Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1931-09-25

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COLUMliUS, OHIO, .SKI'-liiMliKK 25,  1931'
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BytheWay
By D.-ivid Schwartz
COUNCIL BOARO TO MEET llraes  Wide  Observance of TUESDAY AT li.'JO P.M.      "'^**   "'"*  UDservance  01
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Byo-Bye, Mr. JVIcnckcn
Cood-liyc, Mr. Mencken, yml'rc througli. So ill substance says Mike GokJ in the Masses.
To Mike, o( course, anyljaily'ls through, who does not join to the march of tlic Red drum taps. Puttinjr Mr. Mencken on the shelf is of course quite concciv- aWe. But not for the reasons cited by Mike Gohl.
Mencken, I believe, is a little of a has- been for the reason perhaps that he lias been too successful. He has raised a school who have absorbed his ideas and who call do his tricks alino.st as good as the Baltimore maestro himself.
I could illustrate this very well, if I cared to mention names, hy citing the name of one of the greatest figures of Jewish literary life in the last ([uarter of a century;
This man is really a tragedy though the public generally does not know how low he h.is fallen. But on the insidcs tbcy.know and he knows that his day has passed.
The trouble is that he has been too successful and today his disciples have learned his methods and cair out-original the original.
Mencken's Alter Ego
I do not expect Mr. Mencken's stock to parallel quite so precipitous a decline; But Mr. Mencken too has been loo suc¬ cessful.
This month, the American Mercury contains an article, jointly the product of Mencken and Charles Angoff.
You can't tell which is Mencken's and which is Ansoff's, And not only tl article. Take Angoff's recent "Historv of American Literature." If you knew nothing about tliat work and if you closed your eyes as in an Old Gold Test the chances are you would hav« said, Mencken wrote it
So similar is the tone, the spirit, the style and flavor. Mr.' Mencken has been too successful. *
Fjom Boston Came Angoff e is an interesting young fellow— this Charles Angoff. Nominally, assist¬ ant to Mr. Mencken in the editorship of the .A.mcrican Mercury, it is whispered that Mencken now leaves the editorship almost completely to Angoff.
From Boston he hails—young Angoff. Gossip says, I don't know how true it is. that he was too individualistic to satisfy the code of Boston journalism, and left. He is still under thirty. Though he can write a lusty English as pure as the best Menckenese, he can sling the Yiddish al¬ most as wickedly. And he has another likeness to the sage of Baltimore—he can swear as eloriuently.  .
Purple Language I think it is time, by the  way, that .somebody   said 'a   word   in   defense  of swearing.
I am aware, as all are, of the case against swearing. There is even a great international society whose sole purpose is to limit this explosive form of speech. Yet it seems to nic that a practice which has maiiifained its vigor these many cen¬ turies, despite all of this opposition, must answer to some inherent need.
Not so long ago, there died a great Jcwisli leader. Few have enjoyed the public esteem as did he. Yet if I should mention his name and say that the purple of his language often outcolored the same tint of, the rainbow, L suppose a howl would greet me. Vet personally, I con¬ fess I admired him all the more, for the strength of that explosiveness. 'It was beautiful to watch—(|uite as aesthetic as a storm at sea.
¦ I am told too, by, insiders, that there arc several niembcrs of the Supreme Court of the United States who not in- ¦ frcrjucntly in their conferences, pace tht lloor and use these dynamite phrases. On the Same Subject Perh.aps there is no vice which is not a little bit of a virtue, and I suppose, the same might be said oi swearing.. For one thing, I believe it is a sovereign liii- nianizing hilluence. Agahi, it secins to act as a sort of catharsis. A person who swears off his peeve is not apt to go nursing his grudge. Thirdly, it seems to me to be a sort of integrating influence, that lifts us up from our customary tor¬ por and makes one conscious.of the res¬ ervoir of lire within.
I do not mean to start any campaign for explosive language. There is nothing quite so disgusting as indiscriminate re- sort to these explctivt's. 1 have no doubt that ill frequent cases it is merely a cahiouftagc to cover up cmpliness of thought.
Vet now and then a little swearing seems to be called for. .\s Oliver Wen¬ dell Holmes imt it: Man is the more lovable for a little weakness.
