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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
Minneapolis Mon
Held In Futul
Shoofino Moy 5

Ono Minneapolis man is dead
from gun shot wounds and another
is being held for the Hennepin
grand jury in connection with a
shooting which occurred Saturday,
May 5.
The dead man is % year old L.
C. Johnson, 1141 Emerson Av. N,
who was found wounded in the
yard of that address May 5, at IL
am.
Police arrested Willie B. Ham,
mick, "a, 9O1 Girard Av. NJ, a
few minutes later. A revolver was
found on him.
Johnson rushed to the Minneapo-
lis General hospital and died two
days later on May 7 at $3.50 am,
from effects of the gun wounds.
Hammick is said to have con-
fessed the crime and is being held
on bail for the grand jury on the
technical charge of being in pos
session of concealed weapons.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
Resort Owners
Charged With Race
By MpIS. Couple

Virginia, MINI. - A Virginia,
Minnesota couple, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Cluts operators Of a lodge
in Northern Minnesota, were bound
over for trial in st. Louis county
district court Tuesday after be-
ing accused of discrimination
against Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Barrett, 4OOS Oakland Av. s., Min
neapolis.
The SO year old Minneapolis
man, an electrical engineer for
Minneapolis Honeywell testified he
and his wife were denied accomo-
dations at the lodge because they
were Negroes.
Barrett stated he had made and
confirmed reservations at the
Clut's Arrowhead lodge located on
Lake Kabetogama for himself and
wife and their four children for
August IL, 1861. On their arrival
at the resort they were told there
were no Accommodations.
To cover the rental of cabin,
Barrett had previously mailed a
check which according to him, has
never been cashed nor returned.
Charged with violation of Min
nesota's civil rights law. the re-
sort owners have asked for pre-
liminary hearing. The couple were
bound over to district court by
Judge Thomas ]. Carney of Vir-
ginia Municipal court without
bond.
Mrs. Cluts, SO, who according
to her husband Robert, 40, handled
the reservations, testified she
could not remember any converse
ton regarding the reservation Bar
rett contended he had made at the
lodge. She further denied refusing
the Barretts admittance because Of
their color, insisting they were not
taken in because of no accomoda-
tons.
The Barrett case was handled by
the legal redress committee of
Minneapolis NAACP - Douglas
Hall, chairman.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11

the opera in Minneapolis and "Cosi
Fan lutte" was sold out a month
before the opera was scheduled to
appear.
Some seats still remain in the
$40 and So price ranges for the
opera Girl of the Golden West"
which will appear as the Sunday
Matinee on May 20 at 1870 pm.
Tickets may be purchased at LOG
Northrop Auditorium on the Univ
ersity campus or by writing the
Opera Ticket Office at the same
address.
Other operas in the season in
clude the opening night perform
ance on May 16 at o'clock of
Lucia di Lammermoor, the May
IT, 8 pm. performance of la
Fora Del Destino" and the Friday
night offering of Madame Butter
fly" "Tosca" will be a matinee
on Saturday, May 10th at 1870
pm. and curtain time for "Cosi
Fan Tutte" is 8 pm.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
Region Urban
Renewed Chief
ConferS Here

Important conferences affecting
a large portion Of st. Paul's Negro
community were held last week.
end when the region chief of the
us. Urban Renewal Agency Ad-
ministration came to st. Paul for
a day of conferences.
A. Dean Swartzel region chief
accompanied by Howard D. Rob-
erts, region intergroup relations
officer came to st. Paul Friday,
May 4, thru the efforts and invita-
ton of the North Central Com
munity Council of which Leroy
Lazenberry is president.
The organization has expressed
dissatisfaction with st. Paul Hous-
ing Authority changes which has
practically eliminated the partici-
patton of the Rondo-area from
the proposed urban renewal pro-
gram for st. Paul.
The Urban Renewal officials met
with a committee of officers of
the Council and afterwards were
escorted on a motor tour of the
area which the North Central
Community Councils insists should
be included in any urban renewal
program.
Friday evening the renewal ad-
ministration officials were guests
of the council at a dinner at the
Midway Motel.
Present at the dinner were Coun-
Gil officers and other interested
citizens, members of the st. Paul
planning board and housing Of
fetal executive.
When the officials arrived Rev.
Floyd Massey presented them with
mimeographed four page review
of the activity of the council in
the area of urban renewal and
housing parity.
The review of the North Central
Council position was read at the
dinner by Rev. Massey and persons
in attendance after a brief resume
of the functions of his office by
regional director Swartzel, persons
present questioned Mr.. Swarzel
about how the program of urban
renewal could be supplemented and
extended to the district they rep
resented.
Present at the meeting in addi-
ton to Mr.. Lazenberry and Rev,
Massey were Messrs. Timothy
Howard, Stephen Maxwell, Robert
Harris, Ernest Cooper, John Slus-
ser, George McPartlin, Herbert
Weiland, st. Paul Housing Auth
ority William Carter; the Revs.
Kneely Williams and Mordeau Will
liams; Cecil Newman and Mines.
Alice Onque, Allie Hampton and
Maymie Green.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
NV. AirlineS
Sfewardess Speaks
At St. james AME

