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Evening star., 1955-06-25
Thugs Beat Up
And ! Rob Youth
Gong Seizes Purse
From Girl Friend

A young man reported to po'
ilice that he was beaten arlt
robbed by q gang Of thugs earl,
to-day as he and his date drove
Into q Hot Shoppe parking lot
lat Fourteenth street and Parl
road NV. The young woman's
purse was snatched in the at.
tack on her escort.
| Minutes later, police arrested
Rufus Cummings. "a, colored
of the 1400 block of Fairmont
street NV, and Robert l.
Smith, 20, colored, of the 1906
block of Randolph street NV
Each is charged with two counts
Iof robbery.
/ In addition. a count of carry
ling a deadly weapon, knife
was lodged against Cummings
Cummings and Smith both
were held under 5000 bond on
a robbery charge during an ap-
lpearance in Municipal Court to.
day. The case was continued
until July 5.
PummeIed by Five Men
Victims of the attack and rob
berry were Herman Callahan, 81
of 1413 Girard street NV, ar1e
Miss Velva Pearce, q, of 350'
Fourteenth street NV.
| Mr.. Callahan told police HI
had just entered the Hot Shoppt
lot at 8 am, when another autt
pulled in behind his. striking hi!
rear bumper.
| He said he was dragged from
/ his car by about five colored n1er
and punched about the head ane
chest. After being treated al
GARFIELD Hospital for severe
bruises about the eyes and cheel
bones, he was released.
Witness Calls Police
| While he was on the ground
1 Mr.. Callahan said, one of the
gang took his wallet containing
l$8. Another man snatched Miss
Pearce's purse and took $45. she
reported.
A passing motorist who wit
messed the attack followed the
gangs getaway car to Sixteenth
and Park road NV. and called
| to a parked scout car for help.
Pvts. T. J. Harrigan and r. M
Goss said they stopped the auto
at Seventeenth and Park road
| In the auto were Cummings ano
Smith. The others. they said
had disappeared.
In Cummings pocket was ar
open 3-inch blade knife, police
said.
Pvts. Harrigan and Goss said
they did not recover any of the
money, although both Mr.. Cal
llahan and Miss Pearce identified
the arrested pair as part Of the
gang who attacked them.
Evening star., 1955-06-25
Research Rocket Fired

BOSTON, June rs (P.-A
new small rocket system. known
as Dan. was used for atmos-
pheric research for the first time
Thursday, the Air Force Cam
bridge Research Center said to-
day. The projectile was fired
10 miles into the air at Wallops
Island, Va.
Evening star., 1955-06-25

service the association members
were to conduct business meet
ings and elect officers.
Drive for Members
The Sd Marine Division Asso-
citation, in a business session to-
day, decided to launch q drive
for young Marines not in World
War, II.
The association agreed that
the Sd Division Marine now sta
toned in the Pacific theater sis
every bit as good as the Marine
in World War H."
1t. Gen. E. A. Craig (retired)
acting president of the associa-
ton, was elected president oi
the association.
The general locality of the 80
Marine 1856 convention was
slowly pinpointed to Chicago
See MARINES, Page A-a
Evening star., 1955-06-25
'PorIey ImperiIed
|By Plane Incident
Russia Asked to Explain
Attack by MICS Off Alaska

