Frances J. Pratt Letters on the U.S. Foreign Policy Association, 1946-1947

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Jftnuaiy 13# 1946

SIW to default test week# but I w&a fears <1# eambwt* Uf !**> days In Ifcshifl^te**

we Jw#i too SMl for flat health retard and Z. developed a beautiful cold* Tharm

day mc i day mi solid interest at the ittxte T*arartrl broken with a quick but inter*

eatteg luncheon with y old Meat Use Fiaher at JlHa* liw. Ike hue spent tee bolt

f the pact f if toon yours in Tblita and is new in the State Department# la the evening

teere w * wfeamptH at the Btmtler at white Benton# Aeelstunt Secretary of State

peka of the new Xateraatloasl Information Motion of the Departsaeat which is to be

administered by ny former tellague '3111 atone# tea mt m wgr right* User to certeinly

a great need for ue to tell tec world the truth about anUva after the years of

censorship and blackout of all new from here snd the ether dcretraeitt imposed %

the xi eeuatries. Pear Mil# realise* that he has a gigantic job* I certainly heps

that Congress appropriates the money for this service. As wartime agimeltt fold up

a X#* of g**d rereotmal for cute serrt.ee Imam available, if there is delay it will

bo mnk harder to assemble a staff ami furthermore the tire te do this Job in the

occupied eeusiri m % yesteriny author tlie day after tmnrot* The treperaters of

the room mi lea mud with an

strong draft, the finishing touches vera put to icy

already b&eesreftjig cold. .Friday 1 her* my apjsalatamits by telephone rather than in

person e# the excuse that mi geissy state would mp CtaigrresiaBa ti&milvM and others

wlte teem 1 had dates# Actually it mm a great saving of y energy ar*d it ma mute

easier to us# JSXttmre that my# 1 made the round trip If 11 6 this time m4 found it

much mi teaifertrblc than Penney. taturiay

I did the office by telephone red epcttt

meet of the day sleeping and Sunday I jussi luted *Nt at thnrs cere a couple of crises

about meetings managed to get to the office on Sfomday# but had to postpone lolly end

the opera* By Tuesday, ifeen 1 still did not have speakers for the meeting in Bow

Turk on tea iftht 'tee printer ee to see so personally red .asked what me the setter*

I explained that 1 had been held up by very important people--tee secretary of tee

Treaeaiy Vinson end Under Secretary #f State lahtsra raaag tee--mo

desperate about

the notices to the isebers- and wondered if I should print the luncheon seau and add e

line *F.3 As usual there will be speakers** He looked at me a couple oi seconds and

eai-d *Se# Lire Pratt# you can't do teat. Hi'"one sver^ advertises tee food#1*. The

festcrn Union strike did not add to my situation and by Thursday the long dL*t#"ta

telephone strike mm adding to m troubles* Even ay good friend M Hume turned xe

down teen I resorted to people I could rreefe for a nickel, would lev to but had to be

in ashingten on the 19th* I yearned to say "feat the devil goes on in iuteingtoa thai

day# you are at least the fifth pertmi I know die will be there thou?" however# he

wiU spate for us in March, lie will spend February in fetehlug his tifO# sou bnby end

hocks from fagtaMS red then be here pmmmmiXf is soon as hie current contract

run# out he will step brvadrettlng and be an administrator--vice president of TBS in

charge of talks#

Testcrdsy 1 raw pert ef the Victory parade# end wonder new if 1 stayed toe long m there was a snappy wind end I am soughing * good 1ml mrm today! It ems very is*prasrtvs and 1 was wd. interested in. wetohi^ the feces of tea men. the teritc# teak destroyers, self propelled howitscre goii^ to i in#iec and locking like forcchcrtcred gun# frc baitleahipe were terrifying in their calm 1ushering up Fifth ivestto* '&at mist tecy feav been in acti.cnl

I hear teat tee Jap# were m immmtm for scrap iron that they rereved all the

radietcrs trm Mm#mi building *k.in^ tee

pay cortege to docksidairiJtun

chtt^ for $ or Isac radiators ilfiS# Then the shortage sf bettens was #c frost thmt

their haul rcaulaed en tee dump where tec owners are now buisly idtestifyi?ig teeir pro-

pmrty# Th' !:!rtcl Titeay (rtNcre 1 cteyed) had minted all theirs blue mti o haw teem

in rlg.ee but net operating: on account of fuell teortng#*

Tn f^ct 1hy only have

hot voter In tec rmm imt t wo hmrm tm Eights a w##k. Hicroforc all the f ricado of

all tee resident# arrive with soap and towel# and stand in line for c quick brlh# The

licst or hcgtesc bathing first la the olc?ia m%rt

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January 30* IS4d

Yes* X ai wora then X th ugfct last Sunday ante 40 a result did not go to the

office Monday mi am theoretically spending tedny lis bod having declined twrsl

Invitations for that reason* However* 2 ball mrngt sy letters today 4 2 bay every

intention of going 1 th# office tmmmm even if the paper dm cay that it in to

snow later today i tomorrow* Yesterday *e very odd with a strong biting vind but

wonderful blue efcy and brilliant sun* However a had a luncheon at the .a&Xdrof so 2

did mot gat smch of tb# latter* the hotel was so berating at the soans with events

and activities that ihsy ballad things up in a most amusing fashion* Our topi wee

*2h# Future of tetsansgr* and a the hotel's instruction we stmt wert t all the Speakers

and guests at tha head tabla to mmt ia tha fast Foyer .af the ballroom. ma vs gat

there we found a sign a tha door "finned htmtheed" & a number af people ia buoy

conference. Pasteup* birth antral ia tha taar ta Germany's future# but m had quite '

a tlaa re-routing mar pmpla to mother ^therlng place* 2a tha middle of luncheon a

Mr* tJroyfu# cum# to aa and with such acidity mated to "mm why 2 had penalttad the

display of few flap* of tha Briti h GmmuiisaXib to ba displayed with that of tha

and am of Sjfep# ftrnnce* Actually ha had n&atmica tha flag of tha UB&R or of

Ohiaa for m of tfe Oraaotaal^Si but thara as am of franca sad 1 persuaded bin

to accept usy apologia* and not risa in tha queetleu period and ash tha poor piaahhittihg

etealsamn fmmi KUaptan* how com? the QmmmX is ia Japan# a baaSda speeharc 2

now have to atds sad train a tfmimem# Among those at tha heed tabla as J;oaee Hilton

tha author* Ms- face fascinated

nose runs at m decided angle from right ia

2aft and tha two halve# are quit# different. tha right eyebrow has a renounced arch

teiah givec his a quisaio&l expreeelaa while tha loft ana is straight* One of tha

speaker DeUtt Slinton roole said binary that Geriony has so future* that it broken is

la tha middla at tha ^ba and that with tha fvngsmts of tha farwr Genaaay ooopmti^

witli naigiiborir^ aoyatrias in ragiooal fadaratioaa my say ba usafal as paopla but not

as a nation* Ha is quits raoos&ly book frem hawijig hw%&#& a -Stat l^apartmit mission

to quastioxt Chmma paramial cm poliiia^l amttaro* Ulan W* onillsst tfca other spaslar

as tha ehiaf of tha GiS mission in OmemMp* m at laast a hmrc from sasa -ho Imw

what vast an*' Dallas mid that ha hsaw of two Bararm brother* *h daring tha war

vara told that if thsy m-.tad to kaap ifcsir fasdly busiaaaa oaa of than had to join tha

Masi Party* Hiay flippad for tha honor sad tha no ha loot not only dainad tba Itaty

bat tha 3$ sod in dua ih tumad up at tha OSS haadquartars ia 3vitsarlaad sad baa&-a

aa Aaariaan agant.***# aaaful no*

tha wbstaro tjdian strika orH^a ay life ia tha fflss mod adds ta tha difficultiaa of ccssamiaatioo to say aothiag of tha cost as 2 bm to use two long distance telephone calls* hare s dear latter and a prepaid airtight tdagram for tha mnavar would haws dona tha trick* D I a^ad to say that 2 take a vary dim view of all thaac strike#* Especially tha propsad tie-up of all fim Tort transportation--busses* subways and alsfatad bacmusa tha Union doaa not approve of tha proposed a*d* by tha Oi^r Council of three city cmiori paver plants to tha Consolidated ~:diso Coapasy* I don't know the team of the sale but fail to sa# ssach diffaranaa whether tha city buys alaatricity fscsi tha lilaan Oaapoay or Mil from aomo m also'to sake their cist ataattetecity* It has always bam m undexwtonding that tha city power plants war# not sufficient to supply all the Municipal aaads anyway*

ixsotb-sr Item frm 1hm$mU On tha -hola Ohtmm mplayaaa of teserieaa firms took

wsadasfhl good sera of tesarlaaJi property there dmHlwg tha fast ff yaara* Oaa laorteaw

ho had a big offioa

^od rafidgaimtor business want back fearing that his

entire iavantory would luw b#as lest* ;3hack-up dbawad leas of oaa typewriter* m^ich

was offset by aa additloml ad^tag saacfeiaa sad every single refrigerator. Ovarwhelsed

by hie f-ad fortune ha turned with stock adcamity to hi# (Massac wsnager mm rea^

daring the acaouatlag asd gruffly a^ewi ^baut ttec fine rwi ^Ute had bam i* tha ai

offioa* '^Ith a depreciating mile tha -Chiaesa bowed and asid* *0ht 2 m a aowy* It

got vary dirty hare we carried it for aafaty* It is being cleaned and 2 rmgrot it cua

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wootern -eria . Instead of roe dine either

of thee 1 spent too of n>cuietavenlao

nlnaon-.- n^-uarty-to-beds Mb are still a/- routine in reading Milan's "So *^11

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u-*a *""| * " disadvantage la sot having any pleturwyio raise

to afcov vlltor-~n, efcs bog m Wi B, nmn that there io * HooMow of

part, wound ft. <>*tersburg(as ho oallo it)- shore up to roeonythc ruins stood

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and suuli. not have ssiaosd words if bo bad net found it otinulatisg. I an ill o.1 to got

:L*fB!!r,*!4on ^ IWiwki tho fastnor Pollofa Counsellor of ^abaooy at /uikan

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he wee to have epeut the might ef the itn? with# Of e$uree heth Br# end lire# Bieeell

msUwk about fhre Xwnsed that they were dining with him leet eveniag# Ik did

not nil last night, though I waited up reading "*Se Well ~uaebrdM until Us SO

1 yearned t g to eleepi This morning when he did all he reported that at midnight

he diseesered that the betel bed filed hie registration ard under the

nice

tliey like him eo well that they file him under hi first nsml He admitted he thought

it strange he had net heard from hie mother. This would he the day that I had Mis

FX earner end not my secretary in the <*ffie so I went down and wrote the hulk f the

- if&t letters made possible by thie linehing eonversatlen.

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Ifeia sftoraoas Oil m& <ia mad 2 had a Oarporwtisa sooting# I 411 mt tort aa unofe ft*!* as nasal hoootuso in 1m* shaosoo 2 osmiiaod *tfca efe#ir* sad ha* sons# w hmd mm all ataffad up ngtliii ffctsraday for tha.first tin# ian bifara ChrlatMts X felt lit# miking teas# md U # Xraa it to#k n# two and a TmXi hours bmmam I had ajr teir waafeod (also first hta* ste bzm ChriaMa) m4 got ay aiaaer #n Hi# my* Pri*tsy aerniftg ay toft aaalr&l m aaqplataly plugged# mm m hot mat ifall**! to elaar it* May it mm bailor# but far frm frao. 2t dla* aaumgas X sua taking ay Itw o4 Ires lit

Lot*# alaur off all bqt

at mat* X- fcawo aiaat St saa at tali imday

thai 2 slept os tba day bad is tfca living rooa aad looking loss ftww a book 1 m#

i<oMdlug is

for m

gtmp os llsd*y slight# 1 tmmd a littia sow##

locking at m mm tkm foot of tba haS the said lay ana foul# a# 2 at* is its baildiag

with SXiusshafd aa*t -sbo as# #v#r fm vHmwim to baoo a boat a&ti dsftaf*# and a@r

aearstsry bought tit mm tmp&* Hit midM of th# night tow or mMmr hmrd om of

than !P& off# 1 mm tart I o^uld hoar -Hit Ottlyfii sidaqpsr and got up--hut so sous##

Xhasdoy si^kt Ma X got is I shasfeai yp usi trays sara all Is ordtr aad thou X found

tht niaa is th* bathtub! lit sat amrod to dafttlt ami ylayad postoa, to X fisffpsd th

batha&t war hi* and 4nwtJ Mi into tho toilet* Hgktlir ItfigUeB of tfm^t ihiMl

so rooult for ii^ro 4tyt a^i X mm mk&ut to aa to tkm mmlmim that thio tat as

0*$&ag Ms

X got host ahoat fiv# thtro tat aaothor is tfc# kothtoh#

Mt Hilt oat mm frl#itmd into aotiri^ and ran Ml tba Mis hofort X ooulf akfe

Mm# ^11, X ooourtd th# ib a^tia with m m& ^all ko^ tho &m is for a thUof

Jutt for luok# X Mil fool uatuot thouM ^stil X otMi anotoor#

Hi# B^rsot Msor 1 going putty ^oll# ^o tkalX hat# a aotiosal mtomki .

aotbo ll'iiltlHIt mboat oowrn huxsdrmd pmplm oatisis X wiah Mr# wor# aaothor #<m|4

of Isx^roit b*t that it out of the* quotiios soar# h# hail a littlo staff toa for Xoiooa

Wgm4m at tfeo offtoo tho otter Mr* Ho toll at that in X9I9 th^r sort hatisg an

asa^tiHioalth oosf#ro,nto is /atstimlia ana oisoo ouggotiod to his that fe got

Sjmoot Boris at oat' of tfe# ^olaestoo# M Imming Boris portosally a^ hawing boos

toll that lit %tn vary iir4 fro oottllag a Fraaoiari ^eiteit otrikot Ms sol

to to# his 4mi&md to ask htm to Joia thom drnvim hmM ki mi* mM wXfll go#

Slow mmh will it ooatf

I toll yau tmmrrm if

Bowls Hl go toot" haoadtw

toy* ho holiotoo that to km tbo MsM of Btois*# istoroot la latoraatlowal affairo

*Qy h# atkod f^r tM foroipi Gtflm #*# itloo tat forsise M oahlaot# Mri^ th

took I t&lkoi with iho h#lf of ill# :lhswh

IHttioa is tho @S llo# lr*aoagadt

ia as oaglaaor mni yaMt attoraty#' fir tho fall of fmmm ho aottti with iho Omwm*

aaat is Stllo ai ms os# f Mao oho ndvitol th# 3rltioli 4 lator th# ^isorioaao to

hH iwtrteis Fros^ fhatovioo to hoitlok 0#rsms pmtUmii-m is Fraot## Wm&imo th#

S>aaoh iaiy^trial yottaiial ho it @#ing h^ok. with ri^#oo^tieaa for otriaia priiM

aai tootoi#*## to ho lE|i#rtd

htro# Ho fool# that a go#4 y Haoritos pitooto

till he ttod la Shwli &iUw Uympmm irtartry o royalty Mia md that sons

aari#f*ii ^itml will ho ^ftotetoly mmd to fiimaoo sow .osi rohoMliiatol faoi^M# la-

also mid that thojr wor^ i hash %& 755* of Mir jpaa oar maaher of loaaratlrM ia,

fmmm and thut th# aatar tmsapirt mm &1* U mwm an ropsliirly sdth all tho

htldgoo that tfe# Ooraaaa he^#l Sato r&mm mma# ras#ol# Tlso torrihl# dmi|ht of

last am has oat Mir mtor rawer to IS^ m|woi%# osf la #ww yloaoo mdrn tha

too low for tMprl parpmm* B# has h#- hara oe#agh to hair# aoaa odd

ideas skoal tori#. F#r awsy1# ho $wvir woisf#ra ^th aoao a,, hist 'Xhlko with ooaa

Mlaaa4** Xsialiostly ho

msm Twmm mt&kmm nor with his# wi mm. to horo

htan immmi mzt in difforont plsasts to laara

aathoda* Ho Miss# thgr sao

all V#ry mrnmmimmU ahoat oar frodootloa aathM sod mat to stay larger to loam

mro# My wso Mam fr all i^rta f fmmm* Qm&imm* iai mill h&yp#s if Franoo

goo# is far aaaa yroluatian asd mmwM^ limal

I"a.ct*

v 0\asi iL*v a(Cy ( ^hxrtdt^ CctJl February 16, 1946

Wall, the dinner for Secretry Byrnes i gone in a hurst of glory and I m glad

we don't do this sort of thing every weokl The test of his sppeeh was to he brought

up Sunday by himself and I sailed in him th suite we arranged for Mr. and Mrs. Byrnes

at the Waldorf on Monday morning. He confessed he had only finished working on it on

Sunday and that it was then being mimeographed in Washington--and all the papers were

already hounding us# He sled he expected it at four and would sail me as soon a it

arrived. Nothing happened, I chewed my finger-nails and Wilgue who was running the

public relation agreed, thsi he had better go to the Waldorf*s publicity office sambas

I got the undersecretary of Stat# Russell, who lad com up to sit at the Speakers fable

en the phone and discovered that the releases were there and asked him to have them

sent down to poor Wllgus in room 555 who by that time had some seventeen impatient

news hounds on his hands. Then for an hour I ran around answering telephones which

rang all over the place after the night connections were put up. People just learned

of the dinner, might they comet Others found they could not, might they cancel?

should they wear? tlhere to get a copy of the speech? Mr. Do&kes found his wife wanted

to go with him, eeuld she sit at -the same table? Well, how near would her table be to

his? and so on end so on until I staggered hose to cliabiato my jersey print, which

despite its age is becoming and good looking enough to get the Questions from Frank

Gerv&si (Collier's author) the last time I wore It in Washington, "Isn't that a French

print?M Or maybe he is just a diplomat in foreign correspondent's tuxedo. It wee a

cold blustery night, but believe it or not I got a taxi after fearing I would have to

go down by bus. The reception for the guests of honor was rather fun and when I * inally

decided I had btter go down the receiving line, Byrnes grabbed my arm and we went into

a hilarious huddle deciding -.hat sort of s sight I would give him when the net-work

cut off. I knew the radio signal for your off the air is a gesture of cutting the

threat, which hardly seemed dignified, so I said we would use the cross fingsr(usually

meaning half a minute to go) for "you are off the air". 1 sat at a front row^table

with good vision of the radio control box and of the speaker, when I got the throat

cutting from the technician I passed on the crossed fingers. Whereupon the Secretary

of State demonstrated th# signal to the audience, and. said "But I have been in th ^

Senate too long to let a mere radio network cutoff stop me from saying what I want to.

He made a very good statement on the need of our extending credit to Britain and the

good which would derive to us and the rest of the world to say nothing of our fine Ally

from such action. I was interested to notice how often he used the products o;^ th

South, cotton ami tobacco, in his illustrations. He was well received and I think he

liked th# party as well as wo liked him. Inci dently he and I made a dmt* to go to

Charleston on March 22nd. He suggested the 15th, but agreed to tne 22nd. the next

day, despite the fuel-state-of-emergeny-order which closed everything on fuesday Byrnes

>f both Times and Tribune and they carried

t

--

- mm_mr^ Jay, so it is generally

conceded that having pulled this off was good stuff end worth the plugging I put into

the State Department for six weeks.

The eity is divided whether it was the Irish or the former cop in our Mayor that led to his Monday night order to close everything for lack of fuel. I did not go out Tuesday, but under*tand transportation was cut by 20 and tor twenty four yours mil stores, theatres, schools, offices, bars and museums were closed. All outdoor illumination was banned several days before that and street lights back t wartiiae "brown out" which in actual/ practise is something between a half and a third of normal lighting. 0lDwyer told us not to be hysterical, but issued statements that he was tosassndeering school to be used to house the number of pneumonia patients which must develop# and also to shelter the inhabitants of cold water tenements end other dwelling without heat. Statements which Bid not make for calm, fortunately Jungsdid not to that pass for the good old Navy tugs brought from Brooklyn, Boston and Hulaaelphia delivered a lot, of coal and oil. Guess they must have surprised Hit r.onor . I bet UGuardim had been in office he would have been out operating one ox which I believe never did get into action. hile the office and the par * * < ^ oxi th# cool side, I have not been uncomfortable.

/ fit fj Bf CQt^ue^

X^hd^ /I4qu&*V - ^ % i f .* / $bm*xy li ii4#

Japma in Jtmrnxy* 194#

Q mmi mmmr 1in sigh* *f togr** otmtogic mrm th Japan** Xalaads mm in ralatiot* to to isdail "ontiaimt* as It lis athwart air and m fut SSTto M. to Mm an* tho mmrntern. nmm^r it la * longer irm toy* t* 3aa IVmoolso# fcyt Oroat Qireile 0km# north thm frm toy to Honolulu# ^*?*152r forty*# nisBlOft to Japan (ittl) MX# molting In th paai^s or I" tftdt w&th Mm m mdwrtekm to our sallng tatioa for th 9B thwy *a* human tysatn** fr zmmm #hm to Japs** 1*1n*ds to ooal in to tfttloa tahXih* uadar a bluff mar twk&mm tmmmI longer ton anythii^ I# *ftr th* groat mrthqwM# m to early toaii*

Purpoa of to iter ite#tm OMwtoioa trip nan to esaaat wtth th

0iier*. 0#ra ttealrthiir# A to Mm of th ourrmtetor th Japan*** uthoviti*

hat# toy wold# tor# diffleulty oeatolliag th# poopl .la Ua with *gpMt a&d

hp th

hi ripi*B<s*ttr<o+ Xn*d oral ompa.rneas* wr #iXd# cm

w to dimpif th# notion ato in Mm sp***# mm and ua th nm of to mpoor

m iimr^hmd for oniii^d roi*t*a# inothor amfti th diafemrd of to navy mo to

toe mm kmritem mM <m th *Mg Mo" Mtorodi in Itefcy hy far th *******

*rny Ma wo ctooovorod a* arortod th sight ofor* ton ^irthar land*

4th a fv par***** he km* that th alrfihl* me surround* hp If fully

divisions# to initial landing mad sto|ufi oupiit to gem fhntotic*uiy #11

Japan* a war pot&tial hao ho# #ssp.l#ti.|> destroy*# the Hem Amy* os n*

a half million soldi** frm Aslatl wtlMaai an* th# S#vy paroona! hav toa toMX

it*, a* diaj'^ard iat# th toil tan rpulatiog tol wl h.ve w&i ^rrm^m*cu

th ta powar hiah foo^ht for Jap&a4 dfat an* ar rprmst4 th Conrni mjion

{.imto* rpr4atf^tir to lnforsaod) found, th

not yt Jtod cag^lot#

th groupt 9ueofui

thow^ Ml 131 on* e&rriod out

***?* lit ttaoia

s,ui4i.i

ttaWMN 1h Ja,paa##o poopl r latfyand todldrsd and coi^ltoly #...ui^c<a*U U>^

art living uatcy t

.in tfe aaap#

ountry* Half th poptot^on of port aitio hi8hrdnt an* hf yvwaiia* thr 'Sho

to sa#vd ta^r#d *.n

oiiio#

%livJ j.

in shek to4*i a*r rtaford conorrt 'Utildiisgjs and sa-' ^ 1 torn trtour

withstood hanhig tho<.^gh iiiasiidimrim acitumis* for bmj' of thir roofs#

Baua of Japan Ourrent rap or raisi thr$*#tu4 th Fr i^ ^#t#m

Japan# to tovarlih

mtirm grow radish##* ahhag --nd ttor "toto * M

aadtoi d*otd t rue in Mm #ypr (Mar than half of th mxv:# land x# od^*cr

fin. } to Japan* hm *mUd a variaty f ra

hih an witNtoi flurrls

of snow# Fr 'Xhhy aath aiwag tr#s r# in foil fruit a* pil#s ot on-ag# m m

th Siitftf* Temern tor ua4Nt in feo&rdl^ so <titrlhutloe is unnriu topit

raport Ml plw frcss Mm Japan* thr ill he m iarratln# ^ vid#m of nl*

nutritto la a*r ag rai^i# liar i hardship in th# MUw, hut not atarsatiOB# to

ooiiniiiil o

i ib rmx&t of th nsod of th war naahte and it o^lap# Koing

oatrlhutad t th oMplt# hr#ah*on of industry# liwtlrthur ha Snpert* otto to

h nado into ansh noodod Metliag* Hi nd ooalt th lattr t th f#X# M lfc^

Eorea* haing scportod* riot in tnS iatrsts of Japan naih a 4 mul th parolmo

of *<iiagy inpsrta# 72

p#qpl ere ooa^.ltiy di#o^ha?uXriod#

to XowaXy old mail in !lw #a <UHWi*lf parod ia henfeia^ tot a group of ax#s got out of hand Md l*etI to nu##um --protohly oly Instows of its Mad#

Ih# pro^ to# asigwnt ffaot of th tool "toao# Hiroohim a sity f 900*000 dth mmiUtm ftiotorias ia it# toar* fsomMy Is mmX# to ami has a fas nHo ansr if grotr aa* wm onapdst than ay and jatowl with mmmtlmim mil tmaiall** loot a mm tot I to found to ho Into!# Ogr htobiag {uad SSVi4 MMI} dolihmtaly avoidod te|N; th doato abioh war not tmiohad tM &r# now 'tolug uaad# daatte^- v##aXa auw ia thai* dyydooh m wall a# swi of to Jopanooo aoaotal raft# A a r#ult of our radio -worm

/ / /

fatoe OB **

1946 "~2

. n-Oi the 4*y.

i* 300?C':tn31r*M worl aa

thsr*

,,1(J piert la "owir.? f!*

*" ! .Mrtiii and fjflt r*tulF!!*iltL.

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l*TM h* *""* *"* !"*#? fL to kUoaoter* fr

fbS aaifcttftefof*lotohhe,Waoilnl V W*laWH*^^ lEbl^Betr. knooked <*>. lS lflNlkU*o>a-*ta*rJ*i*

r^ ef intend# dddtrotio?.lB ^

tn tfel roe

sbinunar bwuar*r***o*ro* ^aW TH lfWy*!21o1WlTkoooW efoar^llliTnJufW. Mj^^toheTkHN'M*P"<^4',' ^thi ougt'.hc<!

-OMitwd standing <S ** wt-otly. In one ** f . ..' tandrod fit* hildr*u

alaoat owrywo SJJfiKSffi . x*

ib. air 40,000 w

.wrrlrod, * ,ur#d tnhdoqudntlr died.

of ehortag* 91 * C^LLa

^^"^*J[^.etr,ya.

w^rtTa ^V^dSTdSur^

goods f# ' *" T^t",

trwnri 88* ^*^

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^fuS^ad to* yrtnta, r.d -nd * . _* ,,f th# f for a*

1* Uaok and rW W *1 ahit# araw --,nt^r- W **

W ;t||atM tad * *Hfl"8 ,JK and the W P*

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ainiater of wr oall . aaoort* hoe how wwd

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art^naiT* d*f*?,eB.L ^ tho iad

tdreeplthOaf n*d*cuantlty of

TM 2a2t toa*khedl.<i ZiAnFn JTlO Z*T*r*ams*iTiL ,a..a,-iU rtlawwadtihtwloWaJ"1* JiBB

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!h roeaW to th *"' *," 7,100. tHere "t rtra* f,f8.a. vaolrthnr f^ . oo--Ioi

^ noOM*^

^

jsTLgjyj825>yg-"snras^

aor aolecta. KW* v?!7hL Leadhlri pnwaooa*. ho io *

,ts pjwunoa..

Prim* k-iaotor ihldohar

j had o oleoo dlWW

uoArthur nt hi

!H.'tsrar Jbar?,,i2^^*y?2gst

klese to tako W W*" 4

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February It, 194#

Japan In January, 194#

One maist &wor lose sight of thtgreat strategic area th impmrnm* Mmmdo oeupy In relation to til# Asiatic 2ratiw#t* m it 11## -athwart sir mi sea routes frm th# fS to Mm and th Philippine# tmsnsbar it is no longer fro feky# to Sua FFanaieaa byi Croat Olrele M0$0 north than fmt Toby to Honolulu* Ooraiiedcr* Forty* mission to Japan (18S3) while malting In the opening ep of trad# with Jhina wa# #**ti#rtnfe#a to secure #altng stations for the IIS %ty and hwmm trmtmni for seamen shipvreoksd m the Japanese island## The coal in th station establish#* under a bluff asar tQfa&mm burned losger than anything else aft or the great earifctjUakfe of the early twwatlaa*

Purpose of the Far :;#tern Societies! trio ma to consult with the Supra!* Gesamandsr* Om&ml Hat Arthur, tt the lie*# of the surrender th Japan### *uthssitl#a knew ifery would how# difficulty aantrmlling the people in line with agreement sd by the n##rcr and hi# r#pre##ntatlsr Iad#d sewerml conspiracies wore foiled# On# m# to dleragard the motion taken in the emperor's oaa nut us the son of the empor as figurehead for continued rcsiflrtanae* Mother %mm; the diehard of th# Havy m# to make # mas# kaiilmMn raid on th# "Big Me* anehsrei in Tokyo Bay for th# surrender eerssieay, this m# diseowercd and averted th# night before# ;$m tfeeirthur landed with a few paratrooper# h knew that th# airfield ms wmwmM by IT fully equipped diwi#ion## Th# initial landing and subsequent ecupotion has gone faRtaetieidly well#

Japes*# Utr potential has been completely deetrcyed# Th# Haas ;ynay, on# and a half million soldiera frees tsiati# mainland and th# Savy personnel hew# been deaobillied and. dtmppmrsd into the civilian population. Havel veeeel# hew* been surrendered* Hi* tea .powers whisk fought for Japan*# defeat end mr represented m th Gemaissiec (Imlft'i rcpreoentRtlve in# not yet joined the group* though the lift he# fee## kept ififcnaod) found the occupation complete sod eueceesfhl end carried out in #tot>smawllke manner* The Japan### people ar# confused* bewildered end completely acquiescent. 00% are living in Me country. Half th# population of eeaport eities had moved to th# country to escape bmbarfeeiit and haws reamified there* 7ko#e who stayed in oltiee liwe in shacks, the ugh modern reiof creed concrete buildings end saediewal atoms structures withstood bombing, though incsedlarl# accounted for may of their roofs*

3o#a*#a f Japan >urrt crepe ere mined threughmt th year la eastern Japan* Th# b##w#rlike natir## grew radishes* cabbages sd toHer "Garden ###* in the paddy# dewoted to riee in the eumner* (More than half of the arrmbl# land ie used for rise* } The Japan### haw* deweloped a weriety of cmng tree sfei.eh ea withstand flurries of snow* Frs Tokyo south on?ng trees were in full fruit md pile# of oranges were in the mrkmtm* Fsrmm haw# e####d#d in hoarding* ## iietributios is unewen* 'Despite reports and pi,ess frm the Japanese there will be no starvation* He ewidenee of ma!* nutrition in any age mnge. Hiere is h^rdahip in th# cities* but not starvation* The MiHomit ehao# is the result of the needs f the mr mnhlm and it# eollap##* Bombing ostri'but#d to the osMplet# breakdown of industiy* Imsirthar has imported cotton to b# mad# into mush ##d#d slothing. Silk attt seal* the latter te the F*X*f'China and Korea* feeir^- exported* let ia the interest# of Japan so tmate as to enable the purchase of neeeeesry inserts* 7Z million psopls are eoayletely di##snjbobulated.