Leonora Bolden, %, formerly Of
New Rochelle, New York, the first
Negro airline stewardess Of the
Northwest Airlines is slated to be
the guest speaker on Sunday, May
27, at 5 pm. at st. James AME
Church, st. Paul.
The program is being sponsored
by the Senior Choir of st. James
Church which is located at Dale
and Central and Mrs. Robert L.
Cox is the president.
There is no admission and re-
freshments will be served after
the program in the basement Of
the church.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
Delegates To The
NAACP Conference

Delegates who registered at the
Fourth Region Leadership Train
ing conference in Minneapolis May
4 and 5, at the Curtis Hotel were
as follows:
Kansas: Rita Berry, George
Dale, Louise Dale, James Davis,
Frances Owens, Wesley NJ. Smith,
George E. Walters, Jr., Leila Wal
tiers, Future WEIGH, Emma Jean
Clark, Beverly Williams, Florence
Robbins all of Kansas City, Kans. !;
Allen Fletcher, Louisa Fletcher,
Bonner Springs, Kansas; Vicki
Henderson, Judy Jackson, Samuel
Jackson, Lois Lewis, Sally John
son, all of Topeka, Kansas; DR..
c. r. Roquemore, Wellington, Kan
sas; Chester Lewis and Castella
White, Wichita, Kansas; Eugene
Bowen City, Kansas.
Colorado: Barbara Coopersmith,
William H. Pinkett, Gloria Sims,
both of Denver, Colorado.
Iowa: Edith Boyd, Homer L.
Boyd, Rev. c S. Jones, Ruth
Cranshaw, of Fort Madison; Thel-
ma Clark, and James Morris, Jr.,
Des Moines, Iowa; William Elan,
Pat Harrison, Viola Gibson, Rus
sell w. Nash, Ruth Nash, Darlene
Williams Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
Arthur Hayes, Lorine Hayes, Sioux
City; Bonnie Meadors, Anna Marie
Weems, Waterloo; Eva Cooper,
Mrs. George w. Cooper, and Ollie
Lewis, Council Bluffs, Ia; D. Ed
win White, Burlington, Ia.
Missouri: Mrs. R. p. Beshears,
st. Joseph, Mo-; Daisy L. Brown,
John H. Davis, Leta Frazier, Edith
Haney, Patricia Pettiford, Carolyn
,Pernbeston. Robert Russell, VIII
liam Hayden, Cynthia Wardlow,
Velma Woodson, and Charles Haz-
ely, all of Kansas City, Mo-; Janice
Culp, Springfield, Mo-; Ina Boone,
Ernest Galloway, Pearlie Evans,
Alfred D. Jones, Jr., and Margaret
Bush Wilson, all of st. Louis, Mo-,
and Gloria Newton, University of
Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Minnesota: Matine Anderson,
Kenneth Barfield, Bradford Ben
ner, Earline Galloway, Royal Good
en-, Allie Mae Hampton, Robert M.
Patterson, J. Nathaniel Smith,
Cecilia Williams, Donald Lewis,
Deborah Gilberth, Wilma Neal,
Wilma Sanders, Tassleon Johnson
and Flora Galloway, all of St
Paul Minnesota and Marguerite
johnson.
A comparable number of branch
members and visitors attended the
meeting but were not registered
delegates. Marjory Curry, Pascal
Todd, Judge L. Howard Bennett,
James Thomas all of Minneapolis,
Mimi; Lee Wiley and William
Maupins, Duluth, MINI.
Nebraska: Andre McWilliams
Lawrence McVoy and C. Murrell
Omaha, Neb.
South Dakota: Dan Coates
Sioux Falls, S. D.; William Kirt'
doll and Joseph Richardson, both
of Rapid City, SD.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
Stanley Hawks Retires AS
Sfur-Tribune V.P.