"hut would at once investigate
and communicate" with Mr.
Dulles. the White House said.
Did Not Return Fire
The Defense Department, fol.
lowing the White House state.
ment, said the 300-mile-an-houl
American craft was attacked By
two Soviet jet MIG fighter.
which made one firing run. The
Neptune, armed only with one
50-caliber machine gun mounted
in its nose, did not return the
fire, the department said.
It declared the attack occurred
'well over international waters
i'm the vicinity of st. Lawrence
Island. a United States posses
sion in the Bering Sea-"
One of the planes two en-
|gines was set afire but it was able
Ito crash-land on the island. 1t
Richard H. Fischer of Pittsburgh
was plane commander. and 1t
q. g. David M. Lockhart o1
Alameda, Calf. was chief pilot
The incident was the latest ir
Ia long series Of cold war ali
Iskirmishes. but the first of the
Alaskan coast
PentagOn Announcement
The Pentagon announcement
follows:
at approximately 10 am. or
June az (Alaska tin1el the
United States Navy Neptune
patrol plane was attacked By
two Soviet MIG-type aircraft
which made one firing run or
the Neptune. This was well ovel
international waters in the vi.
|cinty Of st. Lawrence Island, 9
United States possession In the
Bering Sea.
The plane was on q routine
patrol flight out OF the NaVal
Air Station. Kodiak, Alaska. One
engine was set afire by the at
tack. but the Neptune was able
to crash-land at the northwest
|ern tip Of st. Lawrence Island
ALTHOUGH, some Of the crew
members were injured, all sur
vived and were flown to Elmen-
|dorf Field, Anchorage, Alaska.
The normal crew Of this type
of plane is II.
Reports indicate that there
is no explanation for this un-
provoked attack. It is note
worthy that flights Of this ma
See PLANE. Pare A-3
Evening star., 1955-06-25
By JOHN A. GILES

The attack on an American
Navy Neptune patrol plane owe
the Bering Strait by Soviet je
fighters brought immediate de
mands in Congress today tina
this country reconsider its plan
for next months Big -Four con
ference.
The piston-engined Neptune
was on a routine fight over what
this Government said was lin.
ternational waters" near Siberis
when the attack occurred Wed.
nesday morning. The Soviet
government was asked for ar
immediate explanation.
Several Senators were quicl
to question Russia's motives.
"Unless we get assurances thai
the attack was not premeditated
we should not go to that confer
ence." declared Senator Mans
field, Democrat, of Montana.
Senator Capehart, Republican
Iof Indiana. = commented tha'
this is an incredible way t.
start a peace conference" :"
Senator Purtel. Republican, o
Connecticut. asked: ''Is this al
indication of Russia's sincerit.
toward the Big Four confer
jence?"
Hopes for Explanation
But Senator Bridges, touring
with President Eisenhower in hi
home State, said his reports in
ldicated ''it probably was a loca
incident" The New Hampslir'
Republican expressed hope a full
report by the Reds would explain
lit soon.
Mr.. Eisenhower's Whftefiele
(N. H.) headquarters yesterday
denounced the "inexplicable ane
|unwarranted" attack. Three o.
four Of the crew of II were in.
Ijured when the plane crash
landed on st. Lawrence Island
40 miles off the coast Of Siberia
The White House said thai
at the direction Of Mr.. Eisen'
hover, Secretary Of State Dulles
had taken the matter up with
Soviet Foreign Minister Moloto,
at San Francisco. where they arr
attending the 10th anniversar,
meeting of the United Nations.
The Soviet official replied tha1
he was unaware of the incident
Evening star., 1955-06-25
Truman Aids
Eisen|1oWer's 5
PeaceDriye
Former President
Stresses Hope for
World Disarmament
By GARNETT d. HoRNER
stor siuff Correspondent