You'll  Like This One Talking, ahout this chan'^iiig world and changing   values,   Hernard   G.   Kicliardi tells   a   piquant' story   wliosc   locale   is Russia.
A Jew in Russia came to a well known Moscow "schadchen."
"I have a jiretty daughter, and I am willing to give a dowry of five thousand roubles for an acceptable husband. What have you on your lists?"
"Well," replied the schadchen, "I have a nice Nepnian."
".\ Nepnian," replied the Jew—"no, tliat won't do at all. These Ncpnien live loo _ precarious an existence ¦ under the Stalin regime. _ Have you anyone else
*'Well," replied the schadchen, "i have ^aii engineer—a fiiie fellow."  "
"An fughieer I" replied the Jew. "Well, that's not so bad. But many of these engineers are having trouble with tht goveriirtieiit. . A friend of mine, who is an engineer, just last week was sent to Siberia.''
At this, the schadchen grew irate, and he stormed. "You don't expect for five (Continued' on page 2)
The Hoard of Directors of the Coun¬ cil of jcwislrWomcn will meet on Tiics. day, Seiileiiiljcr 2'.Hb, at 1 -.M l>. M., at the Sdionthal Community House, ri5."» Kast Rich  Street.
STOP! LOOK I LISTEN!
Reserve the date of Tuesday, October (ith, for the opening meeting of the Council of Jewish Women which will take place at 2 P. M., at the Bryden Road Temple. Children of the nieniticrs are welcome to attend.
.\ novelty program of entertainment is being arranged in which the children of the members will participate.
Watch the Clironicle for further de¬ tails.
TO SPEAK BEFORE OPEN
MEETING OP SB. AND JR.
HADASSAH
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Elma  Ehrlich  Levingcr
ELMA Ebrlich Levbiger, wbo re¬ cently, returned from a tive moiitlis' trip through the Near East and. Europe, will speak at the open meeting of Senior and Junior Hadassah, Tuesday, Sept. 2!>, at 8 p. m., at the Deshler Wallick hotel. As it is unlikely that Mrs. Levinger will repeat the address locally this, winter, non-members, as well as members, are invited to hear her impressions of the Zionist experiftient. The title of her talk will be "Don't Go to Palestine." Mrs. Levinger is a well known awtbor and playwright and recently won a prize for her hook, "Grapes of Canaan," published by Stratford ,& Co., Boston. Cantor A, Freedman will sing several vocal selec¬ tions, accompanied by ihis daughter. Miss Toby Freedman.
HACHNOSIS     ORCHIM     SO CIETY TO MEET ON MON¬ DAY EVENING
The Ladies' Hachnosis Orchim Society will hold an open meeting on Monday evening;, September 28tli, at 7:30 o'clock at the Agudatli Achim Congregation. A short business meeting will be held, if- ter which a very interesting program will be presented. The guest siieaker will be Rabbi Solomon Rivlin. The musical program will be furnished by Miss Minna Volk, soloist, and Miss Sylvia Phillipson. pianist.
A cordial invitation is extended to all, Refreshments will he served.
The Rummage Sale of which Mrs. H. Piatt has heen chosen as chairnian. will be held in the early part of October. Mrs. Piatt will be assisted by Mrs. Win. ¦"ohen, Mrs. P. IJcrman, Mrs. J. VVeiner. Mrs. P. Block and Mrs: A. Sbuman.
75th Anniversary of Jus¬ tice Louis D. Brandeis
N1-:W YORK.—The festive observ¬ ance of the Tutli birthday of Louis D. Hrandcis, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, which will occur on November lilth, tins year, was urged Wednesday iiiglit upon the leaders ol American Jewry by Mr. filnianiicl Neu¬ mann, Ainerican Zionist leader and only American member of the World Zionist Mxecuiive," in an address he delivered at a testimonial dinner given in bis honor by the Judaean League of America to mnrk his cicciffon to tlic governing body bf tbe World Zionist Movement.
