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with a Navy contract for 200 5"/38 single mounts and 70-5"/38 doubles at a rate of 20 singles and 10 doubles per month and all he wanted was $3,000,000 for tools and a new bldg. about the size of our Bldg. 5! If the story is correct and he comes through, either he is the greatest manufacturing genius in America or we'll just a bunch of hunkheads!

Checking into the New York Central today I found the engine was indeed ready to install in the locomotive again as Zeke had told me Monday. Then I got talking with Ken Wolfe and Ken told me Zeke had worked hard and was sore at him and at me too. It seems Zeke overheard me phoning Barrell at Bldg. 60 last week during the hectic time we had and Zeke had taken offense at something I said. So Ken and I decided that situation should be remedied - we like Zeke and appreciate his efforts and want him to like us. Fearing it would be too obvious if we approached him ourselves, we asked Frank Brown to suggest to Zeke we have a little party tonight and Zeke jumped at it. I agreed to meet them at the Lawrence at 8PM, thinking we would go out and do a little drinking, the four of us and go home fairly early. I didn't like to do it tonight but Ken thought it was urgent to get Zeke back into the groove so I told the family I had to go out and work on the Central job which was literally true although I didn't work at the plant on it. I would have told Willie the exact facts but didn't want to tell Mother - she can't understand such things.

Well, the evening was a huge success and certainly accomplished the purpose it was intended for but it certainly didn't develop the way I expected it to. Ken and Brownie met me at the Lawrence okay and said we were to go to Zeke's room. Up there we found Zeke and Bradley, the "Caterpillar Boy," and Zeke began