Sfof Sfuff correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO. June 25-
President Eisenhower today had
( former President Truman'S
blessing for his efforts to ease
tensions with Russia at the
Forthcoming Big -Four confer
ence.
Mr.. Truman gave that bless
ing by implication in a speech
here last night in which ne
stressed hope for eventual world
disarmament to the point where
mo nation would have enough
arms to wage successful war.
He told a united Nations 10th
anniversary meeting that the
world faces a choice in this H
bomb age between U.N. princi-
|ples and international anarchy
land violence which may lead to
total destruction for ALL"
Just before Mr.. Truman's
speech, a shadow was cast over
the U. N. birthday celebration
|by word Of the Soviet MIG at
tack on an American Navy plane
over the Bering Sea.
M0lot0v Told
On instruction of President
Eisenhower. Secretary of State
Dulles had called the incident
to the attention Of Russian For
eign Minister v. M. Molotov. Mr.
Molotov, who has been plugging
a peace offensive here, said he
knew nothing about it. but would
Investigate.
Mr.. Truman received an ova-
|tion from u. N. member delega-
tions winding up q week long
commemoration Of the signing
of the U. N. charter he espoused
las President 10 years ago.
Pledging his support once
again as a private citizen, he
described the U. N. as "a beacon
of hope to a world that has no
choice but to live together or to
die together" ~
The former President did not
mention directly President Eli
senhower's plans to go to Geneva
July 18 for the first Big Four
conference since Mr.. Truman
went to Potsdam in 1945. But he
made clear his approval in these
words:
II welcome the signs in the
world today that greater under
standing and agreement may be
reached among the great pow
ers. I welcome the proposals
for further conferences and
negotiations. :"
Truman Hopeful
In line with Mr.. Eisenhower's
limited hopes for concrete
achievements at the Geneva
meeting which he envisages as
only the beginning Of a long
series of negotiations, Mr.. Tru-
man added:
"It may not be possible to
make sudden or vast strides in
these conferences, but agree
ment even in some things will
be a gain. Agreement even in
little things may be founda-
tion on which greater things
can be built"
Achievement of world peace,
he emphasized. requires "a COM
mon determination not to en-
broil the world in war"
Earlier in the day, Secretary
|of State Dulles bluntly chal-
lenged Russia to end the cold
war simply by observing United
Nations rules against aggression
and subversion.
Mr.. Dulles held out hope for
q new era Of peace if the free
world sustains the collective de-
tense buildup. which he credited
with forcing whatever peaceful
gestures have come from the
Soviet camp.
He distainfully brushed aside
Mr.. Molotov's call for co-exist-
ence on Moscow's terms. He
Continued on Page AZ, Col. l
Evening star., 1955-06-25
'Pancho Villa Suspect
In Girl SIayiings Seized
MysteIryMon
. IS sArrested
In Virginia

Police in Virginia have arrested
Ia suspect in the June Is Staying
Iof two teen-age girls in North-
west Branch Park near Lane
Manor, Md.
The man, in his 30s, was be-
llieved by Prince Georges County
police to be the suspect dubbed
,Iby them as 'Pancho Villa"--seen
lat least twice near the murder
'Iscene carrying a new .22-caliber
'Irif1e and wearing bandoliers, a
iIsheath knife and an Army-type
canteen.
b He was lodged in jail at Fred
erickSburg, Va, following his arr
rest in an undisclosed spot in
Spottsylvania County by Virginia
State Trooper A. j. Townsley and
Fredericksburg Police Officer
Hugh Rose.
Booked on Suspicion"
He was booked on suspicion
Iof murder"
A sergeant at Fredericksburg
police headquarters said the
mans description was similar to
that of the mystery man listed
by Prince Georges police late yes
1terday as a definite suspect"
The sergeant said, however, he
was not wearing bandoliers and
did not have a rife in his pos
session at the time he was taken
Into custody.
4 Arlington police. meantime.
were checking a report that q
man of similar description was
seen hitchhiking on Shirley
highway near Washington.
1 After q hurried consultation at
1.-The Prince Georges County de-
tective bureau at Seat Pleasant,
Md. two detectives were dis
patched to Fredericksburg to
question the suspect held there.
i The suspects address was not
Immediately disclosed.
/ Arrest Follows Tip
/ 1t was reported that the man
was arrested by the two police
men acting on a tip they had
received. The suspect carried q
drivers license from Baltimore.
/ Police said he admitted own.
ing a new .22-caliber rifle.
Meanwhile, discovery Of q
dollar bill in a Northwest
Branch Park fireplace was be-
ling checked today as . possible
1clue.
The find assumed importance
as police pursued the theory that
robbery may have been the mo-
tive for the Staying of Nancy
Marie Shonette. 16, and Michael
Ann Ryan, IA.
Finder "Spent it,
The dollar bill was found by a
13-year-old boy who said he did
not realize that it might be inn
Iportant and added: II spent it."
Nancy Marie carried with her
50 she had earned baby-sitting
when she left the house that
morning. When her body was
found later. her open white purse
LAY where it apparently had been
tossed 35 feet away, but the
green leather wallet containing
the money was gone.
For the past week detectives
have been seeking the man
dubbed "Pancho Villa"
Three construction workers -
one of them Rodney Shomette,
Nancy Marie's uncle - on a
nearby project told police that
the man was seen entering the
wooded park the day before the
shooting.
He was again seen, MIR. Sho-
mette said, at 10:30 am. the
day Of the slayings. Is minutes
before Nancy Marie's body was
found. He stopped at the con-
struction project, asked for a
See SLAYING, Page A-3
Evening star., 1955-06-25
Mrs. Mestu Sees Rhee

