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Pearl Pace Is HeodinQ
Back to the Farm

Washington this winter, say
all the Keens have been
campaigning q long time for
Nom Pearl" to return home
to Burkesville, KY.
Their father, Maurice C.
Keen, who married Mrs.
PAGES daughter Patty. oper-
ates her farm and Is execu-
tive vice president Of the con-
struction company she
headsJ
Up to now Mrs. Pace has
felt she had Q Job to do
IN Washington. Even. with
the change In administration,
she felt the duty placed on
her was such that she
couldn't walk out and leave
things hanging fire."
She submitted her reslg-
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nation to be effective ct the

nation to be effective ct the
pleasure Of the President or
qualification her successor.
President Kennedy selected
the latter course so she win
remain In office until his
choice for the post. Or. Edo
ward D. Re. Is confirmed.
Mrs. Pace said she wouldn't
take anything for her exc
perience here. not only be-
cause Of the close association
with the Eisenhower admin
istration, but because Of her
work with the Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission which
'rectifies for the Government
Of the United States the
wrongs done by foreign gov
ernments pred o minantly
Communist governments -
to citizens Of the United
States"
She had high praise. how
ever, for DR.. Re and the two
other appointees to the com.
mission Mr.. Theodore Jaffee
Of SRhode Island and Mr..
La VerEi Dilweg. washington
attorney-after inviting them
over to her office last week.
wise Choice
II am glad to see the
Commission turned over to
people so well equipped" she
declared. II feel the Presi-
dent. has made q wise choice
and ! wish them the best Of
everything"
When she leaves Washing
ton she expects to spend
some months visiting with
her children-her son, STAN
ley Carter Pace. who lives
with his wife and three sons
In Cleveland, Ohio. where he
Is vice president OF JThomp.
son : Rano Woodbridge; her
daughter Molly who Is mar
ried to 1t. Comdr. K. M.
Carr. based ct New London.
Conn. as executive officer of
the Scorpion since leaving the
Nautilus in December. and. Of
course, the Keens who have
five children.
During her Warrington
residence she has been leAs-
ing most Of her own house IN
Burkesville, reserving only
small. quarters for herself.
It has been home since
1925, when the PAGES lovely
Colonial house on their farm
in MarrOwbone Valley was
burned.
She would like TO rebuild
on the farm. "Thaf,s where
I began my life In Cumber-
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land County and that's
where / want to Live now"
she explained.
II shs decides on tEadi-
tional architecture, she viii
duplicate the Colonial house
she went to as Q bride. on
the original site. 1T was
perfect as 1t was" she re-
members.
II she chooses 9 modern
style like her house here on
Loughboro road, she knows
Just where 1t will be.
There's q point on the
blue grass hills that my
husband liked" she said.
"It'S in q grove Of ailanthus
trees - we cali tn EN-
Straight : way to Heaven"
trees because their branches
reach upward and there's
Q view for miles around"
No Politics?
AS Of now, she doesn't plan
to continue political &C.
tivitieS.
II she doesn't, however, it
may surprise some Of her as
sociates including the
l3-year-old daughter Of q
friend. "She looked ct me
one day and asked: Mrs.
Pace, do you ever talk about
anything but politics?' Mrs.
Pace related with appreeia-
ton.
She has q strong sense Of
destiny, though.
It was only after the death
Of her husbands staunch
Democrat--that she, q born
and-bred Republican, en-
tered politics in an official
capacity.
She intensified her efforts
during World War II after
her son, an Air Force officer.
was shot down over Ger
many and became Q priso.:er
Of war. From chairman of
the q. o. p. County Executive
Committee she rose to ma
tional committeewoman from
her State.
Mrs. Pace firmly believes
that - person can do any
thing he wants to do-if he
only wants to enough"
But this Is coupled with
her belief ina destiny that
shapes our ends"
Destiny led her from
housewife to sheriff to
Commissioner. she believes.
Now fortune seems to have
in mind that she VIII return
to her beloved Cumberland
County to pick up the threads
Of her life there. which be-
gan with her marriage.
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by Ronny Roust.
BY FRANCES LIDE
star STAN Writer