Many noted American Jewish and Zion¬ ist leaders, including Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Mr. Robert Szold, Chairman of the Administration of the Zionist Or¬ ganization of America, Dr. David De Sola Pool. Mrs. Edward Jacob-s Presi¬ dent of the Hadassah, American woinen's Zionist Organization, and others attended the function which was held at the Pythiin Temple. The League consists of former members of Young Judca, a Zion¬ ist youth organization of which Mr. Neu¬ mann was one of the founders about 20 years ago, the members gathering to honor their fellow Ymnig Judfcan wbo was chosen to represent the Zionists of the United States on the supreme body of the international Zionist Movement. Dr. Da\ Id De Sola Pool acted as toastmaster. The reference to Justice Brandeis, who is Known for his deep interest in the problem of upbuilding Palestine as tbe Jcttibh National Home and in the prog¬ ress of the Zionist movement, was a part nf the remarks made by the guest of the cveninq: concernitig the role of the Amer lean Jewish youth in the progress of the Jewish National Home in Palestine.
"What .better example could any move¬ ment hold up to its. young men and women than Zionism has to offer ih the leadership of such a moral and intellectual force as is Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis? I advise our youth lo study the life, tbe thought, the acbicvcments of the great leader in Israel and draw upon that rich source for inspiration and guidance, not only in Jewish and Zionisv affairs, biit in all tbe affairs and problems of life in. these trying times," Mr. Neu¬ mann declared.
Discussing the .American Zionist atti¬ tude to Dr. Weizmann, Mr. Neumann stated: '*Dr. Weizmann will continue, (or many years to come, to be a distin¬ guished lea<ler in our movement," Mr. Neumann said, adding: "The eliminatioi of Dr. Weizmann from the leadership of the World Zionist Organization and of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, by the Zionist Congress at Basle last July, was dictated by serious considerations of policy, internal as well as external. Dis¬ satisfied individuals, who have intimated that this result was brought about be¬ cause of personal animosities or yin- dictiveness, are guilty, whether con sciously or unconsciously, of slander against the majority of .the delegates at that mofJt representative Jewish assembly. There was no lack of appreciation of Dr. Weizmann's extraordinary gifts and his¬ toric services to the Jewish people. But I believe tbe movement is greater than any one man. and that Dr. Weizmann himself is too great a man and too de¬ voted a servant of his people, to take his defeat in a spirit of rancor. T am con¬ fident that he will continue to cooperate with the Jewish Agencv and with the Zionist Orgaiiization. He has accepted membership ou the General Council of the Organization. He has also agreed to head a delegation which will go into South Africa this winter to help raise funds for the work of the Jewish Agency. Dr. Weizmann is a statesman and knows well the vicissitudes of policies and of statesmen. He will continue, for many years to come, to be a distinguished leader in our movement."
r^mlioNOB ROLL OF
B'nai B'rith to Open Fall Season With Dance
And Card Party Monday Night At
East Broad St. Temple
Zion [.(xlge \(). 62, B'nai B'ritli has always heen con- •sidtrcd one of tlie nio.sl active and progressive Lodges of District i\o. 2. Tile reason for this is that the local organization has always kept ahreast of the times by maintaining the whole¬ hearted interest of its mcmljershi]). It is the aim and purpose of the present officers to keep the local Order at the forefront of B'nai B'rith activity, and to achieve this, a series of, events for the coming season are beiiig planned nniiaraileled in the history of the Lodge. Educational meetings with eloquent speakers, unique entertainments and Jewish musical programs are among the many things planned tor the local B'nai B'rith membership.
To start the fall season with a bang the officers h.-ivc arranged a tlaiicc and'prize card party to lake place Moiiday evening, Sep¬ tember 28th, at 8 p. ni. at the social hall of the East Broad Street Temple, 1354 East Broad Street. A splendid orchestra has been engaged for this occasion and thru' the kind co-operation and courtesy of Telling's Ice Creani Co., and the Donaldson Baking Co., the best in refreslihients will be served to all. It is tbe desire of the officers lo have every member attend this affair together with his wife, sweetheart and friends and to spend a pleasant evening at the new B'nai B'rith liead(|uartcrs. Judging from the re])orts received by the entertainment committee an unusually Large turn-out is expected. The officers of Zion Lodge assure everyone a grand and glorious time this coming Monday evening at the East Broad Strett Tcni])lc,
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i     JEWISH NATL. FUND
SPECIAL MEETING OF BETH
JACOB   CONGREGATION
SUNDAY EVENING
.\ special meeting for noniination of oflicers will he held at the Iletli Jacob Congregation <tn Sunday eveninif, Sej)- tember 27tli, at 7 o'clock. All members are urged to attend this very iinportam meeting.