Hi# lowaly old estl# in Ilagoys was deliberately spend in Vhing, but a group of 0*1*# got out of hand end looted th# mweim ---probably only inetan## of its kind.

The pre ha# naggeratd effect of the atonic beaib. HircehlM# a elty of

00,000 v$th snuiition# f notcries in It# tenter, presumably l#e a* ammal* Kure aawal

base a few .idle# amy if jpreatar end mr eempiete than asy base in tSnnpm or the H.3.,

and island with mountain# nd well tunnelled* leeks a mees but

of the mshinory

found to be intaet* Our bowbing (#nd imv 1 hm^mrdmmtf) dellbsrwtely nvoided damaging

the dooks ifclM w#rc sot tou^ied M are new feeing used, 'kmrimm vessels now in their

drydeeke as well at s^e of the Jaymint# e#e#tal craft. .4s a result of our rcclio wam

mtm m Jarvn, Jaau#ry 1946

ing 3O0f0OCiishftMt4 4f4 to siiy. Hhwm mi R air mid tlorl in to ami^ md

*ftr lbs pUnes WWW* IWtoBw rtjwrtlvs,

all clear sounded and people returned to

streets, where wet of thee looking upward were eaa#.t by the steal* boesb. tail alios

mam<r- _ 1 hie gardes, lonksd up %ni saw the bomber alone la the sky sad toon at k.OOC

foot to fi*h, ent&laiQg bXX to aolora hi had w togtod

md hi graatlj stdairod it

bmtiy for to olit omomi feofor# to fcXairt Imodfcod MM flat* 2 l> to|Ifloraotom trm

itmm dmtmoilm <rm9 pmpl* mm Mtii down, fit

brtos bono*,

milr tmwm ,ad tomraiy

mrndnm* twm flaoh. Im 4b **, freas X t 2 l&awtrs to

kirjit ww cor# *riouf pjae hmmim mplUly bald. 4 isodera

In to m

mrntrnM todlng mi m* m*d to mm fr to injured. ImUm to i msswtr toto*#

mSS^^TSSSt I*11 l?**4**

X #boX if Ml cm child *$*&# though

till in

* ,-nn nan xpl&ln In <sthr

nf fit# hundrod fit# sMldiw

""^**4# mm itm ia to feosfit!*

Of 4b 200,000 riilnlilg' in the ity 40,000 mm

fcUXiid outright# *7,000 injure! ubsequontly lid. Cor of to i%, w#pt for astora,

i i 2*11

r#ripbrfy rmmim* Bottiis f to Coring f cites

to may mm tat to* to

wtrn in Ait Item mm m% bumd

*#pt hand#?*#

#i mmn wmrisg irm.mm mi J&alst of on dark colored

fOfJ*

"'* bu"f<i' ^ ! nsilway station large poetsr with hu*tora Misted

to Mart and rod -- rtlto wgrt m burnsd threugb rtere Mart had been printed, red aad

***

*"*"** J"F"n#** had bB#,! tlpyif* t Krt out of the vmr fcr el*

nth, rtM the boafe fall the ralnleter of ser casalt euleide and the cnieror at con.

* , : r3" Rrs^* !ir eecujwtlon exiarte hare been am red at the extensive defenses la

depth *i aa*Utr ef wr aateride held la reserve for toe defense of toe Islands, awl

rthtat plnoea we would have ettsohed. An iavaeien at Japan would have bean a ecstly

mopderoaktjijoiiniii:o# r us, laeUi% far aentos if aot years. X gigantio rspstitien of Xws Jiteu

m tvmiUm of tmnwisl r Mr eentroX of th* iffiriiiiii umiitkl

&p9r&%iug on k%i4rtbyr, a -Irsctiv#* Tbrnm r dtfthsint8 of .'imrltaas in

**nr*

twal eity d mny TiXX^oa. Hi# dlU wvil^tion i# fri41y to tfc

*

T110 ^ Aiih **fitef

irr##it#feX children* 3oXdim urn

1 V^4. ika#r*n satjaMir, Mil tkiniidly mXX nd art tk Mit tttii8Hiri. vr

ru wplits cwjyi#^## 1 bt ifiaition of {opl* ttitudo* Iks&t wti tk

thy JiW ^

kMI on mligion in Aiok h liuM hi dirim

4it Arthur frd otmiliion, thnrt n not rirplo.

m lift*r. tiomrtilam.*#U!5i*,.

hn gM rmttefratohfoBrYionagtfoe IhmtroOngmtbthnoXfltto primnU mm not inkvrmti

* d ^?iA4*r x^xdoX#m b.d InuI bronAlol pnou^oni&f h i 76, ni

oon^mtulato4

upon Mi mmmrr nidi T% I hmd eloo tov Mim mm of njr go got pnttunoto

2 iJJ,u^aif Mu J tomd mmpmmd wmlf to dmth. 0*naml s^oArthur

hi# on

mi rallXlcis, fni#y rod 2a* X hoy hyd *#rjr dimotir of 6rnX

MArthiir## Inynlly, fmi^AXXy nd X tliink fftivlyt oxoopt on# I enat find ito to to# my mftor XunA*

rmbrmty 83, 1946

'**

trike auglrt up with a* thi Mk, tfcl 1* tfc* fourth toy of

SSTiS?

In th iKrtwrt. Thm SuporlBtandoot j tis hot

mihinr but zml da*t t@ bum end very little of that ?d *!* the title paaoos I

to now

#u harsh first ho oeoo no ehtsoo #f goiititg war. lb# miifriwi mlnil w BMB

of ife# pr*o#ttt <*mar with ^o I talksif today osy* thore 1 eoal to lt through

Harsh rnmmrti&m t * root*! inventory ii Is will look into th wltmtlm m4 ooad

mm #iiiftX eoftl fortifier to increase tho burning of th# poor quality teal, fi

J

tsotygothtoatboodilapthseismtolk#j-ratfrtmi amretodnawigshtto*dolivaries of o*olsga xfil Brwbahlv kv

Tawtovday 1 awt sax* to Oooaga SokaloSnr at tho losrd of :& rootore ittsshsas

of the *wii#ri#aa XXstfoy Cuiid *<$ we talked abt his impdNfr olicaa idslob io o&rrled

fey HI papers. Ho goto 400 fas lot tore a asak M mm of Ma boot tip* mm frm tha #

For oxMpia ho dag H up ottotteing and wrote about it iharawpan 4mm 4mm orot# him

a< let ef aupplowttttery ttotOfiaX an tfeo sybjset abidfe had net epposrad ottywhoi'W tad

grr* i>ok a soeop, mil# J dialike hi viowpaint and 4mH trust fcia lives* hio blast*

aoeo hat mlys interrated mo. 1# *y* th.t the WmbUmm (wo-

atotisg in a

privet# diiig roam of tho latiead laffMioaa Club due to Sok) wilt not ran Staoson

fsryoaldont hut that Trtma* will nm i 1 eeuld net draw hia os stews tho HamabUOeao

would put agalaol. htm. Bo had horn la mitfiiagtea da' Tfearodey and raport tha so sob*

Joot of osnvaroation or rathor Quootien aad apooulatieao oa ifeo part of Soaatoro aad

ffllHirooniOM woo what vara party ohonooo 1 tho olootioa.

thlo aftansoea 1 am golpg to Hftymood Loalio Buoli*# htaortl* Bo woo 4i ami sfio# lis ^eatroftl whore bo had go for aaothor oporatioa* Ho hao not bmm woll oiaoo the rmtmv&l of a ferala timer aovoral yoara age* Use obituary mtim all aid that ha attained hiff wwiot public reeepsitieti wftMO ha was with the fero&go felioy 4ooooitieo.

;N^I

ew# oovaral litdhoo of it. "todiiooday sight it get wory

mi*u siti r, wlokod i?isd o the loparlooMt of Sahitatioa had troahlo olooriMt away pilao

lour feet .bifOi,* loot

a littlo mora anew* hut fOrtamtoly It la all malting today.

T <

in for Im Bohomo on Mosday night nod it was a wary o&oo pmft+

*o?is*s*oa**3,,hriifsomf tmfee*ar*ll srounwdi igto tmoothaegoaplaarajdo|iitaoo midDooaahr nod had sot aaoa holly

, ;,.

istoraotisg ld# ll#t m Jeswofho

}mre two all

oenoumiiif laid devva

!thorggajs?a'rjraPl4

otorwatlom sd oooond of tef^unisis* principle of tsdoaaiity (it oaomo tkt tho

Fetodaa Oosfwrawoo Far iaotom Oooniooloa

ail1 dateraiaa ito finettl}| the

of a fealoo viahl# aeosao^ and tha eotahliok-

aoo* of a doooertaio gmcrmmnt ahiih Kagli ultimato ho odnittod to the laltoi .Mtlzm.

wW t

that thoy aro ^isfarior41 and oxaXudod from world

#!

^oror dfwosio of a sosotitytlenaa moisarohy aloog 'Mtloh lii^o bcmum

h# io foailiar with tha old British pattern wad igrrewoo of it* Thay do sot wont to

patters thir future aiosg: ihm terioos line# hmrthg tee mugs aheut otrikao and fooiring

tirnt as art ^oodod for os^sttdUHOi (ibay oaws to knew little of iha Labour SwarsRast

is Em^^rndm) .ill

frotostnst #mr^#s is 4mpm byi J^tssad a io^aranoo oiooj t the

and 11s# ipiooopmliana. The Cferirtlan dapasaoo era hwisg stra^thn

tr sglfl

gg yPWwohlp Ottd'WO > ^ MmUm

Ehw BppiiSO hie ft-sdly wm

ttttdouhtadly aattousca their oemraroios. On two oadoa whoa diffotmst poopla Yisitad

v<nmw Two^dai #i woo ill at Mttb oho had a Bihlo aw tho aat booida hor. dha

is Amrimn amsotad Xnit ifeia la signifioant hooauoo bar faalXy is ouffiolaatly high is

r' Mias ncbilitgr tbst they im.f mmrry into the iapariai family. Duri-nf the war the cnpises# spent U Miltm jm a fientli. the OttimatiOh tenia 4^5 wUlioa yon a moistli. The

ettwm* in tuH for SO/' Sf Ik* rpul.tin mi U gp.at. TM ^Uuly mT jrooult in the hr##kisg up of tha largo ootatoo ad ttaJdhg oaoll plot of land available

for f.nyf honoe lower rente. ,\ shift 1 baisg mod# frm ha#vy ittiaatry to light* fcr httWiFlo a hitrelo as ho Mad and told for 410 (150 yea). Msy swdberw of tho Far Saatea

WeMMB tr# det^pwitti to kopt the Jarenaao skmtfiH of living lower thaa elsewhere J&

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Tomorrow to Free-port for the family version of the doable birthday of Jia and Jay. The date is really Monday and he began the three day festival with the party for his playmates. By Monday he will be six and I hope not exhausted.

I'm feeling a little guilty today. Donald Andrews was in New York on his way back to Baltimore after making two speeches for the FPA in llmira and Albany and took me to lunch at *21w. It was not the amount of food we had, but the sise of the check that loft me uncomfortable. W did not have cocktails, only sweetbread patty, mixed green salad, strawberry tart and coffee with a half bottle of white wine with the sweetbreads. Yet the check was over ten dollars for two. I know it keeps money in circulation, and the service is excellent so that it makes a lot of employment. I noted on the raenu^ that a hamburger is $1.75. Donald is doing some special work for the Navy in thermal-dynamics, sub-sere temperatures being his specialty. I m very much inter esting in the political and social thinking being done now by the pure scientists. They seem to feel that their work presented us with the problem of atomic energy and seem to be doing more thinking about the problems it raises than the social scientists. I asked him what he knew about the current activities of the latter, he replied that from his observation in serving on a committee to select the new political economist for Johns Hopkins that most of them are etill buried in the derails of the 18th century research!

Monday Olivia Holt (Mrs. L. Samett Holt, Jr) telephoned that Frieda Utley had not gotten back from China for the Tuesday evening program at the Cosmopolitan Club and she was stuck with only one speaker, Sir George Sansome who had agreed to introduce Frieda and "Say a few words1*. I whacked up Rosinger of our staff who was supposed to take a typhus shot looking toward his own rather indefinite departure for the Orient. Gerry had asked me to dine with her and go to the program with her, so I heard Rosinger and Sir George. I was so glad that he had declined my invitation to speaker for the FPA 1 KAe "few words " took forty minutes and sixteen people walked out on his pedan tic analysis. (He is the British delegate on the Far Fast era Commission and has also just come back from Japan--perhaps the General had told me so much that other people liked Sir George better than I.) Mrs. Raymond Buell and her sister-in-law came in and sat beside me, which reminded me of Saturday's funeral. Paul Kellogg sat in the pew with me, as editor of the SURFS GRAPHIC he took an editorial interest in the Hymnal duing th second hymn and carefully studied the page of acknowledgements! I must say the more funerals take me around to other churches th better I like the Episcopal service. Reinhold Hiebuhr's eulogy of Buell was magnificent, but I do not like the form of the Pres byterian service.

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Wednesday noon we had a Pierre luncheon for the "plush bottom ladies" with

Major General (Fighting Bill) Donovan speaking on the need of an independent intelligence

service in peace or war. It was very timely as two books on the OSS, which he headed

came out this week. I had not sem Donovan since the autumn of 1940 , his hair has gone

almost completely white. Despite his vigorous hardhitting manner, he is curiously re- .. ..

laxed and very approachable.(The ihole business of asking hira to make the speech and

getting his acceptance took me less than five minutes.) He makes the point that a nation

needs an intelligence service independent of State, War and Navy, which gets its appro

priation, does its analysis and makes its reports stright to the President and Congress.

Channelling through another service or services is too apt to color or slant the intelli

gence and even delay the news in getting to all the people who could use some facet of it#

He said "We made mistakes in OSS# I believe in mistakes# It is the only way one learns#

One mistake we made 1ead to the death of 16 men, who although they were in uniform when

they were captured were shot without a trial. I went to Nurnberg and helped in the pre-*-^

paration of the case against the German officer who ordered those deaths# He, too, has

been killed#"

Thursday Eleanor Brewster came down from Hartford to spend the night#

After dinner at the Club we saw Cornell and Harwicke in "Antigone"--a slight adaptation .

of the version produced In Paris during the occupation which gave so much heart to the

people of the resistance. It is beautifully done, afterward we talked too long before bed#

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y*rvh 10, 1945

1h# M.rthdmy last lundcy a aost sotessafhl affair# though X a* #oro the

ohildrist enjoyed the "mmll try" eolebmtts* ife# dmy before ismaii ware# % di&i of .a

gr#sl dasl ef ruusaiiig, about and sian&ng in iinm lolly had both sugar for a tsaMiisnaX

birthday e^ke, mod buitsr audi mrgariae in the tales# Jay at mix Ml tBWjinpiil and poll to

fe#at it use Jia stead up under tfe* stoiu oi tire laBossnt bystandsr at twenty Mentha# had

feeing quit*

tmfeimrtamrksfih*nwmith

msasyuaaMs*nitMy#m

Freddy# Jin tld

MM to SSffSft

gmoadtoI

mbosdMhMo

trotted up juai

up in

atatr* fey feinsslf# tin* to esatofe Me

lush obedience ssansd in desistlag to return#

to Ho

osll for so# nasi

feslful shea X uu&reissd bin# roieHy offering as first ass foot *p4 than tho ether - and

lansd*ataly putting Mo hands mr Mo head without a wood fr ** the iasinst I toot.

mid of tho bottan of bio |mpir# Ho loves m#^4muMag mm mrs than Joy did#

Fag Tefein dined with as at Tows Ball. sad so went to Sfegi* Flats# It is tho

s###$&* iBm I bsv# heard a loot fldW"ts safest!tots la rata of

gf*i John

aresftlee, tho s^ag iopageae adtf*bly a* foal la thei ridiculous <?#tt an* very

athcotsugehqtfuualllymdwahlel lpthfouul^ttohob#mr owstitfhoooult

so awful earring

his <ws interpretation# this sunwar# Ill# His and

iHnofgeisstedttihlrlonaet ttahsekrssevlfeiyandmrwmipllosf ehnedr

five Months at ^aaiuekst rearers* strength and the

teadoa she pierced in her foot wet go into a ssst to heal propsity#

IMe C3atr^M1,I npomh on Tmn&w laforiatMd as# 1st bii'/s# of tl^ pi** fur son*

iimtod lagls-.-iyaorisaa eloss rslatioas# thoy# X isa mt sure of the wln&m of * pocwssM

C^iaMa#d CSblofs of Staff ohloh

so snoily not as a tdltohaa mbirnt for ihs tM-tsd

Nations prmmnt ullitary

of staffs estop, but bssaoss TVisaiia is sash * fool#

Ho

upsat

a both

Bavinps#XasaaMd&Bg y^rsusrsoM thsll*ssskspobosafdoi#rsoirtsoisthoelsapraytohrastsMthOs#

frwt spsseh

the -hsd

stats* ns^aaiiils

hssn il on rod JUi bo Us Loadon ausd ShsiMjnstsB sad tbsss ssssadis* iwrs fmi'si nist nftr ts BllidUi*Sdl

MUtsreugfhrmtmhsn

t^dhhwdlsdght and &ilartissd tssltly ssstiss rsspsasiMlity

for

in psnwttitSoE sM throy^a icrtrodusing ssstinsats, alisfa ths British Bsvsvsnsot

ssii disavow m ths words of tlis irroopoasibi# lsadsr of ths pppesltloa mmd Xssvs Trvmn

sdt on as sssesdingXy sisudor and vsry iosg lioh# Ton ss# It just happens that 1 think

so haw to Uvs sitii ths iwdh* sad mrmMm st th is not ths host amy of doing it#

xwiMwkw night 1 dined with hrxis* Mm Is painting s disabled ohild frost *

pswt&^m.ph md ths until of tor sovcsu

distraught lissalt s#

*miht mv?eryhodlohtsssnmdnhtosrilshtsoa

spprovo of ovsrloi^#

ths ih#

ha&fcdstsjfwc eindhadststyhssd

long nmMm sabls frw ^ulspsst# Four porosis hod anrivsi unopnnsd in oss sssk having

tsksn a little hotter thsn thrss mmum to @st tbsrs# 3inss shs ssst fivs ths first nd

thsy wsrs psrMttsdf this stessrod as grsetly sad X ##nt last sight pacing tns nsdid m

ohwi pnroslsf on for her btnthcr #nd on* for Judith9* hrsthsy*ldili>S| adh#iv stsrlls

fads, tooth hmdhse mod wis, ths post sffim this sftsnxoen*

unXgsnthtiemstasbtloe#tssXslflol

tsJks tfesn asksd for

and aotbsr food jpsrosl to powdered nUk, hooolats

end eosoo# Mhsd fyoa

kri**a otlt#r Bug* ts rswil snd

mmm fsidst

to have bos lifted hsr *jp*rtsnat still

trm ths standing

ltbeothoagPrgi yw#ntiSdhisshf ttaiithtTrOa#nhditeh h

looted of her

hofmh*1m1d$olncitdhdlbi.^m, feooHdm# dsi9ss#fiIrhsst

thing *&ieh fpevs sssjsr effort#

her greotsst Four frap^its

us ths pcrtnsit has pierced ths

seams# but shs got it bsdk ts Lssdl#9# end rsasvstsd it herself# lbs dsssribsd ths Isotersl

as miMt&llgmt tor Mm tmmd in the rabble iplts * Mi of hsr sllvsr inslading pnrt of *

very old and val-mhls eoUesiicm# Ihe mid ona trmsurs for m turkey and a hag of floor*

lis# tsahsy ms the first neat they had had in slisost a year and shs had a right to b# proud

of her stroke of ta*iisi#fs#

lit) h^i ii dreadful, tine got ting fern 3on off for Orlsmns *-ns spesa# At one

point w feed a ilftm to Atlanta arriving about tss in the snig ns festal tfesre sould

ssssnodats hmmnd a sdmopmr ife mm sldfet ts Hew Qrlesms* ffer^gjh a lasky ^rnk end ths

visa prmidmst f H#!i# l4#y PS finally got a aysgartn--t ssrteiialy wms afessrsd ts get spass Friday for Aunt Amis

sfarsdnmlawtsVgeosktstsOlahwnrOtsvsttsialnso#n

X the

BBad# X shall h# wsasy until X feavs ths ratm spass In y hands# I nnst hs hsrs m is

Bf1k* ?#ra goes as far as ifeosala ^ad X still don9t know hew she wilt #! bfe

^ lA JoJt; &T

mm si xm

1

,:. ,

iH.ji U there is an lama of ofeiVtei next wtesasl it will kt fro

a laSfflf disappointed person# &* telphssod ns Ttiosday thai through friends in the yard

h# boh 9iwini 4Wr berth bound speee for * It was %tm4 to bear Ids voice md knm

Wm waryam there mm soil end m fiese of' te soot extraerdltmry Ittsk to get gpeee

< tim *b# *m P** Ir^ia trm Qmttamtam 1 hmwa mm ham Ma to got en It tins** IMi*

te it maHy be thet thing# mm leaking; up tessoertetlon

wise!

Usasi&j? sight mrjary Mmm mi l dined mi the Srilim before &ofg to

the te ia ih

todoieebuo*esoievaergnrioguhpt*andJh#ehgeemrsadmmmthrolueggh*flMt mfssmdsm*d*aeyarttgheefteoeffeficelimvaeddmhmapoptiilyU

tea I wit to tJartee for dinner ttetef *&&%* It 'mm wall tei I hod teen

bar tin of wy favorite mittmm Ohm dieter to try* teething nysterleus hod Imppam

ad to her tej*

mi she m pruetlselly is tmm tern t arrived* i ended op with

Mg bs^i m tender# bat roils end m lovely* lore# MUd ^ith errors end teeee end

aaftaa$ whieh she mil a *mkm* la the beat tetiqlentsl

meaner* Dm so got to esrk



piroolo. # opened up m wkiefc hod tern itemt hy the pool office teeaelhly

for mm petege*~bti% m both fool test it ted boon seat busk bestuse it so* not soil

!kM *d had olftetr sprung * late Je both nmd to it mm m lot sop# fte u

oprm#kiH^ff#tfre#atr*t

1!*# so #aa d# 3a# se# fottel oosi#

it o^ia* It is tbisg I ooiildaH

sasotigg jmt y

to

ooo tessia oa, m4

1

ma Mm bmaa iamiI

tbr that teo fold sot loe&t#*

Mteotey 00 bid te lost or te

dw of luooboofis t tu#

fiorro* Qmmml MaOo? aam up from 4mMmtan t&r it mi mm in voiy good ivm* It

gsoo mm m teinoo to got atei^etflRMMl oat m mm wimr point# shi^fe had pus^od mm* Fsr

acMtiv^iotyy

Tb bttlr of mil te# lipasi giw book ag^ln^-silSdor tM

bolter

tea

bad fro tb# ot#Ml# baft roll# #r#r* Hrro w te ^i^i.2353ii^' oi # SOW

immtmmit for bo!do### X iimwlol

iooldng i or sprte <dote# i# a

ootivity*

Miior# A b#w# aosally jpttei te bulk of xzy things mud, oft#t oadod

%withtp%omtedlrashmoap*t

at oaoo bumma I oosld not 4a$Mm bmtmm thrn^ offorod aoDaiag that 1 oooci snntoi to

try # It #*# dispiriting for X son aotually looking for thraa difforoal typos of

Mdngm lb snsigsr said h# isi about to go out into the aarkot to so# if ho oscdd not

find sons nsro stook# hat tet he had xanrsr hsen InrAsr put is got things' and on#

rmwtving wmm&m order# fre old oulsiM*r# ia South Amwim* "Hie mtntalsi patiarm

and aalmta wi dromdal. As th# tepi mm open tet erouiag' I tried Franklin Sisaoa

si .Arnold CsBst$l&# after dinaor with ss greater lusk* So* X tosh am hss and weeet to

wmte m ay last ye^r* * sailor gr^&t puffs of Hash and shite plsld ribbon* te

X oossred a wry tired purs# with the sens arterial* I or# both today for

our luiioii^a at the isbtei# sud from, tho oonmrts of ^ ooHoptoo ^thor ny

so# euooooful* (*&m X ess is ooiiopi a mthor s^phiotioatod foiond iasistod thai *

^MUWSO oould ho mmd hy a

kvt* also gloro# .oad ^es-^yu# X tell

to

pat isy fhlth ia a h&t msf pureet) Sr* Sslonelw do teOa# sat h#iio no # Imah* Be

km }mi mm bxtk f*m. tarn my ia EiaUoiwi--te teugumtioa of mw U* :: a* mHXmM

pi mm etrriee* I

m the t things are improving mt#risily* fhs looonotiireo

the tenons stelo Cthoy took Ml out of 190) are

gravelly returned and serrle#

^dthia loltimd is bei.^ rsstonsd 4 tey no- isleo hswo marwlaa to Brussels* fnpis sad

Mis* la iimo- tfeegr mill a$wt te### to no* thou# net haro my fear fhens^wte' hut

d 'to soli ham to got Asserted flwebtsofg'* Their llrostook is prmatlmllf' Uek

to Wtnr .Intel# thou^ tfe#y howe not bed any sett to speak since Llhofwtien* %

tho mud of the isnr te obishea

of the eetmtry tell also he restored# Mian*

teUe they don't eat eggs* It tees a good deal of gewensaesii oentrol end eduction#

hut they are deteradni to pull tkmmalam up kgr their bootstraps* Be is the iireetor

of the Isthsftete

imraim km end s frightfully alee peroea*

483,

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, K " * * c* Ju~ oe. ** iHrM. Wf .4S*S

Spring to m Xowoly mm*m# but this y#mr gr o*prioa# witfe It bit* boos tiBuaually bototiittiU Frostily m to# first full day cf Hi# aooaoa tost tonio *M X atarito far MMtartai at tora# in too ssftoraooa. mm to**0i tto train was fart/ wdmrtos lata it was still sly a a&tU# te# iouto toreltotoa daws too* a# atopyod trm too train lata aawtoy at&Mtog am# at Hi* toilOfou# *Ini bad rift#* at an ungodly laur mitfe &y# to a&ooi us. Hso sua roo# a tto way to tto feeumo a# t* at m** feog&a to yr Hi# full fl war of til# asalMh too osrly roaoo m$ tfeo wtotarto dripping la furpltff mm* oad toii# oosasdoa* Martha tod a wXs*&tog fir# la tto living ro<a osd a feoarty feraokfaat far ua# Swat art until X.fead taosvoXlod at tto hmwty #f a. dtoavtot rasa 1 fall bison mm* too alia of tfeo femtsa. (Jim yours ago X a&w it undor a i&oaa Jar wtos It was boiag reeiodt tow It 1# roof high.}

afeaa Tmmm r#tumad frs fear aaiaaiaa olaoo wo want took to torn ssd dolliod

la gfesptaa Furls wfearo too oity feis ft feayt oust g^i

pi^?stj.of ami os#i ifFtA!.

oliwfeiiif and vary fragrant yollaw and tolt# rooos wistaria to tto loot in# oolorod tmm

tata* Only a foo of tli# roaos is tto fardel re### gsrdon war# out# feat

#1X1 ti

Imlf Xatar toon tfeo smgoli#f aXoasdoro and #o an blown later. Oa t# tfeo %vy Tard

fey to# touto Oat# toare tto M Mr Staites fessa aafe fe## di###tafelifetd ?awl mxm

$& dspr*&*lm$ with mlv&g# 9p#mtimm* iMttaa #f feuUa alt about m tfe# afear# aaaltlag

tfe# 30#*i t# of wJualtla6w. Xa on# plaaa tfnldat a lo*i# li##tioa of d##tr#yr gun

m-mi* X w&0 tfe*iU#4 to ## oa# Haftd **%#oaw (tfeo #feip feef Cfeao ofelrforod la tfe#

Soatfe JMMRU) oarrylag Hb# oyafeoUod rooord of tfeolr a^wotta^t^roiiifely ala# ItlaoHo

feoafeurd#4 tferoo ^apma#o# a# w#8o#l#9 ire oa#gr a#ri^iifea#B aat tfero# dap plsaoa. HI

avallsfel# idmtrfago la ologer#! wltfe felpa of all olaowm -- aoao b#ing oaaplotod# son#

feoiap roadlod for laaotlr# wtmtm a^iliMt a poaalfelo futuro aood ad atfeoro to fe# brofeaa

up for aorap* Hwa tfeoo# on aotiro duty and Juat wia tfeo Ta3fd% x*joy*d ota^plag

aboard tfeo !IS3 Bryao Q*Xfm feolag fittod a# a doatrojror ropalr d# mad aaalag ib# atrlpa

of glaao wool toad for taaulaUm. Iftmr Ivmak at tfeo Offioora* Olufe m wmt aboard tfea

Hi3 tidoaator (aUtor ahlp #1* tfeo Bryt# dtopto aad built fipaa aetwjr ralaod fiea war feoad

aalo# la dfearlotaoa ). Ifeuradmy mad Friday Slaw# bad aaxtduatod tfeo Tid#mt#r,a aoa triala

and by ludky dbaoea ife# broadaaat i tfeoaa ppjiitdtaji iflfliP ass# aeatog orar tfea radio la

tfeo (tfUm1 swrdrooa mad wo otopfad to feaar. Ha# ra^poamtatira of tfea radio atatiea

bad goao along m tfeo trials witfe a raaordirg nmdblao mad la fele aswioataiy fe#fg#d far

aympatfey la baaing to run up .ad down aavoa dooka with, feia feoawy aauiyaoi'4 to gat all

tfea ioiaga for tfea first broodaaat froa Olmrlaatoa of tfeo aoatrlala of a aormi wooaal.