The course of her Life wiz
be nearing full circle for
Pearl Carter Pace when she
returns soon to Kentucky
Or SO she plans.
Unless destiny has some
thing else in store, the re-
firing chairman of the For
eign Claims Settlement Com
mission win 60 back to the
beautiful acres in the rolling
/ hill country Of Cumberland
County where the late STAN
ley D. Pace took her 90 o
bride.
4. Welcomes the Freedom
There she will help super
wise her farm lands, and take
. more active role In the
management of the expand
ing Cumberland Construc-
ton : Co. specializing in
roads and bridges Of which
she is president. She also
has an interest IN q quarry.
She has loved her work
here, with all It's challenges
and responsibilities, but well
comes the prospect Of "real
freedom" after more than
seven years.
I'm going back home to
rest to be happy
to be with my friends and
family and, you might say.
to live by the side Of the
road" she declares.
She plans to be q citizen
of the community. working
for the things / believe in"-
but without partisan ties.
''When I leave I will close
another chapter Of my life. !"
says this Eisenhower
appointee to one Of the top
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Jobs held by q WON Q n.
That's the way 1t always
has BEEN"
Many Of the chapters have
been colorful--none more
than the years sae served a.
Cumberland County sheriff,
and won the improbable
nickname Of Pistol Packin'
Pearl"
She was persuaded TO run
In 1887 because her husband,
who had been pressed into
the race four years earlier.
wasn't eligible to succeed
himself.
Her thoughts Of being o
mice lovely lady sheriff"
who'd let the men do the
work went a.glimmering, she
says, when she took the oath
Of office. Then she realized,
she said. that she could and
must have adequate help
out l only was sheriff.
TINS was stil IN the law.
less time which preceded and
F1oaf -dakaA <ha dAvorn~sio,a
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Mrs Pearl Garter Poe outgoing chairman Of the Foreign com Settle
Commission looks photograph album capturing of the
hoh0 Of her Of than years Washington with
OF her gondduos Mary Poce Keen tcene Patty Pace Keen
Mary Pace holding picture Of MRS Pace with former President
hover who noed her Of the held by his od
oon The girls who been spending the With MON
Peor." say she $ "fdeo grandmother"
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Fred w. Putney, sc
Retired TObaccOnist,
Rites Set Tuesday

Fred w. Putney. Sc, died Sun
day at the Medical College OF
Virginia Hospital in Richmond.
A retired tobacconist. he was
born May /, 1895. a son of the
late Wesley Taylor Putney and
Mary Brooks Putney. He was a
member of the Farmville Bap-
fist Church. His wife was the
late Callie Holman Putney.
He is survived by a daughter
Mrs. Mary Putney Osborn, of
Farmville; a brother. Ferron A.
Putney. of Farmville: and two
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. Tuesday at Doyne-
Burger Funeral Home. with in
torment in WestvieW Cemetery
The Rev. T. P. Reynolds will
officiate.
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NAACP Rally
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Byrd machine on the school inte-
grafton issue has been one long
tragic mistake Today the Byrd
policies have brought head-high
Virginia to the low place of nail
ing up schoolhouses against little
black children in defiance of that
court and that constitution which
are the creations in part of
Commonwealth that-thank God
knew not Harry Flood Byrd.
Before launching the attack on
Byrd, Wilkins called the Supreme
Courts MAY 1854 decision sec
end emancipation proclamation.
He thanked county and town Of
ficialS for permitting use of the
courthouse grounds for the rally,
saying. They are following the
best traditions of America to per-
init this freedom of assembly,"
With no violence in Farmville
to comment on. either among the
crowd in front of the courthouse
or some $50 spectators. many of
them white, lined up across the
street, Wilkins Waded into the
Alabama episode.
I'VE know that Alabama has no
honor as far as its relations with
Negro citizens are concerned.
But, if Alabama has any honor
remaining as far as its relations
with white Americans are con-
cerned. it would secede from the
United States wilkins said.
wilkins said. 1.-THE bus beatings
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H-SC Building
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tCOntlnued from page II
room, kitchen, and refrigeration
and storage facilities.
The basement level of the en-
tire building will be a recreation
area. On the second floor of the
addition will be quarters for the
several school organizations. such
as student publications, etc.
The present rare book and
mlcrOfilm rooms will be con-
verted into two small dining
rooms. Beneath them where Of
fees are now located will be two
lounges.
When complete the buildings
floor space will jump from 10000
square feet to 21,00O. The ex-
terror of the addition will be of
brick to match the old section.
Space in Venable Hall, where
dining facilities are now located.
will be par I'll a y devoted to
dormltOry spa ce. Additional
dormitory space will also be
available in Graham Hall with
the removal of student publica-
tons and other organizations into
the student activities building.
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Funeral Rites For
B. H. Gormus, as
Tuesday, 2 P. M.

