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and then Stanley Thomas, Marion and I dragged an unwilling Roy to see "Rebecca" which I told them [[underlined]] must [[/underlined]] be good. I had to admit that after five reels of Jack Holt in a ridiculous G-man film, sweltering with 6 Cutty Sarks and a lobster in me, and in a sweltering under-the-balcony seat, "Rebecca" was rather boring. I swore never to recommend a movie again sight unseen.

The big lesson I learned today was to wait until you cool off before doing anything after a day like yesterday. The next day thing's look much different and usually much better. They did today definitely.

[[strikethrough]]B[[/strikethrough]] Woodsville, NH.
Saturday, Mar. 30, 1940.

Roy, Neil and I were in the Manger lobby at 9:30 AM to wait for Tom Knight and his report on his conference with French. Would he come back with an order? We weren't foolish enough to take that seriously, although Tom wields as big a club on the B&M as GM, but usually doesn't have to use it. The B&M know it's there and respect it - seldom invite it. It's too bad anyhow to have to do business that way. When Tom came in, he reported the same story "JW" had given us Thursday. But his visit to French must have helped our cause by showing him how important we felt the getting of this order will be. That alone was worth a lot. By not expecting too much too much this time, we were not disappointed. Neil returned to the office and Roy and I attempted to see Gus Munster. He was tied up but came out into the ante-room to say hello and make a date for 8:30 AM Monday. I was well impressed with Munster, V.P. in charge of Purchases & Stores, an M.I.T. graduate and