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housing was nearly perfect too - they had had to check that to put it on. So it was decided it must be either in the engine or the generator. The generator was sent to Bldg. 6, the armature taken out for balancing for the [[underline]] fourth [[/underline]] time, and the frame returned to Bldg. 10 where it was assembled on the engine sans armature and the engine-generator set put back on the loco to run the engine alone.

While all this was going on, Ken Wolf was pretty critical of the length of time it took to get the engine back to Bldg. 10 and told me he wanted to see some decided action or else - and I couldn't blame him. I was pretty disgusted too at this last fiasco. So I went up and had a heart-to-heart with Hank Hoffman, under whose jurisdiction this complaint comes. I told him the story of the delay in getting back to Bldg. 10 from Bldg. 60. But rather than condemn Dick Miller at once, Hank said, "Well, you know there are two sides to every story and I want to get both sides before I say too much." So he called Dick and soon Dick reported back a story that absolved him clearly and put the delay right back in Cain's lap. The important thing to me out of the incident was the way Hank looked at it - GET BOTH SIDES TO EVERY STORY BEFORE DECIDING ANYTHING - and also GET THE OTHER FELLOW'S POINT OF VIEW. If you'll do these things, you'll avoid a lot of unpleasant incidents and keep or make a lot of friends.

The upshot of the whole thing was than Ken Wolf, Tracy Delahooke and Gouldy and I spent the evening up to 12:15 AM in Bldg. 6 watching the armature balancing and it was [[underline]] out of balance [[/underline]]! This time they did a job of correcting the balancing arbor and the generator coupling fit and finally got a job! Tracy