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entire evening and I got to bed at 1:30, the Gingerichs running me down to the subway on their way home. I really enjoyed this phase of the day's activities immensely and had the tennis panned out right, it would have made a nearly perfect day.

I haven't been mentioning the foreign situation in this diary. Believe I should note however, that there are ultra-tense days in Europe with war so imminent as a result of Hitler's demand to annex the Sudetens, that one would not be surprised to find any moment all Europe was suddenly aflame. It is a terrible situation and yet I can't help but feel there will be no war. I think Hitler is out to get all he can by bluffing and he will stop just short of war. So far, he has outbluffed them all and he's going to continue to do it till somebody calls his bluff and backs him down - and I think he'll back down without a fight.

New York, N.Y.
Sunday, Sept. 18, 1938.
When I got up this morning, I found it so foggy, the tops of the Lincoln and New York Central Bldgs. were lost in it. Quite often on foggy days when the sun gets high, it clears and is fine so I had hopes. Called Collis about 11AM and agreed to meet him at Forest Hills as it hadn't rained yet but was still foggy. When we shot out of the East River Tunnel, it was raining and it continued to rain until the Committee called it off again. Collis never did get out. I found a note at the hotel saying it was raining when he got downtown so he went home again, having [[underlined]] driven [[/underlined]] all the way down. I passed up an invitation to dinner at Jim Smith's to go to Forest Hills and all for naught again. Spent a while in my room and then went up to

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