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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-08-17
COLUMBIA PERSONALS

Earl Davenport, Jr. of Elizabeth
City is visiting his grandmother,
Mrs. Alice Davenport, and Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Hamilton.
Mrs. R. L. Spruill and baby are
hospitalized at the Columbia Hos
pital.
Mrs. Allen Cahoon, who was re-
ceiving treatment in the Columbia
Hospital, was released Sunday.
Those from here who attended
the wedding Of Sterling Hamilton,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. HAM
ilton, to Miss Frances Coggins at
Conway on Sunday, August IL,
were his parents and Miss Flo
Davenport, Miss Lynda knight,
Miss Mary McClees, Mrs. Helen
VERIFY, Mrs. Elsie Edwards and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Mitchell.
During July, the Tyrrell Coun-
ty Library circulated 1919 books,
of which ITO were Juvenile, accord
ing to the librarian, Mrs. Ruth
Reynolds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian H. Swain,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. White and
son, W. j., Jr., spent this week at
Atlantic City, N. j.
Invitations have been received in
Columbia to the golden wedding of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Robert Daven-
port on Sunday afternoon, August
&c, from three to six o'clock.
Members of the Junior Cham
Der of Commerce of Columbia at
tended in body morning prayer
at St. Andrews Episcopal Church
on Sunday, August ~.
Mrs. Sam Davis of Louisville,
KY. is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Iva Vanhorn Hassell, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe C. Davis.
Mrs. Mildred C. Mann and son
Tommie spent the week end with
Mrs. w. M. Norcom and Mr.. and
Mrs. Rodney Cooper. Mrs. Mann
was accompanied home by her
daughter, Sarah, who has spent
the summer here.
First 1t. Erwin Everton, U. s..
Air Force, stationed at Laredo,
Texas, is home to visit his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Everton
of Columbia Route 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Davis
spent the week end at Prince Ed
ward Isle, Md. They were accom-
panied home by their daughter,
Lynda Faye and son Edwards, who
have been visiting there.
Pat McDuffy and Alfred Dav-
export left Monday to visit in Nor
folk.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Thomas have
purchased a new house trailer,
which has been parked on the prop
erty of Mrs. Thomas parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Jess Etheridge, where
they are now making their home.
Miss Lynda Lou Clark of Bel
haven is visiting Misses Thyra
and Florine Howett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Swain and
daughter, Susanna, of Charlotte,
visited Mr.. SWANS mother, Mrs.
Mart Swain, last week end.
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FRISCO PERSONALS

Inge Wicks, who is employed on
Long Island, N. Y, spent a few
days here. He was accompanied
home by his sister-in-law, Mae
Scarborough, who will stay here
until October. His wife returned
to New York with him.
Jesse B. Tolson, who has been
a patient in the U. S. Public
Health Hospital in Norfolk, spent
the week end with his sister, Mrs.
Nellie Willis. Mr.. and Mrs Adrain
Tolson and children from Norfolk
also visited her.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Austin have
arrived home after spending two
weeks in Norfolk.
Mrs. Sherman Barnette has re-
turned from Norfolk, where she
was a patient in the Norfolk Gen.
eral Hospital. Her daughter, Mrs
Wilbur Crimson, and son are visit
ing her.
Mrs. Bonnie Barnette was in
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-08-17
NEW ARRIVALS

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Bridges, on Monday, August 10, at
the Chowan Hospital, daughter.
Mrs. Bridges is the former Miss
Shelby Jean Spencer, of Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Thomas Dav-
export announce the birth of a son
on Monday, August 10, at the CO.
lumbia Hospital. The baby weigh
ed 5 lbs, IS OF. Mrs. Davenport
is the former Miss Esther Gray
Holton of Creswell.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-08-17
BUXTON PERSONALS

