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plan to leave here on the 2:35 PM train Tuesday and I would go to Syracuse with her, getting the sleeper from there to Albany Tuesday night. That got her all upset when I thought she would be pleased I could arrange to go with her. She couldn't understand why I had to go so soon, I had promised her this and that. Nothing was right. She cried, sobbed, and I stood by not knowing what to do. She is in a terribly distraught state of mind and I really think that it will do her good to get back to Syracuse for a while, get completely rested and away from conditions here. I am terribly sorry for her but try as I will, I can't seem to do much to make her feel any better. She swears everyone "hates" her, even the ones at Buena Vista now, whom she once swore by. It is a tragic thing and I wish I were capable of alleviating her distress someway but I just can't seem to make any headway; I bog down every time I make a start.

Erie, Pa.,
Friday, Dec. 30, '38.
The Ford proposition for 6 locomotives is hot. Doc Gillilan has been handling it in my absence. Harvey advised today he wants a man in Detroit next Wednesday to discuss improvements, etc. so Maurice has elected Doc and the inevitable Bob Barrell. He gave me a chance to go too if I thought it would help. I told him there was

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