10 nv th# aafelxi la mfeito Olor# fend #{ioot tfe# oifet> wad Juat aft of tfeo birldgo a faataa*

tio now dariao toioh muioaotloally dfeorta Hi# patfe of tfeo mip# tfea lofan #pparmtu#f te.

1 ly# femw that Cliro#a Job waa feoaay sad taportaatf tot X aw* iaprooato to know tfeat

to a atoglo yoar bm tod Hpiod tfeoHoet# oogsl#tdwfeiw for oror 3500 ofelpa of oaa Haaa

(pratofely L3 a). "Htlat of ooura#t mm only part of tfeo Jafe for wfelto to aoa ra^onaifelo

as fea and feto staff tod to oonduat toata on arory loaatioa of #rwry afeip built to too fard#

or rapalsad tfeora* (l 9*m to raoo.ll ttot aimrillatog and motor diatlllatioa systi#

to feaopltal ship* gar# jorttoaiir troufela tod rm*fear tfeat too yaara ago tfe#y fead a

drondftil tiaa i^itb tfeo rc^rigormtioa of a Franofe mi##r.) Oa tto Utooatar X aoa auafe

totaroatad to tfeo toadtotoa gramtly in toiiwao trm tto aklypto*# prlmt# Torntoafe town

to a taoBHia*# poat of duty tfeat #11 war# studying altfeor far tfea work at tond of for tto

sasxi grato* totor aa attopto up tto laadlag saag ^ tto feaaifesd fedT 29 itoafe fead toon

aotlott to tuson mod CMaoaa. Htfeoa# tfea Tard to to a fira toy woto ar of tfeto araa

war# busy witfe lmrtotsr tod ifeiir ,pa9t to yaoparattoa to ola*go as tto aooaor tto Jafe

la doao tfeo aooaor nany of th# would to sopoiratod frsa Has aanria#. Ifeo Tard Cffiaara

^uartors and toapitol war# owns aoro attraotiro than artr to tfeolr aattiog of apri^t

flavors. Ifes sign post# around tto Tard wfelofe tod to orootod at C51ors#s sungoatioa

warn attraotlwa mud a grant kalp to giving dtraattona for finding tto various topa

warabcusos ato atoaraga aroaa to tfeia groat sprmwdtog sotafelistenst#

Aftor mrnrsk m. l-mtoy in Asfeloy Faroat Manor at tto Qfftoors* Oluto wo wont on to too toaa toll iltotatton tonally knows m Qyprm* tordaaa. 1 gaslH od wall tofop to asgro feoatoto iiiffit m for 41 atoutaa tferougfe tto floodto ***** and mmmtixm mmX*

w (w a)

skillfully evading not only the o?pr*m tree# of great height but the submerge! *baees* * Xfe# eater 1# Husk* puaNi If' eletrieitr fjnr tlx weeks ia .Cee#ber and early Jfumry to latof the hUse* Xhe beaks are pimaied with M it# Wiles* bug# daffodils end assise* of til eolera tad warlsties to as ie mmvm m long period of bloom* %iek sees Mia# fr# the trees* bond spia amis# kleeaa IMU from Ate# overhearing law#* *d float #a the LsVWU<eZtSe<treI fawsse #t1a-"-lkt"be*de* Wtotis-r ^f*8*RT*K***# atdhdeiislEaialsanstF *is*" ^ *l " 05# "'W'WWJ# WS*P stlo&aWsJt*#lh's*'*^sW*W s saWkf*oea#rWua*Gi*lei,:Woi#FWf' atot***t itshteaj#fWwfte*f*#arll|*eW>fe^*ei>we***^aS*fgi*e#t*e',*,**aa>#|#dtihsrteaunathv^W #iisW itiaamW sfcw *l m of pink* rot#* aesaita or salmon hiem. Ia fuly the mn 1# drained of it# 5 f##t of water

Mew# had iteve for Mbtsy m4 Turner e* while the children were ia tab##! a#

swot t# sights## CtMrleeieaw the Soak -Street theatre which stsangely i# oa the eeraer of

Mirefe sad $# Streets bat boot beautifully restored If A fund* to it# erigasl IfM

state* it* IMUp1* dbureh were Bertha*# family fe&vw pew U interested fr the individual

teste di$pl*syed by pm holder* ia the abler end efe&raeir of eusbisna tad teaeeeeka* it#

sburebysrd is a both aids of tbs street tad is pari of tbe "Cateney ,$aikw #*ldh eovsrs

MViffel Meek* tad load us to Lme* U$X 1 where fmnees bad bar pieno rooitsi* Si* Meh&el'i

has a levsiy safr #f weed for lbs fmiptt# ptrk&ps far ssouti# ontr###a* though it lsoki

a# tfc#ufb Hi wf did m% trust th# roof! Thsir dsureh yard 1# ##U kept bat ha# stoaa# for

the irdfeoystEsl iliobael iM mzz&thmr for Ga-briel* wbiab sasli# on# aaoder if tber tar# members

of th# prittsb* Horo, toof is a wsodom b#dt#od hoadpi### to aarb ehiid*# pxw* lb# tiiy is dotted with bouse# #b#r# Iburtha4# aa###t#r# Iir#d aqr farorit# Mi ^utlsdg# Mr#*

(m fra# MMkwyr $all* mm m boardlag *fe#sl for girt#} ahm bar gvaadaotbor mxt a#

a brid# of if #ad had it ohildron* Tot h# # a#v#r board #ddr#s or gyasfc of bar feu#

^ftiwt tifttii MI ?*Mr* JaBtaiagse ** I aa# doftof ollr interested eftor rinitliig doaoybia# ft#sdr*

mm9* "Tbro# Cf slocdt M$amer# to ##e the **3ereusii** <*<<<** ebbute ea the froisbt yard# .sad ffie#

werts of sfc.ari##tof# uoop#r Mirer mterfroat* it mm a farorita ar#a for tlx# sity hmtm

of rise plsatatioa ooa#rs tad aaxgr Xmmly baa## rasia #aa# still isbabitsdf # ia th#

t*T by the original foaiii##* lb# outbor i# a oeusia of 0o#t##Mrtb Moan# ad bsrlba

'amid h# opat Most or b#r time

ehiob aM#b#r of ibidt fadly #a# ia Miad a# tb#

tariouo obsreotoro a#re presented* More to# w# aaa tb# Wash ia tb# Cooper Hirer Bridg#

sbidb ooaaeot# Suilira# ship dragged eeobor is a

oI#aIreioaud#9#

Foal Meultri# suddea #%u#U

tad Idle of ead dashed

i%la odtb tb# oity* m&dmt a support ia

A Viot#*y tb# ##*

Miry

brought doaa #rerai hundred foot of bridge upoa Itsoif* aosrauaioatioa ia a#v

aaiatoia % auxilXisry ferry provided by a oouple #f P# (or soaethiag) or as 90 ail#

detour* lo were glad to see la tb psp#r tbst tb# first seotioas of a Bailey isrido^ bad

arrived s# serve uatll permmmt repair# sea be sad#* ta s# rotro#d tb# o#U of berth#*

aether sad sunt s mm mm beautuKoiy out bid yrtl glees## sfelob 1 bad sever aetised

before* w# piofeoi up the obildrsa at tb# SU 4adrova# rsrieb Bobeol sad e#at to bagasli#

Csrdea# -- la ail## from toss* the estate vas oseatod ia 16f$ sad the gardas bepai ia KH9

shea tb# first *&aale hutim* aero iaported into this country* Iber# are bosover BEAR

iatere#tiag trs#s9 s Osiifozaia ii#d#oodf Otia#s# Tew9 CrytonerUf both Spaalsh sad Froasb

eypr#a loag iotf piK#9 Jepoai-oa

$<*, Craodiliora* Agda it aas tb# aagatfieeae#

of tb# a#ala# sad wisteria idtiob took our broatb* Ttw ground# or# sell kept Igr #ouads of

aegso wmm wboa sew raking the leva# sad MM sfeo aprsyed sJ&d detersd the pitting#

with sn#Xl portable jUP Motor imp# whiib took tb# eater froa aeevby reads or refleotiea

fools* As so left X remrked to More# #lvsa If I have Just ###a it# X still doa#t bUsv#

It** A# we drove ea to ttaasrviU# a residential sea^usity with aasy retired aorth#ra# as

noted tb# profusion of yellow Jassiuslae ia tb# wood# sad tb# white dogsoed* ihmervill#

b##id# the beueiiful hlorn* sreuad beoe or easll boue# be# a large* wild part of aealees

evidently iai^led by a locnl mrweymm* Tvt4ois.t^r the tin# ie trs**#fl#at amies# is

bea they are la blooes. Her# we saw a geed ssny of the later bloeedsg *mll*r flowered

varieties ***! Ttrh### and I were jessed to-see assy dit#e end aere del lost# piakt sad

ealaoae* 7k* field niggers sees t# have benefitted by war wage# end enlarged their

eeufftry eabtas* lb# fasbloa of pals^fjig door# mad windows blue *to hoop out tb# Hauata*

###ei to bsv# passed for w# observed few* It i# geaoraUy esaooeded that tbe negor## have

been Mere thrifty of Mr bom money Ms* the poor Whites* the-ugh we did pes# negro

night Xub out ia tb# eeuatry* H#d or white atooo# or# *hi#i faMoa* ia tie aegor fm*X*

world new* THOUGH the elder wmn ^tiU wear Jmskm dewa #MHB#S slio##* aaok# |DPO end oarty

the wseh ea thdp bead#* '

mrm m in$ {**

help us!)

itaesday uernlssg we west to Mddletoa $%wm Gardens * another iebsly User

rise plantation* Us# mats house*whisk see dM^eyd by

mm built in otioniaX

day# fit the heod OF bend in tli# river* From it a aeries of tlx HIVMII leed to the

"bitterfly pools* end the pwssy strip at the river* s edge with wharf end WW riee mill*

3mm tli# sire#* bit 1# t.h piling idht fvm Use old freight Vbasf dheereetly hidden in

tl# woods# The plastitiie* and gardens were already established when 8*013

president of th nsntin--rlsl Geagreee# Imported fren Engl sad a Isndseepe gprd^mr*

him ilreetien 1km terraoiiig sM farmlity of the grounds 3^esjr the htoudNS m

with on# hundred sis### wssfctm; for ton years* notary*# son Arthur# a ilptr of

atiim of Xadepettdsnss* invited the Freasfe betaaist lain Miok&ux to loud m haai with the

garden# and It# planted the first Qsnellia# Japeniea to bo brought to tills countay# four

yHsitts war# sot out* three oro still living* Here too 1km mmHim were post their prim*

but under sash was a esrpet of rod# hblte or flan* 'tilwm wMeh md dropped mid Into flowers

worn still pretest nmmg&i the skin# dark folio##* *mm p3mnd mm foot toll* vttm

so sent through dim slipped tunnels shtre the plants bed grown on either side of the

brisk edged path to nest overhead and then had to bo trianod to loop the passage floor*

Arthur'* mm Eeary* was Severner of South GeraLlna sod Inter Minister to hussia# as doubt

added bis bit in the whole# though the useless were not introdusod until -411Ion's tins

in Vm* Busing the evolution the SriiiA cashed the house* but did net ham the true-

tuns* so M it housed the negotiations afeisfc lend 4# the Jepartiure of the British fron

OHarlestsn end the Oarellas oonot* In the Between to# .States in 1MB after too fell

of CMdftMetffl the house mm again idlings sad this tine* X regret to soy ens burned as

sore nest of tbs JMlmp Hear jdalUm beans* The ton story right slug* probably guest

quarter* essayed sod is still the resident# of m direst dossoodoot of the fouadar* The

bri^t rise udll* osri^g kmtrn, mad oxtenolro otebloe and olero quarters soon to hers survls

od* Th# plantotion is slm&i 7*000 sores of obiih thers ere id aeree of gardens* It

requires SO sum to keep the grounds* loot ymr they only had eis! Bos there are asre end

t# m& tkm mowing mi refeing th lev^n* sprayleg the esalses* snd ekiamiwg eeua free the

pools to beep the grounds in the soil ordered mmmr its ferns! design dletatoe* At the

right of the present house averlsvktzg a #-nll late eith asalem plontiogo as both, sides

there is elnap of m&niSimmi lire oehs shieb were Just buddtog. in their early yalien*

i^green o^ leaf* Frost th^lr rugged linbe hangs cpantitiee of dpenleh mmm* % the

riser bant after the bend is the senersble Mtddleton Qak* mte to be 900 years old* with

a ltd spread, of 144 feet and a elreunphnrsase of 07 feet*

After luseb so drove down to Felly Beaeb md eat eeatlesu in the sua to eaten the fire rose of snail breakers roll up the shallow keaeh f tamsnaUy fine sand ihile the palanito peine rattled behind us* be parked at the CtQ dm dub for wMteh dove had a guest sard*-to Me #* greet surprise* These wen ermage parties for petioats at the Ussy ford hospital to gin* a day1# eating is wilder weather# paying the seete frea their eleb**in*io*nts profit* It w%s as hard as vw io lest# on the 7*40 train* Ibis is the first tin# in four years that % have gotten timnspertatiea ei this train ores with Slots*s inieree sloa# vhldb ikieU It this tlip* ifeile heaty travel is easier* n both trips mo wet# able to get into the dityler wttbmut uaitiag* be arrived in Men legh right en tine IMseedey norrdf and war# lueky ^u>uiht to get a three thy old taxi* It mm a Joy to ride without greased ideoe mtsd mmrtent susplelaie that tin door would fall off if nothing worse! J we* at the of flee by ton-thirty end get sought up with that bed happened Is ny abeeree end ploswmd to dietote msmt of the afternoon* However 1 allowed ayeelf to be sedueed into yei^ig to the mvtem of the United IiUfi Soourity Counsil at Hmrter*

7m wee to get In en tie m sard while OsrMyn id I wwpe the guests of the Soretry hmdi the mgrngim Wr* Me* fe ueoided to go up at ones and in oinr nsse teak the wrong train# did 1. fortunately dleseverod before It was tee late te iBwrtaully wo arrived t TOth street and walked in the lovely mm eunehine airoygh of relies te get rnsr eords# then over for s eefeterie laasehea* Outside was festive wtl^k flags of all the nations# starlit** in dress w&Jtmm while inside theie wars great slumps of dogwood# fsrwytfein# ete* X was MISII struek bp the eonetruetimsi Job# the intimey of the etnospnoro, tb* skill of the tranelaters and the pereensllty f the delegstee* It was nest interesting te be these then Aubeeiisder Orossiyko sonde Me hitter!* etetesw&tf gathsred Ms papers with great deliberstenees end followed by Me advisers walked out without msfem tmmrtm te toko sMtiee# thmigh the dilnese dbeisweat hold mi buMateee until they left*

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Mih brifr t lli Ay and a# mgaolis mi wail e fereythiM

are ret and lata of people aleag -Us# war 4a Freepwrt war# pttt as ret their gardeee* 1

a& g3mA i# eee a# muoh planting la mil pleta* m it reread peesifetle that Hi# *Vi#t<rp

Qardres* wight .pare *d wm reed Iam grew# ekeff to release m^Uw for Europe* The

ippMwirewt af tdMI a# Mreetar tare*! of HtHiai la likely la fire tho organisation

a faal deal of pihliMty red drive# though X thou#t Ma early etatrerete pretty revealing

of laek of &M*amatlMs re Ma port iM poor advtee* Bany ikm$st Ahm mppnimimmt aheMi

mt m la re Aaerleexu

Far Jay the haeeheII aeeeen has definitely opened &M It# beta vrey wall* Trmidy tret# around and lire little trouble IwviegXiJtf re Into pulling Mm la the little red aretre# wrl< X alnoat gat Ms to amy tight* for th# pleasure f Maaiag ret ny Ire Milt hat he e uX4 mt <pilt# ret# it* Horerar after several false starts It# did learn ta ret# a aighty puff end Me# ret th# flane* Jay ia reels interested la a hook af travel ad described the eelred fisbsr8est,e sail of Brlitrey to re very wall refer# ha found the picture* Molly*a daffodilsred. crreuaco &r#ret $md tea ef tre row of 111erere truaepi**ted trm heypert era ehoMsg hud# already* It la re early springX

TawterftN? re Mid the Ieat 'Waldorf lunMm& red It real very wall with dare# Beaten# &|dew*tt# rerrrepeadret of th# #r XlltfS* red Ml Mare* wire president of the 0X0 talking of our relatione with areata* X respected to fled ihs latter eereufeet ta the left f renter end he turned exit to ha very im.vpty #pdiret the trasji'g attlttude about Iran* However it wt a good Meeting red X had two OH wee with aa during Irehht ere a Store swasher of the intereatleml secretariat and the ether ieXemsie#. adviser of Cadegre the British amber est th# icrerity OhtregUU Pear Hoi&reM# lire# at tha Savoy Pleaa at 19th Street (Obere Hettlaiue who always etaye there get the Britlea frep put up) haa hi* off to# way drew rear the Battery red then has to go ta 200th Street for the QwmdLl Meeting#* He say# he muit Mil Hie Majeetfle aevarereat for three new pair of shore I ieither he ear Chet Ulliare who ie rev m the ataff of the ireriaaa delegatioa red are at the Speaker* TV hi a feel thai the proposed teeperaxy #uert#re at take Sueeeae Mil aolv# all their diffieultieo* After M X had a few word# Mth a Oniadiaw Mjer Me had wired re Leaden that he would he hare early in 4prH aad a leaf talk Mth Clearer Brereter about the affaire of the Hartford BraaM red Maaed tha imy day penade*

Friday X red# a wiuiefcie to rhiladelphia far the Amnrtmmn Aaadeay of 3eial

red roXltirel SMeaee# 50th aoniveraery eeeaiere* lire* Hoeaevelt drew aa immmm erewd

far the mmmin$ eeealea for whioh X we# late Mate X hod heard her apeak la the Starlight

Beef of the iaXdorf en Mtaowday Mght* Sol LomI# Broreet direeter of the ireriaaa

hreeiaa uhaimmr of Sereerae rede a Mgaifieaat apeooh* SipAflreat bareuaa it had heea

written for Ms at the apeelan Bahaaay aM after X had goitre th# hehiadsthe eeemea atwry

free tha preelddng officer about i% X felt that he had pawhaMf here, cleared in the

XrreXia* ie edvereted buffer states red explaiaed that Srreyko had to wMk ret af the

Saourity tktumil for had b# act doe eo he would hare anrrendered part of Buaeia*a revere

M#ity* Thi# re# rertirelaMy iatereatieg ia view ef the Saturday mmmmmmt that

Britain weald neke law* ef the HV histMng m Britiefe aMjreta* X# that wet a surrreder of

w@':,lerel pewer? After the eftereeoa oareiom X wmmt i* the fhiladel|hla .BrenM effio#

for a eall and then te dlreer at tM here of Lr* red Ura* Idswrd S. Hertia ia the lltteah

house Square area* 4 sweet eld house filled with fredly pertreit# red mwvmUm of the

elder Mr* Herri#* aishesredorekip to Bepaw, ^dLimer are late and lleaarMy red re X had

gettea the tret of the owe speech of the evening eeeiea whieh interested re# I teak the

f44 hack ta law Trek* BasyMre Sake!* plekad re up aa the pXeifrewt a# ay M* f read-

.lag lasersre*#

and the "feetem Pewere* rest eglieri%* ^e had rede her first

visit te Oharieetaa la Fehraury tM mt eapltvatedt waste te apead aret wiater three*

Ihe traiw swa vary late mad X .did ret get here until Mreat en#*

Wediieed#jr Pierre Fradeatg a very iatereetlof Frawdi joumiliet eare te call. tt

had here eaptursd at Sedan by hcrecM* Mewdsy Sreeral UeOpy*# reeigretiea flea the Fa

ire areeuaeed. Hie far isetere iseloa ia ell he eea

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Ipril 16, 1946

14 was Unft last Tuesday gotng up on the moon tvsJai is /reester for the

noma easting *f the FPA Branch to wich the signs of spring fad away# :Ifcrug&

the Goniieetieut nlior# arm, the wit1mm -#re the vary temporary alfcosi anetard yellow

oil of tarly loaf,. rod Ml an# wmrnp aisyles m&* jgdttM- cf color and around housss

yellow forayihio glowed# ifter Hartford the character of ihs tr*e changed wwbii

od wo esvod beak into en almost eocvrletsly wintry aspest#

it woo certainly sold

when 1 eaa <i&w*i that might on Ml sleeper, The hotel situation in freest or la still

tight# A dosen or so of asy fell aw trovoll ere arrived at the registration desk

nhsad si as oo * cheek-up of my etutfnSKt on -the train showed 1 had gene off without s

lip stick# The old Meek atlm evening Iflis Fred nsdo for * in Parts in 1937 had been

leaned for the esaaei-n (na my favorite travwlltng dinner dross bad grated their nesting

two years ago)# Sitting at th Speaker Table lipstick w clearly ladieated a J stepped

to gat one# Kun after mm was turned away, even one ^h was euro he had a reservation* 2

was glad nought to got a rem evei if It hn.4 shower and not a tub &md noted with inter

est that in Ilea of a elowet there was < teat and hat 4r* e with jevrl hangers. Hs/i eoa-

ww of Mae though as Mb on I had shagged I popped ay hat and purple wool into ny beg and

cheeked out of the rem before the saafcler Jm reoeivvd sy notifloation of reglstratien#

Friday I left tho offiss early dpgjgpi' to naks the advene# settle of the 4 four

thirty to spend the weokoad with the Seisald .tadrews in Hal liner#. Josephine wet e as

Sonudd aaaa#t drive tins# an injury to hie bek, Sandy, aged five, had fane to bad but

was v ry nueh amis to greet re. tSLifton, the part tl&e butler who wen great kudos in

the IsltlHiifO negrw world boss use he corved aM hauffeured the Dnice of MM en the

new hietorie*2 rwvieitrtfon of ally to the seems of her youth, promptly served eoettaile

nod a dolieieo# dinner keenuse ry tmln me late. (The housebeld staff la

set up--

ttifMl Is on dMqr from 5t45 to whenever dinner is over, s&oking, driving, serving r

elenin the Lincoln ^ndrye through Fridays! lessie works freei nine to five Monday through

Seturdsy egd inoideafly rote ft a -week I learned inadvertently# Jesey, who is aoeoa-

pliehed erok aed love it dees Saturday night dinner and 3t*aday iwmle, selesting her

reeipes from *MMMM in the Kitchen" and the latest issue of Ooumst# I should gst

eeapletely round if X stsysd there more thsn s few days et tine!) Donald i professor

of Si#M#iry > t dohmt Hopkins, in hargs of the Savy CT prejest end about to smdertahs

some further research fsr the Hawy, aM is a graM pareon in e eensitive, ei4 vay#

deversl year age he ocseit oo^d a ballet* which was produoed for ifbOC visiting Oh*nits, arousd the Mom splitting thorns. The epeetgraph reading for varieue elesMMte provided

the tesipo for the rsuei , the wsnry ^oicctlM fall asleep working ever the forrtole, audi

tii# itaai com# out and 4kmse to their proper sheMlsal vibrations, fimlly tho nam awakes

frightened t wfcst he s#as, ruaho to his aiesi enasher and pute *n end to the danee# He

played part of it for me Sunday aftomooa after the end of the Fhillmrmemie vhieh so heard

the radio# Before he had his supper a Saturday Mf asked if his aether would ytlgy

a lev records? for bin :M had difficulty in deciding whether he mntd Baoh or Xslsixthe#

Af4or dinner we ylsyed the first half of the *hagi* Flute" reeordimgs* Saturday ofternoon

we wandered thren^i the Sionrood* gardes dher# aialea# and tulips were just esaing out#

Am*3ugly large and beautifully colored pansie# were planted in stiff three foot cissies

around the fetltas of now ssvem er tight foot dog wood, the pink .ad riiite teloeeoms bout

haif my to mafnrity# fMtf* ms one young, mtbsar spindly fiWMpselia gfeliflora# I had

never **m m% eo far north and vender if it is culte Happy. Tt did not look It, Jesey

is a dear. IMgjh X hgtfS known her ior ^n ysars, we have not seen wueh or eosh ether

awtil this winter# 3he tmrn from Hartford and used to ten oh at Miss Fortr#e School at

Fhflsington. tusiday, sfier ahiireh while ere eoeked a doleetnblo dinner I wsrksd on Sandy

while Ben tried to get srae pctien picture# of hiv. X seepert *the profeeaor" nntehsd

a imp while Sandy and X played bell in the sun. He w very cute about tHiaMsg up ways

sash #?ng in rceition to start a new gee# after I eelted three etrl.hcs en myself# X

.suspect tbt ne-on had ever played with kin in that muner before. The trip Ml Sunday

eveniry g^vc ntwtwi mm&t time to finish Ko.rkeo.eha Fischer*!* *Hy Live in Hstsin*1. 2 do

net think thai knowing her slightly and havinr talked with her only the week before entire

ly colored y pleasure in the book, whieh eeemd te no vividly written, honestly and real

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wall wished mud in om lttwiaaaes painted* le certainly needed it sine* nothing

had fcen done in this direction fiscw we moved in in September of 1940. They have

finished elaiming the Public Utnuff and it turn out to be m very hit building

inatesd of a dark gray. So they have net gotten down to the lions, ehere seat brat-

recently applied lip tick to the el awe. It 1# a rather startling effect to suddenly

not bleed red slaws on the atone lions! m- brightly painted trash om have bmn put

en subway platform and penalties intouneod for thee who do aot use them.

For several week art full of potted plants have been cruising about the neighborhood* lb eat of the hyseiwth alone is worth having on pass* There are vepy few faster 1lilies in the florist hop but lot of hydraaga, sala# tulip in pot end the usual eut flower including quantities of yellow alia liliee* By creasing ay nmk 1 discovered that one small asala was priced 112. % qglek oalculatlos ma that I had seen two and a half million dollar worth of & salens in Charleston* however send thought incline e to revide that estimate upward.

Monday I had a very interesting conversation with a young Dutchmen itemed 3eotg* ' He wee bom la Java where hie father me Governor, Ftrhaps hi mother was Javanese or
maybe it at his recent tay there which gives hi kin the diatinot tm. He ay that the movement for independent la Java existed before the Japan# sasupationf they built a the condition they found and th movement tea now reached ueh proportion that th# Dutete will have to ask an gsrangMnt atifnotary to the pepulaticn, many of whom are well *dtt#*(ted and capable of elf-government This condition of mdmmemmnt dee act obtain ia asugr of the other Dutch Xadi?# islands* The Hies have control of the cities but the Republican* completely donate the interior* It will be a year at leaot before thing quite dews thai white era live in safety en the plantation out in the country* Alec there will be bloody flare-ups* Boot am hre by way of Holland where he feel that the government fully realise the situation, but mny of the people who have so long live! with the pride of empire in their hearts resent the thought of SSptilatlam* There being no school of Journalism ia Boiled hs had th# choice of going to Germany or coming here in the let thirties te cob^Ietc hie edwestlen* He preferred to come here end will sen be en Amrisen It!ten* He served in cur Army and also with Dutch forces with .Arthur.

Frieda tftley finally got fee. ok from Chine and came in to * how her hai'Cee were of doing eeme leeutring now* Poor thing she broke her arm in Shanghai and after doing what he dot out te do ia China for Benders adgeet gave up an opportunity of going to Japan to fly baek in a Marine Qorp plane to fill her schedule, only to find that her af*wt had poeipwnad the all until autumn* Meanwhile she feel'that the situation in Maaateiri* needs am iaaaediate airing* Because of her xyeriefisws ia Russia seme ten year age, when her 'Russian husband "dioappeared* Itis very euepieiou* f th# U3&H and i oeavinoed that the Chine# Communists $>re in direst eeonsniecitisa with Messes and either stiffen or compromise with Chiang a cording to the general political temperature of Soviet relation with th# rest f the world* She is on interesting person and sortinly better adjusted than I have ever seen her before, but I still de aot consider her an ebjeotive observer* JBie i very depressed about China* internal pelitice, but mush kinder te Chiang than John Horsey h been in hi dispatch from China* Cur research nan Retiagcr is bit today ehim te be gene until September. I should eerieinly like to be. in his shoes* Poor thing he lira never been on anything larger than ferrv beat nnd ails en a transport out f Seattle for Jheuoghsl.

Yesterday I got into the Church of the Incarnation for part of the three hour services end wn* greatly interested in the group* cf men who eszae together ale in the giile many with carve over their hoed. One wore a white handkerchief edged with laee, and I wondered hew she would keep it on. At Mary Elisabeth** Carolyn and I got some Hot Ores bun and I had wine with a tray upper before going te a very early bed. Thi wa Just as well a ay pet baker had gotten only two of th hundred deten he ordered But X did manage to got five pound of sugar, which i th first I hsv# had her in 3 or 4 y





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hoard litfn reeding *%rpy Setter to Svarybedjr*. In frost of It. Fatriek** ec a gaudy cw

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and 'It. Thomas* the- line of would he worshipper* went up to the next corner and far down

toward Sixth, of pardon sic, Avenue of the Americas. St, Scheie* did not have & line. The

outstanding impression of the crowd war one of maty flowered hate# veils and corsages. That

hy sharp contract appemred the individualist in slack# aeeonpamled by s hetieas m& dLthout

' neshtie, ft war* lovely at svc.*ri #*if wo went t Jay** Sunday School iestsr service takin

Bssty deOeai|?tnbcut four, with us. Ihcy sat in Jey*s class and we in a hack yew. Jay report

thai ':'u#ty responded to his prompting, veil and fecit or stood when he should. In fact Busty

so enjoyed his first experience in church that he begged his mother to let him go again.

