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And so tonight just before I went to bed, I went into Rogie's room and stood there looking at him asleep, sweet, innocent, appealing to everything good in me. And I made up my mind that henceforth, I will play this game I know is right and necessary. And to seal that determination, I bent down and kissed him and the thought of that kiss will strengthen me in the time to come when temptation arises to thwart and deter me from my aim. I want to make that moment the most important in my life, a turning point to better, finer living.

Erie, Pa.
Tuesday, Nov. 14, '39.
Walt Hedley called up today to give me the forging prices ACF got on [[trade?]] and they made our prices so utterly ridiculous, that I phoned Barclay at Akron to tell him we had changed our mind and didn't even want to bid. He said it would be OK; he knew Firestone well enough to explain the situation and it wouldn't put him in a hole. After that was over, I breathed a sigh of relief to have that mess out of the way. I devoted the rest of the day to studying the Ordinance work and felt better tonight when I went home. Kissed Rog tonight, renewed my pledge.

Erie, Pa.,
Wednesday, Nov. 15, '39.
The main event today was the long postponed talk with Henry about his work. We had it right in his office and he told me the whole story. I couldn't see anything about it that I couldn't do. He talked about getting started on it right away so when he is out of town, I can carry on.