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expansion of our facilities to increase our output from 6 to 10 locomotives a week - my growing closer to "Whitey" Wilson becoming more & more his confidante - my finally making Elfun and breaking over $5000 a year - Washington contacts.

And then the locomotive General Limitation Order L-97 on April 4, 1942 and the long grind in Washington in WPB with Frank Headley - Carroll Hanly, head of the Motive Power Section who finally lost out and was succeeded by Charlie Creasser his assistant - Phil Reed's booting Frank and me out of WPB because he didn't want any more GE men in his Bureau of Industry Branches after the "Guthrie incident" and the Truman Committee's rampage over the Dollar a Year Men -- Bob Coultas, who went into the Navy -- Bob Van Zant, the rich man's son who went to work and could get anything out of anybody - Tipton of the Pensy  trying to convert railroad shops to War Work - Bill Sagstetter, son of the D&RGW chief of motive power and former Alco service man - Ullaine Sullivan from Butte, keeper of the records, - Press Miller, Alco service man, who quit 'em for WPB -- Vic Remix, former Baldwin Chicago man -- Vic Brady from Wall St. who made good and was then drafted -- Miss Edith Sandler, Hauly's secretary -- old man Small, former chief of Motive Power of the C&O, handling PD-1-a's and then going to ODT -- Eddie Pardoe, chief of the Transit Section, husband of a rich wife and not at all friendly -- Dick Carwell, Pardoe's assistant, as cooperative as his boss was uncooperative -- Fred Barden, the soldier of fortune "Procedural Expert" of the Branch -- Stevenson, the New Deal Career Man heading the branch -- George Cornell, Asst. Branch Chief, intellectual -- Chas. Whitehead, V.P. of General Steel Castings, brought in by Stevenson to clean up the steam locomotive mess - Capt. Baldwin