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL OF AGU
DATH   ACHIM   TO   HOLD
REGISTRATION SUNDAY
Registration at the Agudath Achim Re ligious School is to be held Sunday, Oc toher 11th, at {) :,10.
All children between the a?es of a and It are invited to attend the Rcligioiiii School Services «ach Sunday morning at i) -.m.
Klaborate jtlans are now under way for the coming year. History, religion and ctliics will be taught.
Jewish Member of Parliament To Resign
German Jews Get PoUce Protection During Yom Kippur; Nazi Trial Proceeds; Non-Jewish Victims Testify
Minister of Interior Issues Special Orders to Prussian Police; Court Room Resembles Hospital as Witnesses Appear in Band¬ ages; German Press Criticizes Failure of Police to Arrest Leaders of Attack; Asserts Trial Has Greatly Compromised Nazi Party
^' ^"fc^ll?"^. '^°1^1^.\ t^al of the arrested' Nazi participant; proceeded.
Several of the accused admitted on the witness stand that the entire.Berlin Dis¬ trict ^storrn troops had assembled in the Kurfuerstendamm section.of Berlin.
A Nazi student, Roy, confessed that in attacking the Jews, he was carrying out the orders of the storm troop leader, Ponke.
A number of the prisoners asserted that they were angered into attacking by the sight of the Jews in their high silk hats and their holiday attire. A shop assistant named Heinz Schubert told the
BERLIN—(J protection was afforded the. Jewish com¬ munity  on   Yom  Kippur   in   accordance with special orders issued by the Min¬ ister of Interior Severing.
In issuing the order to police inspectors throughout Prussia, Minister Severing stated that the Jewish religion must have the same protection as the Christian. He severely condemned the attacks upon the Jews last Rosh Hashonah, terming them as utterly disgraceful and explaining to the police that "every.'religions disturb¬ ance means danger to the public peace and order."
Court Room Resembles Hospital
Tbe large hall of tbe Higher Court of Berlin looked like a hospital as forty-two victims of the Nazi riots, bandaged and dressed like invalids, appeared to present their testimony on the nature of the anti- Jewish attacks last week.
Among the witnesses arc also a number of non-Jewish victims, a Roumanian en¬ gineer and an Armenian inercbant. Two oflicjals of the Roumanian consulate a: well as two Roumanian students were also injured by the Nazis, the.Roumaniaii engineer stated in court. He explained that tbcy would not appear in court, pre¬ ferring to lodge a complaint through their government. The engineer, e.-cpress- ing his indignation with the attack, asked that all black haired people be permitted to carry arms as self protection.
The Armenian-merchant testified that following the attack, he was taken to the Acbcnbacli hospital where be found man> other persons waiting to lie treated for their injuries, but that he did not find them among the witnesses. in the court room. His statement seems to substan¬ tiate the fact that the number of those iiijured is much lar^'cr than it has been ible to giTicially establish.
Other women stated that women were niidtrealed ¦ by the rioters. .An advocate, Moeriiig, when called to the witness stand, was declared absent because he is dnir?crousIv ill from the wounds- he 're¬ ceived in the riots,
Alexander Rosenfeld, vice president of the Maccabee Sjiorts Organization, while testifying, became dizzy due to weakness resulting from the injuries received and was permitted to give bis evidence sitting down.
Rosenfeld stated that he was attacked hv a group of twenty Nazis and severely bcnleri by their leader. None of the at¬ tackers are among the arrested, he pointed out. Ro.scnfcld was permitted by the President to leave the court room as soon as he had concluded his testimony.