SEOUL, June Is fR.-Mrs
Perle Mesta, former minister to
Luxembourg now on a world tour
today called on President and
Mrs. Syngman Rhee. Mrs. Mesta
arrived here from Tokyo today
for a four-day visit.
Evening star., 1955-06-25
Stocks in the Spotlight

NEW YORK IN. - Following are the
sales tadd 00). high, low, closing price
and net change OF the 20 most active
stocks for the week.
Evening star., 1955-06-25
HOLY LAND TO GET
DOZEN BASEBALLS

FROM ARLINGToN--Ths Rev.
Harry Scott coffey. pastor Of Mount
oIivet Methodist Church, will toke
dozen boseboIIs TO Nozoreth this
summer for thot eitys poor. See page
As.
APARTMENT FoRuM--you'iI find
tips on what TO give the summer
bride stortins out in on apartment.
on efficiency om-disideFs 6nd other
phoses Of apartment living In Norma
ond Don's column. pose B-5.
Evening star., 1955-06-25
WEATHER FORECAST

Cloudy tonight and tomorrow with
scattered showers. Low tonight IS. Gull
report plus resort forecast on Page A-21
Hourly Temperatures
Evening star., 1955-06-25

"hut would at once investigate
and communicate" with Mr..
Dulles, the White House said.
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PROMINENT WHITE LEADERS OF
CLEVELAND AND BOLIVAR co.
AND WIVES ATTEND DINNER OF
CLEVELAND NEGRO CIVIC CLUB
See Pattern For Furthering Inter-
Racial Cooperation And Goodwill
In The State OF Mississippi
PRAISE SPEECH BY PRESIDENT
J. r. BUCK OF NATCHEZ COLLEGE

Cleveland, Miss, Oct. 24.-The
Fifth Annual Dinner of the Cleve-
land Negro Civic Club, held here
last Thursday night in the audi
torium of the Cleveland CONSOLE
dated Negro School, may well be
recorded as one of the most out
standing, as we'll as one of the most
significant events in the current
history of the state.
Held in this small but forward
looking town, in Bolivar County, in
the heart of the Mississippi Delta,
with an overwhelming majority
Negro population, the dinner, as
speakers pointe4 out and gave
ample evidence that decency and
goodwill towards Negroes still
abounds in this town, and in this
section of the state despite wide
publicity given to some recent in
cidents and activities; and also
gave evidence of how inter-racial
goodwill and cooperation can be
promoted and kept alive by meet
ings of responsible white and Ne
gro citizens at the local levels in
Continued On Page Five)
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Vatican AssaiIs
Snub Handed
Catholic Priest

VATICAN CITY.-The Vatican's
official newspaper L'Osservatore
Romano this week editorially blast
ed members of a New Orleans
Catholic church for refusing to per-
NIT a Negro priest to celegrate
mass.
The newspaper wrote under the
heading, "The Stain of Color" that
the refusal Cannot but strike
Catholics with sad surprise y
Meanwhile, in New Orleans,
Archbishop Joseph Francis Rum
nell suspended services at the st.
Cecilia Catholic mission at Jesuit
Bend and reduced services at Our
Lady of Perpetual Help church at
Belle Chase and at St. Joseph
Mission at Myrtle Grove. The three
churches are acros sthe Mississippi
river from New Orleans.
Archbishop Rummell wrote a let
ter to members of the missions
that he addressed with sentiments
of deep sorrow the first COM
munications of its kind in the long
Continued on Page FOUR
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ALABAMA NEGROES HARD HIT BY
ANTI.INTEGRATl0N ACTIVITIES

