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Get a pair of Western Electric No. 1002-C phones, or head set as it is properly called; I think that you can get them at the Mohawk Electric Supply Co. on Warren Street. They ought to have them at any radio store, as a matter of fact. Also, it would be best if you got the batteries there as they would be rather inconvenient to carry down on the train. You see, I will have the set, and my bag or suitcase to carry. You can get the batteries at any radio store. We want three Burgess 1 1/2 volt "A" batteries, and two Burgess 22 1/2 volt "B" batteries. I am going to pay for all the batteries myself -- you are to buy the phones and tubes. I will get two "seconds" tubes here at the Company store, as they seem to function about as well as the "firsts" and cost one third as much. There is no hurry about getting the phones and batteries -- anytime before Christmas. ...... Del and George went to church with me this morning and we heard Mr. Caldecott preach one of his very unusual sermons, this one being "An Appreciation of the Agnostic." He concluded the sermon by cordially inviting all Schenectady agnostics to join All Souls Church, not because they are agnostics, but because they are seeking the truth, just as the Unitarians feel themselves free to think and seek the truth. Even Del admitted that although one didn't have to agree with everything he said, he certainly was worth listening to. He had quite a bit to say about his radio service last Sunday, reading three letters he received. One was from an [[underline]]orthodox[[/underline]] layman of Schenectady, who said he agreed with him in all he said, and sent a large check with the letter. Another was from some fundamentalist who advised Mr. Caldecott "to get down on your knees and pray God for wisdom before you ever undertake to preach such a sermon as that again." ...... Saturday, Rudolph was engaged in directing the installation of one of the "Saratoga" generator rotors so I saw that done for the first time. They only weigh about fifty tons each, I think, and have to be slid endways into the stator.
[[image - a hand drawing of a man standing on a stator and rotor carried by two 100 ton cranes, all labeled]]