Conclusive evidence that the Nazi at¬ tack was [>remediated was offered as the
B,abbi Levinger Blames Brit¬ ish Policy for Unrest in Palestine
Jewish     Colonization     Goes     Ahead
Effectively and Solidly^ He
Declnrcs
Staltnicnts that Arabs backed by the entire Moslem world were threatening the peace of Palestine, made Thursday, Sept. I7th, hy Samuel J. Williams, were challenged Saturday by Rabbi Lcc J. Levingcr.
Williams, a recent graduate of -Ohio Slate University, and the rabbi, who is director of the B'nai IVrith Hillel Foun- datitin and a member of .the universit:" philosophy departnient, both returned re¬ cently from the Holy Land.
"I  am   surprised  and   sad,"   the  rabbi said, "that my friend, Williams, has been misled by Arabic propaganda.    A small faction  of  wealthy  Arabs   in  Jerusalem are trying to obtain tbe headship of the Moslem world, but tbe -Arabs of Egypt and .Arabia are by no means under their control.    Tliey look rather to Ibn Saud, king of  Hcjaz. and to tbe holy city of Mecca as their great center.'' Criticizes   British Wilii^is had expressed siirprise at the evidence of  armed  JJritisb in the terri¬ tory   and   was   told   by   Hajj   Amin   El    . Husseini, grand mufti of Jeru.salem, that   . .'iUO.OOO.OlK} Moslems supported the Arabs of tbe district in opposition to the British occupation and Jewish Zionist movement which  would  make   Palestine a  national Jewish   homeland.
Rabbi   Levingcr  coiitirmcd:  "Palestine   ' is  in unrest today due to the policy of the British government, which encourages ' disunion  between Jews and  Moslems in order to protect themselves  from rebel¬ lion.   DuriuT the riots of two years ago, only a few hundred country people were j actually engaged^ and the Zionist settle¬ ments defended  themselves most effec¬ tively.
"They are now better protected than ever against any further attacks by fa^ j natical villagers,' misled by propaganda by their political leaders.
"Splendid P€>sBibiIities "Meanwhile, the Jewish colonization goes ahead effectively and solidly- I have come, back far more enthusiastic than ever on the splendid possibilities of modern industry and agriculture in the ancient Holy Land; and on the future of a Jewish liationa! home there, under the auspices of the League of Nations. The devotion, self sacrifice and effective in¬ dustry of the Jewish colonists are already
court: "I am a Jew hater because all our   ^loiving substantial results; in fact, eco misfortune   emanates   from   the   Jcyti^irTnn
press.
, A young clerk, called Neede, explained bis actions thus; "1 saw a well dressed .gentleman. This provoked me. I hit him in tbe face. Because I am a boxer I wa.*! able to knock the Jewish fellow down instantly."
Press Criticizes Police for Permitting Ring Leaders to Escape
Criticism of the Berlin police for per¬ mitting the ring leaders of the Nazi anti- Jewish attack to escape, is voiced in tht German press in connection with the Nazi trial.
The press points out that Count Hcll- dorf, who was to have appeared at tin trial; but fled to the provinces, stood in a motor car in the Kurfuerstendamm section, swinging a riding whip and en¬ couraging the Nazi rioters.
George Gewher, a Nazi rioter, who was in the car with Hclldorf, "declared that the latter,was not inciting the riot¬ ers, but only a.sking for information Gewher further asserted that when they were approached by a police inspvctcc who asked them to order the attackers f withdraw, both be and Hclldorf informed the inspector that the rioters were not Nazis  but  unemployed men. , ,
.At tlie trial it was further revealed that the leader of the Third Detachment of the Young Stahlhelm also drove throirgli the ICiirfiierstendamm section en¬ couraging the members of the Stahlhelm to join the riots.
This act, the press charges, is a dis grace to the Stahlhelm which claims tha* it is not anti-Semitic and which has »r an honorary member President Hinden- bur^.
The papers further assert that the tria' has greatly comjiromised the Nazi uarty They point out that although all the ac- ciised are members of Hitler's Storm Hrigades, none of them bave h^id the courage to admit that their i^articipatlon in tbe anti-Jewish attacks was in accor<b ance with their convictions.
nomically, Palestine is suffering less to¬ day than any country in Europe,"
Senior and Junior Hadassah
Executive Boards lo Meet
Here Oct. llth
simultaneous meetings of the Executivt Boards of the Central Tri-State ¦Regional of both Senior and Junior Hadassah will be held Sunday, October 11, at the Desh¬ ler-Wallick Hotel, Columbus.
