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that although  many people could misunderstand these shindigs the boys pull over here occasionally, there is nothing off color about them. Roy and Neil work hard and they feel they are entitled occasionally to relax in a way which only such an affair as this can make you relax. There is never even a resemblance of a dirty joke. There is just laughing, joking, reasonable drinking, eating, dancing, and then taking the girls home and returning in the same cab to town. These sessions are fun - and beyond being a means of relaxation, they mean nothing. And yet I presume many people with a narrow outlook would look at them as horrifyingly unfaithful. They are [[underlined]] not  [[/underlined]] - very definitely not. I  enjoyed the evening although it was something I had neither suggested nor particularly desired when we arrived in town. We left the Westminster at 1 AM on the dot when it closed. I took Lillian home on Beacon St. and was at the Parker House at 1:30 AM. after a very pleasant evening and one with no regrets - and that is the way evening should be and if they are that way - and not very often should such evenings be pulled off - they are all right. I hope I never do anything any more than this. I think Willie is broad minded enough to understand this if she knew about it or ever does.

Boston, Mass., 
Friday, March 22, 1940.

Spent the whole day at the office getting together our story for tomorrow with "J.W." and we found we have a pretty good story. A careful study of fuel consumption revealed we have come remarkably close to our estimates and these figures reveal also a good story on reserve capacity for heavier work.  Ernie Bloss wasn't back today but they expected him tomorrow OK.