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was thought to be too much and we agreed to install a new flywheel which is due here next Monday. Took Bill to lunch in a Wesleyville saloon where he had a ham sandwich and a glass of beer - he said he wanted to eat in a hurry and I took him at his word. Bill, Dan Worth and I had a sirloin steak dinner at the Lawrence to compensate and Bill waxed jovial with stories of Butte and Deer Lodge back in 1917 to 1920 where these towns were "wide open." I learned for the first time that Roy Dunham's brother was murdered out there by IWW men when he dropped into a gondola car they were bumming a ride on.

Notable remarks of the day:

Tinkey: "I had to find the trouble when I thought of all that goddam work I was going to have to do changing them fuel pumps and nozzles."

Bill (passing the U.P.): "You fellows have got so used to working on this thing, you think everybody's job can wait as long as this one."

Bill: "What Barrell ought to do is get hold of that goddam Tinkey and shove a ten foot pipe up his ass!"

Tinkey: "I need a drink that deep in a dish pan!"

"Cap" Horn called me from Washington to say he had received the tank drive proposal and already had presented it to the Ordnance Dept. They seemed pleased with it, not even balking on our sample equipment price of $142,500 - we gave an approximate production price of $20,000. The reason he called was that our outlines were so out-of-proportion; they wondered if the dimensions were correct. I assured him they were. Am hoping we can get an order for this sample before I shift to the new job.