Mrs. C. T. Howard of Ocracoke
was flown by plane to the Cape
Hatteras Health Center last week
and underwent an operation Mon
day, August Is. Mrs. Howard is
improving and was visited by her
husband, who made the trip by
plane Monday.
Mrs. Bill Bailey returned home
Sunday from Norfolk, Va, where
she was a patient in the Leigh
Memorial Hospital.
Deborah Ann Dudley Baptized
Deborah Anne, infant daughter
, of Mr.. and Mrs. Layton Dudley
was baptized Sunday, August IL
at the Buxton Methodist Church
by the Navy Chaplain, Rev. Titley,
assisted by the baby's great-grand-
father, Mace Jennette. Mrs. Quid-
ley is the former Grace Latham
of Hatteras, and the family lives
at Cape Henry, where Mr.. Dudley,
formerly of Buxton, is stationed
at the Army base.
Mrs. Vivian Fronts and sister,
Olive Jennette have returned home
from visit with their mother,
Mrs. U. B. Jennette, who is pa
tient in the Albemarle Hospital,
Elizabeth City. Mrs. Fronts, her
daughter, Eyvonne and sister
Olive were spending their vacation
at Atlantic Beach, when they re-
ceived word of Mrs. Jennette's
illness.
Peter Finnegan of Norfolk, is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. P. Gray.
Mrs. Elise Dixon of Norfolk, Va:
and son Bert spent Saturday night
with Mrs. Juanita Jennette.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Evans of
Norfolk, spent the week end here.
Conrad Burrus, U. S. Army, is
spending annual leave at home
with his wife and his mother, Mrs.
Essie Burrus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Urias Williams
have returned to their home in
New Bern after a visit here.
Mrs. Ross Goodwin of Norfolk,
arrived here Sunday to visit her
mother, RMS. Cora Lee Casey.
Mrs. Sylvia Wilson of Virginia
Beach, Va, is visiting her mother,
Mrs. Ola Williams. Mr.. Wilson,,
U. S. Navy, was ordered to the
Canal Zone for duty.
Mrs. Maria Gray is employed as
a practical nurse in St. Peters
burg, Fla.
Mrs. Lillian Skidmore of South
Carolina, Mrs. Retta Gates of
Norfolk, and Mr.. and Mrs. Steve
Basnight of Manteo visited their
cousin Fate Midget last week. 1t
had been over thirty years since
they were all together. Mrs. Sue
Ballowe, Mr.. Midgett's sister, and
a group of Rebekah officers also
visited him and Mrs. Midget.
Mrs. Grace Mclean and children,
Mr.. and :trs. Aubrey WEIGH and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Doc Ander-
son and children have been guests
of Mrs. Martha Barnett.
Mrs. Edmond Midget returned
to Elizabeth City Sunday with her
husband, after visiting with her
mother, Mrs. Casey, who is i'll.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-08-17
HOMECOMING AT CHRIST CHI.

Columbia. Homecoming Day
will be held at Christ Church,
Creswell, on Sunday, August 10,
at II am. Following morning
prayer, a picnic will be held at
Pettigrew Park on Lake Phelps.
Bishop Thomas H. Wright is plan
ming to be present for the occas-
ion, as announced by the Rev. A.
]. Mackie, rector.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-08-17
SPENCER-GIBBS

Columbia. Danny Waylond
Spencer, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ru-
dolph Spencer, and Miss Clara
Elizabeth Gibbs, daughter of Mrs.
Mamie Elizabeth Gibbs, and Ellis
Onwood Gibbs, all of Engelhard,
were married in Columbia on Aug
ust 8, 1856, by J. w. Hamilton,
Justice of the Peace.
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MORAN-ROUGHTON

Columbia. Miss Geraldine
Roughton, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. w. Roughton of Columbia,
and Joseph Sidney Moran of Gulf
port, Miss, son of Mrs. Bessie
Ladner of Miss. and Largus Moran
of New Mexico, were united in
marriage on August 8, 1856 by the
Rev. w. T. Reynolds, Freewill
Baptist minister.
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BIRTHS

