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Boston
Monday, Sept. 11, 1939.
Spent an hour this morning with Neal and Bob Burrell on their diesel-electric publicity letters trying to explain the criticisms I made of them in my letters.  Found Burrell very receptive and pleasant to deal with in what might have been a rather unpleasant session with someone who couldn't "take it."  This afternoon, Neal and I visited Bethlehem Steel, Shipbuilding Division, Fore River Yard at Quincy, having a pleasant and possibly ultimately profitable session with Schultz who has charge of purchases of new equipment.  This big plant is busy with Navy and Merchant Marine work and evidently is getting ready for plenty more.  And they are very fussy about who goes in and out.  We got a little dope and Neal will get more next week when the railroad boss gets back.

Tried to line up a dinner session tonight with Roy and Marion Goggins but he couldn't make it so I sought out a place alone, rather enjoying it.  Ate at Jacob Wirth's famed old German restaurant - 1868 - something like the Aschenbrodel in New Haven.  Then took in a movie - Ginger Rogers in "Bachelor Mother" which turned out to be the most charming, funniest, most wholly entertaining picture I've seen in years.  I went in really to see the other feature - Jimmy Cagney and Geo. Raft in "Each Dawn I Die" , but Ginger and David Niven swept all before them in a story of a shop girl who inadvertently inherited a foundling and couldn't make anyone believe it wasn't hers.  And Ginger was so sweet with the baby too - I really lost my heart to her before it was over.

Went back to the Parker House well satisfied that I had spent a fairly profitable day.