DILLWYN, May % Bert
Hanes Gormus. IS, died Sunday
at Waynesboro. He was a native
of Buckingham county and a
merchant near DillWyn.
Surviving are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred T. Gormus of
DillWyn; three sis tiers, Mrs.
Clyde Connaster Of Dillwyn and
Mrs. w. R. Thomas and Mrs.
Elwood Rosen. both of Rich
mond and three brothers, Law
renee and Perkins Gormus, both
of Richmond, and J. c. Gormus
of DillWyn.
A funeral service will be held
at 2 pm. Tuesday at Browns
Chapel Methodist Church, Buck
ingham county, with burial in
the church cemetery.
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Funeral Rites For
Parke G.. McIlwaine
Monday At 4 p. M.

Parke Galusha McIlwaine. %.
died in a Washington hospital
Saturday. A native of Farmville
he was a graduate Of Farmville
High School, received his B. A.
decree from Hampden-Sydney
College in 1855 and his B. S. de-
gree from Hampden-Sydney Col
lege in 1856. He was employed
as a statistician with the Depart
ment Of Labor. in Washington.
D. c., at the time of his DEATH
He is survived by his wife.
Mrs. jamie Scott McIlWaine: a
daughter. Susan Claire Neil
waine; a son. Thomas Parke Nc
nwaine. all Of Arlington; his par
entS. Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Nell
waine. of Farmville; one brother.
William M. McIlWaine. of Ash
land; and a sister, Miss Caroline
G. McIlwaine, of Farmville.
A funeral service was held Sun
day afternoon at First Presby-
terrain Church. Annandale, of
which Mr.. McIlwaine was a
member. The Rev. James A.
Payne, pastor, officiated. Grave
side services will be conducted at
WestvieW Cemetery. Farmville,
at 4 pm. today Monday, with
the Rev. j. Hoge Smith officiat-
ing with the Rev. Mr.. Payne.
The family requests that in lieu
of flowers, donations be made to
the National Arthritis Founda-
ton.
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and burnings and the subsequent
actions of responsible Alabama
officials make it clear that Ala
bama chooses to operate on
the lowest level of human be-
haviOr :"
The Negroes of Prince Edward
were told not to become too dis
couraged and that if you stay
with your battle after seven
years they can't help but have
respect for you." by wilkins. He
said, "Farmville Negroes have
been here for hundreds of years,
Farmville whites have been here
for hun d re ds of years.
Why can't they work together?
We want them to have their
share. but not our share. too"
Oliver White Hill, former legal
counsel for the Virginia Confer
ence. NAACP and now an assis-
tant to the federal commissioner
OF housing. agreed with segre-
gationists on one count. He said.
Il certainly did, and still do. adj
wise Negroes in the county and
elsewhere not to voluntarily &C
cept racially segregated public
school facilities or any other
racially segregated facilities"
The Negro lawyer said if he
had to label his remarks for the
day. it would be Common Sense,
Tyranny. Love and Affection, and
Hysteria. And his next words
were: 1.-The situation here re-
quires calm reflection and plain
talk without rancor or malice
and hard constructive work. -
Hill Places Blame
In remarks similar to those he
sounded here in December 1859
at Christmas party. Hill leveled
hard at county officials. The
onus for the despicable action of
public officials of Prince Edward
county in depriving the Negro
children of the county of an
opportunity to secure a public
school education rests upon the
county officials and the so-called
good people of the county. In
nv opinion. they are guilty of a
crime against humanity no diff
ferent than the crimes perpe-
trated by Eichmann and his Nazi
cohorts except in the matter of
the degree of the offense," Hill
said.
Hill said that most segregation
lists are suffering from hysteria
based upon superstition. The
recognition that most segrega-
tionistS are as they are because
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E. A. Bondurant, 50
Retired Farmer,
Rites Monday