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Dough of Raleigh a son, Robert,
Jr., weighing six pounds, II
ounces, on August II. Mrs. Dough
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. A. Krider of Manteo.
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Freeze undiluted grape juice in
the ice-eube tray of your refrigera-
tor. Serve two or three of the
cubes in tall glass of ginger ale.
Nice at a party for young people.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
SideIiahts

q When l3-year-old Karen
Smith Of Ogden, Utah, broke her
foot this week she wasn't sur
prised. In 194s she fell from al
horse and broke an elbow, IN
1850 she slipped on ice and broke
4 wrist. IN 1852 she broke a foot
in gym class, in 1854 she cracked
a bone in her back. This year 1T
was a foot again, broken when
she twisted too far in ballet 1eass.
With 3 record Of an accident
every other year since 1948, Ka-
.ren gloomily reported, I'm not
looking forward to 1858.
: Jack Burgess and Richard
If.iiya Of Tower, Minn., were
Iskimming over the snow-covered
lice on Putnam Lake this week
lplayfully chasing a pair OF TIM
her wolves. Suddenly, one OF the
wolves took a mighty leap at It's
ltormentor. The animal hit a SKI
Jas the plane whipped BY and the
craft piled up in the snow, COM
toIetelv wrecked. Although ma
rooned for several hours, Bur
cess and Lilya were uninjured
They figure they have the dis
lfincfion os Being the first persons
ever to see a wolf score a XII
on an airplane.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
usef Iax

A new plan for building pro-
posed 40,00O-rnile system Of M
terstate superhighways across
t. nation was advanced this
week.
The Committee for Economic
DEVELOPMENT, a nonprofit organ-
Iization Of businessmen whose re-
search studies have been used in
II e past in the formulation of
Legislation, suggested in Wash
Ii on tha. the roads be built
over the next 20 years and fl
nanced in large part by adding
a penny a gallon to the federal
gasoline tax.
| H. c. Turner Jr., chairman OF
the subcommittee which drafted
the report, described the CED
highway plan as Somewhere
between Clay and Gore"
He referred to rival roadbuild-
IinC plans debated inconelusively
by Congress last year, one backed
by Gen. Lu,ius D. Clay, head oi
President EisenhoWer's highway
committee, and the other by Sen
Gore (D-Tenn), chairman of the
+ Senate Public Road Subcommit-
tee.
i The Clay plan envisaged a 30
year program with the govern
,lment footing most of the bill II
a q billion dollar project. Tit
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
Pushbuttons

Behind a screen Of security
secrecy. more data on increased
use Of pushbuttons in possible
future wars are emerging from
military circles in Washington
one of the latest devices to be
announced is SAGE. The Pen
tagon describes the device as 9
.uuantum jump"-a major ao-
vance in effectiveness. It is g
device to operate manned war
planes from the ground.
When it was previewed fo1
the press SAGE was described
as an important factor in the
attempt to permit defense meas
ures to catch up in speed anc
power with the offense.
Combined with previous an
nouncements Of plans for all
to air atomic weapons and long
range missiles, the semiauto,
matte pilots were an impressive
addition 70 US. military effec
tiveness.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
Housing
Quick Chonae

Quick Change
After a clampdown Of barely
over six months, the govern
ment acted this week to loosen
Federal Housing Administration
and Veterans Administration
mortgage rules.
Last July the repayment
period on loans insured by
either of the two agencies were
cut from a maximum Of 80
years to a maximum Of % This
week, the action was cancelled
and 30-yesr mortgages-waich
make possible slightly lower
monthly mortgage payments
can again be insured by both
the FHA and the VA.
A joint announcement by the
agencies said last summers ac-
ton ending 3O-year loan guar
antees was aimed at avoidine
lover-extension of credit and a
helping to protect home buy
ers against fnfiatioaary price IN
creases.
The announcement added:
sThe reduced volume Of hom'
building has reduced the hazar'
of over-extension Of credit t
the point where the 30-yea
maximum maturity again ma,
I be permitted"
+ Numerous builders have pro
tested that the tighter mortgag
rules have interfered with tn
housing market and are respon
sible for sharp cut IN hom
starts.
The relaxation viii be al
.Iplicable on all VA-guarantee
!. loans not closed by Jan. II, an
on all FHA-guaranteed loan
+ not insured by that time.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27

