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up and the second a toilet about to be flushed and plugged up. A full highball I refused to drink kept passing around and was the recipient of butts and a menu card holder which McLeod kept lifting in and out. There was hair ruffling, necktie pulling, hand swinging, hat smashing and hilarity. It was a memorable evening if not a completely satisfying one for me. And I learned at last about Major McLeod on the loose. He is no shrinking violet and he can certainly drink and eat!

Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, Oct. 28, '42.

Prepared memo on the engine situation and small locomotive standardization for Charlie today. Studied the problem of a 2nd quarter release for G.E. - they want more than I think they can make. Paid $10 as a token to the Washington Community Chest after having pledged $55 in Erie last weekend - they want it here too. There were long conferences in Stevenson's office today and Marshall and I were conspicuously absent, causing us some small measure of discontent but not serious. Lunched in a new place - Casey's Chop House where one can get a beer also - we went there after finding Allies Inn choked with the one o'clock crowd.
The high spot of the day was dinner with Lt. Comdr. Grace and his wife this evening. Yesterday he invited me and I was delighted to accept because I genuinely like the Commander and feel he and I have a lot in common. We drove out to his apartment in his Ford convertible and I found they are located in a very lovely apartment out on the hill near Charlie's on the way to Chevy Chase. Mrs. Grace is blond, vivacious and young appearing to have a seventeen year old daughter starting at Vassar this fall; daughter's picture revealed a very beautiful