When we get heck to the house Freddy sac very engaging la hie hospitable petting of chairs

and ready mile to indicate where he wanted each person to sit,

Use other day Brooks fariinpton who fcsd Just returned, from Chungking i.c.rc ho had beer with Off erme tc see as. I was especially interested in the tale be told of 3,000 navy mm ir China. The firet group set ue weather station# from Tibet, aeibh through Mongolia end liberie. Their report were radioed, to Chungking, then to Pearl and the fleet bnsv vV-nt Frcifie veethsr wuld be fcoicrt it iappened. Tits* they set up observations posts along the Chin tenet sad by the sme radio eysteal reported ncveatentc of Japanese shipping. That vac useful end then they went into training Chinese guerrillas te blow up uribgos and ran into trouble when they didrupted'some Iseal blgshot's opium traffic.

At the FPA Board mooting Wednesday night James Grafton Sogers told us about his reseal work with Commission te supervise the Greek .lections, lietonally he thinks the siac tion# were fair *V that they did a good job. The &rkc were very anxious tc piease and to eonrly with the regulations and suggestions of the Commission which was composed si British, French *m Amerleens. For obvious Fisssns the British played m irconspieuous role, there wer^ few Vsneb sd they b-d. no equipment, so tije bulk of the leadership, and supplies had te be /sKorieew. The bulk of the 10,000 villages whiofc cvmpripm Oreeee (there ere only three cities--At bone, ^elonike and letree) has stiffersd badly. The greatest amount of destruction and resulting Mttmss in the villages s&se aft^r the dernajns begajs weakening their hold. The guerrillas of the resistance, 3.L4M, same out of the mountains and attacked the village people whom they aeeuset of cells berating rlth the Cormens--in many eacee on very dander grounds. The villagers applied the ancient Greek habit of declaring these of the village be participated against hie former fallow villagepa outlawed and struck their naaee from the village registration rolls. :Th interesting thing about these outlaws, whs ef course consider themselves grert patriate for had 'they not given tip hose to retire to the mount, end hairy the Germane and were therefor entitled to punish those whs stayed behind and we with the invaders, are largely sapposted by retiitt^rees from members of tiieir family who carry on normal life 1m the village with in any wvy sharing the punishment meted out tc the outlaw.

Wednesday X had lutiefe with Pierre Frederin mm back te town and took me to luneh He admitted that he could net explain why, #5en the rest of Europe swings to the right po litically, Fjrvnae goes to the Left. He it very troubled about his country and says that the gcvaratasnt m^hinery is so rusty that it scarcely moves at all* Hewly pis gFese Is be ing and# in trasportetieii amd he hopes herald# *n Imppcvemsat in industry, Meeawhile many have money some of it gotten from the black market. Food sad shelter absorb the entire salary ef the overage men, Attached to the tneriean. army as s Journal let after Bay he has travelled widely in Germany end says that in many sates the centers of cities are shambles

industrial pimats did not auffer too badly.

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A chill, raw day with promise of rain -- hut at least It is not snowing as it lid one first weekend in !%y when I sat out for the summer at Bsyport! Itw# has boon another flurry of activity about sailing the place with tne prospect offering cur price, Mfeg&C we had meanwhile decided that we had probbably set^ the figure too low! I have temporarily di entangled from him this aoningi though
bagged so to eonnuxileate with hlei again#

mon Freddy started Ms lunch he suddenly started ailing "32--ah* eh"
Co lolly telephoned *. and I am about to go out for the weekend and help the* ant a steak" and a roast of l*b, which she miraculous squired by dint of much striding is.line* We are probably sore conscious f food now than at any ii *a thy i-aet four years# Between Hoover's trip and LaOuardia' demands for IH4HHA, it will soon
he meet -nti-social looking for anyone to look overfed.

1 have a new and delightful boy-friend--a Cseeh who appeared this morning
to wadfe w window* foor dear, he thought th^y had not been done for five or six
months. Actually I e*nt remember when I have boon able to get anyone to a the outside, though I did personally wash the incide. The result is appreciable more light end a feeling that my living room has been extended appreciably, r that the
neighbors have moved closer#

Yesterday I lunched with Peg Tofcift who had a remarkable tale# hate in

February she had a letter from friends asking her to call a Gememder, MSMR

had just arrived in town from convoy duty la ihs Pacific, a naturalised eitiscn of

Danish origin who was using hie accumulated leave for a trip to Menurrk to see his family and"would be in Mew York briefly. Snjoying (l) a pretty general nervous

breakdown Peg vac not even seeing her own frifends at the time and was not hospitably

inclined. Half heartedly she celled hi, declined his invitation to dinner but

said he might come and take her to the homo of other people who alee knew the

family f the letter writer. He came, tall, attractive bachelor of 45 and they

went on to the Cannons# then her early bedtime came he insisted on taking her home,

the next day he telephoned celled her for lunch before he lori fes* Mnmever # ^ Jhe

went and enjoyed him and he departed by the night train# Monday na c. ra

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bad not reeeivod* lb letter asked her to awry him and eail on the Gripeholffl for

Mormy m the coming Saturday, who cays the Banish mind works slowly? he poetpened filing a couple of times end finally left si* weeks after they first met

with her promise that should would marry him in late June or 3uly at ^antucket

si!ere she tend taken a hence for the summer* It is curious that Ms Mrtnoa.y * & the eras as her first husbands was , and the first gift tfcat sob gave hor should
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pleased with the whole proceeding and says "Mom, this la the beat thing you hav

ever done --except of course having a"

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war did not achieve* t m afraid that the proposed legislation wHX threw a 1st ef

liberals lata gwatr labor sympathy without realising that such Measures would newer

IMPS Imm enraisd HAD. WIT s few labor leader* besom evsrlnfls1st sad sssrlsd tfeetr

cohorts with the* Thursday afternoon I wmt over te ay bootblack is Grand Central

Station cit sis e*deek* less thsn there wre mmy people standing about hoping it was

act true* HI the tracks were posted with hastily written placards reading *Ail train

service saepemtsd until further notice** Oalferaed trainmen steed in the comers of

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lasts ef would-be

travellers surrounded by luggage steed about* none sat sa bags and Munched erad^ches

or hones of smokers rather In the attitude that they expected to ride out the strike

rt$i% there* One young nether with a jrear did 4 lid had gotten a folding their and

rat under era of the placards with a rattle of bags beside her* is I passed a sees*

photographs started to take a picture of then* but proceedings eras delayed chile

she pit the babes sap hack en, his head* Friday vehicular traffic in ice fork was mad#

1 got stuck In the middle of Fifth Irenes with a policeman Hie empty htsc truck cf

the 3ea Cliff fire Department passed us in all its shiny red rasplendsxsse* the rap sad

1 agreed that it had probably beta used to haul OOMIHW* to tcsn* Fertuaately 1 onl y

had era nesting Friday end the apcafcar drove fmm lev York to irovideace. Today there

era a epeclal Meeting la Springfield dene in cooperation with the %&*& Ursaderatisg

Gsapany* Stirling Fisher end John Sorter finvent of the State Departacat iUm up* the

ether tee speakers# both Coagyeesmsap had to be in %shi*ntea eayeay fer the Joint

Session and so they spoke fran there* It might have been a peat deal worse for rat

This scene is have been my State apartment w*efc--liondcy 1 lunched with John

decide of the German and Austrian seranie Section* He had corked these fer sight

months before his appointment era eoefimed^first he era aosuscd ef being LttftiehwLth

the docuasntatiaii tint he had rcetar landed several people ef "pinkish" character fer

raplsyment* He took no part in the fight but let hie sssoeiatm take rare of it end

serars he has no ides she era considered "pinkish** Then that charge era equaled but

his appointment could not be rsetrarasded bemuse he era a "Hud* en the FBI records*

.hen thai era locked into it mm found thai this conclusion era reached because he era

found to be ra Hud lists im WWL possession listing those she received publications from

the Third. .*#!&* The charge era withdraws ehen It era pointed cut that ra cracrt an

Geraray in the FFA research staff prior to Pearl Harbor he had te read a lot of stuff

erdeh h# did not empathise with* 1 can't help but wonder what the FBI thinks about

ra en the ran# grounds and how they square that with the rasher ef time they sera te

me to tell then about *11 sorts of people they ranted Inforation about! <Jo n. is work*

ing like a dog and net very optlnlstis ever the opposition to letting the Germans keys

anou&h industry to buv the nssessrav

from abriMfi md the rdectuanss of the

four to supphrt Hie Germans indefinitely* It is part cf sir raying two different

things out ef the opi oaito COMERS of CUR mouths at the mm tine* Thursday I lunched

with Jhet H liens she is attached to ths Amertcaft delegation at U$l* He LA liaison

bctveee our delegation# the State Sspsrtrant amI sis# the iffl Secretariat* 1 gather

that he writes a GOOD many of Stcttlnlne* ^EECHES* 3IET is rcscnsiled te Imvi^ TA#

HI hers# rasr# he frars that all Hie srall countries and nest ef the Mg rase will assign

sntsrataratc ait in the chairs end holler for Ida national "'prat laureate* te rush up

frra Jrahiogtos te mka ray Inpertaat epeeHi* 4 hahit which ran easily lsad to stulti*

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has bou#it a boras at Great leak*

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Gh wee! A registered letter this morning from a lav firm informing m the owner of this building will not renew ay lease m ha intends to altar th# building far hi person! use* I don't believe for a minute that ha i going to live bara at all hut fear that tha CPA will support his log&l position* The one curious thing is that they only talk about aat rsfieslag ay lease--they daa't actually go a far as spying this i# mn aviation notice**
Monday ai#rt we had tha first of our two recaption for tha ttnited Nations* The special pierfcs war the members of tha Security Council and half af tha Saeratariat* It seemed a good idea to hav a sarias of small dinner parti e firot and 1 was assigned to tha Suataoa Seligman** * who ha^ Quo Thi-di i tha permanent Chinas# member who was the presiding officer of tha Sound I a month ago* Ho la a nice littla man who rove&lod himself In conversation to ha quit anti-Russian* Hla wife ia a victim of trachoma, which ia so prevalent in China and vary jelly. % keeping ay eye on th watch* I managed ia gat my group down to the Pierre in good season for th nine o'clock receiving line, the FPA members shook tha hands of kVatt* Minister af Foreign Affairs in Australia* Hersshell Johnson--03 deputy delagate to tfeo US* Dr* Quo* Ooaar Lang--Polish delegate} Mr* H.sluek-- Australian dalagate and a couple of our Board Members. From there they were token to little "nasi egg groups- around Stettinlus, Arthur Swaataar who is assistant to th< Secretary-General Ho and others, finally they drifted into tha ballroom proper where there vara chair# and wo ffmiMf later had brief speeches from Stattiniua* dho warmed staff hearts by giving the FPA a wonderful plug by saying that ho thought we wars doing th boot job of any organ!tation in the field and that as a business man ha had bean a member and also me a govern ment official* Tha papers plakad up his statement that the US sua In tha UN ad in "far keeps'*. &vatt with hie bread Australian assent had net oven been invited as ha only arrived in town that morning md expressed a desire to attend but ho mad a plmmml little speech. Adrian Felt, a Butch member of the Secretariat amusing told of come of his problems la housing the delegates and their families. Alexandra Fared!* the French resistance leader who has recently arrived ta serve as chairman of tha Security Council made a graceful statement with a geod dad of hAmour in French. Than ta ny great ear* < price Mr. Ilka announced that one of tha fascinations of tha San Francisco Conference and the sessions at Hunter were the translators and asked th dean of that group to translate the Fared! speech, which ha did. I was delighted vith that unexpected de velopment as those translators are superb--thy gat Just tha right nuances and infl action * *rkinc from brief notes they must have prodigious memory. Imthew got a loud round of spontaneous applause for which 2 was delisted
Wednesday ve had four Weiss Journalists under th# sheperonage of a- State Department man in the office for a while. In response to our questioning thay said that th great problem of the Swiss now is whether or nor they can Join the United hations md retain their neutrality. Thqr are very troubled about article 43 pro viding for the <juetss of military ftrees from the member states to bo available In cms of need. Th Swiss people themselves will decide in a general election whether or not to join* They love their neutrality but realise that they are going to be very alone in the world if they stay out* and probably eeenemieally isolated to a yf^y most wnoojafort&bi# degree. Later winifi^d Hadsel and I vent to the Overseas Frees Club luncheon for Tarcfcianl, the Italian Ambassador who asm out with seven strong points in Italf* favor which he considered essential in a pease treaty. It vac interesting that the too other epeekere Allen Dulles* who as head of our 093 in Svitserland had . resolved the original overture from the Germans re their surrender An northern Italy and LaufhllH Gurrio dodfed ornamenting on the Ambassador* e point beyond saying they wore fin people, needed food now and that ve should also grant Italy a loan in our own economic internets. XML ten bom presided* nearly bloving us out of our seats with his gustinese and getting pretty tangled up in attempting to be humorous ia his Introdnetions.
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99 ^U3r# ^ ^ihe loot minute* almost* arrangements far the second of

reeeption# to the MU4 Motions* but with a newly dreamed up *>eeial do MI Juno

^nrdvargasy of the signing of the US Charter* be ore getting a whole map of State

^opwrtssest pe^l# at the adviser* level to toll organ*atl*l heads the targets at which

US foreign *<* is aimed* through the UK machinery* for the next four years* The doy tiao

eeosieng wdil bo Climaxed lay Senator Austin*o first pitblio epesch as bead of the U.S* Solo*

to the UK, This speech will bo bzvadeeet* though wo doa*t yot knew over what aet-

work Ao a result of oil this Z elimbed into mm of ay "sweating ambers* sad went down

to tbe offloo for o while this morning* It due wonderful -~ao-oe there but the cleaning

wenen end the am to polish the fleers and tbe phone only rung three tines* It is bard to

rmmbsr that last Sunday afternoon I wrote letters on ay knee ee as to be as disss as

possible to ar open first

test aifht I bad dinner at eight with Maria en tbe terraee. lbs wee filled with apolo

gise--her buteber had em lasab ebep and ens port chop* She socked then together and wo oath

bad half of etch and sailed it tbe latest in Mixed Grill* Jhs is very keen about the story

wttio - ; i the had told me of her second brother9! life end was good enough to verify

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of tognrlan life about whieh I was vague* frsn ay eeavereatieae with people

this week I fear the piste has little ehanee of publication* but I should like to have it

aeeurote before I polish it for submitting to an editor* I understand that ths institutional

advertising on #tich mega dues have flourished in the pest fsw years is drying up sal editors

hsve ths Jitters * They ds net kasv whet their reader* wast sad are very troubiad by the

trade rumor that .loaders Digest has lest a allllea elreulatioa* One alee hears that Itopers*

roeeivee eighty unsolicited manuscripts s day*

.adnoeday we bad a nesting of the IT *ast 64th Street teaanate* Zt was reassuring to know that with our sesupaMy tkrotoaod wo oro united la regarding ths blase as paxadiss * that we ere willing te fight together to stay sad shall got legal counsel to help us to do so* It will prsbebly be a long and very tins wnadag operation but ths fast that we hats an infernal organ!sation*la which I appointed myself as rseordlng sesretary* for mutual help is all we eould hope for at a first meeting. I did learn that tbe OPA will not grant eviction notices until they are satisfied that the new owner needs the entire house for hie own r*sier>ee and that sueh an evietlea gives 6 months actios* whieh in the event of la* ability ts find other quarters is renewable for three month periods* That is cheerliqj hut mono of us are content to go ea with that ussoertalnty* And should OPA be abolished thai preeeedure will be lest ts us*

Monday night Z went te a dinner given for the British MUlstsr of State Philip fioel-

Beker* h I had net soon for about ton years* Tbe pieee do rooiotonoo of tho dolieieus

food

*!* the oompeny twenty-six awn* three women and as* I only know ens of

ths ether wesson* Ame 09litre MeCoralek of the TOSS, hut lc/ts of the men-- John Ghapaan

of jusiaeee **&* !!?. Kaltenbora* Mil Shirer of OS3* George fielding llot* Joe Barnes of

Si* MT HSEHB TRZ2K7H5S* Profetsser James ? %etwell* Clark -iofaelberger* Joe fhilllpe of

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who brought me hone and others whoa you probably never heard of* There was on

hour o very lively conversation which began on the table-wide level with the its ereaa*

Keel-Baker9* answers te our questions were off-the-reeord md both skillful and Interesting*

*oe Jones of TZKS UTS AMD TGKTVm acted no a devil9* advoeate The Russian policy is altering and we eon hope for aero cooperation fas then* Ths Social end Keeasmie Geunsil*

#iioh has gsttsn s wwy poor prise in its surreal seesiens* Is ths lift bleed of the Kg#

It should push along to agreements m Transportation and Ceamtiaieatlea and Trade* which

should not be too difficult* Then ^fcile everyone is hamoaletie tlM central problem wf \

Gomany sen be tasked with nations in the habit of constructive multilateral arlisn* (I

me oaased te find ee little support in that group for the miter l&pptm eritieiea of our

polity in relation ts Germany*) It is possible wMftk$ for free trade te exist in a world

where taenia eentinuee to operate goveniasnt buying for polities! purposes. Zetland9*

herring eateb deal with Auesia was srgusd pre and eon/ John vanderCeek is a Utile nan with

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I learned who he was. He is so different than the face I had conjured up from hearing

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Th evening broadest mentioned a trillion peago note being circulated noe in Hun

gary. I feared tliat inflation there wa running into the astronomical stage, The letter

from Lasalo de Kamerer a month Ago had 640 thousand pengoes in stamps, the one on Ihurs-

day ha*4 eight of five million each. Imagine 40 million for a stomp when my reply will

cost me 5 cents! I paid 3 pengoos a day for a very decent room at the Hotel Hung&ria

whn I was in Budapest. I am sure that I was on the river side and had a bath, but * was

in my room there so little that my recollection of it is rather teasy ^d it mas twelve

years ago. Anyhow for eight pengoos a day 1 had a bed in a good hotel on

dorsa. ^ e

wrote on May 18th that on the 8th and 10th he had received parcels mailed on harsh Iflah.

It is curious that the medical ae sent by first class postage was two days longer in

transit that the parcel post parcel of food. The parcel I have just finished wrapping

contains a special little box of sandy for the sugar starved son.

Last night Vera took mo see the Old Vic Mayers in "Uncle Vanya". She gave me my

choice of that or Henry IV, part I. Never having read or seen anything of Chekhov I ojm

Una. Vacy. and Ml delighted that I did, though X understand the critic.

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nthu.ia.tie about it a. they were of the retainer of the repertory. It mas besutrfully

performed--Laurence divier as Aetrov, Ralph Richardson was Uncle Venya. I liked eoyeo

Hedffiaii as donya better than Uargaret heighten as Tama, but maybe thai was because - olem

1. luali a dti).i Hi. costuming and .tag. properties wre delightfully late nineteenth

century. It was a great opportunity for mo to have Vera to explain typical Ruesian oharae-

torirta, the social trend of the period and oo on. I'm not our. that I learned anything

that ail hap as to handle Vera, but th. play and h.r reaction to it wiU be useful in

understanding h.r. Before th. play she dined with a. at th. Golden Horn on what is supposed

to b. Turkish food. Hi. last time I was there was with Traey Phillip, and s. he hae lived

in Istanbul for years, I have hi. word for it that the food is pure Armenian. Lot. sail

it -w Saetern Ld 1U it go at that - the menu is just llk. the Baghdad

*alf a

dosen othere where I have eaten with Syud tioescia, inean Rihani, .to. -e had on. t -lag i

have never experieneed before. It looked like oomething wrapped in oiled paper and well

baked. It turned out tc be oheeae in Multiple layer, of tissue thin pastry.

At the United Nations reception Geuvener Smith of the Cunnrd Li.ne gnv. ... u-1

to the announcer instead of eaying Mr. Smith" with the result that ho went down the lino

as Governor Smith and everyone pusspled about what state had a omuth.

tellings,

one about my unhappy apartment situatibn and eaying that our great ray of hop.

it mas going to be difficult wo hoped for th. owner to groove to the

that bp mh?

needed .even apartment, for hie personal uee. The eone-back was no gh

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Before the MUM reception there was a dinner for eighteen nt the Cosmopolitan dub. I

would not leave the offiee until almost six and had a breathle.0 dash to get bone a..c dros

and get around to the Clpb by .even and then the guests of honor Henri laugier and A. .

Owen did not turn up until twenty minutes of eight. Butat that they were hatter thaaS r

JMnaswaml Mudliar, the Prestddnt of the Social and Economic Council,

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special guests at this reception. Sir Raaaswami telephoned at duart.r of five to say that

he bad had a fever and all day hoped it would leave and he eould be with J~hut, aleai , no

it still pereieted. That was much tee late for us to got anyone dee in hie Plcec. y

th. devil did he not warn us in the morning and wo oould have .aught u. an anchor *

ward. I am beginning to feel that the United Nations personnel are irre.pon.iblo individual.

Vet* ie giving a cocktail party for some of them Vedneeday and want, me to help '<,

a Tenants Committee meeting at six and am afraid I will only get to her per y

tend the guoot* home*

Sunday was a perfect day for th. family barbecue Molly and Jim gave belatedlyt?'Lay,,, birthday. Both the boy. are fin. after their swaelee. Jay had a fiaM fay vrtth jhelma^and Gal te add to hie ball team. Freddy 1. too yeung to play and very .wet about not bothering
the game and without trouble Muses himself out of range. It both*TM Molly ean bite their big toes and he cannot--but console himself that his fstner oann either. I had a wonderful day and got as mush sun as I dared in view of the ferial party of Vi"dy night, *ere I felt I should not appear looking like a looster.

me.

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Jwm 25, 1946

^9ir/ to be late this week, uad probably duller than unttl* Friday half an boor before y train for Ssyport left, X had to tall Cel end tall tola that 1 mi hopelessly tied up in the office and aoioit to# low with a efeeet sold to go before 3atu*di*y at bast* Actually 1 414 sot got ar fren the effiss until alaoat eight hut was eo eaii&usted that 2 got a vary long nt#tfa sleep* aturdey was hot m& hnt4 with a waek swathlne and 2 ml oat on a alow Min train, long before arriva 1 realised that ifcile rootod aonewhat ny tld wo* wot gene and 1 had all the ahum and eoelal gross of a brass nonkey. Molly, Jim and tbo boys had uaespeste&y gone oat that waning and wo wore quite a party* is had several ssenle on tho ooath pofwh *4 a thoroughly nioe thw Obviously I did aot got a* oath work don* ao 1 hod hoped, hut node a otort and woo enebantod whm we stopped to find thars www six lordly oapty trunkal W Oriental popios had hleonod, tho irio, nawdesuo, daffodil* and peonies a* wall a* tho lilios of tho volley shewed eigne of hawing node a bravo dhow by thanodlwwa* The eerise stock, ooiy p*1* and ha&cysuekie arw Just beginning and soke none snail splaoh of solar and eeaat* Tbslm and Ohl had dene a fin* job of oltoning tho house. Tooterday and today ham boon hot and sunny, whan 1 oano out from under tho waltor of wort in tbo effiee to actios. Ttonorrow io tho big State Soportet-U*ited Motions Shorter *Wk ^r, bat 2 shall bo glad whoa it la ovorl

Z suppose there io always a first for everything and 2 got m osawnppmiisi a week ago Sunday dun 2 took ny porool to tho Foot Off loo. It woo nine as* over weights there woo nothing for it but eariy it hone and entrant d twelve on* tin of lunch neat and rowrap with an eiMo or two of paper stuffing whort ths neat cfcould hove boon. Fooling that it n* stupid to who two tripe with caw porodl 2 whipped up a second, ooaawhat --ill or effort to go along on tho eeesnd trip, tho elsrk twoogrdted as, and allowwd aa how tho weight wo* oil right* Zbon X handed in tho seeond and ho ewyared addroeooo and asked if both parcels wore fron the sono sondera a quaint prooooditro a* V signature appeared on throe different fame fsr each-- end then oimounood that only mo parcel oould bo ooat per wook per sender to a given individual* People in the Una booano helpful end suggest that 2 una op husbands nans as tbo ponder on tho soosnd, 2 thought of whanging tho addresses to Mrs. Vbmorsr* And ended up by oanounalttg that a rule wns a rule and those devisee sore only boating tho devil around tho bush and toted tho seeond horn hone again.

had another tenant*o nesting last ^Odaosday and ore now oenvineod that there is nothing for us to do, but uneasily mit for further stops trm the omot. m shall have another nesting newt Tuesday, then 2 think wo any ivy to bribe bin with aero rout from all of us to lot us remain fsr mother year* After it wo* ov*r X senttied up to Vera*s to her seoktail party* Franoes ierkl&s had wmpoetotfLy turned up and left before ny arrival, evidently tho hod a fine set-to with J*dsim Ohinlunti, vioo-prosident of E#H Mar/ whiefc 2 regret having adased. It aooand a curious mnMnatiwii of inportanl people in tho OS Hlemeshy and young shipper snappers. Had a alee chat with lauginr, lOla* Fmrodf (** arrived very late in esotraot to her brother who loft early to go to the Louis-Conn fight) and ay old friend F*C* Chang end node conversation with oone of the whlpiespttappers and wives*

A recent letter fron Charlotte Hurwt firm Switserland soys this sinter In

Europe ho* given her on enjoyment of staple things fsr tho rest of her life--*! shall

never see nCU, butter, white broad, honey or oil again without positive enjoyment.*

*Soiiserland SMfiirlnbio*

U honest, dull and pretty, is rather like Sir husband has gained twenty-five pounds

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Paris in 3oswsr. $p had Just returned fra* o businoso trip to ibrts (tho Aasrloaa

jo umalist to when she had rented her opartmet hod stopped paying his rent in Feb*)

Md reports *food is ooareo, oven in tho black norbst , end it is slightly unpleasant ^

to be in s cigarettes

lend whpo anyone and wine, and the

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be late ma I#U be at Btymrb--the dfearXeatea fewIly due there July lA

Tt&s seems a wry somber day to me--the last of OftI unless Conferees peaces a

mimcle* which they have given no indication thgr ewre interested in. And the

Blklssi test! I hew always regretted that ee developed the stem boatb ad deplore fie

number ea )m continued te ad in the past aedbci tWffi demonstmtienirmipelivw

of what it shews to be the effect en chips* ie not likely te holy position in the works

Meat oouatries fear aad hate us ear and is ay opinion thie is net the petal is wmM

history to follow the Lyautey formula *A ehov of foree avoids the uee ef feres.**

It ie incredible that eo many things could conspire te soke our United Imtione day en Wednesday eo mush mere oasgOieated than it need have boon# ill along 1 talked in tome of ita being a hot day and on Tuesday net the eenfemaee neon chairs including the 74 secured for the doings te take Jar* of ndeaatege of any possible stlrtng of air* la the first plase the houseman from l&detoa Henna mm a grant neay chairs in the yeas Wednesday morning m*I decided that he dted net add those a bad arranged te barrow from them* with the result that we scarcely had persuaded hie te bring then up before the early birds began to arrive* Being unable te secure a lectern en Tuesday at the re quest of Mr* Lancaster* Mm ana tm preside during the morning eeecieot Z inprevleed mm out of the wooden telephone book rack and covered the beeke with blotting paper* even adding a refinement ef a cardboard lip tc held MM papers in place. well* W. Lancaster had so folded hie papers Mat they would act stay put. However* every**** eneept the remois for whom X had gone te considerable trouble* uoed the t*aiv/ satis factorily! Just before lunch 'Has lent had a violent nosebleed end temporarily retired and left we with the neety feeling that she might be here do combat the rest ef MM day* After loach M rallied and carried on notably* the buffet luncheon table held glasses ef tenets# jules* bowls of saldd aid pete of coffee (dth Bullion oupe-- Hair poured two oupc and handed then to Mr* 4 Mrs, Francis BusscU frow the State Depertwent with the imitation *iMUHH yeu like a cup ef coup* just at the woeaa t the arena ef Mie coffee reached hie nostrils*) Being a wane day everyone took oner* nous helpings of MM salad* and the attendants rushed cut tc replenish the supply in* stead of saying that chicken patty with vegetable would be ready I* a moment* -y the tine Z got down te the dining men the situation was temporarily completely snarled up* In due course everyone made a nueh better aeal than they had expected* ty the tine I could Hit dose Z found a plaee next to Adniml Hlofaaead Turner* USB* American miniher ef the military 3taffs Odnission ef US. s had a nost amusing conversation shout motor* lag acmes the country with dogs* *he Turnsrs have Japanese epeniele Miidi htm pretty much severed the globe* Hotels hem eberge 41 per night* in Bwitoerlnnd 1 franc. ahem we got bach upstairs for the afternoon session we had to oopo with a testing of fire alam gongs, (the fire Departae t fearful that tha recent save ef hotel fires would hly H*T. had ordered it and the hotel management insisted they eculd net postpone it fcr our sake. Fbr an hour UUs farter triad to aute the dleng ef the nearest gong --there tan ns wgy of telling either hew long a given signal would last aer the length ef toe inter val.) The speakers found some points of their remarks applauded by ringing bells in a most micing wmart DM dinner nt the Waldorf went off with no wore than MM usual incident* despite the fart thai the hotel had uaauthorisadly issued a press release Indicating thnt aU the people at the heed people would speak. This thrown tha UtTZ^A into aonplete confusion end ens of their people argued with we en the telephony for ten Minutes. Anyway the press treated us very waU--petheps because odgen Held finally appeared* very late* we weds the first page of the Bsmld Tribune* had a fair story in Mis WS and a good one la the 088*38* AN 3CXWKL; MoBXTOa.

The heat persisted threu#eut the week end dk/ny eU I en getting JiatheMr to emek the congestion in nr Mseet awl run smaud with a sweater to wear in air condition ed places. On Thursday Z honestly did not ears whether school kept or not but went to the office because Jeeey Andrews cans down free Hartford to see as. we had n delight ful luncheon at the Brussels and then stopped at tha aid Jiitelaw tssid house to see the Theatre de la Mode--a fascinating collection of ndssiatrue models of iinris fashions* Th slothes am fhacinatiog* the sets are most interesting* imaginative aid skillfully executed. Dm costumes are complete with shoes* m*& gloves* pamsele* hand bags and reel jewels* Friday X unexpectedly went te the early shew ef ,MAna end the ling ef 3i" at mdio City with Chrelya Martin* which we greatly cmJoyed.



