PIisse comisoIes,
trimmed with sheer embrod-
cred nyIon. White, sizes 36
ond SO ----.----------- l.e5 las
rs R0Yon-ond nd-oeetote Crepe
Gowns, lace trim at midrff
and sweetheart neckIine. White
or pink, sizes 81 and 34 3.o5 2,s5
~ Royon Sotin Gowns with
Ioce and nyIon net trim at
neckIine. Bios skirt; white or
blue. Sizes 81 to 36 -- 5.e5 3.4S
pairs Poiomes in acetate
and royon crepe. Toilored
notch-coIIor style, two-piece.
Pink, sizes 46, 49- 7.o5 5.S5
WGL-Undeweor, 3rd Floor
Evening star., 1953-09-17
Uniforms and Aprons at
Big Sovines

Were Now
"a D0Fmisene White NyIon Uni
forms; sizes II to 2O-- l6o5 79S
Il Cotton House Dresses, as
sorted prints; Il to 20 ---s 3.o5 I,9S
"kiddie SwirIs," cotton; sizes
and 5 ---------------- s.e5 100
4.o5 to
so Assorted Aprons Gift Boxed 6.e5 i.95
WGL-Uniforms and Aprons, 3rd Floor
Evening star., 1953-09-17
Save on Slips and Petticoots

u Rayon Satin PeSfieoots. per-
monentIy pleoted nyIon fIounce,
elastic wostbond. Navy or
black, sizes small and medium 2.o5
IS NyIon Trieot Slips with en-
broidered nyIon net bodice and
fIounce. Block, sizes 81 and
"a 34-------------------- 7.e5
8 NyIon Sotin Slips, sheer en-
broldered nylon trim at hem
and bodice. White, size SO 6.e5
II NyIen Trieot Slips with en-
broidered nylon trim at hem
and bodice. Pink, size 81 7.e5
WGL-Costume Slips, Bird Floor
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Bathroom Accessories
Greatly Reduced

VSIS NOW
II Royon Shower Curtains, in
Distinction pottern -------- 7e5 ss5
Royon Shower Ensembles, in
Distinction pottern ------- $500 100
81 Royon Shower Curtains in
Fern Petite pottern 7.95 3.95
~ Royon Shower Ensembles, in
Fern Petite pottern ---- 1890 100
rs Royon Shower Curtains, in
Borbizon pottern- ------- S.95 3.95
s Royon Shower Ensembles, in
Borbizon pattern -------- 1870 7.SO
l3 Royon Shower Curtains, in
Empire pottern 995 3.95
IA Royon Shower Curtains, in
Helene pottern- 4.94 5.S5
l3 Royon Shower Curtoins, in 7.o5 to
miscellaneous potterns .----- oo5 3.95
10 3-fieFed Gloss Shelves 2.78 LIS
~ Uttered Gloss Shelves. with
towel 2.78 Las
- Plostie Toilet Scots, in an
assortment of colors ----- 9o5 4.95
IA Big BeoF-Little Bear Toilet
Scots, white only 1895 7.95
W6L-Both Shop, lst Floor, North Building
Evening star., 1953-09-17

WGL-coots and Suits. 5rd Floor
Evening star., 1953-09-17

48 pairs Shoulder Pads for
dresses or suits. Royon sew
in style. Will wash or clean.
Black only ----
so Shoe Shine Kits in Leoth-
erette Coses. includes needed
supplies ----------
II Shine Sproy NoturoI Shoe
Polish =
$50 Dritz F0ney-stitehed But
ton Maker Sets. Assorted
styles. Will wash or dry clean
II poiVs Washable Seuffs for
Women. Sizes smoII, medium
and lorge
WGL-Notions, lst Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
By Riehord FrykIund

Federal court here said that word
ing of some sections OF the law is
so unclear person cannot tell what
a lobby organization" Is. Obviously.
then, a group cannot know If it is
required to report under the law.
The court said further that the
penalty clause violates the first
amendment to the Constitution
which guarantees freedom Of speech
and the right ito petition the Gov
eminent for redress of grievances"
The law says that a person convicted
of violating the law may not lobby
for three years. Lobbying is just an
exercise of the right to petition the
Government, so to deprive a person
of the right to lobby is unconstitu-
tional, the court said.
Appel to High Court
The case was appealed to the SUI
preme Court. On a technicallty-
the order of the special court was
directed to Attorney General Nc
Grath, who had just been fired and
was therefore no longer responsible
the high court refused to accept
the special courts ruling.
Constitutionality of the act was
questioned again in later case, and
again Federal district court ruled
against the penalty clause.
That makes the law unenforceable
in the District and would discourage
the Justice Department from trying
to enforce the law in other court
jurisdictions. Until the Supreme
Court rules on the law, it is, for all
practical purposes, dead.
But there is more wrong with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

