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dreamed it was that chilly. Spent the morning with Thorp, Clark and Vogel - all of them very pleasant - Thorp rather serious and inclined to be just a trifle distant but pleasant enough- Clark as usual very considerate; I like him. Vogel is the friendliest of the whole bunch - a great talker and most interesting with a background of construction work that has taken him far and wide including Russia. Vogel invited me to lunch and we met Felix Felix and Pete Forsbery in the dining room, making it a good foursome with Vogel and Pete carrying the brunt of the conversation - mostly recollections of their travels about Paris together. Pete told one peach: He and Totten and their wives walked in to the best hotel in Madrid and a couple of demi-mondaines accosted Tot. Mrs T said haughtily, "Irving! Who are these women?" And Tot replied, "You'd better be careful what you say, my dear, or they're liable to ask me who you are." Talk turned to quite a discussion of the treatment of the Jews in Germany. Pete feeling "they asked for it." and I was interested to note that Felix never batted an eye.

Spent the afternoon with Clarence Bailey, as ever the perfect gentleman. Clarence, who's doing a lot of  speech making lately especially to Railroad Enthusiast Clubs, confessed to me he'd like to make it his "life's work" - resents Kipley's attempts to horn in. At 4:15 Feldman, a young, pink cheeked. very personable young man substituting for Downing, took me to Rise Hall and the meeting was under way before I knew it. There were about 40 youngsters there. I didn't have a note and felt no need of any. With the help of the slides the talk just unrolled and I believe it was okay. The only