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P*fcap you ahould eu#tea|4 yourself to ay new routine of Mas lot#* X moke no promisee for the future exeept to do ay boat# Hi thenmoter roads S2 but a X paid ny bdlle n fa admit## ago tb perspiration dripped trm ny fa## and foil Ott ay up# And X den#t look for eooler weather ta;edi tely# Tootorday X axpeotad ft talegrsaa fro# dove laying *han tbo van with their furniture would arrive. Bene ooao and ia tb afternoon anil tho substitute offioo gill brought dirootly to no fortunately. imtmd of to ay secretary to open. tb# oeoeud aOl# Part of it woo an envelope freo Caere# Tearing it open eagerly X found nothing. Xfc airwril envelope only told me that bo bod been la Charleston t ?t30 Sunday afternoon. <&ea no further word wo at hon*# X put in a all f or hin and finally talked with "Undo Billy Lueas" and Urthata nether# The tarn had boon lata and understaffed and did not leave until one ovolook 80 tho fsadly worst to Oroonhill street for tho traditional Charleston throw o# clock dinnar and astuaUgr loft for tho north at feur-fifteen# tfr. llowton esid that it had boos fin until Sunday vhaa tho woathor turned o*oruoiatU|ly hot# X an 00 oorxy that thoy will bo driving in tho boat# A oooond aimail today brought tho Sunday lottor with on apology and tho Liondoy dotwlopoEaonto# I gueoe thoy won't arrivo until Imnday and tho furnituro not boforo Blhy or Saturday# It had to piok up pesoessione to bo dropped in inoblngten, Annapolis and Brooklyn. Hither aounda a thou# July in general tmnof <r tin for th ifcwy#

Boopit suitd treatment to drain ay head* it aoonad bt to devote Xndpadao Bay t solf oaro# The proeees holyod and X acntinuod to pamper ayoelf Friday until 4i30 ohon Obi mm in th Ohvroiet to piok no up for a hrt weekend at Bayport# The ear. which daapit it ag ha only gono 24.000 miles. om to roaoat it long disuse. end sputtered at anything war thirty# :%mily a diagnosis told ua wo naodod a now gasoline punp and wo war# referred to Boh"# flag ogtabltohwowt turnod out to bo for uoohaadUal eanaibalisn and wao perfectly fassiaeting. Ho had Ant wo noodod but tho part wao out on a truok waking a roadoido repair and wo dooldod to limp along. 1# auppod on tho way and arriwod boforo nlno with a beautif# aunts*. The lattor did not daliver ito promise tho nont day -- wbioh wao fbggy with woak sunshine# Sunday morning at breakfast wo watted tho vip of gray fog ourl aorooo Batkins lawn* but it oomo off oloar finally and eventually wary hot and dry# X an not our*. hewvar, that tho bad w and up for th Oharlatoa family a th lat poooiblo mint my not bo imp wha thoy arrivo# tho garage at Sayport did not hav tho part wo wanted and X an afraid wo war# indolent or optlnisti. or perhaps too aboorhad in #at w# worn trying to do to think of tho poor tonpormontal oar. Aft#r wo had gono fiftoon mile# X ouggootod that wo faunor hr by stepping nt ovary possible plnao to onouiro about port# and baliora it or not on tho third try wo got a Bui# part <otei# flttod aid also praatloalXy doubled our cruising speed# 2vn at that it ai after oloron on a vary hot night hn X got home#

ill winter X dream about tho nm without prooouvo in tho offioo whoa X own

do all sorte of thi**## All of a euddea X realise that X have thirteen working day

before toy holiday and I on Just boglmitnf te do tho owner job## The pressure #11 be

on full blast a soon a X gat back# Xt 1# not a happy realisation# Perhaps you will

bo anuood at two littla tidbit# wbi# have reoontly *# W my* H.f# EaXtonbom two

rooontly givan tho Treasury Dopartaont** Silver ^atfal hud for patriot! orvio curiis^

tho war and i reputed to have written asking if it wao far hi iaoeea tan payne^to or

ear band oaloo. Janee H# Fkre# veteran now# photographer and

tly

died# Aa he wao hmrery pre#dent of the Ovmea ^rooo Club its quarter# are filled

with sorrowful eresaent and taleo# 10 190X he reeeived a jittering nedol frea tho

Shperer of Japan for hie outotaading eavesego of tho B*tee-J&pee hr. Tar yoare

Hare troaoured thio deooration. #at i until Paarl Harbor. In 194J ho offered up the

trophy for rooaoting a an award to the firet A#fioaa flyer to bonb Japan, (baly t* an

did he loam that the adorer9 gift wn of boeao.

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Perhaps you should acoustoa^ yourself to ay now routine of being 3a to. I sanke no promises for the future, except to do ray best* The thomoiaeter reads 82 but as 1 jmid my Mile e few minutes ago the perspiration dripped from my face and fell on ray lap. And I don't look for cooler weather immediately. Yesterday I expected a telegram from 31ewe saying when the van with their furniture would arrive. None oome and in the afternoon mil the substitute office girl brought directly to me fortunately, instead of te my secretary to open, the second mil. Part of it was an envelope from 01 eve. Tearing it open eagerly I found nothing. The airmail envelope only told me that he had been in Charleston at 7t30 Sunday afternoon, i&ien no further word was at borne, I put in a sail for him and finally talked with "Uncle Billy Lucas" and Marlbate mother. The van had been late and understaffed and did net leave until one o'eleok. So the family went to Greenhill Street for tlx traditional Charleston three o'clock dinner and actually left for the north at four-fifteen. Mrs# Newton said that it had been fine until Sunday when the weather turned excruciatingly hot. I m eo sorry that they will be driving in the heat. A second airmail today brought the Sunday letter with an apology and the 3:onday developsmpstb. I guess they won't arrive until Thursday and the furniture not before FMiay or Saturday* It had to pick up possessions to be dropped in VAishington, Annapolis and Brooklyn. Bather sounds as though July was general transfer time for the Navy.

Despite consistent treatments to drain ay head, it seemed beat to devote Independable Day to self care. The process helped and I continued to pamper rayaelf Friday until 4*30 when Del came in the Gh vrolot to pick me up for a short weekend at Bayport. The car, which despite its age has only gone 24,000 miles, seem to resent ite long disuse, and sputtered at anything over thirty. Finally a diagnosis told us we needed a new gasoline pump and we were referred to MBbM. Hie establishment turned out to be for mechanical cannibalism and was perfectly fascinating. He had what we needed but the part was out on a truok making a roadside repair and we decided to limp along. We supped on the way and arrived before nine with a beautiful sunset. The latter did not deliver ite promise the next day -- tfuioh m,s foggy with weai:^ sunshine. Sunday morning at breakfast we watched the wisps of grey fog curl across Watklns lawn, but it came off clear finally and eventually very hot and dry. 1 am not curb, however, that the bode we made up for the Charleston family as the last possible moment way not be damp when they arrive. The garage at Beyport did not have the part we wanted and I am afraid we were indolent or optimistic, or perhaps too absorbed in what we were trying to do to think of the poor teraperciental car. After we had gone fifteen miles I suggested that we humor her by stopping at every possible place to enquire about parts and believe it or not on the third try we get a Buick part which fitted aid also practically doubled our cruising speed. $ven at that it was after eleven on a very hot night when I gat home.

All winter I drtwpn about the ausnar without pressure in the office when I MB

do all sorts of things. All of a sudden I realise that I have thirteen working days

before m holiday and X am just beginning to do the suimaer jobs. The pressure will be

en full blast as soon as I get back. It is not a happy realisation. Perhaps you will

be amused at two little tidbits itiich have recently come ay way. H.V. laltenborn was

recently given the Treasury Department's Silver IMal Award for patriotic service during

the war and is reputed to have written asking if it was for his income tax payments or

war bond sales.

Jamas H. Fiscre, voteran news photographer arid journalist, recently

died. As he was honorary president of the Oversea# Press Hub its quarters arc illed

with sorrowful comment and tales. In 1907 he received a glittering medal i^rom the

Emperor of Japan for his outstanding coverage of tha Basme-Japanese Jar. ;or Hare treasured this deeoratien, that is until i earl Harbor. In i#42 he offered up the

trophy for recasting as an award to the first American flyer to cc^i Japan. Onl> lb en

did he loam that the Emperor's gift was of brass.

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July 16, XM

Mouuc f 'j $kme>>

hast year it rained m St. Stithis** 2*y and w had tb ssot appalling

wet for week* MI yesterday MI largely olu4y, it did not rvixi and today

has been on* of thorn wocderful bright, crisp, MM day that M lif seem

worth living af**r all* I begin to think there ia

in th old boy'i

crura on those bo moved hi bona after 111

Tb Mawy family arrived eafely m Timrdday and art fine* The furniture did

not appear until six on Sunday but that mm a rainor natter* Sunday fee Franco

Hag*s thirteenth birthday end bar birthday camera waa in the am but being a

yotmg lady sow, he understood and had it befora the day mm don anyway* lb

a mora concerned at not having the shoe eh anted to ear to eburch. lm

as enhaatd with 3t* Am** &nd itb Mr* Bond and van before we get in the ear

took a poll to oo if the root of the finally would support hia ia hia detera&nation

to continue thaw* He now declares that no cotter where they finally find a bous

ho ill keep right on goiag there* Young Kin feet mm in tb boy* eeetioa of the

and looked adorable, though 2 could not e that b sang veiy audi* flint

there 1 so ch reh school during the sussaer, I would not b surprised to find &*

trying to get into the ehoirl It is certainly good to bat then bank after fit

year* I worn* out after dinner Friday and had heard nothing about their trip when

MAlf and Jiet arrived with new that they bad lined up a heme in Fraeport* 3atura

day mcrwlng, before w bad finished the breakfast diehee, one of Sieve* e oolleguee in

iho Hdlsoa Ooapany telephoned that he had lined up several aero houoee in Fort

Mibiagtea.

w rmtimd from ohurob Sunday Jim and Jay had arrived and had

new of till another house in Fraepert* 'Xhelme* &nd Sal an a Smirday for th

weekend and J wet befor dinner Sunday poopl trm Charleston arrived and v ware

eleven* iiartha and X vara vary audb pleased with our weekend hopping, especially

a th only thing w asked for and could not get a soap flakoe, and 1 did o

yllov laundry oap in th aooebd hop wo went to* 1 was very interested to find

that the price were no acre and sometime* lee than ifertba bad been paling qbefora

QPA died both at th Charleston super market and at the bavy Yard Cteasleeery*

wb haw just had another tenant meeting ra 17 ?*t 64th Street, this time w had the vuneal of a member of th HY Hani Estate Board* Ho asserts that th owner ha bitten off mora than he mm hew, that He* York tat Housing Hani Socmlseion
1 everything to us that the GFA was and mora too, ineo Governor Bowey i very
anxious to protect the householder* ile practically guaranteed that w an remain for another year or two* After ^orld Mr X housing and rent controls lasted for five year and he is sura they will be ffeeitv longer this tins* There 1 fust th one eloud on the horisoa--the owner an Viet one of us for hi own occupancy* * 1 like t think he would be a fool to put mo out and climb seventy-two steps every
tim b mat boms* Wur is wim th shaapset apartment in th building, so it i un
likely that he would pick on me because this place would bouse him at least reduc tion to hi total ranI*

I m very busy in the file* doing necessary but dull things* However, last week
I had an interesting conversation with i*S* Hart, th military correspondent for th Ho io J not bask from a quick trip t England (ho is Kngiiah) and
Poland and during the war mid tvjfo trips to Ifessia* He is quit sura that Stalin know hi political life 2 short* Itadar the trass of rar bo made too many oonceeeion to the General, gsv them too much power, and eanaet now take it bask* H spent a good deal of tin in th 8wr M end assert Met tb Arab played ball so mi vdth the Gemmae, end are mm accenting money from th I&ssians, that tb Britiah Aimy which ued to limy up to tha are completely against th Arab end a far as fbleetin i jonoemed, pra-Ximiirl, a complete right about fa* He pereeaally aw a British intelligence officer near M. Alamoin trip tb bouraouse ff an Arab and leave hia in a full OmtmM field unifcrm, even te boot -- vhidb had tipped tb aet-up t tb ffleer
n-m already knew M he MI looking for* Interesting if txu X mist do a little
booking*

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A week ago taaoriw. and leas fern * week after arriiaX. Caere sailed

to eay that tbor had eettlad on * heme Aa Freeport and the firet paper signing

mild bo m Saturday# Shay

the day la torn on Friday# both

and Hewee find eoaalatere nmmry but dAwine** A abort trip on tbo euomy

mmtemm .mm* At la tee bet and arawdad. It me gmaAimm theyj*em

Friday aa they drowe a at with ihea* ^e mat throu^i tha nldtewn tuanal

wfciah eeemd my flat ta all of a# It 1 nasi aedem --one

i>^;ig

ike eleetrie eye oonirM of lllimimtioa mar the satraneee. On euimy daye

those Ilgbta. ara brl^iter than on Moudy nee to help the driwre eywe adjuet

ta the general tunnel lifting* Qa the way out we leaked at the Meideef

the bona* tbay eeleeted* It la lit a good neighborhood em an old atraat abaiaif

by Harass ^ laa ablflb neat warhead* *bAXe a new *4*w bom*" It ia la

nooeaadtlt#loioSt labuebpe*tsnitti&balamb&earnemaoye*moplSismhaedtkIlnfgM b It ma aaherahlng hatin

tow war tba weekend but I *lf>t under ay ueual Baypmrt blanket and we bad *

flna time*

Qeody# goody* Shday I ma finally deehargad a bodag as rniah aw ay eold aa I would ba a Xaag aa thAe current hu&ddity keeps say siau* eiirrwd up* Gerry1* edsadttoi for y holiday ma to gat aa uuA raat aa o^u^u but not to gain back tba arrwml pounds I abad with tba noaa-kloMsfc bout*

m&t Ufa em 04th 3tr*ti Sim# it ma hot and pouring rain Ml

yaatarday afternoon I decided on tba early Ohe* of "A Tank in London and a

lata Ji nor* the nowle mm wry good and I enjoyed it# though it has its

diatinotly tearful aa wall aa hilarious omenta- Malaxed# aooloa nd iiot

sleepy I road for a Mi -- longer than Z should--and had ay pease shattered

about addnight by a oraab sad tinkle af falling gLasa* hy gueac ia that son*-

ana in tba building en tba aomar of liadisca Araaua triad to Jtsaap or ma puahod

trm an unapanad aindow--in tba bowlag tba natal aaamaait

bug maaij./

owar tba atraat* Unally I got to aloop and a aouplo of hours latar ot- Mdo

amka* iltlla I lay thara woadaring fey I abould taakaa* Splaabl on ay knaa#

dura anougjb tha roof had sprung a look right oror ny bod* I mwod tho bad and

thoughtfully rOaaad a plata to aatab tba drip, tumid out tba light d iMa

prwparaci ayaalf for aloap* fingl itngl ?** auapana# mm

tba ami would wane waa too nuah for oliadbar* Altar mN|bgi rtoM aMorbar

for tba dzwpa. tba raat af tba M#t ma Mtbaut inaidant aa far aa X ma

Iba atbor day I bad a latter fwm a am aba ma at tba BiMM a**lM

test with this vomvmU ba bo^ toat waa an mrtraoaXy interesting ahow* T -

ing to power,

the but

mm! aoboM rather I bora a frightened

than AAF# I take a din view of Urayiab feeling about tba b^sab

^a inpaat vbon

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uaod against wore "profitable targets'* than arnorod

Una etfear dny wa had a littlo off loo ;^nrty

*siaa

fomar editor of tba old V :umpm llowaUo also ma ia Parla throughout tba

oaoupatien* i .ar amlyaia of the blaok market wmi naat intaraatii^g*

mm 4mi&am& it ta undamina tba Frmmh by mking it inpoaaibla to sustain

Ufa on mmt mm aould gat fron ratioidng. A Mmgry and daaperata people.fail

lata tba trap* After tho last war tba nouvaauz rioiiaa wort larc^

mU jant whiOb tbay had mm?tad to fill nuMtiona ordore m iblh tlmy

wamd ridb. ^ow tha noumau* riefcaa ara feaiTdreaowa# ^Ita^ara. faetory mr^era

and all manor of fonaar mall mga aornara* For la n faotory - rl-ar ua-

gyalad fifty kUUmatm into tMi eauwtry rar the woMmd# bou^ii aa mifli butter

aa ba m&i rnrry baab to sell at may tinea his mgea fr a

bwl wet in

tba faataty* Urn ami weak ba mried only a ooupla of da^i. imd a n^a liaouraly

trip and bad a few day# aff ta beat and atill bad Ma aMttta*

tha death of a gawndnether* Ma Mfafa baring a baby# iUnaa* f a diild# ba Mmyw

baa a

anaima for Ma abeeaee* I mndar bow ba eorera ur

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September 15, 1446

As you may have guessed volume 5 of Chit-chat ended with the 44th number

eo this is the beginning of "volume 6 which will no longer be weekly if I make two

a month 1 shall do well, I suspect. As you know, the US Navy has completed the dis

gorging ox Pratte and we were all at Bayport the bulk of the summer clearing out

the house so that it could be sold. Martha and Cleve and their two children were

there from July 11th until September 3rd and then came back for the big move of

their goods and chattels to the new home in Freeport on the 10th. Molly, Jim and

their two sons were there from July 27th until August 25th. Gal and Theima joined

us or weekends and I was on hand all weekends and from July 26th to August 26th.

Je were a houseful but we did the job we set ourselves and precious little else. The

weat ier did not permit much swimming and the possessions did not encourage social

activity. By the time we collected six copies of the "Rubiyat", a couple of shoe

^oxes o.i pencils, a dozen pair o scissors and as pany pen knives to say nothing of

four wooden or lacquer writing eases and at least four leather travelling letter'

cases for example no one wanted to do anything but have a bath and some dinner. We

managed all che papers except a great packet over a hundred years old, they are saved

for a cold winter nighti

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After that I have just put in a lovely weekend trying to sort out the treasures have brought to town and trying to find resting places for them. There are still a lot of books at Freeport and some suitcases of miscellanesou itemsto join my now overstuffed quarters. We ruthlessly sold four truck loads of "items* and the house is still furnished--but praise heaven the attic and the barn are as clean as whistles.

,, me

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tMr.a^seTLr(AF"t"{ts1

* g0i back to the office :ir successor had been secured

and

the
that

director I was to

in charge, told inherit part of

worfc t.iai .ies Leet had been doing in a general office re-organization. That I

Soulc take but half an hour later my assistant announced that she had taken another

y

. np8 forviag in two weeks. While I can survive without her personality, it

t0 have 8truSg--e^ with her for a year getting her to the point vhere she

ought ,o really be helpful to me and then have to start all over again. There is

one applicant who impressed me favorably-- a German, Christian refugee who has

ef; "rci ,fr ' en yQarB* She is a graduate of Putney School and Hunter College and her father used to be the dean of political and social science faculties at

jckardi and I think I 11 hirethehe*rifttozim8orderPow.sad hlm* H.P nam. is Ursula Maria von

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Tuesday we had a private luncehon for thirty three for Count Sforza. The

Italian embassy took the.part very seriously and in the absence of the Ambassador

frora ,ne country sett the Charge drAffaires and the second and third secretaries.

_ _ ' 060,1 39-Ting with ..vella, the third secretary, and arranged for b-im -to bring

Sforza at 12:30. At 12:40 the Italian party arrived without Sforza and I could not

stir them into any concern about him for almost twenty minutes. Eventually he turned

J'V''

tor one. In view of his age, his disappointment in not being at least

prime minister of Italy and the strenuous mission he has just consisted in South

American he looked remarkably well and was full of beans. I was particularly

amused at the way he treated Italian colonies--Ethiopia and Albania were Fascist

crimes and obviously do not figure in Italy's future, As for the others, they are

of o use to Italy, but it is essential to the peace of Europe and the well being

of the people living in Lybia, etc. that Italy retain them.'. Big hearted Italy.

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Just far fur I put my thermometer in the sun Just now--result IDS degrees* Be wander X m hot* % only unseasonable --but especially irksome tM m 1 have poison ivy, hives or shingLee* As yet X am professionally un& agnesised because of extreme pressure in the of flee, which ha# kept me m tfee hep until d #tt end seven o* dock several nights this week* Gems the weekend patients suffer while doctors grab a needed weekend out of teen* I em devoting the day to hone treatment*

Yesterday X one in the office In the awning and then vent to a luaeheen at Teen Hall Stub arranged by Shot Hlliams as public liaison of flew of the US Dele gation to the UH* lie purpose was to give information to epsakors on interxatiottal affairs on both the US Delegation and the UH. is X suspected it gave aw a good opportunity to make friends and influonoe people and do a little business on the side* Andrew Gordier, administrative secretary te the Secretary General with whan X have baen ha correspondence mi telephone oomainieation for voeke, told of the agenda for the fortheoralttg General \eemgibiy, which they expect sill remain in cession until Bee*?* Later Martha* Glevc and the children stopped here fer a few sdnutee after the Jfevy Dolumbia football game* Hatumully we were all disappointed in the H&vy defeat and drowned our sorrows in sokes* last weekend X spent from Friday evening to Monday mewing with them* Sunday mas a damp, gloomy day but we all vend te Ssypert te grub up seme lilies of tho valley, peoples and iris X wanted to put into Martha9 o new garden* The shift from daylight saving tine caught up with us and the early darkness led to heeling then in instead of planting*

Incidental isstolligenoet Someone in the Shanghai Polios has gone solor

tenssloes and eons for the an edict that all fire apparatus must be pointed red, mili

tary vehicles yellow, official ears black, private motors light blue, etc* X hope

there le plenty of paint there*

There must be a shortage of poll uniforms in

Hee York, for our force le supplemented by 800 rookies dressed in khaki shirts and

trousers with a white am band* They have no hate, but regular polls# badges, belts

with bolstered revolvers, oto* They are especially charged with enforcing the now no

parking regulations in aid-town Manhattan*

Lord and Tfcylor had a very dressy

but Inaccurate windew display showing patrons leaving tho Oeleny Hestaraunt--<the trouble

nee that all the wemea naxmcquins vers hats* Vhcn X was there fer lunch a fee vceks

ago, X me struck by tho fast that at least half tho women in this ultra mart and

expensive restaurant were bailees, and the trend was net confined te the yeunpiere*

the new dlrector-ln-charge ef the FPA, Jsmes Grafton Hogere, is a very interesting person and ay first reaction is favorable* Ho ernes in for a couple of hours every afternoon and provides a rallying point for decision and action* Ho is roomily back from London where ho vac going over financial rehabilitation of tho Oontral European countries* 4 few months before he was on th# Tripartite Mission to supervise fair elections in Greece* Xn the Hoover administration ho was under secro tary of State sort recently van in on the initial stages of cur biological warfare plane--but evidently broke with FfiR * Still in the mr Department he shifted over to the training for military government preoooduroe* It X understood a casual remark correctly he feels that all the difficulties they expected bo develop# when the US Army got te administering mmy territory turned out to bo just as bad and uapredl stable as they feared* A lawyer by training with experience In education (Yale) with large siloes of public service he has a vide acquaintance, but X suspect is going to be quite successful/ in keeping In the beekgretmd and net using hie personal emmsetieme for our benefit* Ho is interesting and wo shall see hew it works cat

Had a talk Thursday with Blair Belles ho is just back from the Feed and Agri culture Organisation conference in Gapes hegon--he is very enthusiastic about Sir John Boyd Orr end the general conduct of the FAD* list so keen dtout trans-Atlantic travel at this point* Ho How ever, net a new experience for him, and eame back A the Jehn Krlksen and felt himself fortunate te be in a cabin for only twelve -- and have a berth to himself* Most cabins had twenty or more*..four berths in a tier*

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Well, it w pelsen ivy and I had tw weeks trying te keep from serateklag*

Hit worst patch** wer tanfiaed to wj wift# with splotches on hands nmi ike Iznytar side

pi' both upper ras nicely plated ta rub against ay body* For tct days or more I faa

round viiii abort sleeves md severedI with lotion. Deep!te the stuff Carry gave a to

kelp m sheep, I'd be up &a aaay m thrm times a

to souk ssy ynaa lis starch water

md apply mors lotion. ?ov I em' trying it oil up the dried up, roughened skin and the

irritation it almost gone.

After I bad finished flfclt-skat two work ago I ess la such a fine state of Jitters that I smut down to the of floe and writ trirto 1 tor &tomst ths October 191L forum wkieh vnt not going at all v/all. I ao*t bar you with details about why we were ten days lat in going to proas not how X finally pullad together the flail pagren* We Mi bad a stremieus time in the office. This week ay time for getting home ha beam betw&en eleven and aid-night, so I ma badly disorganised here. Two night in ssession X needed to buy neperl* --but all the drugstores in the nei&tberfaooti w cloned by the time I get up town. The third day I had the ait to got my supply hen X want out from the office to have dinner.

Thursday the people from the Branches arrived in force for rcundtablea. I

ocnduetsd tea in the morning and mi able to include everyone in that any* Wham they

wect off to lunch 2 ate a sa&dwicb at my desk and got thr ugh some business with my

oolleguee before rushing up to the office of the bmrlmB delegation to the rJU for a

special conference Cbat l&lllame arranged for m with members cf the delgation. Thirty-

odd branch people then piled into a Grey Found feu for a trip to see the Flushing *eo-

dona find Lake iuoces eetehUshnocit of the VH. Due to a bus strike, Qreyllouad had

important a driver who knew nothing about roads, and thing# looked pretty snafu for a

while. Too of our people had' forgotten ooats and things, which 1 seat Wok to the Dele

gation of fie to collect and otose upon a Chief Patty officer assigned to the Kilitojry

Staff uoior pool--eo dth the US%ty to the raaaue --we doped out a routs which a bus

eould fallow -- the to mo normal method being barred to busses* X scuttled back to the

offiae for mnuikthm with throe haBftOhos that did not mat to see the sijjhts &e m-ih

as they wished to talk about the season's peakare with ^e. F Idoy we i<ed more talk

in a general amnion in the morning, a buffet lund's cm for tlxm in the building, and a

general aomion on fiasmma in the afternoon. (I squoesed two morw

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special oonaultfiticms into th afternoon before we wmt up to the luatcee Selljpnn'c

for cocktail. } In a lull when I w&a not presenting Br nflh people to ti.e hostess,

^uataee took mo aside and tdd m that he had refrained from tailing m before that

John Foster Dulles was 1 the hoapit 1 with a very Wd enrbuiuda on hie neek, but weuid

leave lane euoujj to ss mo down udc the lundieon <9p##in for us on Saturday and return

to the hoapit I f or fuore pauielllin. I ms glad to be spared agoniaiug over that

longer then ueceiia&ry. Friday ui^t we had a cosy dimer of seventy at the Coi*peliturj

(I neither h d tiiiis to dree for it not any dessire to as by that tism I had to sear

long cleaved blouaea under tay bast grey dressmaker ^uiti as pandering to tiie ne) 4iero

wa pl'^ed up in briaf speeches the offiaial family ha had dams things in tha summer.

Fram the Oa&ird of rireetorat Jsoaas 0. HiDmaid told about the Anglo-Ameriaan Oswetaslon

of Inquiry on Palestina end Jmas Crafton legem about r.ngl&sid in leptemberi from the

staffi Slalr Belles spoke- of the Food and Agriculture Crganliatloii tanferenea ut

hagen in late August end early Septsmbar md !4nrrenaa K. Eordagar (di o had aaethar

ape^i earlier In the evening) told ab^ut China as he observed it this eut ~sr. Thm

ve ere heurd Secretary Tymaa radio spe^ah and so home to arrsiiga tha place at-rds for

ha bend tsble ?md my table at the Saturday lunahaon.

Satarduy storming I ^-'afc straight to the tlalaorf hare wo. had a tp eaial student # ow at ton o'ulock on tJi Atomic hra. "Hy Culbertfon we used a belt to get the atudata mud Donald Andrews octod si moderr?tcr over a panel of etudR is from Bcltimora, Bartf-rd Fhilndalphia and !M Tos^e sdbcola* It ana quite exciting with the youngatera bui?ati? ^ith more questions end opinions than could possibly be heard*' Culbertson who had to fly up from "brib Carolina for the session ima profuse in his thanks to ue for bating v c. ;Tio# to take peart, while I am grateful to him for fining it up dth bin agent % >-

free tot be walXy get* aiwna hundred dollar for* Mln sent nwtd tot

be Id# sd we were to #:o i to luaefe with him lbs hotel presented * ieeaaiesl

;.>rhl#fe; Cue U the demands of labor, the radio bad a problem to pfeetogrjhers mated

special J###* of people* a eersage was delivered to an, to|*aiae people meted it grert

me or to 1# presented to saneon* else or ecnsult mo about asntoias* <.e waited es long

M I dared for Jr. MUee d then at got to- lad table tested. I and# m appearaase at ay table ;*ad went out to 'the elevator to wait for Mr. Dull#. % the tin 1 got ^

busk with Mm, everyone hub finished thelS malon tm& was halfway thru hi efciekoe. Cullee

wee good--but the penaeemin wad# Ma# stretch cut tb first part of his speeoh md

deal dLth too much detail on to agenda of to Cmntl Aeeemhly and &om over almost

to li#ily hi Hews m Ma&rlmn foreign poller wfeieb ms tors he war suppeeed to put

bis nax>tiui>In to Am his sdvaaee s^y hs had mm* very in&ereetisg tuff. Perfe&pe h

got it fell to-1 had to 1mm before he was through to piek up to sr4ora to to

afternoon eeseiett, torsohel wtom arrived in good aoasen without his prose eopice

(Mis Gordon K,sso* telephoned to the Delegation office aud had twenty seat dew hp

sp-eeial ^*senger so we got these i th# gross table before Johnson g.< eke--pretty porously>

Deaidie to thorough searcfei of to SdLdevf bp a to employee ths fifty copies Johnson

soot a# tho day before vsrt not discovws4. II w ebjeet that they had bes* seat to

the hotel instead of to off is md X euFet eoaeeae* fato will buss toerrow if not

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X w$*& sutsids fitiuholsosd his speedi is direstlag to defeases release hunt. Chsag uaa

grand--poke with aotss got at least four spontaaaeue haad# dusing his spessfe sod lighten-

ud his talk with nie bit of hujaor-fcr awl *1 should like Is give you ##ststion

frcfej Ceafusious--not in Chiaeoe though it is one of th sffisisl U#ytf>i - the Xrdtsd

Htosast I shall not iuistst.^ X m.u toushsd tfeut ho had Ms elder brother--to Oistto

guisfeed Cbatag i o-llpg --osms for th# mmioib ad asked me ts see tto he was takes ears

of. I could only tsunsur a few politenesses ito plop hi dssa at ay table and ruai ofi ^

to do ^y diox-oe. l&mrrow I toll bv a gret laaay thank you letter# to write to to

nd ends "to do with the pious hope that the deer # will be cleared

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ret-rn to a lees harried routine.

tout four o'clock on Friday I got & telegram from the sua was to apeak on the 14th at Cincinnati tot he m si ok to unable to go. Jingled idth to things tot had to be dose I eliminated half t doson possible substitutes and landed a couple of alternative possibilities. About Mlf past si* last night X telephoned OiminmXi to oroke the new# to U*<$ and am to know by nine tomorrow morning mtm om they prefer. _

the ma isfeo ip buying Beyport--Sir. Horn is very nautioue to get a quick title passing.

