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moments. But the part that hurt was that there was no thanks for Tarzan Jr's. services - only a long paen of praise for the Rock Island locomotive (from Ernie Bloss). Neither was there any sign we were in a favored position as a result of the demonstration on which we have spent a lot of time and money and on which we did all we agreed to and much more. We talked afterward to Buckpitt, who accompanied Ernie on his junket and he was all praise for the Rock Island - had never even ridden on Tarzan Jr! But he was very enthusiastic about the 44 ton idea.

Roy and I went gloomily down to the Manger for lunch. Roy was wild. He stated he had to sell Tarzan Jr. or lose his job - he was going out on the road tomorrow, canvas every prospective customer in New England and by God he wasn't coming back until Tarzan Jr. was sold! The next minute he was going to march into French's office this afternoon and he wasn't kidding, by Jesus he was going to come out with an order for a four motor job! He'd get Tom Knight and they would put on the heat. He'd get John Thirlwall over here Monday to handle the urban transit, and then he could be free to flay into this situation! I have never seen him so agitated. Then he was going back up to J.W. and Gus Munster today and tell them they had to find a place for Tarzan Jr! He was going to tell French he had to use his pressure to get Tarzan Jr. on the St.J. & L.C! About that time I suggested we talk to Ernie Bloss as a step in getting the whole picture before we did anything wild. So Roy called Ernie and soon he came down and sat in the dining room with