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$10 a day and am in effect a government employee. I guess it is quite an honor and I'm fortunate to get such a job - there's no question it will be an extremely interesting experience and if I don't know every one in the locomotive and locomotive using end of the business after I get through it won't be for lack of opportunity. Primarily of course it is an opportunity to really contribute to the war effort and I want to make good at that. There's a lot to be done and I can do it well if I put my thinking cap on seriously. I had a good talk with Charlie Creasser today about certain "^[[underline]]reforms[[/underline]]" I've had in mind for some time and he goes along with all of them - it's in my lap to carry them out now - instructions in writing on how to operate under L-97, uniform schedule sheets, Kardex files for one schedules, etc. etc. Most of it is already started.

^[[ (]]The Plymouth crowd was in today in force. Jack Hogrett, Earl Heath and Larry Beatty - and they are the soul of cooperation and hospitality. Vic Rennix and I took Marshall Raymond and Bob Van Zant to the Allies for lunch today and got a terrific ribbing about their prices but it is the only decent place to eat hereabouts. The drug stores serve hog wash - we do miss the government cafeterias - they are tops for good food at low prices.

Vic and Ed Harley deserted us tonight and Joe Rowbottom hadn't arrived in town (being a W.O.C. man) so Marshall and I repaired to the Mayflower for a couple of lonely drinks before dinner. Then he suggests we go to the Ambassador for a drink with the Plymouth crowd. We did. To bed at 2:30! Will I never learn?^[[ )]]