Is started t get a Long Island lawyer whmb asked for tasesnc in "e^ "fik

m or#

delayed because our deed sfeous the IZaaane Creek a boundary u^d actually it ie now ths

canal. I muet hunt up blue prints to additional pops** aid Mvo a ssnCerssss with

Lou fettijf tomorrow &lspitoo. X hop this does not turn out to be a monkey wrextda

I was ecercely available for a persona1 tclephene Inst week.

2 was fortified for the tmy with a good weekend. Sieve delivered ^1ere# to ss

at ^sdiscn Square Garden last Saturday sad the tm of as mmt to the toes--tore w saw

more beef tuaa we bad soen in & long time. Cona utrny sang to urono# were bustedtctc.

Beth GXevee and X laved the dswaa and had a grto time. s joined 'the rest t the

family ts drive out for dinner n the my to Freeport. dundoy amrnimg I stayed late in

bed to worked m ay pelsen ivy #iile they vent to chursh. Hslly was b^dsg ^ests for ,

'inner, so Jim delivered to small fry late in to alteram to toe supper to ue. to

to# ai pee red in Ms first winter little bey suit -- a blue toriag bene toed with wMts

shlrtf leotlier belt and sap. He unbuttoned his jacket to display the belt a couple of

times and could hardly be persuaded to toke his sap off in the bouse. '"bsy v/cre gscd

cuest* cad it was sweet of Siartba to offer to let Jolly entertain uncm^mbered. CM

and Xbelrna arrived ^.bout ninMMr^ aft or having settled thst be weuld begin

let

trining as assistant gensral ssustger of -feat soaads like a very lotresting eossmiaiiy

prejest at Brmd nad Gbsese Follow -- on the north shore about f crty-fiv toinutes ds'^ve

Cr i"4 "Teeport. An apartment gses with the job. 1 paseed up hi off*r to drive m to

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Tills is mi unexpected opportuni ty to uae the typowriIex* at kreepert and we shall see how far I get. It is a mild uay tat open and skat and no great amount of sun to be absorbed. Bast night we went to a dance recital at Clevee's school after having kad an enormous dinner at tke Blk's Club public dining room in konor of Frances wearing stockings for tke first time.

Wednesday I went to tke official city welcome to tke

delegates to the United Jiations very unexpectedly. In fact I

left tke office witk s little thought or*preparation tkat I

neglected to wear my top-coat and found tke seats in front of

City Hall both ckill and kard before tke doings were ever. Hew-

ever it was very interesting and Carolyn md I were glad tkat we

went, among tke early comers to tke official seats and very close

to us were Groiyko and Viscninsky. ftnetker

all tke Russians for

whom seats kad been assigned did not come or some of tkeir expected

neigkbors did not arrive I do not know. The result however was

tkat this group of Hussions sat witk a "cordon sanitaire" f empti

ness around tkem. A burly individual who looked like a bodyguard

was in front of Visckinsky, who was in tke row in front of Groayko,

yet Molotov sat in tke front row on a sligktly higher levek without

any guard. A lot of people dribbled into tke official seats very

early, Mrs. Hoosevelt wearing silver foxes among tke early 0omars,

but tke bulk of tkem came together after tke conclusion of tke motor

cade parade up Broadway from tke Mattery. They entered tke stand

which kad been erected over tke City Hall's front steps through tke

rear door, passed through tke buiiuing <md so down into tkeir pre

determined places. (I could not kelp thinking how dull it must be

for tke Protocol Division to arrange seats and how bored, they must

all become always having tke same people about tkem.) After a prayer

tke Police Crlee Club sang "marchine along Together" and Marian

andersen, done up in a leopard coat and toque sang tke "Mtaf Spangl

ed banner (she is a syuat unbeautiful thing but even over tke public

address system her voice was lovely) It was interesting to see the

different kinds of salutes offered by Any and Havy officers of tke

various nationalities. Demesne in a uniform I could not identify

held his right hand, palm forward in front of kis ear and tke wrist

angle of these whose hoods approached tkeir visors varied widely.

Grover wkalen, with a great display of blue handkerchief and not

a carnation in kis buttonhole introduced Tommy Cochrane as acting

mayor in G'Dwyer's absence in California, tie made tke most of hfce

opportunity to sell Hew fork as tke permanent headquarters site,

stressing tke large foreign population, which should make delegates

from all over tke world feel at home. As ranking American repre

sentative to tke U.H. Senator austin made tke customary sort of

welcome and told the delegates hat the world had great faith and

hope in what wuld be accomplished for all at tke General assembly,

ypuak of Belgium as President of General Assembly responded and was

translated by Mathew, whom I consider tke crack Preneh-Anglish trans

later--he had a flower in his buttonhole! I was troubled by one

phrase--to the effect that tke people of Hew fork have welcomed us

warmly but not enthusiastically. The implication was that they were

on trial and if the delegates did a good ^ob of work they might win

Hew York enthusiasm and admiration. But it was not clear and one of

the evening papers tried to make some tiling disagreeable of it.

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book a lot oi speech making this week-- the herald tribune Fofim in all its splendid hoop-la* the Waldorf Hallrom was packed to overflowing four times with the lata comers in the hast Foyer watching ids speaker by television and hearing through the public aadress amplification, such a gala^ of notables I General Miaenhewer opened tfie last session and later when he applauded a statement, his pink jowls shook* Mrs* "ike11 wore a plain balck dinner drees nd hud her bl ck hair slick and airoi i hugging in what seemed a most unbecoming arrangement--notable for long bangs with large puffs of hahr high over her ears* General Con dmuts with his silver hair and tidy beard and pink face was sweet and displayed a nice sense of humor in talking about the "spooks" which lingered in the minds for over long* he implied that the "spook of Meorge the drd" still bothered too many people, then he showed why the "spook of 19th Century nrltiah hmpire" should not influence people now--the nritish Commonwealth is a very different thing, etc. Can ^asaryk assured us that although Csecho-slovakia had to turn to nuasia to help fill the export market left by the loss of their former Qeraun customers, scarcely a Czech family but had some relative in the UoA and that the deep affection and respect in which we are held is unchanging ash unchaugeble* Fhilip ho@1 n,.ds.er was superb in his adroit handling of the audience* dohaux elaborated an import ant statement on the development of FrenCh Industry and economy Mr* Ugden held staggered about in his usual state and widely left the presiding to his young son whitelaw, his attractive and able wife and Helen Hiett* a great deal of time must go into the preparation of their introductions and transition sentences--it is interesting, gracious and to the point with out too much time being taken by the chairman* 1 went to two of the fcwtr sessions and can only marvel at the fortitude of the eager beavers who attend them ail I After the Wednesday night session X lured itina hroderick fries to Howard Cohnaon's for one of their super sodas to restore enough energy to get home*
fuesduy night Charlotte muret dined with me* She first time 1 had seen her since her return from prance nd bwitzerlund. Tne Club has been without sugar for weeks but when the coffee was served, the provideht Char lotte dug into her capacious purse and brought forth a beautiful old silver powder bowl containing sugar, which she had brought back with her from Switzerland! bh* feels th.,t things in krunce are improving though the temper of the people remains disagreeable and one is conse^uehtly ill at ease and "en garde"* unco last autumn when ahe and Maurice had not had meat for a week and were hungry she paid yi& for a chbcken. On the other hand she sold half a dozen pair of shoes which she had bought and scarcely used for forty dollars a pair <md tne lucky friends who got them were most grateful to get leather soles at less than ylOO* to pty the inheritance tax on her mother's estate she sold four books for SSM# a hundred thousand francs and was offered much more for other books and china which the dealer saw in the apartment* Maurice remains, a tired old man who sounds rather querulous, at a hotel in Jbaossane, where she is sure he will be well cared for during the winter while sue earnss her living at Harnard.
Friday* being teachers Convention day, Martha took the children to town in the afternoon and Frances luge spent the night .with it* Saturday we bought some supplies for some Christmas ^resents we planned together, cuid she helped me select a winter dress and a raincoat to take the place of the one which was stolen from the office a few months ago* Saturday just before dinner the children got a pair* of identical Maltese kittens which have been the center of our attention ever since* the problem of names is still largely unsolved since my suggestion of "ike aid Mike, they look alike" was spurned* Discipline is also difficult -- you spank one for climbing on the table* in five minutes a grey kitten is b .ok there* Ikt same naughty one, or the ignorant twin brother ?

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luncheon at the Waldorf today where we <coped with Pal astine and in what 1 trust will not

be a vain attempt to get caught up a little on some of my affairs* I'm happy to say that

Khalil Totah my Arab Quaker whom I have used fairly widely in the Branches was very good

and neither he nor Nahum Goldman got out of hand* The discussion was lively and inform**

tiv but they did not agree on anything except that it might be a good idea to take more

Jewish refugees from Europe into the USA* Goldmen said the Zionists were willing to leave

part of Palestine for the Arabs, but Totah was not ind insd to accept. After I saw how

the post-meeting student discussion was going I got invived in an office conference with

Mr. Rogers, Peggy Daggett and Carolyn Martin so it was almost six before I got home with

a few purchases from the grocery.

A week ago Thursday Josey Andrews oarae up and spent the night with me* In the evening we went to Town Hall of the Air as they were talking about Germany* Both J& timer and New York are plotting meetings in December on that subject, so it was in line of duty I was amused at the added bits of stage management that have been put into their preliminary meeting since I was there last. Denny makes the audience practise clapping! As Parian Carter had given me log tickets w did not break out necks to get there by eignt and so missed most of the MARCH of TIME movie they opened with--golly I used that one at a meeting at the Waldorf almost two years ago! K& tenborn and Joe Ale op were for a "soffpeaco and Shirer and Bernard Bernstein for a "tough* one* P*altnborn and Shir or ignored the audience and read their manuscripts only, to the microphone, Alsop paid ua much more heed* Friday I left the office a little after one and got the 1:30 with Josey for a lovely weefcnd at Baltimore with the Andrews family* It was a wonderful and restful change with delicious food, fine music from their new Scott radio-automatic phonograph, and pleasant company.

Monday night Gerry dined with me at Town Hall aid opened the opera with "jLakme".

Musically it left much to be desired, though I liked the new French conductor, Fourestier*

Irene Jordan also made her debut as Lakme's slave* The costumes in general were fierce--

not Indian in color or design, but the second act ballet was good and beautifully clothed--

groups of magnificent purple, bright green and red. One of the columnists described the

opening as a cross between a five o'clock subway crush cuid an explosion in Tiffany's window*

Indeed it ma a very drossy house, beautiful gowns, furs (Much ermine and a lot of ehinehilb)

and jewels. Emerald green sequins on black being popular, also a good deal of whits and

quantities of orchids. Ganna Walska was in white and Gerry insisted that she had nothing

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Tuesday I lunched with. Otto Nathan, who is very interested in teaming at Howard Univ. in Washington the lest three days of each week. It means all his M.Y.0. classes pushed into tw heavy days here. After we had given our order, the Filip^ino waiter bent over Otto's shoulder and said "Incidently, professor, I am one of your students. Foreign trade, tonight." Poor Otto was so upset at not having recognised the boy (he prides himself on knowing them all and I have seen him bow to a Vaasar girl and call her by name three years after the couree) that I asked if he had learned his lesson. That brought an embarrassed- "Not yet" from the waiter. Otto had gone over to Princeton the day before to see his old friend Einstein and commented that he was aging appreciably--far beyond his years* I think it is hie concern over the atomic bomb.
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Wednesday night I dined with Maria and as usual there was much too much to talk about. We ate late and sat over coffee and cigarettes until eleven. She has a wonderful stunt of putting the afterdinner coffee into a thermos, so that we can sip and talk and then have . more steaming hot over a long period of time. 3he is about to begin a portrait of Lowell Thomas for reproduction in TOWN &COUNTRY* On of the catches is that it must be a rush job id meet a deadline for the editor, #10 thought she painted it last winter right after Thomas paddled up to Maria on his skia just as she was about to make a run and asked her to paint him. Another is that she had already scheduled sittings for a 3ronxville/[ lady. Poor dear she is going to have a tougjh time, and she is tired to begin with!

Thursday I went to a Rotary Club luncheon at the Coarao/dore. Vera was speaking and contrary to their custom they asked me to sit at the Speakers Table. She was excellent

and the Rotarians war pretty much aa I had imagined. We greeted fellow Rotarians from 11 foreign countries and 38 other states and sang "Smiles" and "Let Me Oall you Sweetbeatt* beside the Star Spangled Banner and one verse of My Country *Tis of Thee, and had an in vocation by c. Police Chaplain, inducted a new member, eat lunch and heard thirty minutes 'on Russia by /era all in an hour and a half. They are very t@11 organised. >

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a lovely crisp sunny Sunday in i'reeport ana a welcome change frnn the overwarm dampness we have been having# Martha auad Xr&n were -ho --ink in town yesterday and brought me bach with them after un earfy^c
? - i offlee has 8pecial madness chid X worked until three thirty on a aay %f ^ -u rosed to be in# 2he cause .of tlie jam was a thus far > fruitless attempt to get General Clay, who^ is hep to advise becr^ary
,Li,,, di ^enssion of the peace treaty witxi Germany , wo speak c.

ou^December 7 limcheon?

^hf^ter for"

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before the pa Board

J^krvant situation^^the^wages

a break in the Ions W. n they demand sh has had to i

iya Uer household, with the result that

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ue is holfle the dinner dishes with

she washes break-fust dishe^ "

nine son or the almost thirteen

the help of alternately her soon-to-be-nine^o^n^ &

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daughter. 1 aou^t 11 this :ha.p^

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bafore to tue premiere of

evening engagements--havin^ go

complete waste of time and

"The Baser's Edge" which sne ^sorxbed as ^^tithe Spirit", which in

effort. % own frivolity of ***'was .the

Ttrsion. hargaret

mFouvlileerfodromesIa superb job as ton^emduiumSuSi*., aS I have a weakness for hex Harrison,

rrr,he sorsi-et* cfonaili ssttrriik*e makes me, ana X gaTthhoemrasa'sgrset&attemmaennyt

other people, very angry, xhe otx

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that^the dilgii^ ap%f this record may'give a lot of public figures grounds forweighing more carefully their public utveiojaees.

Recently I heard a curious flash-back on the Wallace
i vi > i rient ruroorting to come from the circle of warm friends of tne ffoorrnmeerr SSeeccrreetu'uairyv o^agrioalture.SrtWtBaalnlaf ceorwatshesvoidcies-apprpeosiindteendcytthhaatthhee
was Passed over in ravorfW ^^^ probabiiity in discussing his

Madison uluare speech with the President he gave him quite a differen

version--not^maliciously or deliberately but joet tnrough the habit he

uOQ n owed Himself to form of saying mime3 <mu then ioige u

all

about^them and ending up by doing whatever the inspiration of the moment

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This is supposed to be my early to bed night before tomorrow's luncheon at *

Waldorf--we don't know yet whether we are to have the pleasure o^

I have to phone Vera at nine-thirty to try and work out a mdio recording tha t she is

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* an;drwshenf we w. ere ." eaH go iinS vited beV cause Bhe h. as . rece. ntly. be, en in Germany..an.d.

T U F good article about' *t! I asked Ursula to call up Dorothy thonpson^d pry her

anewer! asked for by the day before, from her. Dorothy replied henry 0. rfolfe and

w---- Warburg-- that* s a hell of a program. I'm writing my column and wiU we my

-nswer -fter one o'clock." One thirty and no reply, so we oallea her back and i sa

ihe 'was roiSg out of town-whioh she might have said earlier we toou^it.

ut in the

course of th! evening Ursula not only learned that she was not going u

IZT she was most royally confused. Ea Hemp n thought that we were using a olfe,

Ranry 0* Z bad been bounced out of a Job in M in Berlin as too strong an dker*

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Fneftnw rjprtv-line and had not taken the trouble to check in Mio s Who -n Amer ea

for verification! So mufc for the emotional Dorothy. I have gotten other wc men w t e

look all HAt. I'm ased by a sentence in Wolfe's advance release which he

if a co^sn sto^in th. Ameri.san Sons in Genaany-". Russians got th. feed, *.

British have the industry* the Americans have the scenery and the French have the ob

jactions"

The tee for the Fusto Risen, last Friday was somewhat complicated by the guest f

honor inviting a lot of people to come without ie

U3. ^ tv!/Vno5TO->cta<Tdid not

held out. Fortunately for my reputation as a pro vider mo ot

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arrive until he was speaking, so w# did not attempt to fed them, a. noa with trie ^

dto3re?ard for time he spoke mueh longer than he was supposed to , The TOcktail party

for the til people on Wednesday was a great successful--though squa.ly racy. ...

wa learned ?hat they were to deal with a very i^ort^ document In

several key people IT evening session

would not in which

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See ef six and the last group of 1* arrived at twenty minutes of ^t. AUttl.

after nine I took my tired feet borne after having helped the cleanly

the furniture. Fortunately I had gone down stairs for eo >_ a. a - ^ have mor#

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t did not collapse from hunger ana nad oeen ra n voo ^

than'on. highball and one little aandwieh. The one inter. 'Jt^ters because the del.-

at the party was that New vork would loose t.'0

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sr*s: be able to also in five years time!

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December 15, 1946 Th discussion of Germany i the Hhldorf last laturday went 11 right and w had a pretty* good press. General Hay did not join us in the Ballroom because he %a btiej with th Big Hire on th 37th floor of th deldorf Th Marian Anderson concert Me very piasent, but I Hound th Gremwooda pretty upsrfc. That aftsrnoan when Aunt Beasi wont to th hospital to visit tha ill msdtrsf # found br bed mpiy md enfr sftcj inquiry did sh learn that lumen was in the operating roost .for an trg-f*oy appeftdeetesy. rh^r foot th bill but mre not notified* Aunt Mary bustled over m& they stayed to talk with th surgeon. It Just adds to their worry.

himdoy 1 -ve..yfc to Molly f,ad USm for th day sud very uneapeotedly we all wait t Bayport for a last quick look, stopping on the way back to si gn the Daeds f sale. Freddy wns full of pop# and behaved very well whan we toppad at th Babylon cLiajier for a quick, cupper.

; ' v eni ng ^ '.*cr--i to th UK (haenC Assembly seaion and "ess very mud* impress-

m ' ; ^ ;'rp physicaj ^rrciigeffients beginning with the painstaking explanation th girl

at if LIKR information booth wide about the train*. Then th ticket Hector on th

trnin pointed out that Hushing Meadows was the second stop. At the station there was

a dus drivon by a pleasant young TON sailer -- which was just as well as the wind was

high end eh-11. Hi wmll lit, seruplously clean cafeteria provided a wide variety of

cod at moderate cost where th public, marine innards, UK spesaii patrolmen members

o- th secretariat ate. The afternoon session did not break up until almost half past

seven, m th del gates had to scramble to get food and get back to their seats for

th eight o'clock session # ich was put off until 8t30. There are also good facilities

;'r

oats, telephones, lava torie and lounges. The UK Department of rublie

Infom-itj.cn distribute a floor plan to & ow where th various delegations ait so it

was possible to identify nationalities as thsy entered Um ohambor in th last isw

iautse bsfors th President (llklk) called the meeting to order. The agsmla bumbled

along with trusteeship matters. I thought that there was going to be some iort of

.vhon 1 noticed Ralph Bunch ( negor member of the State Department d* arged

with trusteeship matters) go up and whisper to Trygvie Lis, whs sat on Spaak'e ritfit

and t isn consult with ofen doctor Dulles--Trusteeship Xpert on our delegation. But th*

surprise was Secretary Byrne speech en disarmament. Mr. Byrne looked very whit, but

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well. Bering the translation into French 1 went bask to th cafeteria

or some tea or I could feel my throat tightening up end as it was than twenty minutss

oi twelve decided that in th. interests of health I had better leave. Ha I got home

I put cn th^ radio and heard 1'eletmv1* statement on the same subject and realised that

^ aad missed 3sra*i But at it m,e just as rail that 2 left then I did for th nest

morning 1 was almost completely without rny voice. as the refrigerator had not been

fiaea sc that could not start, cy favorite ic peek tree trueat 2 managed a fcebl

onvcreation n.1th th office, received Martha and Fran--MI brought me seme Christmas

present a.terif 1 l had left at their house which 1 was very glad to have even ii I did

not have the wit to ask 1bm the questions I wanted to. Between the janitor (new),the

parcel postman,and the refrigerator sendee man I h*d lot of company before I settled

into tn day of silence I nerded. The radio brought me the UH speeches and I heard

th Dulles speed which I thoutf-t would b en th night before and Central Rorul

deliver the speech he had don phrases of for the newsreel bf or the cession opened *

the nigj t before. Ii was vary amusing to see him bow t the empty chair of Bp&ak.

X knew th delegates and secretariat had been on a gruelling routine, but had bea

shocked k riday

to see how haggard and careworn seme f them whom I knew actually

looked ' lea I met ihera in corridors. I was bothered by the way the delegates and alter

nates drifted in and out of the session. Users was continual mremmit-- excapt when

Byrnes sphke. Hien a lot of people who had been out eyas rushing back to take --heir place.

Just new as I drew the shades T caught a glimpse of th advertising blimp drift by th t ierre Toworblsoning the sky with th sasrits of th now Ford. One wonders how many now products will be delayed by this costly coal strike, which did th miners no good and lost them s mush money and good will. Thro ehere for Mr. Rockefeller and tiling where th UK will b permanently.

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December 29, 1946

Christmas comas but one a yearl Which is Just as well for mo* At five minutes after mid-night with all the gifts arranged under the tree at Jim's and the stockings filled, I was still working on the last rounds of the foot of the second sock for Jim* Alas, I gave up and decided to wrap the one which had been completed and finish the pair on New Year's Eve while sitting with his children during a party float he and Molly are coming to town for# Hiere is no getting around the fact that I was just plain behind on the job from Christmas cards through gifts*

Aunt Annie came on the Friday before Christmas on a train due at 1015 p#m. I had warned her that I would not be able to meet her as I had to have that evening fe getting up the greens and wrapping the stocking presents* It is just as well she was not counting on me for the train was an hour and a half late and I did accomplish a lot before she arrived at midnight* Saturday morning brought rain as a change from the snow and sleet of the evening before, and Clevee came in to see us while the rest of the family were at the doctor's around the corner* Despite his impatiense to go to the Zoo he sweetly helped me open the pile of cards and licked stamps on some I had just addressed* Then we went off to see the sights and had a lovely time in the monkey faoue0--which as I suspected was his favorite* The rest oi the family joined us in time to see the sealions fed and then we ate in the deserted soo cafe teria* After a bit of shopping Aunt Annie and I came back and worked like oeavers on my unfinished presents. It was to good purpose, though, for the vetiver sachets for the Greenwoods got finished and we delivered them Sunday afternoon when we went around to call*
Monday evening Miss Romans dined with us at Town Hall and we all went to "Faust"-- not to cheerful an opera for Christmas, but well done and we enjoyed the new tenor , Jussi BJoerling. Pinsa made a fine kephistopheles, and clowned rather more than x remember as customary* Curiously enough 'Faust" was given the very j.irsi> time Aunt Annie went to the opera as a little girl* The office was closed Tuesday afternoon so after buying a couple of very last minute things for my nephews we wem. to Freeport and found both Jay and Freddy with colds--poor dears, but quite in the holiday mood., We had fun with them and then went down to call on the other family* In the evening they returned the call and everyone helped Jim set up Jay's electric trains* At one point it looked as though he will never get the thing arrangoa to his satisfaction *

Hie children were sweet on Christmas morning, not waking until quarter o ei&ht and then waiting patiently at the head of the stairs for us to dress and see if Santa daus had really come# In the middle of the day while the boys rested we went to South Ocean Avenue again and at four they all came for dinner with us* After long consider ation black Minnie once more capitulated to iiolly's blandishments and came to cook the dinner. We were twelve with Molly's aunt, as Freddy had his uninteresting pablum by himself. Poor child, our turkey was so good, too.

Thursday night we went to Henry V for which Aunt Annie had with great luck managed to get tickets* It was bitter cold and wc congratulated ourselves on getting taxis both ways. But half way home the motor just died and we had to get out into the eld wind* Fortunately there was another cab at the comer and we got home safely* The movie is wonderful and I am so glad to have seen it* I stilx do nov see hov Lioy were able to produce so elaborate and magnificent a piece duirng the period of material shortages* I did hear that they used burlap in a lot of the costumes, tut look as I would it was not identifiable.

A few days ago there was a break of ten cents a pound in the butter market and some other commodities also dropped. Retail clothing stores are advertising great sales, yet they all reported greater volume in holiday sales than ever before. ^\The office cleaning woman was given a fur coat by her aoni) I don t know yet ^at these reduction and .alo. mean for the future. Though X incline to the notion that women a olothea are redueed to clear the stock and that there will be a major style cnange in

longer flkirts.

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After X got bone X listened to tbo loot balf of the ".currier" la it* world premier at the Metropolitan# which 1 did not ear# for particularly# while 1 did much needed thing* like putting clean eheete en ny bed end turning th -strces--a detail which Lucille sennet so# -- collecting the laundry to go out and packed too food parcel* far Hungary* Ifcrougb eew freek of miure both the Uecfoiwber bowl of n&reiec! end the January bonl art blooming net!

'Last weekend X use with Glcve'e fatally and not a very good gueot a* I was pretty tired# coughed more then wms attractive ;iid stayed in bed until after they went to church* X was cuppooed to go bask with then yesterday and decided that the weather sweftniille imde it desireable for m to hav a quiet weekend at hone* 'Despite sunshine and staying in bud until aftor noon today# X guess I will not go out today* Tbs children were very disappointed laot Sunday that there still me no opportunity to try their Chrletmui skatee# so we took it out in putting en the. skates end steading up on then to strengthen the aatt.ee* I am knitting wcSX socks for the actual venturing onto the ice*

* bare all been greatly interested in the Marshall appointment# wbidb took no quite by surprise even tbou^i X wondered wfay Marshall ens seating bask to this sountsy* kbr* iogers knows Uarskall very well and says that bs is a book person# s scholar at bsurt jisrd parmmlly would like to run a school or a college and help to "wake ibsh*# Ibis sidelight amre than offsets the sue pioiou on Hie part of om that he will "Militarise* both Hi# government d tbo foreign policy* If Symes Lid to go be selected a very good 'time to step out*

Tuesday noon X lurched with John S* Badmu# president of the Arisen College in Cadre# at the old Murray Hill# TnmsAtlantie flight ^mve ham m delayed tlmt he urrived earlier than expected* rmd I ma spared going to Jbe iiirport to newt bin Mdt was part of the publicity in coanectiois -with out January 18 luncbasm sines that is the first scheduled ouoech. lis i full of energy and infermuiion Mbm X asked him if he bad h d atudcat diifioultics on his oiimpus# be pointed cut that our press ggive a distor ted vus -w Over a period oi* moinb^ students (not bis) my have butted six trams# net Yb caw wickii>t* Furti^itnore the students never riot after four in the afternoon. One of bis ^tude^ta started a bemmgue in a olamrmm agitait iiwiruoticn in E^lisb and was told to sbat-wp by a daoeoaie# who- lben took ili floor tunK explioned that their Instruc tion -us not in Jnglisb but in American# "lbs King sew e great deal of American officers during the war und in &n hour* ccnvwrseticn with liadefeu used a let of Amrlcanissi quite unssnsolous'y--*! tolling you" "XdeoH want to butt in# but* etc* Bademu feals that iim ml-Mle eastern people generally were nudi inrrmsed with our soldiers# their knomhew and that ..e have a very grc^t oPi-ortiMty ri#it now to solidify and build on those gains* La&sis is working hard idth .dissatisfied dsnents qnd there is possibility thai tbsir imlu o# ../ill effect rssponsiblo quarters*

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to do it except on the weekend and last Saturday 'after "being i'h fni o-fico id the

morning I went to Freeport to stay with Jay and Freddy while Molly and Jim went to

a church supper It was such a balmy day that Jim and Jay had gone to Belmont Park

with the other family for a picnic and after Freddy's nap I oily and I took him to

Jones Beach for a lovely walk by the ocean. As the large red sun sank into the hori

zon atmosphere the ocean and the Bay took on wonderful pale blpe, green and grey tints.

The sort of thing that made one long to put it on canvass, but realise that memoriy

was the best medium for no-one else would belief the beauty without having seen it#

Sunday afternoon we drove over to see Gal and Thelraa at Horthport without finding them

at home. The children were delighted with the pigs--the first that either of them

had ever seen. Hie weekend before after the FFA luncheon at the Waldorf* which went

well because of Badeau and hot through the dull description of the decay and fall of

the -Ottoman Empire to which Floyd Black treated us, I went to Martha and CIeve for the

weekend. This time I did manage to get up in time for churcht

Monday night Molly came in and we went to "Traviata". I had the feeling that the tempo was too slow and in the first act a decided lack of cohesion in the cast. We both enjoyed ourselves and Bjoerling, though his voice lacks the fluidity which characterized the Italian tenors who used to sign Maurice. Tuesday night I was to have dined with Gerry and gone on to the AWA to hear Margaret Bourke-White talk about her new book "Rest Quietly, Dear Fatherland". Because Gerry's mother died the week before I took another of her proposed guests to dinner at the Crillon instead. Mies Bourke-ltiits is very troubled about the determination of the yoi nger Na*is to keep Hitler on a pinnacle end to adher to his doctrines. I have not seen her in several years, she is as glib and attractive looking but there seems to be a lamentable coarsening. Actually she talked much more about IndlA than Germany. Miss Morgan was there and looked very badly, but I did not stop to talk with her and sip sherry, being completely exhausted. The office is in a dreadful mess and I had had a major upset that morning Just when I thought I was going to press with the February 15 meeting a telegram csme from Mike Mansfield saying he could not come, and 1 had to even excuse myself from dinner to telephone Archibald MaoLeish in my attempt to build another program around him and UNESCO# Fortunately it worked and the substitute topic got to the printer late Wednesday# Poor Mike has been in the hospital with the * recurrence of some Asiatic bug he picked on his trip# I hope to heaven he gets straightened out to do a series of meetings I have arranged for him in the Southwestern BranchesI

The office is in a dreadful turmoil over the lack of a president and inability of the staff to get ideas approved by the now very tited and discouraged Board. Al most every day we have long and exhausting strategy sessions in my office with greai secrecy because we cannot afford to let the staff generally know how bad things are# These take so mud* time I stay late to keep ray cwn desk moving and crawl home to bed where I have been reading Shoiera Ascfc's "East River"--an interesting treatment of the Jewish immigrant situation, the exploitation of their labor by their own people in the garment industry twenty-thirty years ago. At least their troubles take my raind off my own!