inevitably get into war. II you
try to run away from it, if you
are scared to 60 to the brink,
YOU axe lost. We've had to look
at it seSgare in the face-on the
o,lestien of enlarging the ko-
,eap war, on the question Of
getting into the Indochina war,
on the question of Formosa. We
walked to the brink and we
looked it in the face We took
strong action
Not Exact
The secretary indicated ftha
The quote was substantially cIir-
rect. but something less than
exact as to wordage. He said he
would never have referred tC
the necessary art" and that IN
iterpreters should emphasize ths
word brought" rather than thS
Inference, that the United States
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
Boom Gives Lift to Budget

rent fiscal year, now half COM /
plete. Principal credit for this
turn of events can be ascribedl
to the record breaking business
boom, which has seen tax col
lections rise in ratio to climb
ing profits.
Indications. that businessmen
are banking ca a continuation
OF this prosperity came during
the week in New York City.
Harlow Curtice, president of
General Motors, predicted that
public confidence inspired BY
the Eisenhower administration
win carry the nations s economy
lin 1856 to the highest level IN
history. He revealed that GIN
| has earmarked a record one bill
lion dollars for capital expend-
litures this year. Benjamin FAIR
less, president Of the American
Iron and Steel Institute, an
4 nbunced the same day that the
Isteel producers of America in
.ltend to increase their produc-
.ltion capacity by the record
breaking sate Of five million
tons annually during the nexi
three years. The price tag: three
billion dollars.
Tax Cut Delayed
j In his budget message, Pres.
! ident Eisenhower stressed tha
the surplus margin will b
.slim" in both fiscal '56 and 81
He did not advocate a tax cut
proposing. to use the surpluse
on reduction of the nationa
debt.
Secretary of the Treasurl
George Humphrey, however, ad
mitted to reporters that tn
Treasury's forecast of futur
tax receipts may be "undul,
conservative. If such later turn
out to be the case, the ad
ministration still might recon
mend a tax cut before Congress
adiourns in the summer.
As in the recent past, the ne'
budget was dominated by th
| Cold War. Defense and othe
| expenditures for protection
such as atomic energy an
| foreign aid-took up two-thiTc
of the spending. IN this categor
the President called for an II
crease of nearly one billion do
liars in spending to strengthe
tine defenses Of the United State
and its allies.
g Other increases were recon
i mended in the field of donhest
L economic and social welfal
Ie programs to sustain what II
Lel President called the nation
IS unprecedented prosperity an
e to spread its benefits more wide
Fl w throughout the country.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27