Selma, Ala, Oct. 24.-(Special)
-Patrolman w. D. Bailey and Sgt.
C. Charles Presley of the Selma
police force are under arrest in
connection with alleged anti-inte-
grafton reactions ranging from alb
duction and arson to firing on a
dwelling, Police Chief Ed Mullens
said Thursday.
Both officers were suspended
pending the outcome of investiga-
ton of charges which accuse Ptl.
Bailey of setting fire to the home
of a Negro housewife and of firing
a shot into the home of a Negro
storekeeper. PRESLEY, desk Of
ficer was placed under arrest with
out specific charges.
The arson charge stems from a
fire which damaged the home of
Mrs. Vera Jones Boykins. The
shooting resulted in minor head
CONTINUED On Page Five)
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Parents Study
Group Organizes
For School Year

Former members of the Parents
Study group of Jackson College
Nursery Kindergarten welcomed
new members at its initial meet
ing at the Nursery School Tuesday
October II, at TOO pm.
After the usual opening proceed
ure with the Co-Chairman, Mrs
Odessa Patton, presiding, Mrs. Ada
Wilson served as chairman for the
election of the following officers:
Mrs. Odessa Patton, Chairman;
Mrs. Johnnie Pearl Young, Co.
Chairman; Mrs. Willie S. Comic,
Secretary; Mrs. Ruth Gillian, AS
sistant Secretary; Mr.. c. c. Mos
ley, Jr., Treasurer; Mrs. Beatrice
Bass, Librarian; Mrs. Margie Cum
ningham, Reporter; Committee
Chairmen: Mrs. Ruth Williams,
Program; Mr.. Jack Comic, Social;
Continued on Page Eight
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PROFESSOR ANSLEM ]. FINCH
Makes HIT WITH RECENT POEM

During the past summer months
Principal Anselm Joseph Finch,
teacher and poet extraordinary,
took time out to pen a new poem
unto Others" which has already
found favorable attention among
those "in the know"
1t concerns no particular race
or section of the country. Its en-
tire contents and philosophy have
to do with humanity everywhere.
After it's completion this summer
it was read before class taking
a course in philosophy of education
at Northwestern. 1t also received
loud praise from DR.. Cameron
Meredith, head of the department
of educational psychology at North
western.
"Unto Others" carries depth or
feeling and notes Of sympathetic
CONTINUED On Page Two)
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WILKINS SAYS GEORGIA OFFICIAL
KNOWS NAACP is NOT A
SUBvERSIVE ORGANIZATION
Cities Statement OF United States
F.B.I. Head j. Edgar Hoover
See Nothing Subversive Tn Demanding
Equality Under The Constitution
Of The United States

New York, N. Y. October "a
The National Association for the
Advancement Of Colored People
denied it has any communist or
communiSt-front connections and
charged that "some Southern State
officials" appear to be engaged in
"a conspiracy to combat the
United State Supreme Courts or
der to desegregate the public
Schools"
The statement was issued by Roy
Wilkins, Executive Secretary of
the NAACP, in reply to an address
by Attorney General Eugene Cook
of Georgia in which Cook accused
the organization of "subversive de-
9 signs" and activities.
Wilkins said:
RESPONSIBLE BODIES
"Mr. Cook knows that the
NAACP is not a communist organi-
cation or communist-front or
ganization. He knows also that
neither the Attorney Generol of
the United States, the House I'm
American Activities committee, nor
any other official Federal body has
ever branded the NAACP as COM
munist-front organization. He can
not show anywhere to anyone a
listing of the NAACP as subversive
by an responsible body.
EQUALITY, FREEDOM
ION the contrary, ]. Edgar Hoov-
Continued on Page Eight
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Advocate Editor
Memphis Speaker