Representatives from Cleveland. To¬ ledo, Akron, Caiiton, Warren, Lorain, Youngstown, Cincinnati, Dayton, Charles¬ ton, W. Va., and Bluefield, W. Va., are expected to attend.
The meeting lyill open with a joint lurichcon at 12:30 p. m., at which time plans will be made for the annual con¬ ferences, to be held simultaneously, in Voungstown in January, 1933. Following the luncheon, tbe two boards will meet sc^rarately, to discuss the regional pro¬ grams and unit activities.
Mrs. W. A. Hersch, I(i*l8 Bryden Road, is president of the Senior Regional and. Miss Dorothy Finkelstein, f>88 Wilson Avenue, is president of the Junior Re¬ gional.
Miss Finkelstein will address tbe open¬ ing meeting of the Dayton Unit of Junior Hadassah on Monday evening, September ¦Iii. Miss Hilda Mendel, 857 Neil .Avenue, regional secretary, and several other mem¬ bers of tbe local Unit will attend the Dayton meeting.
LONDON-.—Sir Walter dc Fjece, one ¦ of the Jews in the present Parliament, Conservative member for Blackpool, has written tu his constitueiits that he is pre¬ pared to resigii his seat and is waitntg their decision with regard to his succes¬ sor.
Morris L. Wohl
Morris 1. Wohl, the late millioniiire chain store operator and philanthropist, bet|ueatbc'd half of his great fortune to the Keren Kayemeth Le Israel (Jewish National I'uiid, IU Fifth Avenue, New York City), the a:iency which redecmb and reclaims Ihe soil of Palestine as the perpetual property of the Jewish jieuple. His wilt, recently probated in the New York Surrogate's Court, revealed his deep interest in securing the basis for the Jewish. Kational Home- No exact figures are us yet available, but it is estimated that tbe former im¬
migrant boy, a native of Hungary, who came to this country in IM^ii and started business in Gary, Ind., has left an estate evaluated at approximately $1,000,000. After the deduction of a trust fund of ^10,000 for bis sister and other smaller heijucsts to relatives, the residue of the estate is to be shared erpially by the Jewish National Fund and the late Mr. Woli^'i nephew, Milton W. Tomber. '¦''¦•' .embers of the family exjilained that the former student at Ycshivabs in Prague, Pressburg and Frankfurt se¬ lected the Keren Kayemeth as the bene¬ ficiary because of his interest in the Palestine land problem and as a tribute to the memory of bis late parents to whom the Keren Kayemeth ideal was a life-long devotion-
MRS. WALTER FRANC TO BE
HOSTESS AT LUNCHEON
MONDAY
Mrs. Walter Franc of the Deshler- Wallick Hotel, will be hostess at a luncheon to he held at the Deshler on Monday, September 28th, at 1*2:30 p. m. All members as well as non-members of the Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood are wel¬ come. Reservations can be made by call ing Mrs. Franc, MAin 369L There will be a charge of tl.OO per plat?. One-half of the.proceeds from this luncheon will go towards the Sisterhood Fund to take care of the expenses of the State Sister¬ hood Convention which will be held in Columbus in November.
DR. ABRAMSON TO SPEAK
Di-. B. W. Abramson will deliver an address before the Rationalist Society on Sunday, September 27tb, at the Fort Hayes Hotel at 3 p. m.
RABBI WERNE'S SERMONS
Rabbi Werne's sermons and lectures for the Succoth Festival. Sunday, Septem¬ ber 27th, the sjccond day of Succoth, 10 a, in., tbe Rfubi will have as his subject "Perfection." To the Junior Congrega¬ tion he will speak on "Tlie Whole Man.'"
Saturday, October 3, Shemini Azcreth at 10 a, m. his subject will be "The Prayer for Rain," To the Junior Con gregation at 0:30 his topic will'be ^'Re¬ joicing Before the Lord.'*
DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER BEFORE OCTOBER 13TH, IN ORDER TO VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONi
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