ments of the coming five years
as quite likely they will-thenI
it is the living standards sector
of the economy which will bel
expected by the Communist
leaders to make again the neces-
sary sacrifice.
The new five-year plans post
ponement once more of a rise
in low Soviet living standards
brings up a vital question:
If the enormous Soviet in
dustrial might is not to be used
primarily for raising Soviet liv-
ing standards, just what will It
be used for?
Three Channels
In any modern economy such
as that of the Soviet Union or
the United States there are
three general channels Of con-
sumption Of national output.
lQ) by the population for its
needs; (2) by the state fol-
defense or ultimately war; and
l(3) by the state or private
enterprises depending on tbs
TYPE Of economy for capita
investment.
Of these three channels o.
consumption the third-capita
acknowledgements IN effec
only deferred consumption Q
the other two types, since j
represents goods used to produc,
other goods, Thus there are j
effect only two ultimate type
of consumption-by the popula
ton for its needs and by tn
state for defense or war.
The US. economy present
no particular problem to tn
world because rises in produc
ton are generally accompanie
lby rises in popular consumption
Despite current high defens
Expenditures, it is not "wal
oriented" /"
The Soviet Union, on th
other hand, has bean consistent
lly carrying out a policy Of raj:
ling its popular consumption an
! living standards at much Les
rapid rates than its overall ou
| put.
So long as such a Soviet po
lev is continued it inevitabl
| suggests that. it is the secon
| channel of consumption-by Il
| state for defense-w which is al
| sorbing in one and another fasl
ion the bulk of the increase
| output.
/ This suggests that the Sow
! Communist party slogan
] "heavy industry first is in ia
! a phrase which in reality meal
| preparation for war"
And this in turn leads one
ask other questions:
30 /. Just how long does Il
Soviet government intend
carry out this bind of polit
1e and what does it ultimate
n portend for the rest Of t
ye world?
% 2. Just how does the rest
7e the world, and in particular t
10 only power which is in a pos
icl ton to do anything about it
of the United States-intend
t. meet this problem?
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27

"A m e II & q a
economy. Additions to produc-
tive capacity planned for the
coming years by American IN
dustrial leaders seem TO insure
a continued rapid rate q
growth.
No Room for COmpIaceney
ROt Soviet industrial progress
has been pyramiding at so rapid /
a rate that the race between
these two powers can hardly bel
viewed with oonplacency in theI
United States.
A major depression IN tne
United States, for example,
could result in the Soviet
Unions overtaking the United
States Most American officials
and economists feel that this IS
extremely unlikely. But even
recession of a few years, dUra-
ton could enable the U.S.S.h.
to narrow appreciably the gap
between them-a gap Wnlcn
aas appeared to many Vest
erners to be the worlds man
hope Of continued peace IN the
remainder Of this century.
The charts on the right sum.
Marie the relative positions OF
lie two nations in four vital
fields. The 1860 Russian figures
are the targets of the new five
wear plan. The 1870 figures are
projections reached by assuming
that during the decade between
1870 and 1870 the Soviet Union
will maintain the annual rate
Of increase planned for the
I955-eO period. Actually, the
Russians have been increasing
regularly their rates OF eN-
pansion in basic industry.
Net shown on the charts Is
the expected natural growth OF
American production.
An interesting though no'
surprising fact which emerges
from study of the new Sovie'
6ve-vear plan is that again the
Soviet consumer will have tc
take a back seat in economic
plans.
Emphasis on Industry
This means that the average
Russian whose living standard
is still little higher than it was II
1928-before the Inauguration o.
the fve-year plans and collec'
tivization Of farming-will ge'
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
Rioters Aiming at British Organizer

far suggested for accomplishing
the first purpose is to have neigh
boring Arab states Saudi Ara
bia, Egypt and Syria-pay the
subsidy now coming from the
British. Reports from Damascus
say the three states already have
made such an offer to the Jor-
dan government.
Wynn reported the opposition
leaders predicted that the gov
ernment will reject the Arab
offer. They added that if this in
If ct occurs, blood will again flow
in the streets.
Britain has tried to remedy
the Jordan problem by offering
membership in the Baghdad
pact. promising ec0Domic aid and
a greatly expanded Arab Legion.
i one opposition leader retorted
the expanding the Arab ] legion
only means expanding the power
of Club to imprison US all
In the past, although Jor-
ldanese governments have come
and gone, Glubb's Arab Legion
has provided stability and tran
GUILTY for Jordan's half mil.
lion inhabitants. After the Arab
Israeli war, however, the stu.
alton changed. Jordan annexed
much of Arab Palestine and IN
sherited nearly a million urDaT
or agricultural Palestinians. hal
of them homeless refugees blam
ing the West and Glubb-foi
their Fate.
Relatively well-educated anS
politically volatile, these peopl'
/ were the ainsprings OF mob
which recently attacked SYMBOL
Of the West all over Jordan
) T15T p3ohfc Reserge5. AP Nesrsf eatures
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
Report from Jordan