Memphis, Tenn. Oct. "a - Percy
Greene, Editor and Publisher of
The Jackson Advocate, Mississippi's
leading Negro weekly newspaper
will deliver the annual address of
the 14th Annual Convention of the
Mutual Association of Colored
People south, Sunday night, Oc-
tober Both at the YMCA Auditor
ium.
The Mutual Association Of Col
ored People South is an organiza-
ton which strives to build better
race relations and to foster the
high standards of education thru
Continued on Page Three)
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Honor First Negro Deputy Sheriff

said that Coleman had been select
ed because of his interest in the
community and his ability to get
along with people.
with all the bad doings that
we hear about in the Southland"
Wright said, Coleman is a living
example of cooperation between
CONTINUED on Page Four)
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Negro Jurors
Set On Trial Of
Ga. White Man

Columbus, Ga. - Two preced-
ents were broken here this week
when two Negro jurors sat in
judgment of a white man and a
Negro lawyer was allowed to de-
fend a person in open court.
In the first case, Eugene Bruck-
ner, white, was found guilty of
fictitious writing and sentenced to
two years in prison. Bruckner,
who pleaded his own case, agreed
to accept the first II jurors, which
Continued on Page Four
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JACKSON, Miss.-America must
get rid of the shackles of racial
prejudice if it is to live in har-
monious world of democratic ma
tions, a Catholic minister and la
Dor expert, told the Mississippi
Labor Federation last week.
The speaker was the Rev. L. j.
Twomey, S. j., director Of the In
stitute of Industrial Relations of
Loyola University and Southern
er. He explained that the progress
of Communism depends on the fail
ure of democracy to influence some
8OO,OO0.OOO non-whites of the
world. These non-whites, he said,
hold the balance of power.
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END PREJUDICE TO GET
WORLD HARMONY, PRIEST SAYS

Il am a Southerner, but no U.
S. Senator who states that the
decision handed down by the U. S.
Supreme Court regarding segrega-
ton is desecrating Southern ira
ditions, is speaking for me-" he
said.
Pointing out that racial preju-
dice stands in the way of world
peace he advised:
Work together and be loyal to
the United States before you are
loyal to Mississippi.
Unless America lives democracy,
Rev. Twomey said, it cannot ex-
pect non-whites of the world to be-
Continued on Page FOUR
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MOULIN ROUGE CLOSES DOORS

Las Vegas, Oct. "a - The plush
lush Moulin Rouge hotel closed
after six months on a note Of trag-
edy, Monday, Oct. 10 as its owners
locked its doors.
The reason was too many bills
and too little money.
This action ended the first cap
ter of a democratic attempt to es-
tablish the first interracial gamb-
ling palace and luxury hotel in the
fabulous boom city of Las Vegas.
All other centers were close to Ne
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Gordon Sworn In As v. |. Governor

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands,
Walter A. Gordon, former member
of the California State Adult au-
thority, this week was sworn in as
governor of the Virgin Islands.
The oath was administered by
Secretary Of Interior Douglas Nc
Kay on the bandstand of historic
Emancipation Park where proc
lamation freeing the slaves was
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-10-29

groes here.
Built at cost of $3,000,000 the
Moulin Rouge opened with the
most beautiful and most lavish of
everything = living quarters, en-
tertainment, food, gambling casinos
and service-last May. Reporters
from the white and Negro press
from ali over the nation were
guests of the spot.
Louis Was Host
Joe Louis, immortal heavyweight
CONTINUED on Page Three)
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State Federation
OF coIored
Women's Clubs
In Sind Annual
Session This Week
Mrs. T. L. Barnes
To Preside At
Greenville Meeting

Greenville, Miss, Oct. "a - The
State Federation of Women's Clubs
will hold it's Sind annual meeting
in Greenville on October 9th and
18th, with Mrs. T. J. Barnes of
Laurel, Mississippi presiding as
president.
The Modern Art and Civic Club,
the Queen City Garden Club, Morn
ing Glory Garden Club, and the
Misses Art and Civic Club will
serve as hostesses for the occasion.
Highlighting the Thursday session
will be the annual address of the
President and an address by Mrs.
Continued on Page Four)