A week ago Vera used my apxirtment to hide out in and get her conclusions pulled together on the book she is finishing for the Harvard Press -- at least she was not subjected to constant interruption hers and & aimsjjf it was hslpful. A week ago the French Jbabaas&dor kissed her on both cheeks and gave her the Legion of Honor# Ihida reminds me several weeks ago we had a little party in the office to give General McCoy his by-bye present . Poor dear he hoped it would be a chess table but Mrs. T#W# Lamont selected a very beautiful Sheffield tray, which anyone could exist without. She made g very graceful presentation speech and in replying he made referrence to having been decorated by a French General and gotten kissed, so he promptly kissed her on both cheeks# Wiy do I never have my camera when I want itt
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really be accomplished is to he ^eh. Tt is 64 degrees here now- and was so cold that 1 went to bed with the electric beater last night and stayed there until noon

today# At le^st X got caught up *on sleep, which is nice# This has been a busy

w" eek and X "neeHd-e^dV'I th1e extraA# #' ws? r: ir.ulx'r ' x.Ln .--u:.. Mu e,rj dsi'xfr*

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Monday night Carolyn Martin went to wilKHRlE with me. It was i good per formance and enlivened by Melohior's accident* I thought him a little stiff in the jointa toward the end of the first net when he climbed onto the table to pull the sword from the tree# Evidently he caught his sandal shod toe on the table as he jumped from the height end went flat on his face# He never missed a note, though one phrase was muffled while his face was down# I noticed that his left knew had a great dark spot end feared for a substitution when the intermission was overlong#

But no he came back with a bandage on both knew and great toe and sang Siegibund with his usual finesse--though it was evident that walking was verv difficult for him# Fort unatsly he gets Hlied in that act and could go home. Thebora sang Fricka--a

part I have never liked, but did it so wehl that T not only liked her but the role

too#

Wednesday* s snow made me fear that Josey Andrews might not come for the night--but she is a hrdy eoul though exhausted# She recently ran Baltimore's street fair for the rehabilitation of St# L and raised ^12?000. We Had a marvelous dinner at a little French retaraunt, which turned out to be in celebration of her birthday? and came home to talk in front of my own fire. The next morning I put on the news a few minutes before eight# When I got to the office I discovered that kr had missed eoamont about a prophecy of Don's by a matter of seconds# It seeros that he believes it possible in thirty years to have subway trains from New York to San Francisco travelling a thousand miles an hour? powered by atomic energy. For me-- I prefer to see the scenery# Josey moved over to the Cosmopolitan Club end lunched with me at Town House# That afternoon I managed to have my very dirty head washed before going to Maria's for dinner at seven#

Maria's portrait of Lowell Thomas turned out beautifully ana she has come

to like him very much# I only saw the first sketch and the proofs of the colored

reproduction for Town and Country# The actual portrait still being with the reprodu

cing people. She has been not only very busy painting but all involved with the

daughter of a school friend of on of her brothers# Ellis Island telephoned her on

Christmas Eve to ask if she knew Marika ^hrman (or some such name)# iJaria came very

close to denying it but while she stalled for time did son deducing and decided that

it must be the daughter# The child and her parents walked from Budapest to close to

the .American Zone of Austria, hiding by day and travelling at night# The mother broke

her ankle and at revolver point the father ordered the girl on alone one dark night

when they heard a Russian patrol nearing them# Of course, the parents was picked up

but after incredible adventure the terrified 18 year old crossed the rifer and the

Americans shoved her on to Paris# Here she was lucky enou$ito to get a scholarship

for the Sorbonne on the basis of the extraordinary "mature" sfc e had made in Budapest#

This carried her all the winter of 1945-6 Someimte this autumn the new Communist#

Minister of Education in France decreed that Hungarian refugees were reactionary and

the scholarship was cancelled# She cane here on a transit visa to go to South America*-

her fare paid to New York and no further funds# Maria financed hor for a month, got

her a "Student visa" and now the child is at Connecticut College on a foreign scholar

ship left vacant by the marriage of the original recipient. I well remember oitat the

Monday after Christmas was very cold. Ellis Island by that time had taken tier ,aa re

and released her for two weeks--that was the first day Maria saw hwr# She

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About ten-thirty Molly telephoned we -to report that this morning

while Jim was skating with Jay and Freddy (the latter on double runners) and hit

some soft sncw at the edge, fell and broke his leg- She had loft them to run home

and put A reddy s potato on zo bake and got back while the crowd was gathering#

Since Jim is covered by accident insurance they decided on nothing

less than the best and got an appointment for one o'clock with the best bone man

on the Island. Ed. Lumley took Jim ever to the Professional Building in Mineola.

.somehow? Jim got to Nassau Hospital and ifolly believes that he spent on hour and

a half on the operating table, as he was Just in his room at 5t30 vhen she got

there after leaving the kidd with Martha for their supper. (Martha and Cleve

missed the excitement by driving out on the Island to get some miles on their new

blue hash on which they got delivery early this week.) We are not sure-why he was

in the operating room so long with the three head men, for Jim admits that he was

out before be got on the table. He said he 3aw the x-rays and it was a good clean

break of the big bone.

He is in a cast to his fk\nie0e. Molly thinks it will be

two months before he can work, and suspects that he will bs in the hospital for at

least a week. They won't 1st hiia either smoke or drink any water tonight. At

5i30 he was veil doped and frankly told Molly he wanted to sleep and for her to

come back. She went home, got the kids to bed, Martha sat with A&mm while Molly

went back to the Hospital. Jim was still asleep, but was waken when the nurse came

to take his temperature and pulse--in the cheek. Then he was full of beans and

asked Molly to bring him a Weary mile Cake--which she said he could have when he

got home--begged her to turn down the thermostat when she went to bed and generally

acted quite normally. She is sad but not worried. Anyway he will get a good rest

and since he did the work of three men for Travellers during the war and drove for

the Red Cross, perhaps a little rn-t won't

It is curious that ths only bod in the hospital is the one which Maybelle doOazsp vacated At noon today! Jiai wanted a semi-private room so that ho would have someone to talk to--but they only had a private on# Jerry deCarap will visit him tomorrow morning Molly in the evening, and agin on Friday when Minnie is at the house# Clove will go Friday night# 1*11 go to Freepori after the FPA meeting on Saturday to do what I can about baby sitting while Molly goes to the hospital and maybe getting over to see him myself# By Friday he will have a telephone of his own# Freddy is crazy to see hie father in bed with side beards --like a crib--so he can't fall out, but of course he can't#
Ths address is Hoot 308, Nassau Hospital, Uineola, N#Y#

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February 25, 1947

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Wall, it is a long time since I wrote last on February 9 end rather hard to remember all the things I might have chattered about. Lute in the evening of the 12th Molly telephoned that Jim had broken his Aajg skating and mo in the hospital, so I went to bear her company over the weekend. We had a nice time thdugh we did not gee much of each other as I wanted her to visit Jim as such- as my presence made possible, Sunday afternoon 01ewe took Jay and me ovor to the hospital in 'his new Hash--very nice it is too, vim looked very well and seemed fairly comfortable, though getting restive at being kept in bed, I invited myself for the next weekend and said I would arrive in time for dinner on Friday. Taking his duties as "man of the family1* very seriously Jay urged me to come earlier , eo I promised to got there just as soon as 1 could get away from the office* To everyone*s delight Jim was let out of the hospital on the 18th instead of the 22nd*
Late Thursday afternoon our blisaard began mid kapt right on during Friday so m decided to close the office at three. Although it had stopped snowing I left at 3:45 for the 4*13 train* Of course there were no taxis and after waiting in a biting wind for 15 minutes decided that the #4 busses which go to Penn Station had given up o I rode to 32nd and Fifth and sloshed over to Seventh and arrived six minutes too late for my train* Lots of people had been let out early and the crush for the 43b was qua:, to that of Christmas Eve, Finally the gates were opened and wo got on the trains which started fifteen minutes late and reached Jamaica in reasonable time* After a long wait it wae announced that train had been cancelled and we wore all to take the train on the next platform. Docilely I tried to follow instructions only to find it impossible to von got near the door* The authorities changed tnen and order ed my original train to go only by that time there were no seats* Eventually we left and then backed up* pausing briefly at Jamaica, as far as /oodhaven* 3y xito and starts we went forward and backward and by a circuitous route eventually got to .reeport l-\ way of Far Rockaway and X reached the house at l'0145-- seven hours from portal to portal* Fifty thousand dinners we re delayed or spoiled that night but ths people in my ear were good humored and made the best of the delay even though hungry, uncomfortable and tired. (A train hud jumped the track and ripped out the third rail on three of the four tracks servicing the line* Cleve was lucky enough to be en a train which me put through on the on remaining track and was not materially delayed* )

Saturday Jay and I worked on a sncw house and warmed Freddy s hands when Jack Frost bit themM and had a lovely time in the crisp cold. That evening when he was going to bed Jay commented on spots on his chest, w: ich turned out to be ehiexen pox upon examination, Freddy had a bump on his forehea/d which we gloomily decided age more oi same, but discovered next day was not. The sitter was engaged so we went along next door tc a Steak-cooked-or-oh&rcoal-firo-in-tho-living-room supper at the Kenney s, xhe wind had blown the snow practically clear on the lawn between the two houses, so *. im had no trouble hobbling along on his crutches. It was s pleasant party and e ad a nice evening* Sunday Lolly organised th hospital with breakfast ireye for Jim and Jay celling Jim *ih patient in 308"(his room number in the hospital) and Jay "310"* He however has just learned about hundreds and thought it dressier to be '110 ' we agreed not to submit menus for them to check, but for the rates they were paying just to send up what we had* Send up is inaccurate-- she carried one and I ths other* Meanwhile Freddy was full of Mexican Jumping Beans and was into everything* In the middle of the morning Jim got dressed and took over playing Old staid and reading Thorn ton Burgess books to Jay and Freddy and I went out to jfcy* The Wind had drifted the fine now into the paths so I had a chance to loosen the muselob stiffened by St-turd&y1 s shovelling.
Very early Monday morning: Jim developed very severe chest pains, but the pleurisy we feared was rot confirmed by the doctor who arrived before nine* Molly went oif for medicine and to do the shopping while 1 tried to keep Jay who was feeling pretty frisky in bed, Freddy under control, and keep an eye on Jim, in between answering th telephone and the doorbell. It kept me busy for a couple of hours* Martha tock Wee Man for the afternoon ana supper, ad it seemed safe for as to leave for the office,

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Harsh It, X47

imi n long ppsu## h#taca chit-chat*! f##k#.!sd# at Trmmpwrt have hmm th# largo#a

mtfifettiat factor. Jla will b# la th# ai to his hip at la#t until April 1C. St

baa att may 1i th# tMHrt, but thm ar ttritinly ciea# mouthed with "tin in a###>##ry**

im ibtir 1##&. La#t weekend I at at South 0#aa Areas# getting *-- agist up with tha.

Beth 02 eve

"re had been hmwsd with cfildb but war# mil again* k# had pou-Mim

gam# of QftaMl while 6iH wad Martha, west to town far itlllfir "111 th# theatre. Sunday

a* temoon *li#n w# west t# a# Jim ve fcinad him on th front lawn Xesmiag on hi etuiohm

playing hm with Jay. Freddy had broken out ltli chick## p#* and *,# definitely indoora,

do-Ii^hted - shew hit #o#t# to call#r# B# i# going t# b a heartbreak#? if ha #t|tiu##

his ptiMMUli t#a#~-b rushed at a# saying *Attt r*nk, X aleaad you a# much!" lit# ##k

before shes x a# with that* a# had a fily cocktail party to which $sl ami tticlna at*#

a a premature birthday party for Jim. On Tuesday Jolly had a children*# party for Jay--

at^J'ieh all the guest# had had chicken pexi Bjjifgf th# v#k Fran mo elected to the

;:l'> - - .-..v.l Junior

Itol soMetr--Id IMkMMi SS T r it Ml th## to lgni (L#t

ay# r&# b# it# own rfct :'t# Kappa.

T#sierdy Hi te,td our last luncheon at th# iald#rf for ilk# &#* oa.th# Far :a#t.

Jit.# Masai'leid oaii# hp fro iaehingtc and did a very good job--but our public aid set

P', ort^u vary wall and * shifted to th# Starlight Roof because of th# small trod.

is sway and I used Frederick IMn HI## a# eMail*.?! which added 'to th# itnit .

H# if a gvnnd portion and a good editor of Barpaj^a but l!;vn amm to fe# d##lr#d as a

t'drefijfi, Mtormtitd X ##rt^bl#d has# fc##r4

a onatoh of

on th# x^di# r.g

I aUagod ay dro## to go to Oraag# for 4imwr with Mmdm #lX#a CS#t HlXiaaa dr#y

mm out feith hi# wif#t J. Haymo#d -aXsh-th# r#sarafe dir##t#r of th fublis Actios

Crrattt# af 0X0, .-ad ^r. rad 're. larlo# lalm#]i#a. i# i# a a#@t &ttratir# Baliyiaii

dlpl<mt for who I arranged a afaall private Immwm in 1941. ;Xho i# # b#nutifsil

sottish bXond# whrn workoM- with 3t#tilaiu#, Barrlmaa and 3tv]#et is London and is so

is th# yJ S#Hr#trl#t* T5ir w#r-e i* othora fro 0r$tsg# far th# yry good di#a#r Thmrm

%n* Jioo oos?#raotl#ii

at olotron o*clock ## hoard

of the oerlyt of # vary aauaing

play about tb# lift ohieh i# i*io*y 1# th# hand of as ag^nt with th# hop# of Broadway pro-

duetto* Ml# , #nj#y#d it n great (leal, fear it my b# too politically #|dki#tlot#d

i?w aopulo# t#t#* 1 got Hme % llttl# before two and stayed in bed trrusd th# clock.

wslaMft## ** very lter##tiag ehoui th# part, fe# played in th# fight is Louden to

l?v* '"4

is th# IK,

h# wmt#d it is Smn Fr##l### ruther than HT) .

Th# British w#r# r#ry di##ppeiat#d when Uiy leet their 4Hh|Hl#l for XwMpMH h#edcuert#r#

hy #tt# veto. 4# know# Gremyk# pretty well and told of a c^mrerentio with Ms during #

driv# to it. Jfsm## f#leee. d# tried a eoupl# of topi## end decided Cremyko pr#f#rr#d

not t# talk but t#s##d out fissl w X kst rend good deal f Umf%

to ihidh

h# drew *\dm ^ith i #r# Impertent mw than Merit.** It wee gM#e*U)r #gr##d that #e

a yciasg diploamt 0r#yk# 1 perfect ssaehln# tttd u## #11 sorts of eccinl d#fi## to

keep |mo#1# ue###y. For mnmxpU wh the effwbl# StettiMu# #ll#d Met **ddr#i" i pri-

##i# #nw#r#ti^i he

right bs#fc with MJr. dt#ttini#rt. 1!# west to disuer in Adl&i

Siovsmwan*# ham& in I^ondea, toyed with hi food end a#r#r ### ri##d hi# fork t# his

Ke-.iir ^hii# hi Beet msmt out th- meal. M##ewtXy lare. "bil^RSca had to tnk# up with hi

th# imdtatle of th# J*8#riea*t Miejr of Foliiitsl nd Boeial Seles# t# #p#k at their

big aiuiual meeting Ik Hillmdelnhie #*t month, #rr#fuHy

te him that th# func

tion u impertgst ur?d that they would h ixxtereeted la aything he cured t# talk about. ..

urcmyk# r#pll#d w:-"#d#is#f weMd th#y be lat#re#t#d if 1 #p#k# or ewete #a th# #uf" Later h# d#el ined %"on eecouat of official rrersi.-p# of dutl##%

Tuoedny I wowt to the U#rti*a for a cockti11 party for SarWrw rd, ferwi^s editor

i^^StoShiCLoados}. ' els yoixagf uttrectlT# ml ha # very good iad. Xfeuredey

rl^it t went "Mth %rb#r vty t# hmr Mim wrd T#w Hall of th# Air. Th# topic mM

to key# b##

Hrit#ia n##d to survive**--at mddiiight befer# th# br##.do#t they wit-

ch#d th* topi# to tb# I r#i J#ntfe speech en :lrw### end Turky end all th partiepwnt# h -A

to wit# # a^ #e#-oh. rr l^mrd wee ftwfully nervous when X saw her Just hefcr# but did

a b##utifwl job ovwn if

we# a# wad thai she would sot mm hr gla## and mo could

#t folio# her toat. -iftwrfcard I w#nt along with th# two ibritava* to Rath -paper*8

Si>-.rah 16, im---{2}

shaming apartmat ftr n eun of tea before "lea '^rd toek m hmr Xwggage and went to

the sleeper for mahingtas. Mine ^,mr it out of torn lnt her

built up the

fir# and hrvugMt 1* ike ten tray* and *.?is 'Wagd put her foot up while X peered the tog

ant lot her relax. igfatewa meatbe age the get a a&srty bug In th Eafcr *fcioh bo*

reenrrad and sMl she yearns to eat mil the oftrue fruit and other tteig# aha Imi act

been able to got in Ibglanl for ye*rf sbndnM*t dafffe I hop % the tig aba goto to California she will have built up & "taint****" s that aba &s got bar fill* It w*

m f<ml 4my tad X bag den a lot of ruiming rounds-previewing film In the afternoon*

going of tor ninol dinner her* book to tho offloo to sign tho --*i before I'm breade&et,

to the dentist in if # warning to have on -r*y iafcem f a tooth tfcoi hoe bats bothering

no* (It was a shook to find tfeot Sr. Lewisf oh started taking anr of soy teeth 40

yat; re ago ha had & b#mri stt&ek end after 3 month of boiog out of practise in only

Just getting yank t -sr limited praatia*. The tooth in easing out & oa on I got around

to it*} lh result i all this *a* that I hd tho stout dreadful sinus or Friday that 1

ever mvm to atidur*. It teemed alaaat too much after two bout with the *C.2 Trot* in ten day*

Two weeke age Joaay Andrews &&&% up fro Bel timers &r Meoari's "Abduction from the Seraglio" with mo . Telther of us hd lM%r& it before end enjoyed it very noeh--even though there was not a partlaulaviy distinguished east. The orahwtnutictt is beautiful and there are several ; .^d arise. It is striking in eolor of seen wry with &. let of bill ld blue with touefca of equally vivid red.

Mr* xVuissfAji* 3 new eaase;i of w world role worries no* J'n quite oneeieue of the need te.hwlp rehabilitate war tore araaa--but uneaay about the philosophy of the etmtegie noritint iMportante of Groats, when we have moved into the "tir age". It eeesia ao amtdlNMonlan* lad as lor belli to neutral 7Ufkfijr*aftp all the money we poured into
then during the or with out- militarily vie* rw-awtlv buyisetl Mailt tliat loaves m frothing at the mouth. I would Infinitely rether give the money to half a dosen Muropeaa eetuitriee than to TbrkevS

Xlhe efflee etill remains uneettled ^ad difflenlt. The eentreei with the tJaim ha not been tsigne4-e y ineeise te.a estimate of what I shell get in 1947 is more of a guess than vor* I etruggled with it Jlriday night, drew ^eek for the first quarter and then Oaturdeyr momiag deeided that I had been far to eytinieiit get another forM^id did it all over in a greet deeh in the offie#. My bnnk boob doesn't bmlanee sud .. Jufet have wt had time to .find out where the Miai&ke is. As you eon # my per*eonal afi^ire are In a oe to* jut spring ie on the way--the noentlne son la laagerm&* iwybm * mn get eguared away before Mepring fever* overtakes ne
rritifty I had * sweet note from Tlewnsr Brewster who bad aotioed an item about a rebberjr at the nv '-nwrd'e and ma oaeemed lest it ereated a neighborhood enetta&en-U
as the first intteotlen I had had* The Henayde have bean amy much thle wlnteb and 3 far I have net Ut/t time to find out Just whet went on neress the etreet* About CiX'*8tm%B tim the Hors Tart'e or fbtfe were entered and lost a lot of things, i erhapa I should take out that ineunsnee I have been wanting.

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f?r 2?1*.4**?

U:^% *** l**3* m * ** llnWMtoilft w# huvo acquired a pirooldaat for

tm m& in -urn mrsm of Break# ;ay of :;ykkl. Tbo outoh i tfct bo an wet be

iwXX u awill mp%m>uw and m law# not te soti M dUo# g, mmuae-WtiS *<m

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m h *** oo^tad -fee trip to tfc , *lfia Qmmt. I brm kmm Urn and

til# -.:X$ U'^e nofcdpfdLlr; for twenty y#nf* ;i&d butcru Umir aarrlugo* tim is fell of

ts eaoix ft## tbo dktftb fly*

ITli novor hus bean & Xami of 411 gi1' fiori lijf"

and thor* la a# arftftftaa la oapoot It ever will b** m I hep* to Mft kit linftVMtl miiiit la

ay jtrirJfta tftftr fc# hod

offered th* Job I uroto ft*yig I fee**! h# nuil aaoept

mm m copilot v-at U no aid bo ftvuatod u& ay ftt^ylug $s ,4th i&o big guofctlftii

ft4tlwI i no bop# s*ho Beard. will get syp^uad to tolling; a# u&a seek mr oalu&bX# oorrioeo

irs&- w&rib to Hum* iXib a uuorter at the y#i%y gone it uauXd b aloa to km* dkat ny

m&mrf ww&S torn

'All kudi lae Efeik ay ma plaas.

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for tiift #sirly pwt oi' k#r *#&*

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tiie i^eek s- 4 p-.re#ii#4 eurftolreft out b#tw#aa w two eet# &.

<ir ^4 1-^4 & I'isj

4mi with # cold ^deu alMt keftt ita* frm galtlaa off" ra.-*ft re.A.a#i% ikftimlfty tor J^afttftr la -ds&rleaten# ituat -tnnie took aa t# ^ &*u4sais$sly

PMMi

0# **tft4r Hadwree6 ::#"a :t la yaiil Iftai flaftar aie i/",..

lMu.yft fti 4re? <i#ayw. StiftByteit^ty on. totlay'ii pi^ywri^bt#*

Oik Oe#l mill

Ui4 Dftnell ;n4reeft took a# UHr*<$un&iulH

w# ai crijeyed

tl&attiH! ftftfttfta iij# oatft # mmt eiieetivet new 1 ,,ur# ftlaae I

r ftfti

la fay Sftft4 voiw, but 1MB iMMpifta a&m ft iovl^ atoiy

1 ju#ipftct t . -,t tU Jftknta . '^Idiaft Trutftftft are ec^id#ri^ Den t aiiftftftftl Xelftb Bewaua

a# trool4.-4 f tke Viu'vor^ity# but I ftaaH

bu would laft# bi# lab to tdkft it .

Juy was ftuppeaftd to bar blft.tvmUm cut %m Cw4 Frldfty but bla ibremt wa#

tue red# w 'f-tni out t enturtftia ida# fcu^d bin plsylsift *ttb a aau tutpy ne^uired for

purpoftftt i ml ftftttlad for pitting in tb ua after be deeided I w** mt aucir

gt< 4 Pi-^'i^^buftftbftlX#

h suooftftftiul parted witb tom$l9 adenoid# &ad #

Xeoftft tofttb in tbe bat^guia# Da tb tantb Jia bud hi i#g aireyftd rati tbi ftMit built

^ & ***%& bft ana now nilk on it dtk o ossft lawteftd of to erutoiuui* Ho gftftft uguln

^ U . d9th ftioii ve bap# thoy will raactrft tbft Mp at put on : ab# litb.

cort^inly

ftiu

t-ii# tnlaib but is aftftadbllft atghtOy placed to go to the cfOw at lftaut

Hfidny 1 atep.iftd oi ir* dbaalftt* to. #0# it they sou A Imve to ue gs* for

ttoft ftHlvafttioa Mi for tbat ufturaooa* Gnlffloo lind rrivd ad I

tft MMUl if

yy,jpftftiWifttidinl gad* SlUftft tbft fti;^or wus nova&uu and ha ## not buoy %#

It

out t&ftft ant I wwt ftlftftg t# tbft offiftfti A mmtom aoeldout for at the weeat I ohtuid

hpm hem In -boaiot9# obulr I got a tbXopfeea* mil fim 'rliggtoa {^rtriko ootftithctoi;diis}

,:..ud tho orotwhllo tresident of "Ibuuia aoyiftg that ho mo goi^ to bsvo mi anftyriiifty

i^oraiioii wiai would not d'o^b at Botblftbou on th Ibtb* Wo got ^ eell tbreufib to ;sd.

wiia i-hd thoa 1 uot tc work to get * ubUtei# Imfttly twontr-^.roo bewr later after

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**it'<^ iw4,vtsoitft witfc t#o propofttft X tied up im loco# ni> aai bod ay tuturday

lkjafe Ot thrftft* Xbft

Day PftiMte* r at loat the M of it* Ml tliroagi %tb direst

ftftft flwloyod ay gotting hftngft> but X nov la bod. and aaloop by &ix

0lop| t until %i~&

dbUdma mrmlmgt (Hwm mi 7 mtt ikafilm md tm

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tie higbtXigJata of ti-oir trip.

tb%*- got la trim Saaurlofttoa

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aft^raooa I wont to ihr mrmm?/ im mth Um "'orb turned tor tbo deed

iho oito to Try-gyle Lie* I&tyor 0*9yr iwrfi a very good #r#ch rather bottor

miliar ..arrow .luatia' or tiofft hrohbiol^p SpoUiaBa, iavoottloa waft Ift&osnt&ahlo*

mmmrmMmly im f foi;;g dolaptoo tumod up* t.-.o only one I roeogai^od acai I-hialuok

1 .'^otrtiXlsi# It s ^voffer u mmt intorooiin,.. eoeauioa on uhioh the ity diu it# beat

-to a^ko Mtrry ami bad grout# of ftbUdron fr toe ptdilio pXaygrousads duaoo in ooatuao

Frftufth* aiin#og !-:udiaa and

folk du..oes# Fyrthemoro it %am ploau-^4 t-;> tit

la tint aua for a e^ugXo ftf biuro* la#t l#4 X obeyed

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Titers i no point in trying t g back a month and try i catch up Ngread saying that ur Spflsg is strange-**still cold, damp fill depressing. 'The theory 1 like beet is thai veleest mctlois i Iceland Is tfce cease, thougb I chuddar mi the conclusion I tile idea, notably that it will last tor two year*. brook ..meny spent the w*ekd of iprSl 26th 1b slew York. I talked with hi until 4iiS en Saturday afteraeo and after" the special Beard iseetiisg en Monday night declined to hat# a. drink with &im at 10i45 in the internet* of getting hens ie bed#

Testmrday afternoon Jessy Andrews picked we up and we enjoyed "Carousel" together

and dinner at La Chauiaiere. I had planned to spend the rest ei the evening at Hp desk

hut last net went to bed to get war the trues of the pas* week. Thursday ih * A

enorcrnted with the Che-aber of Uemmerec of the State of Few Torts in a four o* clock

mewting in honor of Slpidio uulriao, vice-president i the rkilippinee and concurrent

ly Minister of Tormim Affairs. I get the speaker and had all relatione mih the Fili

pinos!* The C.of provided their vojv lovely Great Hall for the even end half of the

audiuna*. It would take throe pages to give m blow by blow description of TttlpplBM"-

in-my-Hoir". First T oh coked with the oonaulst on for for the Invitation and mm

told thnt they need "The Mtogt*&g* and "Mr. Vice fresident" . .liter the several

thousand invitations had been printed. Adetfea, the consul, telephoned we that Tyteaam has

issued en lixviiaiicmtfer "His Yxo.ll@*scy,s md that they could not be so niggardly ee

to disregard the tone he set, therefore for the Jtoteriefca stay Quirino would be "His

Igeellenev* and return to "The Honorable" when he get heme! (Sens clerk in tic State

Department protocol certainly slipped on that ens.) There were o&apli cations about

rrt-fge, whether he weuld answer Ciueatioisp, *dvor?e copies of teat for script and news*

neper release i*w police escort On the iaiu angle--X esked *r it to be in ay

bands on Tuesday and. got it e.t fly on Thursday after the speech ems oyer. On the

-solice escort* I wee prepared to arrange it* but assumed that it would bo accorded feb

for his whole toy. The 1 orger undertaking being a waiter between the lists Depmriaeii

nd the Office of the Mayor. Periodic enquiries? from the Conoul rrve&Sred only that it

had not beo notified by tfeo Office of the Mayor, it puarter before two the Ooaeul told

ate thai I would have to arrange it myself. Maturedlp I should have liked mere time but

found the Felice .Department unite willing to ee-operate, as the Chairmen oi our Board

whom X had arranged to pay his respects end escort 'the V.F. down to Liberty Street fromi

the Waldorf de the trie in lees than tea minute-- which is just mm well as they were

fifteen minutes late en leaving. It se<sne thnt two W change the spt-eeh as the Inst

winuie mad had to wait for it to be copied. He le m nice was -- a pelitiden--m wad

a good speeafe pointing out the trade end investment potential of the Islands. Toor

r.-an, the June killed hie wife and three of hie five children. Afcen he apologised to at

for having said "Gentlemen* in bis speech, I thanked him for not saying ''Jeatleuca and

Miss Pratt". The iwtlo of too Great ball, which is? very Hrjt are covered with pertimiti

tn7

a fliawrl Of H>gill 1llgrlgila a full length f Thomas Kdieen which ha liked so well

that fe< I si it tHiitS brush and wrote

- -..-Us 2% o fill length of Oadwallader

Golftate (?) she mm Lt. Gov. of the colony when the King of "ngland granted the S.efC.

lie charter* luring the occupation of Mew York the Hessians used It for bayonet prae*

hie but It has been beautifully restored.