Twenty years ago a dimlnutlVel
British officer named John Bagot|
Glubb came to the deserts OF
Jordan. Speaking Arabic like Al
native wearing Arab dress, rid
ing a camel, he coaxed the rough
and-ready Bedouins into a dis
ciplined army called the Arab
Legion-man-for-man the best
fighting force in the Middle East.
Now chief of the general staff
.of this crack army, he is called
by his enemies 'The Uncrowned
King of Jordan" F"
Writing from Cairo, Egypt
after a trip to riot-torn Jordan
where cens ,rship has been in ef-
lfect-Associated Press Core
spondent Wilton Wynn this week
described Club as the No. /
target of the Western ele-
lments who spearheaded violent
riots in almost every town IN
Jordan last week.
Order has beenrestored through
most Of the country and a week
long curfew lifted in the CHIEF
cities. Restive elements tempo
lrarily called off their demon
lstrations after achieving theiI
first political objective, a govern
lment promise that Jordan would
mot sign the Western-sponsorec
Baghdad Pact.
! But victory flushed opposition
LEADERS from left to right warned
that their next objective was (
.lput the nations army under Arat
control. According to Core.
.lspondent Wynn, that means they
.lintend that Glubb must 60. Lead.
.Iers f the opposition to the gov
lernment Of Western backed King
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
ROADS. Another Proposal

money would be raised through
federal borrowing on 8 bond
issue.
Cores proposal, passed by ths
Senate but not the House, would
set ue a five-year program with
the government paying 7sz BIZ
lion dollars as the major share.
The money would come from
congressional appropriations.
The CED plan would scrap the
bond issue idea and finance the
superhighways largely by raising
the federal gasoline tax from z
Ito 3 cents a gallon.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
Bolonee Aehieved

DGASat~O EA~ttA~N@
For the first time since he.
entered the White House, Pres.
ident Eisenhower this week
realized an aim toward which
he has eagerly worked ever
since 1852. He sent the Congress
a balanced budget.
Eisenhower estimated federal
spending during fiscal 1857,
which begins next July !, at
SOS. 900. .O00, ,000. Federal receipts
are expected to be 400 million
higher than that figure.
Attainment of the long-sought
| goal Of a balanceds budget eame
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27

W e W e r e
brought to the
verge of war.
OF course we
were brought
to the verge
of war. The
ability to get
to the verge
without get
ting into war
lis the neces
sary art. If
u0u cannot
master it, you
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
Quote

Secretary of State Dulles,
in summing up his position
on American foreign policy:
II have devoted my whole
life to the pursuit Of a just
and durable peace. / believe.
however, that there are basic
moral values and vital in
terests, for which we stand,
and that the surest way to
avoid war is to let it be
known in advance that we
are prepared to defend these
principles, if need be by life
itself"
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27

happen II this
does { axe
place?
The United
States is by no
means stand
ing still in
economic de-
velopment, Of
course. The
last decade
has seen enor-
nous progress
in the entire
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27

New fve-yeor plan eools.
t Projection based on $3.50
rcte of increase.
relatively minor benefits while
the Soviet state continues to in
crease its industrial productive
capacity and its ability to wage
modern war. Furthermore the
record of previous economic
plans shows that if economic
strains develop as a result OF
the tremendous capital invest
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27

down just in time.
The fight was over a long
term foreign aid program.
The words behind the furoa'
were:
you have to take chances for
peace, just as you must take
chances in war. Some say that
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27

And this poses a major ques-
ton for us. policy makers:
Is the United States to permit
the U.S,S.R. to get within
striking position of world eco
nomic leadership, now held with
a substantial margin by the
United States? And what will