Stanley Hawks Retires AS
Stur-Tribune V.P.
The retirement of STANLEY
Hawks, vice president and secre-
tary of the Minneapolis Star and
Tribune Company, was announced
at the company's annual stock
holders meeting May 2.
Howard Mithun, vice president
and general counsel and a member
of the board of directors of the
Star and Tribune, was elected sec
rotary to fill the vacancy created
by Hawks retirement.
Philip Won Blon, a vice president
of the company, was elected to
the board of directors in Hawks
place.
Clarence McCue, who has been
controller of the company, was
elected treasurer, which post had
been previously held by John Cow
les, who was reelected president.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
ST. Peters Confines
In Concert On
Sunday, Nav Is

"An Evening with the Cantinos,
62" on Sunday, May 18th, 1880
pm. at st. Peters AME Church,
4O1 E. 41st St., promises to be
one of the finest musicals of the
season.
Noted for their fresh and verdi
ant approach, the Cantinos are
famous for their versatile per-
formances. Guest artist will be the
brilliant contralto, Ermine Hall
Allen, first Negro member of the
st. Paul Civic Opera.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
VICE-PRESDENT INVITES
TWIN CTTIANS TO DC.
EMPLOYMENT CONFERENCE

Among Twin Citians invited to
an all-day conference on the Pres
ident's Committee on Equal En-
ployment Opportunities on May 10,
by Vice-President Lyndon Johnson
are Donald Lewis, president of the
Minnesota Dakota NAACP state
and president of the
Limited Ten Club and Cecil e.
Newman, publisher of the spokes-
man and Recorder newspapers.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
Friendship Baptist Church
Moves To New Location

Friendship Baptist Church, new
est Of Minneapolis congregations
has moved from it's temporary
quarters at Phyllis Wheatley
House, 800 Aldrich Av., to its new
location at TOP Lyndale Av. N.
its pastor Rev. L. C. Harris an
nounced last week.
Sunday morning worship at
Friendship Baptist is at IL am.
each Sunday. The new congrega-
ton reports a steady growth in
membership.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
TED ALLEN APPOINTED

Ted Allen, insurance man has
been appointed by Chandler B.
Davis, new president Of Family
Service of st. Paul, as chairman Of
the Insurance Committee as well
as a member of the Travellers Aid
Committee for the year 1962-1963.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
COP. Senators From
Wis.,, Dakotas, Iowa
Vote With DixieCratS

Washington DC-Showing solidarity equal to the con-
sentative southern Democrats the Republican US Senators
from the midwest states of Iowa. North and South Dakota and
Wisconsin lined up Wednesday with Senate Dxecrats
help defeat motion for coture which would have shut off
the buster which southern senator's have been conducting
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
Mothers Day Matinee
Dance At Ford Hall
Sunday & tn q D A

The Club 10 is sponsoring its
fourth annual Mothers Day Mat
inee Dance at the Ford Local Hall
on Ford Parkway st. Paul from
5 to 9 pm, Sunday, May IS.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
COMING ATTRACTIONS

The Women of st. Thomas Epis-
cOpal Church present 'May's
On Fashions" at Day
toms auditorium, SOuthdale, FRI
day, May Is, 8 pm. Donation
Adults $1.O0-ChIldren 6Oc.-Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11

Sixty-five percent Of the total
cultivated area in Malaga is plant
ed with rubber, which constituted
SO percent of the total export
earnings of Malaga in 1860.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
Addresses Regional NAAcP:
Addresses Regional NAAcP:
Roy Wilkins Describes
Wide Front Of Civil
Rights Fight In US.

Roy Wilkins executive director Of the National Association
of Coored People AACP Saturday night at those
who ask ''What project is the NAACP undertaking
wilkins stated he is constantly asked that question: when
all about in the press the radio and TV there daily
evidences of the wide in which the NAACP operating
to for the American Negro his basic citizenship
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11

Ann Browne T. L. Riess
which all meeting details from
housing to hospitality were ar
ranged.
Curtis Chivers, branch president
said praise is due Mrs. Josie john
son, general chairman and her
committee chairmen and members.
Committee chairman included
Arthur Cunningham, souvenir pro-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
SuIIy o. Gutes
Injured In Foil
In Place Of Business

Mrs. Sally o. Gates, 2435 Fourth
Av. s., owner of Sally and Jays
BARBECUE, 1923 Chicago Av, was
injured in a fall at her place Of
business Sunday afternoon, May 6.
Mrs. Gates was taken to Fairview
Hospital for treatment of a cut
on her forehead and temple. Sew
eral stitches were taken and Mrs.
Gates was released under her doc
tors care.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
Two Negro American
Singers To Appear
With MET" Here