Elmo AlonZa Bondurant. 80,
died at SOuthSide Community
Hospital Sunday. A retired farm
er. he was born in Prince Ed
ward County, May "a, 1880, a son
of the late Clifford A. Bondlrant
and Mary Wilkers0n B0ndurant.
He was member of Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Lydia Hixson Bondurant, Of
Farmville; a d u g h e r. Mrs.
Mary B. Pendleton, of Landover
Hills. Md; two sons, Elmo C.
Bondurant and Howard S. Bon
durant, both Of Farmville; two
sisters, Miss Pearl Bondurant and
Mrs. George Mitchell, both Of
Wise, Va; three grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral Servi ices will be
held today Monday will be
pm. at Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, with interment in the
church cemetery. The Rev. P.
Cary Adams will officiate.
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they suffer from hysteria is i'm
portant, because as we more
fully recognize their problems,
we are better able to deal with
them in a constructive fashion"
said Hill.
New frontiers entered Hills
talk. He said. Destiny has
afforded us an opportunity to
lengthen the frontier in one of the
greatest experiments ever under
taken by man - his individual
freedom" To meet the challenge
he advised the crowd Ito be up
and moving. determined, but
Withour rancor or malice
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IL Oill PoSC
whose integrity is above re-
proach"
AVERELL HARTMAN, the
Presidents rowing ambassador.
rep a c e d Secretary Of State
Dean Rusk at the Geneva talks
on Laos Saturday. Rusk left for
Washington to help President
Kennedy prepare for his encoun-
ter with Premier Khrushchev
June and 4. Kennedy will meet
the Red boss in Vienna, Austria
following his conferences in
Paris with de Gaulle starting
May 81. On his way home the
President will spend at least
part Of day in L 0 II d on con
ferring with British leaders.
A UNION has been found gull
ty of violating the Sherman An
THRUST Act. This is the first
time in history this has been
done, according to lawyers work
ing on the case. On Friday a
federal jury in Knoxville award
ed $50, 900 to a small east Ten
nessee coal mine in a civil suit
against the powerful United
Mine Workers and the trustees
OF its welfare fund. Under the
law the judgement is automat-
ically trippled to 1910 900. The
law was passed to prevent I'M
fair restraint of trade.
MELVIN DAVIS REFS, JR.,
convicted kidnap-slayer of two
members of the Jackson family.
will be brought to Virginia this
week to stand trial for the muir
der of the other two members.
A writ of habeas corpus was is
sued last week by the circuit
court of Spottsylvania county,
Rees is already serving a double
life sentence for the kidnap-slay-
ing of Mrs. Jackson and one of
her daughters.
VICE PRESIDENT JOHN
SON arrived in Pakistan Satur-
day for a 24-hour stopover there.
He said the most important gain
of his Asian tour, which began
May 8, is "the knowledge the
South Asians now have that the
United States is ready and de-
termined to work cooperative
ly" in the defense of freedom
"JEB" STUART has returned
to Vlrg nj a-or at least his
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Population
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do things than was the case ten
years ago. They work around the
house. they golf, they garden.
they play bridge. they travel
and many of them continue
holding down their regular jobs.
AS for spending ability. al
though most people over IS
have much less money available
than younger people do, they do
have enough. in the aggregate.
to make their presence felt in
the market place.
In figures released in January,
the Department of Commerce
reported that the median income
of American families in this age
bracket was 1881 in 1859. Many
fell below that figure but an
equal number rose above it. In
addition, the majority of them
are in the happy position of
owning their own homes.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-23
W. d. Freeman, Jr.,
Jetersville, Dies, Z

JETERSVILLE. May 22-Fu-
neral services for Walter Daniel
Freeman, Jr., 7. who died MAY
10, were held at l pm. today
at the Joseph W. Bliley Funeral
Home at Richmond. Interment
was in Bermuda Memorial Gar
dens.
He was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. D. Freeman, who sur
vive.
Also surviving are a brother.
Arthur Freeman, Of Jetersville;
a sister, Sherry G.. Freeman, of
Jetersville: lis paternal grand
mother. Mrs. Della T. Freeman.
of Jetersville. and his maternal
grandmother. Mrs. Ella R.
Craig, of Richmond.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-23
OWNED 400 AUTOS

