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February 9, 1949

Dear folks,

Kuldig Ahlwalia asked me if he could buy your up-to-present List of Floras, Dad: could you let me know soon [[strikethrough]] so [[/strikethrough]] if you could & how much if so?

Another day at the business school: [[strikethrough]] no wo [[/strikethrough]] they "needed" us. I read half a book in labor relations, the Boston paper, & talked about all day: Helen & Betty did the same. But tomorrow we are definitely for the rush, in Harvard Square.

Stravinsky was conducting Stravinsky [[strikethrough]] Wed [[/strikethrough]] Tue night; Bill & I tried to rush it, but could not get tickets, so just sat over beer & lemonade for a while.

It is warm now, the snow is melting - but still the back-roads by Radcliffe are bumpy.

Must arrange one of these days, when work is over, to give my blood. Bill has 2x this year (I believe you are allowed to every 6 months), making $25 per time. The Children's Hospital. I probably could use a slip of permission, being not quite 21.

Dal said you had talked over my references to going to Europe. That is all out, as she should have said. Mrs. Card today wrote finally saying so; after I had told her so two weeks ago. It would be awful, 3 women & 1 man. Maria [[strikethrough]] & Hope & I are [[/strikethrough]] & I were discussing other plans -- of the crowd of us working together at a resort hotel in NH. Mary Beyman's may be it -- she (Portsmouth, The Wentworth-By-The-Sea) made $35/week plus board; they have a swimming pool for employees, etc. very luxurious; we would have very much fun, I know, & get quite a lot for it. Mary sent me the address, - Maria will call soon to let me know what the others think. Yes, Mary cleared $400 for that summer. Bill is much the same -- earn, earn, save, save; his