The Metropolitan Opera Company of New York arrives in
Minneapolis next week with two stars who have scored
spectacular in the past year, their first year with the
"Met"
Leonyne Price and George Shirley two Negro American
singers will be featured stars of two operas that already
sold out Miss Price will sing the title role in "Tosca" and
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11
NTH CRY NAAcP
Committee Receives
Hiqh Commentator

The Minneapolis NAACP ar
engagements committee for the two
day NAACP Regional Leadership
Training is still taking bows for
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11

Shirley will be one of the romantic
leads in "Cosi Fan lutte" on Sat-
urday night. The opera ''Tosca"
was the first one to be completely
sold out in the current season Of
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11

gram; Myrtle Register, arrange
ments, Rev. Lowell Johnson, min
istcr's breakfast; De Velma New
man, registration; Constance Bow
man, hostesses; John N. Mitchell,
ticket chairman; Timmah Leah
Riess and Anne Browne, co-chair-
men ticket sales and Jewelle Gibbs,
publicity chairman.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-11

Sunday Afternoon:
Evening star., 1962-09-12
Hitchcock Film
Is for the Birds
,sy LEONARD LYONS

The boys said they sold the
pigeons to restaurants.
Miss Monroe paid them the
same price the restaurants paid
and then released the poten-
tial squads. 1t became a steady
deal - whenever Miss Monroe
walked by, she bought and
freed the pigeons.
&& -
COMMITTEE NOTE: Miss
Skinner. incidentally. says she
never reSists a request made
to her by telephone. "If, some
day, you read that Cornelia
Otis Skinner went over Niagara
Falls in a barrel" she said,
you'll know it's only because
someone phoned and asked me
to do it."
&&&
SOCIAL NOTE: The Bolshoi
Ballet troups quickly mastered
the Twist - after the Arthur
Murrays and impresario s. HUI
rok introduced them to the
dance Thursday night. This
Evening star., 1962-09-12

was a Hurok's party for the
troupe at the st. Regis Roof.
Even Mrs. Morosov. wife Of the
Soviet Ambassador to the q. n,
Twisted. She said: "The In
dian Ambassador taught me. "
At the party the Bolshoi's
conductor, Uuri Faier, had a
reunion with his brother Ny
ron-their first meeting IN IS
years. Adlai Stevenson gladly
posed for a photo with the
brothers. Myron, now Of Mi
ami Beach, had been one of
Stevenson's precinct captains
in Chicago.
80
POLITICS: Gore Vidal, the
author playwright, has been a
Democratic spokesman in print,
on TV and on campaign plat
forms. The other day he was
in Baltimore making a cam
paign speech for the Repubh-
can nominee for Congressman
at-Large. The candidate is
Newton Steers. Hes my half
brother-in-law," Vidal ex-
planned. Steers is married to
Evening star., 1962-09-12
THE LYONS. DEN

NEW YORK.-Alfred Hitch
cock is in New York, with his
new star, "Tippi" Hedren. She
/ plays the leading role in his
THE Birds" The big scene
required her to stand in front
of a door, being attacked by
flocks of sea gulls and crows.
For seven days, 5l2 hours a
day, the trained birds we're
thrown at her. An ASPCA man
stood by to see that no bird
was mistreated.
Miss Hedren sighed TO Hitch
cock, Isn't there an ASPCH
to prevent cruelty to hu-
mans?" After 51a hours
each day Hitchcock called a
halt, explaining, The birds
must be getting tired"
DRAMA DEPT: Al Lewis, the
veteran Broadway producer, tells
of the day he heard Walter
Hampden address a women's
group in Chicago. During the
question period. one woman
asked Hampden, you are such
a great actor-why do you al
ways play Shakespeare?" "I
play Shakespeare" Hampden
told her, because he was a
friend of my fathers"
BOOK NOTE: Otto Premin-
ger bought the movie rights to
Pat Dennis new novel about a
film director, 1.-THE Genius"
Denis was asked II the book
was about Preminger. mo" 4"
the author replied. 81 only met
him yesterday and I can't
write that fast"
BUSINESS NOTE: David j.
Steward, of "a Man for All
Season." worked on an Actors
Studio project with Marilyn
Monroe. They used to stroll
along the East River Walk near
her home rehearsing their roles.
One day they saw some boys
who had trapped a few pigeons.
Evening star., 1962-09-12