to hide) was much smaller, OF the
order of SIS or $40 million.
Control of West German illegal
trade to East Europe is administered
through a central licensing system
operating at the source - and
through customs inspections-oper-
ating at the borders and ports. OF
the two, the licensing end Of the
control system is much the more eff
fective in West Germany, as it is
in most other countries including
the United States. Exporters must
apply for licenses. Inspections are
made at the source, as the goods
are packed at the factory. In
America, customs officials Spot-check
only 5 to 8 per cent of the goods as
they leave the country. Because Of
the special situation in West Ger
many, customs officials there spot
check II per cent Of the outgoing
cargo.
Tronsit Trade
The one loophole hardest to- plug
in the illegal shipment Of strategic
materials to Iron Curtain countries
is the transit trade dodge. Most
countries are reluctant to touch
shipments just passing through
their country or their ports. Here
is how the smugglers take advantage
of this: A legitimate deal for ex-
porting strategic goods from coun-
try A to country B is set up, but
routed through country c. While
the goods are in transit through
country G, changes are made in the
shipping papers and on the Stenciled
crates, rerouting the goods to an
Iron Curtain country. Country c
usually refuses to have anything to
do with the in-transit shipment.
The United States is using all the
pressure it can to persuade its allies
to stop free port and other in-tranSit
abuses of the embargo. The Battle
Act makes it mandatory to cut off
any aid supplied countries which
knowingly export directly to Iron
Curtain nations. But this act does
not apply to their refusal to tamper
with the in-transit shipments.
How Much Sets Through?
How much, then, do watchdog
American officials believe is slipping
through to the Soviet bloc? They
don't know. Nor do they believe
that any one else does. They do
know that the Soviet Union has felt
the pinch Of the blockade. Although
this smuggling trade is not vital to
the Reds (they import only per
cent Of their strategic materials.
they offer fantastic prices for ship
mentS. They are doing their best
to promote East-WeSt trade with
widely ballyhooed trade conferences
and special friendly gestures. Me-
chanics and engineers who escape
through the Iron Curtain confirm
that the blockade Is hurting more
and more as reserves Of raw mate
rails. spare parts, scrap and the like
are being depleted.
As far as the strategic materials
blockade IS concerned. the time has
passed when Uncle Sam Is pouring
away its substance or when 1axity
Of our major allies Is handing any
thing much to the Soviet Union on
. silver platter.
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however, its continuation would de-
pend upon q balanced budget, an
end to internal imitation, and bal
ancing Of exports and imports. Those
all are difficult problems for Britain
to solve.
Good as the Dollar
When. eventually. the pound is
made freely exchangeable for dol
lars, as 1t should be under sound
conditions Of international trade, it
would. be just as good and as ac-
ceptable as the dollar itself in every
world market as long as its con-
vertibility remained assured.
But why is France so disturbed at
the possibility that Britain will
make the pound convertible? The
reason that her Finance Minister
gives is that it would destroy the
economic unity which the Marshall
Plan and the Mutual Security Pro-
gram have foStered. He knows that
this would be very repugnant to our
Government. One suspects that he
has. also. q lively concern for the
advantages Britain might gain over
France in world trade and in the
attraction of foreign funds for in
veStment. There is the possibility
too, that the conditions Of a loan
from the United States would oblige
the commonwealth countries to buy
more from us and less from Western
Europe.
France is in desperate financial
position. She has been unable or
unwilling to take the rigorous meas
ures that lead to a balanced budget.
Britain apparently believes this is
no valid reason why any nation
should not return to sound and
stable currency just as soon as it can,
regardless Of what others do. The
great hope Of the imitation ridden
world-if 1t understood the prob
lem-would be full and free converti-
bility of every currency into every
other at ratios determined by the
amount Of gold established for each
money unit. Before that ideal con-
dition of world money system is
reattained-it was the prevailing sys-
tenn for many years-convertibility
into the strongest currency, the
United States dollar, is for every
country that can achieve it, the
next best thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Prices
If Benson Has His Way They'll Be Lower
For Consumers, Higher for Producers
BY jones {. Roper

Secretary of Agriculture Benson
wants to perform an economic mira
Gle: Raise the price of cattle, but re-
duce the retail cost Of beef you buy.
He thinks he can do it with the
natural forces of a free market. He
thinks he can reach his goal of
higher farm prices and lower con-
sumner prices on other foods, too.
1t would mean that profits Of
wholesalers, retailers and professors
would drop. It would mean conflict
between buddies of New Deal days:
The labor bloc and the farm bloc.
Despite the political hazards and
economic difficulties, the newly in
stalled Secretary Of Agriculture at
tackled the problem last week with
the enthusiasm Of a young farmer
planting his first stand Of corn.
Some of the reasons for low cattle
prices were clear. Herds on farms
we're the biggest ever. Drought and
lack of cheap feed encouraged some
cattle growers to send their animals
to market early. This was enough to
start the downward trend in prices.
Then the trend itself was enough to
encourage more marketings by cat
tlemen who wanted to stop their
losses.
Secretary Benson thought there
were other reasons for the decline.
OPS regulations on compulsory
grading of beef disrupted the mar
ket, the Agriculture Department felt,
because they limited the number of
grades and cut cattleman's chances
of getting a little extra profit on
borderline animals.
Regulations Dropped
To combat this, Secretary Benson
persuaded OPS to drop its grading
regulations even before OPS sched-
uled death April 80.
The Agriculture Department also
tried to buck up the cattlemen'S Spir-
its. Secretary Benson said present
pessimiSm was unwarranted. The
departments ace economist, o. v.
Wells. told worried Senator'S. Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

