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be it, we might as well get it out into the open now.

This evening Rog and I finished the Taylor Cub and both of us looked at it with pride and satisfaction. Quite contrarily to my feeling before tackling the job, I had to admit it had been fun and a fine thing for Rog and me to do together. It appears to be the start of a real model plane building program for this fall and winter.

After Rog went to bed, I spent considerable time reading Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People" in an effort to get some pointers on how to deal with Shap and as I read I felt as before that this book, much ridiculed as a lot of bunk, really has some very good psychology in it and can be of some help if its principles are followed. Apparently in the weeks to come, I shall have plenty of opportunity to test out those principles on Shap and Jake in particular.

Erie, Pa.
Wednesday, Sept. 25, '40.

Today had one very, very low spot that stood out above everything else. We had the New York Central all set and approved by Ken Wolf and were on the point of ripping out the test meters preparatory to going out on the bearing run, and it seemed almost assured that we could at last ship her tomorrow, when Zeke Tinkey rushed into the cab and said to shut the engine down and pull out the meters. I told him to wait a minute because we wanted to catch a couple of quick points on the curve for a check and he promptly irritated me considerably by saying, "I said to shut the engine down and pull out the meters - maybe you'll get your points sometime but you ain't getting them now," and he walked out. The testman said, laughing, "He's