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Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, Nov. 24, '42.

Sylvia was out ill with a cold today which partially paralyzed the program I had laid out for cleaning my desk up today - no one around the place can take dictation and knock out the letters the way she can.  [[lines highlighted by vertical line in margin]] However a large part of the morning was taken sitting in on a session with Hicklin of Compliance, Mat and Sanford Brown regarding the pending investigation of Porter. [[/lines highlighted]]  The case was reviewed in detail [[lines highlighted by vertical line in margin]] from the start and it was finally agreed we would write up a letter to Compliance requesting the investigation and the points to be covered.  Sanford will handle the affair.  But I still have my fingers crossed.  I think Evans will get his way and slide out of it someway.  He is about as slippery an individual as I have ever seen.  However if he gets to build the Pittsburgh Steel locomotives in spite of false accusations and vicious innuendo about me, in spite of proceeding with them without release, in spite of shuffling the job all around his schedule [[/lines highlighted]] to suit himself, in spite of a WPB decision the [[lines highlighted by vertical line in margin]] job would be produced at Whitcomb, I would be greatly tempted to resign in protest.  The only thing that would deter me is my appreciation of what Stevenson has done for me and my loyalty to him and Charlie.  This is one of the most unpleasant situations I have ever been in.  But if Evans gets away with this, he'll laugh behind our backs and up his sleeve at us until hell wont have it. [[/lines highlighted]]

Had a pleasant dinner tonight with Mat and his wife, whom he brought back with him.  Have packed now and will be off for home tomorrow.

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