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much as a good-bye to the speaker. I supposed he did not measure up to Bill Stout's glamor. I must give Felix credit however, for an aggressive handling of the program work and so far he has done a good job. But he is a peculiar cuss in his social ideas.

Erie, Pa.,
Thursday, Nov. 2, 1939.
Zip Zimmer called today to say he had an offer of $36,375 from the Central for the 400HP, 70 ton locomotive and we told him to accept it. So I guess that job is closed, the first locomotive order we have had from them in ten years.

Whitey was back, had breakfast with C.E. Wilson and Phil Reed the other day, and they put their blessing on the proposed Gov't business campaign. So I am all set to go after it. Mainly this is a diplomatic job - making contacts, finding out what's going on, what business is coming up etc. It should be a big and fascinating assignment and I want to give it all I've got.

Whitey put his blessing on my visit to Massillon so I arranged with Martiguone and Hoddy to be there next Monday morning.

We got the B&M demonstrator all sewed up away from Shap's grasping hands by issuing an I.S. in the MO assigning the second unit to fill the B&M consignment requisition.

Mother, Willie and I went to see Jimmie Stewart in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," Frank Capra's latest and a wow. It was quite timely from my own point of view.

The season of colds has commenced. Bab and Rog both have them but seem to be able to handle them better than they used to.