the industrial SITUATION III C1AdOo.
Ouportunists rushing over from the
chinese mainland looted indiscrim-
inately, adding to the dislocation
at the end of the war. The export
market to Japan was gone and the
Formosans were raising only enough
food for themselves when the Ma
tionalists sought refuge there.
Disheortened Government
Chiang's government arrived with
little more than its gold and silver
reserves. a well educated but mel
fective force Of administrative OH
Gals, disheartened by failure, ana
a large conscripted army which had
suffered a long series of defeats
marked by wholesale assertions. The
Nationalist air force brought its re-
manning planes and the navy got
away with most of the small hight
ing ships which had been acquired
from the United States after V-J
day.
Il is generally conceded that
Chiang's army, navy and air force
numbered about 100000 when II
arrived on Formosa. The exact size
of his present military force Is q
secret, which probably has not been
well kept from the Reds, since Com
munist agents are still being ar
rested on the island The best pub
lie estimates place the army figure
at 3OO 600. with another 100000
divided between the air force and
navy.
Just how effective this army might
be in an invasion of the mainland
is the subject of much speculation.
Chinese conscripts have an under
standable habit Of using every avail
able opportunity to return to the
families from which they have been
unwillingly torn. Those in Chiang's
army have been separated from their
homes long time and family ties
are strong In China.
Training and Morale
There is no question. however. but
that their equipment, training and
morale is better than any force the
generalisSinlo has commanded since
vi day. In numbers, they consti-
tute the largest anti-C Communist
army in Asia whose leaders have
expressed willingness to fight. Since
the fall of 1850 the United States
Government has been spending
about 5000 million annually on
equipment and training Of the Ma
tionalists. Unquestionably that flg-
ure has been stepped up In recent
months.
The Formosans have not vollln-
tarily contributed much to Chiang's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Few Will Mourn Passing Of Present Lobby Act

changes to be registered with the
Government, and the Corrupt Prac-
tees Act, which requires political
candidates and their hackers to re-
port money spent in campaigns.
Key Congressman want a law that
Is clear, requires a minimum Of eS-
sential information from the lobby
lists and can easily be administered
and enforced. The Senate Commit
tee on Government Operations last
year asked the Library of Congress
legal references section to draw up
recommendation for such law.
The result of that groups work will
be turned over to the committee
soon. The committee staff will work
it into suggested bill form, and the
rest will be up to the committee.
No Purtison Aspects '.,.
Lobby registration SO far has not
been much Of a partisan issue. The
new Republican administration
probably would not abandon the
idea only because it was a Demo-
cratic concoction. On the other
hand, persons most interested in the
law in the past have been Demo-
Gratis, and they are now bit short
on political influence.
There seems to be little chance
for action this year. Congress wants
to cram a great deal of work into a
short session. and new lobby law
is not on any Of the leadership's
must" lists.
Meanwhile. the petitioners" Of
Congress continue to haunt the Of
fees, corridors and Hobbies of Capitol
Hill, unworried for the present about
trying to make head or tail of the
Lobby Act
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

President Eisenhower's offer to
give Chang Kai-shek and his Chi
nese Nationalist followers an oppor-
tunity to carry out their oft-ex-
pressed desire to join the "hot war"
against Communist aggression is the
subject Of a worldwide furry Of
speculation by political and military
theorists.
While the theorists noisily argue
the pros and cons Of the matter. let
us take a close look at Chiang's base
on Formosa and see what he has to
work with.
It is necessary first to remember
that the island Of Formosa-Taiwan
to the ChineSe-containS an area
only hfee-thousandths of the whole
of China and its population Of 9
million is. but one-sixtieth Of the
Communist dominated mainland
just 100 miles away across the For
mosa Strait.
About IL million of the Chinese on
Formosa are persons who came to
the island after the end Of World
War 1.-THE bulk Of them in 1859
AS the fleeing remnants of the
defeated Nationalist government
and its armed forces.
Wos Once japanese
Forrnosa already had seen a lot Of
change before Chang picked it as
the spot for a last-ditch rally. The
japanese had controlled the island
for the past half century and had
made it a model agricultural colony
without ever winning much support
from the natives. descendants of
South China emigrants who had
been settled there for about 800
years.
The Japanese had developed the
islands agricultural region, about
one-fourth of the total Of $4,000
square miles. to the point where the
Formosan living standard was sec
ond only to Japan'S in Asia and
there was an exportable surplus Of
half Of the rice crop and million
metric tons Of sugar, plus quantities
Of timber, bananas and pineapples.
The hydro electric power resources
had been well developed. Plants
were turning out 1000 metric tons
! Of aluminium ingots and $4,000 met
ric tons Of cement q month; salt
was being produced at q rate Of
$4,000 metric tons per month: the
fishing industry flourished and there
was enough mining and manufac-
turing to keep the surplus popula-
ton from the farms gainfully EN-
ployed.
WI day and the departure Of
the japanese. plus destruction Of
factories by American bombing, left