After It was over, it being Ascension SU>v> want csvor to Trinity ahich is ohkebra-

ting 5 Rl 'innivcraary. Been galeired aseslas are in window bones inside beneath all the

id do etaifiod glgMHi eindewa end lovely colorAil Huge frora the pillar along the nave. I

hmvti aluavs been fond of Trinty. but warsdv noi?rnv of the offset of thin listening up

of its

interior. Then I ent to (ftiiiiatewn for e apeeial dinner whicli Yiae Hemii# had

hl ovderod by a man in the Sank of China--seven eouraes. Just irv fried iMlgk^r and

Lobster still in hell aitb chop etloks? The general wall-to-do atnoeph^re and appear*

an me of the isfcnbita&ts m* noticeable. I wan amused at a sign in a Bapard Sir mt hep

"Antiques, jade and. nyloBe".

^ednesdey night Profsear Chmmbarlin asked me to dinner to meet a fersian by name of Aa was fascinating. A mmdber ef the fariiais at he was made Governor of mm c*
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September 29, 1947
The office has consumed. #11 mv time and energy for the Mat few weeks# with the autumn rush and the meeting of Branch representatives which finished yesterdg Last weekend, nine hour alone in the office lart Saturday and five hours here on Sunday* Thursday night we had a Beard of Directors meeting and I left my collegia at eleven, Friday wo had a cdmier where Eeorge F* Keanan epoke and I got home t el even-thirty* The real miracle wa that I got to the office at ten minutes of nine or Saturday for the first of the interview with Branch people which proceeded and followed the formal session* TheJ&st group were ushered do m the elevator at ton minutes of four and I could sign the mail and go out for lunch--which turned out to be dinner and I roe in bed an asleep by seven* It was wonderful and I slept sixteen hours i Incidentally the Conference ?:\a a great success and everyone was erarv about Kennan* I dreamed Mm up last June. Meanwhile his article signed "Mr*Xw and hi apnoial trip to Europe for iirshall to make Ms own appraisal of iiuropean needs did a lot to rmke him impressive and interesting* is chairman of the State deportment1 n Policy Planning Comn&itee lie certa;'uly h; s his hands full* While Germany * g the center problem, the next ton weeks will tell whether or not the very serious situations in France and It- ly will through those countries into chaos or Communism* The long tern problem of Brit.In is a real poser* It would seem that in a way we are paying for their luxur3.es, for oxyaple our coal miners work longer hours than theirs do end .yet wd have to send them coal* On the other hand in two generations the British have lost the fiercer of their young manhood in ware in which re later became involved and the British held the line while re prepared* Among the delegates were some very interesting people--the men who went with Stansoil to Loscow and interviewed Stalin, told that Stassen had used his not3 for his release to the oreR before the diplomatic OK had been put on the story by Stalin* It was rather flying in the face of Russian practice and we cannot blr.rae the Russians for objecting to 3t,asii, breoch of faith* Another man, ILayton Fritchey of New Orleans interview* the Pope recently and on the basis of that folk look for r, Vatican gesture 11 not blessing to Communism ond agestime from the Kremlin i6 Catholicism--both in an attempt to win the peesents of astern Europe* Oh my, whet strange bedfellows politics makes*
Charlotte Muret 5e back from France and was coming to see m this afternoon-- but telephoned she could not make it* While 11 noerned silly for her to come in from Cedarhurst where she is staying to see me, it would have boon nice to got her tale today* After Wedesday I do not know jvnf where I vbr.ll stay for a while* Amy and Douglas Oemr arrive then and arc bringing Helen wit! them# About a month ago Sydney was murdered in his Vancouver bank when he resisted a Aucsian hold-up man# The crim inal has not been captured despite the biggest manhunt the Royal Gaijadiaii Police has staged in the history of British Columbia* The newspapers and radio are playing up the hunt so much that the prostrated Helen * being brought East to got away from the publicity and strain* I have oeked bar to stay with me, after all I as * brides maid wnen she and Sydney were married* I don't know how long, .if at all dt e will be with m and 1 do not know how long they will stay* Douglas has finished up his wai-time joo, so it may be a fairly long visit* He must have money her, so that taa exchange restriction will not interfer. At any rate I hove declined L'leinor Brewster's invitation to spend the Columbus Bay weekend with her and shall see how tilings work out with the visiting Canadians#
iu order to have somthing to wear at the Branch Conference T bought a "* suit-- 100,* virgin wool black garbardine with five "silver" buttons " ioh match ray silver earrings* The riotous thing about it that eft^r epending hours lengthening everything I own, I had to shorten this suit almost thr*e inches5 A trunk or box at Hep port yielded some black sort of bird of paradise feathers wMch I have stuck iM an old black felt with a very smart result# My only fear is that they arc some kind of feather now bated from use* It would be embarrassing if they were snatched from nay head* Pretty aoon i am going to Maria's for dinner, for a special dish cf scallop*
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October 5, 194?
I ant simply exhausted" This afternoon X lietoned to that killer-dillor World Series game and could not hare come out of it in worse shape if I had been there myself* and pitched every ball.
Helen and the Dswars came Xate Hiursday after having spent eeveraX days in Virginia. Hie Demurs are fine and Douglas has gained some weight In the poet eight years despite all his hard work. Helen is in a highly emotional state. She took one look at me on Saturday and buret into teare and spent a good deal of time tailing me shout the last days of Sidney*s life and Ahe details of the attempted hold-up, how by a fluke the robber went into Sidney's private off loo and & ot him at close range when Sidney overturned a desk to trap and distract the man* Hal on haa always dramatised herself and we can only hope that for her own good she will soon get hold of herself. Since she did not want to be alone and did net want to play bridge with the people who had asked Amy and Doug!as* I stayed with her in the hotel. The neat time I am alone with her perhaps we shkll go places. Naturally she had to have thle eession with ae--but it ie not good for her to go ever and over it. Any tobd me it was a godsend to her, to get away from it for a few hours as Helen talks eonstantly.
I hsve gotten an awful let done this weekend even if I stayed at the office until eight on Friday. Ihe slipcovers are all wished* mended and back on the Chesterfield--I can't spare thms long enough to ed them to the laundry. All tha chair covere I put on a faw years ago have been taken off, cleaned with Henusit and takked back again and the hem of my last year's black wool drees has been faced to givqd another two inches length. The thing! am meet proud of ie to fit a strip of upholstery material over the broken baek of a chair I inherited from Drew Baker. It was broken when he left it and X had it repaired by a cabinet maker. It broke again and X thought X would have to part with it--but hove parted only with the wood and eon still use the chair with the material b*ek reat. It will do as long as I stay in this apartment. There hae been another campaign to cell--but X got my October rent bill. Oh, yes* and X wrapped three parcels of food for overseas shipment this afternoon but did not take them to the post office.
Friday ws had an interesting Indian at lunch. One of the greatest problems of India today is the two and a half million soldiers to demobilise. They were accustomed as peasants to be thankful for one good meal a day--new after six years in ths Amyon the average, they expect to continue eating three square Army meals a day. Those who are still on occupation duty in Italy have gotten a taste for Italian wine and Jfeerican movAaw. Mr. Shiva Ha shrugged his shoulders end said where shall they find them in the Punjab. Also they have all been trained in the use of modern firearms--the native princes bought large quantities of surplus war goods--in ths recent riots in Hew Delhi Bren guns wars used on the part of the civilians.
Tomorrow Ifoe. Bidault is coming to lunch with us, tfcich reminds me that X brought some stuff home from the office that X must read before X go to bed. I am more than six Jumps behind myself in the office and we are having a reception for Brooke T&sny Wednesday which will sake an awful hole in that day.

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doing a #aour%porionall*iao'etir aai9M| it of us nitfc people fn to

delegation* instead of a bard bitting eee&laatloa cm the il&rshall proposals* it

to line to deoisioa mm ^ X begged Brsfeka iM era to bold tonsalvee in readb

noos to party to pragma ton tin prtmtn rtoneaa failed to turn up* In to first in*

stose wo mm disappointed not to got fleeter iietol or Herbert 2v*tt nod wmt to

preee ulffe Urs* todtt, Shtoaryk, lto of tin Presets delegaties and Amelia as proof*

tot of tin toml toesbly.

Sfaaaxyk has bod 11 hvmkdmm frm overwork sod on

fXiuiotey annouaoed tot bo 00s sot permitted to bo present 00 doetor1* orders* it

noes on -Saturday# jt es X *00 looting for tin hotel JUmabm tolophoood tint to fog

bad delayed tototl**

arrival *t iafeyttte Collage# hold up tin stmsr is whidt

ting oi both getting degrees and tint in wmld not got book in ttot dust before

that Vijaja Pundit bad her di#jter telophase tint aba s booing spoils of dissynase

to boffigod to speak first and leeva* It mo all pretty upsetting especially as Bruee

Lew, ay aviator* ind b#ea out oil week with s bod infection to X bad boos doing s

lot of stuff hiss to have serried* fkweever it all worked cut very soil even to

tin arrival of fosm's fog bound plea Pros tin wast so that she oould sit at tin

Jpmkem Htble is the place of iirs* T*$ Umrnt to photo about eleven tbat aba bad

too bod a old to bo eitb us*

bees mklsg ia the Brtobee# so got Kelson tokeieller sbo arrived balf as hour lata

to toad tin Uvto ststeueat, Pandit bad ens t of her staff tain her plaee and

aaosur quasttorn {%# it sos not to ens so pisxmad on doing this# bs never turned

up ot all and 7 bod too ospty pleee at *y table*) and hajpie me ansellest with

ostsnordiaaxy good Bnglieh for 0 rratoaaa* h'rs* ftoit sad I boss o oomsko bood

liiiob wo do mt matioat tbsugb I bast roasoa to boos tbat sbo too is emre of it*

Abaut nineteen' nl sat son sin olomd wltb hyud ^loemta^ tins bar ftbor9s (kotilal

i-dbru) dsdUsi soerotary* 3n Brabsda fathor ox uld mt tabs it, bad the sarriags

a^mlledt and %ud sen seat abroad* ^ariog ^n lata twoatioo bo soa is Mao Toik

021d paid as a good doal of attastlo--^i^i I kmm sexrisd Ded md iust Oerblim^

iaoidautly it sas through hla tbat X iem^ larodiai :idu sina aha ma bars and dm

I sas is India bad breakfast wdtb Hsbru (tin ess wbo is mm * staler} and bs arrasgad

for en to ass Qaodbi*

Sira* lesdit is lovely idtb fisnly obisdllod features osd a oils figure*** n

ears a gold bordered 4cm grey aari witb am rim oad a five pearl pis at bar threat--

a great ostmst to tin iretmisdoua auouut of Jswslxy oba used is sear 0 ooupls of

years age* 3bo eaa feaftto abott tbo riots is India and triad to explain tbat tbe

Benlsisa of India en0 doing & enmdleat Job is vise of tbo look of preparation for

iipaliag tbe ooopleat and tpoacmdmn preUlotas left em tbeir laps as sddsaly in August*

2bo pointed out that oosiitimn is Asia em pavbaps aore insidious tbas is Xarspa

tb#u# mm the loss eatable of asplosiem* Inpi-tp who is nputy front ikmey, pointed

out tint Freme bos aade great stridss is reoonstimotioa under groat diffieulty of

eaori&ge of itdrinl9 eto*f people work as hard as tiny ess on short diot, as seen as

supplies equal damned lb# ItsB leaves tbs blank market, he emits to set a rwoonstrue*

todjerm osimmiy, dag eitb tbat of fbrnnot not before tbat of FPmaoa, and ogpxeoood

that tone of the /1b3greaslotial visitors to -mp tbis ewaor pit a very true

picture* 1 point m ^iob Xtddy Brett just bask fma being mi eeeupation affieer is

toi meHaas Xono of Zmmmy (be mm stationed mt far t*m Stuttgart) eaiody oneure.

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McuVe October 26, 1947

Yesterday when I got up I put on ay oouutry(non-run) nylons bsc&use I expected to take on afteiraeeon train for spending the night with Molly and Jin* However, a telephone cheek on the Dswar aituatlos rm&Iid that M*i sister-in-law 2ms cabled that she has air passage and sill soon arris from England, They ar not sur yst of th date or whether sh# lands in How York of Montreal* At long last Douglas 2ms gotten a reservation at ths Gideon Putnam and is going to Saratoga for the baths and yesterday afternoon would bs my last ehanee of sselng him* Holly 1st me put then off for another weekend and today 01ere and his family earn in after church* ,,* saw the parade in oonasetion with the return for burial of World War II dead from isy corner and had dinner together at three 'Meek. On his way hems Douglas is going to got a haloes ptsr to uae in the Okanagan Valley to spray the apple trees. He hoped that the various growers would finanoe it and use it eoopersr tivaly on the eight operations per season. However it has ended with his putting up most of the money and knowing that he will take a beating on It the first year or twOf but he hopes that it will help the area. Friday night, 2m went as a retired senior partner, to the 50th anniversary dinner of Peat, Marwisk, Mitchell Ath whieh he had been connected from 1904-39, and had a lovely time. It sounds to me as though his retimed status was primarily fietional as he seeas involved in all sorts ef things in British Columbia. He was in hi# feather at their ooektail party yes* terday bemuse he had Just won $168. cm a long chance in the afternoon*s raeee. (Tfcsm as has, gets.)
At the platform lunchaon to which I went yesterday because it is cms of those functions Aiera I should see and be seen although I would much rather have been out in tho nice sunshine* Fadilla the former Minister of Eduoatlon aid later Foreign Affairs of Mexico andtatbassador to the U.S. and defeated presidential candidate said hi* situation in connection with English was like that of a man with a young and beautiful wife--he could appreciate it but could not control it. Aside from chatting with Fadilla and getting a little publicity for the FPA--the time was utterly wasted.
Friday we had Fazmikker, prime minister of Benlker (former princely state of India and now pert of Hindu India) at the infernal staff luncheon. Brooke mentioned that several years ago Pannikkor had worn a very Astlnguished beard and that he had had difficulty in recognising him a couplo of weeks ago without it. iknaikker said that during ths Hindu-Moslem riots he had preferred to live without a beard than to death with one on the assumption that he was a Moslem. He lias great admiration for tfeuatbetten and ths job ho has dens, but paints out that ths basis with with ths British turned over the administration to the Indians bad bssn the source of ehao&io conditions. Ibis was especially true in ths native state Atere the msharaja had undertaken all sorts of agreements with the British Grown through ths Governor General concerning communications, transportation and irrigation networks AfcLoh knit tie Urge and small principalities to British India. The British seem to have counted on the Prince retaining their independence and act Joining Ather Pakistan or India. Lountbatten called the Council of Princes together less then a month before the Aug, IS independence day and said in effect you and I both represent the monarchical sys tem! you must remember that this system only works if ths psopls are behind you you must also think what would happen to you if India did not exist, thereupon Trecaaoore and some of ths other principalities decided to risk carrying on alone and even went so far as to ask the US to recognise than, then the people rose beat up and chased out prime ministers and such (one of them is cm Ms way hers for plastic surgery to re store Ms beauty) and the maharaja announced the state would go into the Indian Feder ation. By Mid an hour before the deadline all by Mysore had joined the Federation and agreed to establish democratic government within six months. Mysore will Join as soon as they sen agree Aiether to oall tho document a "Treaty of Aeeessien" or an "Instrument of Accession". Pannikkcr told ms that my old friend SorojiM Maidu is making a wonderful Governor General of ths United Provinee# and agrees that it doss not msttor what sh# says--h*r voios is so wonderful cue just listsns to it.

November 16, 194T

Perhaps It 1* just *0 well that the Gsumdi&a visitors get off lest Sunday ni#t as things thickened up in the offiee Bruce Lev and I parted company* He is a strange person and did net fit in at all* Ike trial parted ended while he vae eat of the office for a week --one of the worst of the season just before the first luncheon at the Ifeldorf and soft heartedly X said I would give him longer to eee if he could catch on. He left Thursday without tears on either aide and I have an antra steno grapher while looking for a real assistant. Tuseday vae en office holiday but I worked seven hours trying to get squared amy and find out just what hew had dons of the things X had assigned him.

Early last Saturday morning just before the dreadful tornado burst Addis rstrio arrived by air from London. Another half hour and the plane could net have landed at LaGuardia. Sales of wind and torrents of rain kept en until midafteraoon. She ie a dear* older than Sydney but very like him. It vae very hard, en Helen emotionally and they spent the morning on the killing and related sorrowful subjects. In between bouts of packing* and while Amy was playing bridge and seeing people* X shewed Addis the sights. Helen went with us Saturday night when we did Hadie Center and "The Great l&ite ifey% Addle me especially impressed with the number of shops that ware open -- no-one In England would work eo late--and the brilliance of the lighting--it ie dear that we do not have to conserve fuel. i&ile we were almost blown off the top of the BOA Building* it vac wonderfully clear and the lights wars lovely. Sunday morning Addle and X went to Staten Xslandon the ferry ae she wanted to see the Statue of Li berty* and had heard of kills Island*too. We did lowor Hew York ae far as City Hall when we had to take the subway because Amy had asked people for lunch. Later Addle want with ma to peat a couple of parade (Amy wanted ae to leave thee with the porter-- but X wanted to shew off our twenty-four hour a day sevan days a week P.O.) Ve got ae far aa ths hldorf and X made her look at tha front and the back of tho Public Library* since the rear ie particularly beautiful to me. Seme one had given her a packet ef views of New York and ve managed to show her ell of them except the Fhat Iron Bldg. After they got on the 8i05 for Toronto* X scuttled up to the Barnard Club to see some movies takes in England this summer with Mice Margaret Gee. X mis* Helen and Any a great dad hut find they made great inroads in ay time. X m supposed to eee them all this summer in Vancouver and the Ofaanagan. Xnddcntly X have gotten straight on Douglas* war service--for over three years he ran foreign exchange control in western Candda and than went to Ottawa aa deputy chairmen of Wartime Price Control Board. Ha dedined being head of tha British Purchasing Mission here because he fdt he could not return te Hew York after having resigned from his flm "for reasons ef health*.

Monday night Molly and X assisted in the opening of the opera-- "The Masked Ball*. Sometime X must find out shy the Metropolitan always does the Verdi one and net Auber#a Jan Peers# a# the King and Leonard warren as Bsnate ware both excellent. Danism Xlitseh--a new (late last season) Yugoslav is s thyroid sass and almost round* but she has a lovely voice. Xt is a pity that bar Amelia costumes wars net mora flattering. Giuseppe Antonicelli made hie debut as conductor--and did not seem anything special to me. The performance was enthusiastically received and there were a good many "braves*. The house was brilliant -- white both in fur wraps and gowas being ths most popular. Cans* Walska wore a quarter of a million dollars worth of her *Jpolsonic emeralds.

The opera makes one think of things in the fine manner and certainly Ddmenleofs had a reputation for good food and X always thought expansive. But X have just some upon s facsimile at the Ddacmieo menu and find * Cup of coffee 1 cent* Bed steak 4 fmto Veal cutlet 5 cents* Boast chicken 10 ccntc.* Perhaps you should knew that this was ths first restaurant menu printed in America is 1834 and a foot note explains that six dollars a week was a good wage* and a man could keep c country hemic and a tcvn house* staffed with seven servants (and save money to boot) on $3*000 a year. Of Lorense Delmeniee they eay he arrived at tha age of twenty-one aa almost penniless

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Thursday night Vera dined with Mayor G'Bayer went he entertained Mre. Pandit* A# soon ae she said "Greet# Mansion* to tho eb driver he began with a heavy Italian assent end volubility to tell her about the plight of his son who had to live with the eab driver# while the dau$iter*in-law and grand child lived with her parent# beeauee they could not get en apartment. Thie despite the fast that the Gabby owned a f tar room apartment now occupied by a single eld nan* It wae impossible to oviet the old nan in favor of the family of three bemuse the tenant wae a friend of ifaroaftfcenio* Would Verm not apeak to the Mayor* !?, she could not because she did not know* But if she was going to dinner* the must know him* Finally Vera took the man's sard and said she would do what she souBd thinking to ask questions in other directions* In waking conversation with Mrs* Paul 09Dwyer *ko acts as hostess for the Mayor# Vera mentioned her experience* Hrs* 0' Bwyer replied that it happened all the tic and that she never gave the address when she ms going to the residence of Hie Honor-but asked to be taken to Doctor's Hospital serosa the street ami just walked over* It not only saved a lot of complaints ahd requests--but the drivers invariable suspected that she ws about to have a baby and rushed her over in nothing flat*

There is a lovely story about the voting on the Interim Gcmiesien (Little Assembly) of the UK* At the Caaaittee nesting before the vote was to be taken en the next day# Svatt of Australia announced that he would vote against it sines In his estimation it did not go far enough* 3c Pearson of Chnada was slatsd to speak first in favor* Someone in the American delegation knowing vatt's vanity and passion for holding the torch first for a cause* went to him during the evening with the result that when the vote was sailed for Svatt# to almost sveryens*s surprise lead off with a most enthusiastic endorsement and an affirmative Vote# Fortunately Pearson is a good guy and did not mind throwing away the speech he had prepared*

I feel very dressy today for I managed to get ay hair washed* It is appalling how routine and necessary personal things seem to be aqueeted out of ay life* There never seems to be time to get the laundry out# end as for having the windows mashed* lire morning# I have had appointments* twice it rained and once I had to go to the office before the man came up* I hate to think how doe# it is to Sirictmae--though I have most of my cards at least* Sons attractive and inexpensive ones from Young Books# around the corner*

One night while Any and Helen were here they went to dinner with me at Gloucester House# where I was overcame by having a bottle of white wins sent to us by the proprietor---whom I met the first time X want there with Gerry as he Is a patient of hero* Then we went to *3ong of Love* at the tiusie Hall--a moot delightful picture of the life of &tra md Robert Schumann and Brahms with a touch of Licst* Ks all enjoyed it very much* especailly the really superb playing of Artur dublnstein* 1 could find no credit to him in the program and only learned today alio had been at the piano for the sound track* 1 warmly rocomasn* the film* Maria wae an angel md let me take Helen to the studio one night for dinner# when Amy was out with friends of hero* Helen has been painting some since she gave up her war job and had lots of questions about how to do this and that--and was filled with admiration for Maria's work* We went over the old scrap beck shoeing photographs ef portraits she had done in Hungary and England# and Maria had a lot of wonderful anecdotes about many of the sitters* It was an evening of great pleasure for Helen# though I fear not too mush fUn for Maria*

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I Deeember 7# 194?

Six rmi after Pearl Hufrer and more then iw sine# the cessation of hostile seems to leave m la vary muddled world# Surely after tfea terrific devastation f ilia war w were prepared fear pm economic readjustment sad turmoil from hungery and fraetraied people* but were we prepiied for the confusion la the minds of people as to what they really mot and what prises they are willlag to pay to obtain ttoeee objectives? It is interesting to note ths emmnts en the Oil's wis a wool age yesterday to partition Palestine as being the final proof that tits tM is Jnetlflsd as a foroe for world organisation# Personally I hare always fslt that the Jewish psopls wars wrong ia wanting a pelitisal stats# oo it was especially iatsrssting ts us to hare Dr. and Mile# Otoeim 'del man for on# of our informal sandwich staff Xm%ekmm at the offlas on Friday# Both of thorn are Bueslan bora and speak excellent and me* accent English^# So is a powerfully built max of groat force of character and con siderable Sham and wit# ids eye sight is wary poor tad ho has a o rious trick of mntiisg to fool *hat ho doso not dearly soo# X ep-drs to his whoa ws roso from ths tablo and ho put his hand m w shoulder# and then a aiauts lstor put ths ether hand on ths other shoulder# 3sms peolfcs think that ho will bs ths first Ifssidsnt of ths Jewish stets# He made som very interesting statements# Hero are a few of thorn
The Jews must net retaliate against Arab violence# though before things settle don several m&tH thousand young Jews will be Silled# The Jews made a bed mistake in ths past thirty years# they were ss busy pioneering is Palestins themselves that they did not do enough for ths Arabs in raising their living standards# See at least two centuries separate thorn# His tenants of m Arab ladlordffeo centrals BO villages# ess the schools# sanitation# eto# in tho dosm Jewish eesmualties nearby and asks his landlord for the same benefits# he landlord considers sush modernity silly and refuaea# ths tenant are angry and frustrated and jealous of the let of ths JSw# The British have supported ths feudal system and when they leave the Arabs will be further confused# Consuniuu may well crop out in Iraq# gypt and other Arab states as it flourishes where they find great wealth living beside groat mass poverty# It sill never take the Zionists la# sinse they are progrssive and do not have cash seeaemi disparity# In the beginning he does not want tee ousb democracy in ths Jewish State as this makes few slew going government# i&thia their ems ranks ths Zionist* will have diffisulty with ths "Bsligiouo*# Two centuries ago a moveewnt started among ths *Religious Jess*1 ts go back to Palostino to dio# The dssooadeat* of these people# very orthodox# and those who have migrated to lalesti * for the same reason assert that had it not been for them this* would have been no Jews in iilostins md the sirrwl vistory could never have bean aehleved# Imest 8Sfl hates intellsstuals end so baton ths Jews# He saw ths possibility of detag ths Statist* in by getting an adverse .report from a Gsmmlssiss and achieved a great dlplemstl* victory nkmn he persuaded President Truman to associate the IB with Palestine# by cooperating ia ths Angle*Jhaeriean OmnaAtsien of Inquiry His was bitterly idsap,o- ated at ths Charcots of their report and east it aside# Hsvor dreaming that ths ISI would api revs of par* titien he then proposed putting tho prsbelsm before that body# Mm*is oonvinesd that Sevan is a very disappointed men now# end also that tIS troops oust not bs used in carrying out ths partition of Iblostins#

Wednesday night 1 dined tho Marietta Hurst at ths Coftpopttlitsn Club with Charlotte llurot# who feels that deOaulle is not ready to come out and take charge of France but will move in the background and iki the present Schumann Cabinet may lest quite a while in view of the strong tomd being used by ths new prime minister# Sisnday Jessy Andrews sums up from Baltimore to go to "Tmrabanser * and stay the night with me# It was a good performs** with Han IHCHfg in ths lead-"he had a niss voles# Blanche Thebo was an assailant Venus# but Astrid Varmy mods an indifferent aisabsth# His ballot was Afcstly# even worse than usual but ths orchestration is so lovely that that Z a$|C8 om is wise just to listen and not look. i'erhap* 1 sn unfair but the first Dwaahaouser11 1 ever heard was in Vienna with Jerltea and tliey certainly did a better job of staging and ballot# Josey md I went firot to the Kennedy Gallery vhoro Jtow 'Jeagmroth was opening his ejd-iiMtica--espeoially interesting beeause it oovwrod exiles of sixteen years work# Mmoy of the prists are no longer available and the examples tkmm were leaned from private eolleotlens# It is tee laid that his father and mother eeuld not have bees there for the opening# but it was fsared that ths excitement would be toe much for ilr# vengenroth*s hmrt#

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Deeeober 13, 194?
This is tit# one month anniversary of WJmr% Fmrsaghiaa's besoming a US citiioa. to oldsters in to office to s little luaohces for her last month after to was sworn in--for m ore all very fond of too former secretary of wine to cam* here so s student to worked for me wr to yeare after to to completed her doctorate--a it was her mcsterh degree. to l*?fi for Hextec to stay until 4s sotdi re-enter, when stir tot efforts in her behalf failed to seeure further extensions for her here# As an Amnion to could not look forward to aueb in going back i her too in Turkey# l* are now having a new flood of political m^grtm from countries behind to I to Ourtaia, may of ton have permanent visas, son toe Jobs, few toe uoosy* It is something ef a problem as <Nit of those to toe ton sent to me do not have easily marketable skills though they do have ability in speeiiilited fields. Of scores few of to* toe the remotest idea to to promote themselves. It is appreaefcimg to point of being a problem to I don't see to ssw for them. I talked to a charming Hungarian yesterday to m wtvmpmd about him.
The past week or so to weather ha hem brisker to one evening we eves few hour of snow followed by clearing earlier ton prephesiied. to neat morn ing three of us were going down rark Avenue to look at a house it mas suggested we might use for an office(to Sudeten House is raising our rent again to we are awfully broke), levera three ye*r olds were taking to sua in fitoef an apartment with nursee* One eaterpfieing one had d estsd snow --about dm pellets to else of walnuts--and as we came long pleaded *8s#ft step on ihe asfc snow*. That's a eity ehild's Itfel
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The early Christmas eards have been easing the laet few days. It is nine to find more from England to much liurger--evidently their paper tortafi ! easing* lu feet sards are so plentiful Traey sent two--one by surface moll and then fsarins it might not arrive in time, another by air. About a month ago to shops began to put up Christmas decorations to Fifth Avenue is new a burst of glery. There are so many lovely Christmas tree glistening belle of the meet lovely, scpbiaitated shades to used with Intelligent generosity. One is tempted to look at to dieplays instead of tending to to businoss at hand of tnqrlng gifts, to emphasis on luxury leads to comments eueh as 1 heard on to bus this morning "toy are going to take an awful beating with all tot stoek. People are not buying up to antici pation." Maybe I mm got a fancy evening bloueo for o eong ton to mask downs oonol
Monday night fsggy Daggett went to Traviate with me -- a good pevfemaoce and again a very enthusiastic audience. They hav# some lovely new sets sinas I Iwi heard it which add to to eye appeal . Greater ease is to fabric fcild has greatly improved the costume# of the chorus this season--but they use tee much of a veyy bright brassy yellow satin for my pleasure. It appears in several dresses in every mob seene. iUtoeee, who sang very wall to is an excellent actress, changed to stage business in to last act. Instead of crossing from the dressing table on to right to the shales long on to left to die, she collapsed gracefully en to floor midway between to two.
Breaks Snsny got back today tvm two weeks in to Southwest branches, tired bat pleased. I ham been getting very good reports from Texas on tot h# has been doing, to excellent examples of publicity. In jferovepert--the Mayer declared the week in whish he was tors Foreign Foliey Week. He got back ia time for to so called Annual Meeting which sensed mm to work again today, though I did not get tc going through the applicant folder to see what 2 could find there in possibil
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