Austin, Tex. - Paul Hubbard
thinks his wandering days are
over, having crossed the United
States by automobile 81 times.
Hubbard, So, figures he has
owned more cars than anyone
else in the country except car
dealers. He claims he stopped
counting when he reached 400.
At the age of II, he struck out
on his own. Since that time he
has been a hobo on wheels, earn.
ing most of his living by sketch
ing landscape scenes, which he
sold for 81.
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grandson has. j. E. B. Stuart,
III, direct descendant of the
dashing Confederate cavalry
leader, arrived in Richmond
Friday astride a modern charg-
er. Greyhound bus. He was a
member of the New York Civil
War Round Table touring Civil
War battlefieldS over the week
end Stuart grew up in the Old
Dominion and attended the Uni
versity of Virginia, but he has
lived in New York since 1919 and
works as an electrical engineer.
His only son, a graduate of the
same school, is named j. E. B.
Stuart. ".
FIDEL CASTRO, who recently
proclaimed a socialist state
without the need for elections in
Cuba, said he would return
group of unsuccessful invaders
10 the. US. Sunday. They will
negotiate for the release of most
of their companions in return
for 500 u. S. bulldozers.
THE STOCK MARKET. adj
vanced sharply last week as
highly favorable news was re-
ceived regarding the nations
economy. The AP average of 60
stocks was up $3.50 to $252. 10,
its biggest weekly gain since last
November. Keith Funston, pres
ident of the New York Stock Ex-
change, issued his second warn
ing in six weeks agains t
'thoughtless speculation and
AN unhealthy appetite for new
S sues of unseaSoned COM
panies."
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Moore Honored
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tinued in that post with the sue
cessor to the PIMA, the present
ASC. He has been a regional
supervisor in the peanut and cot
ton southeast section of Virginia
and more recently in the tobacco
area of the Piedmont region of
the State.
In 1860. Moore received a GER
tificate of merit from the Agri-
culture Department. That award
carried a $500 cash prize bonus
for outstanding service.
Mrs. Moore is the former Miss
Jane Garnet, of Curdsville.
They have younger son and
daughter. and are active in the
Methodist Church and i'll civic
affairs.
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NAACP News
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wilkins was asked by a re-
porter following the conference
if the NAACP has taken or will
take a stand on federal aid to
education since it opposes the
educational grant system in Vir-
ginia. His answer. 1--WE favor
federal aid to education to states
that do not practice segregation
in their public schools, but we
are opposed to federal aid to
education that would further help
to entrench segregation in pub
lie schools in some states" He
added that the NAACP has said
little about this lately, noting
that even Congressman Adam
Clayton Powell sees little hope
for the measure in Congress
this year.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-23
G. r. Thorpe, 81
Died Saturday.,
Rites Monday

RICE, May % M George Rus
sell Thorpe, 81, died Saturday
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Gertie Church Thorpe; a son.
George R. Thorpe. of Grundy;
two daughters, Miss Virginia
Thorpe. of Richmond. and Miss
Margaret Thorpe, Of Rice; two
brothers. w. w. Thorpe. of Rice,
and R. D. Thorpe. of Laurel,
Md: and two sisters, Mrs. Ern-
est Newcomb, Of Rice, and Mrs.
M. M. Duffer. OF Red Oak.
A funeral service was held at
2 pm. today Monday at the
family cemetery.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-23
Miss Martin Is
Guest OF Honor

AsHBY, May q - Mrs. Jack
P Martin entertained at her
home. Locust Grove, with a
morning coffee Saturday. May
10, honoring her niece, Miss
Sunny Jean Martin. whose en-
gagement to Dean P. Agee, has
been announced.
Miss Martin was presented a
bowl of cutglass crystal which
had belonged to her great-grand-
mother.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-23
CONCENTRATION

Irate Parent Didn't see
you kiss my daughter, sir?"
Merry Youth - How should
know. Do You think that I'd be
gaWking around when l was do
ing a thing like that?"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-23
Baseball Game At
Spring Creek

DARLINGTON HEIGHTS. May
% - The Spring Greek School
baseball team will play Liberty
School here Tuesday.
The game is scheduled for
noon,
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District Churches

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ties served 10000 people days
in conferees. That representated
about $4,000 different indivi-
duals, he estimates.
Major improvements planned
through the $500. 900 campaign
are: expansion Of the Richard
son Building to house 1l2 peo-
Pile: additions to the hotel to
provide 80 more rooms and 200
more dining room places: repair
and improvements to existing
hotel rooms and classroomS; ;
enlarged area for expanded rec
reation programs; kim
area and new roads, and con-
Struction of a 20-acre lake.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-23

Members of science class studying geolo.
gy as part of their course at William and
Mary College were in Amelia on field trip on
Wednesday. Here. they are examining specimens
of minerals found in the county. With them were
DIR. Wyman Harrison and DIR. Albert Forsley,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-23

TussIe Club To Meet
TUGGLE, May 22-The Tuggle
Friendship Club will meet Mon
day, May %, at 8 pm. with
Mrs. Paul johnson.
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News Summary

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whose integrity is above re-
proach."