fourth estate. He goes to the
most fantastic lengths to avoid
the press, and slams them at
all times. All rather silly.
Anyway. the French love
Larry. When Term of Trial"
director Peter GlenviIIe asked
permission to do some filming
inside the louvre. he received
a firm Certainly not" But
when he explained that, in the
film, Olivier, q schoolmaster.
was conducting a trip in Paris,
he was told, "Ah. for Sir Lau-
renee, but of course"
- -
As for Miss Miles, she should
go back to being a blonde. as
in this picture. AS a real-life
brunette Sarah is less glamor-
Gus. Her next is THE Last
Hours of Sandra Lee"-not to
be confused with Dee, of whom
there are many current rumors
Of trouble in her marriage with
Bobby DARN. Not so, I am as
sured.
Natalie Wood and Tony Cur
tis are odds-on favorites at
Columbia for The Great Sc
bastians." The stage version
starred Alfred Lunt and Lynn
Fontanne. And any resem-
blance to Natalie and Tony is
impossible. Mervyn lie Roy
is due in the big town to beat
the drums for his movie version
of Gypsy" And to visit son
Warner, now putting Margaret
Leighton and Anthony Quinn
through their theater PAGES in
"Tchin- Tchin."
Rita Gam is combing
"nymph" roles out of her au-
burn tresses. Rita won top
prize at the Berlin Film Festi-
val this year for her playing
of an oversexed lady in 'No
Exit" II don't object to SEX"
Rita explains. but I won't go
into cheap exploitation pictures
to cash in on my new sex SYM
Dol status" Hear. hear.
Peter O'TOoIe goes from the
$40 million Lawrence Of Ara
bia" epic to the film version
of the $50,000 Waiting For
Godot," to be made in Ireland
which is becoming very popular
as a moviemaking center. Peter
had his hair Strengthened
and dyed blonde for Lawrence.
Like Sarah Miles, he has now
returned to his dark curls.
Publishers in Scandinavia
are saying mo" politely to the
Irving Wallace best seller, "The
Prize" which is all about the
supposed Vaccinations behind
the Nobel Prize awards. The
press there has been pretty
hostile. Nonetheless, Wallace
plans a trip to Stockholm De-
cember 10 when this years win
ners will be announced.
Otto Preminger has France
Nuyen in mind for "The Other
Side of the Coin" which he will
film in Malaga next summer.
Neither Zero MOstel nor any
other members of "a Funny
Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum" viii appear in
the London West End version
next summer. This very funny
show will have an all-English
cast. according to producer
Harold Prince. s.s...-.
Evening star., 1962-09-12
THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. c.
"Wednesday, Sept. II, 1852

Vidal's half-sister. Steers other
"brother-in-law" won't cam
paign for him. He's JFK
whose wife is Mrs. Steers STEP
sister.
Evening star., 1962-09-12
HOLLYWOOD
British Critics
Snub Olivier

HOLLYWOOD CNANA). :
Sir Laurence Olivier rated q
poor cond to 19-year-old
Sarah Miles with the. British
reviewers of Term of Trial"
And Simone Sign0ret came in
Evening star., 1962-09-12
. BY SHEILAH GRAHAM

nowhere. This I cannot un-
derstand. Sarah was good. but
Sir Larry was superb. in my
opinion. I believe his bad no
tices stem partly from the fact
that he is unpopular with the
, 1962-05-10
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-03-16
Our Land Montana. .
State Historical
Writer Publishes
Another Volume

HELENA, Mont Publication OF
a new text book written by teacher
author Ralph C. Henry has been an
nounced by the State Publishing Com
pany, Helena. Titled "Our Land Mon
tana", the text combines Montana
history, geography and government
on the educational level of grades
8-12, and follows two former text
books now in use in majority of
Montana schools, Treasure State,
a history text on the upper inter
mediate and lower junior high level,
now in it's fourth edition, and "The
People of Montana, now in second
edition. text on Montana govern
ment on the grade 9-12 level.
Henry, social studies instructor in
the Helena senior high school, is
under the pen name of Eric Thane,
author of several non-fiction books
published by the firms of Bobbs-
Merrill, and DUEL, Sloan & Pearce,
of New York City, novel printed
in London and reissued in this coun-
try as a paper back, and magazine
appearances in many of the national
general-circulation and trade publ
cations, especially the outdoors and
mans action fields.
He has at various times won awards
for the best factual magazine writ
ing of the year, and was awarded a
University of Minnesota fellowship
in regional writing. He is a member
of the international Institute of Arts
and Letters. Two college text books
on the art of authorship use samples
of his work, speed-reading course
features excerpts from some of his
articles, others of which
have been selected for anthologies.
Henry has for number of years
taught classes in Montana history
and government in the Helena
Prior to this he was in pub
lefty work.
"Our Land Montana, 435-page
book with illustrations and teaching
aids, was developed for classroom
procedure. Price is $40 per copy.