5/12-5/18/46

5/12 Sunday We went over to mother's for "Mothers Day" giving her black kid gloves. Also there for dinner were Lil Harry and Susan, Aunt Rose and Mr. Sandler.

The name "Aunt Rose" is familiar, but I don't know who she was, nor do I know Mr. Sandler. 

5/13 A Save OPA Rally at Lewisohn Stadium attracted 5000 despite rain much of the day. F D Roosevelt Jr., Mayor O'Dwyer, Mrs. Roosevelt, Russ Nixon of the CIO and Lew Hines of the AFL and Chester Bowles by radio were among the speakers. One of the IRA hunger strikers has died.

5/14 Eugene and Gloria have had their first serious quarrel with Gloria snubbing him as they were going to school. Incidentally, Eugene is not as meek as he used to be. He swings back if anyone picks on him and even takes to the offensive sometimes. Sadie and the kids over today. US Marines are aiding Chiang's Army in China. A vet is living in Ludwig Bauman's window to emphasize the housing shortage. The British-Indian parley on independence has broken up. 58 Nazi concentration camp guards will die and three will get life imprisonment for atrocities they committed there.

5/15 Eugene drew "East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon" by Thorne Thomsen, "Dot and David" by M. H. Johnson and "Peter and Polly in Spring" by Rose Lucia. After school library we went to the Hall of Fame. 70,000 miners have refused to return to work under Lewis' truce. The steel workers convention has affirmed it will not engage in any witch hunts. Zuritz is Soviet Ambassador to Brazil in a resumption of relations after many years. Mrs. E.C. Clement, negro has been named American Mother of 1946. The Chinese cabinet is being shaken up. General Ho Ying-Chin violently anti-Communist head of the Army has resigned. No Communists have replaced ousted cabinet members however. Lillian stayed at Rosenberg's tonight. Played some chess with Eugene.

5/16 Bobby came up here and Sylvia played with him for a while then started crying inexplicably. Mine operators have rejected Lewis' welfare fund. There is much activity here by red-baiters in defense of Mikhailovitch apparently repudiated by him. We told Eugene that Pennsylvania was named after William Penn. "Right after?" he asked. Eugene got brown shoes at Alexanders $4.29. Sarah R. stayed while we went to see "Spellbound" with Ingrid Bergmand [sic] and Gregory Peck. It is a well acted film of how psychoanalysis is employed to cure mental complexes. Also played some chess with Eugene.

5/17 We both read "Arrowsmith". An indictment of all in the medical field except the pure research scientist. Franco's tie in with Hitler and promise to attack with 750,000 men if the Ardennes offensive had succeeded are being revealed. Arbitration has been rejected by both sides in the coal strike. 20,000 attended a veterans emergency rally at the "Garden". Speakers were Pepper, Ingersoll, Nixon, Hargroves, Sinatra, etc. Gene Kelly presided. MacArthur has approved pro-fascist Yoshida as Japanese premier.

5/18 We're at our wits end about Sylvia's complex. She will not play with other children. If she has her doll and carriage out, no child can come near it or else she freezes up and tears start to roll. Eugene is playing a game by himself out of Marshall's book while Sylvia got hold of the little erector set. This morning they romped around merrily in the house. The Spanish gov't-in-exile has testified before the Council sub-comm. investigating Franco, giving proof of his infamy. The railroads have been seized by Truman to prevent a strike. CPA Administrator Small has asked for a six month strike ban evoking ouster demands against himself. The "House" has approved 240-81 a $75,000 grant to the Rankin Comm. Progressives defeated A.C.O.U candidates in a Ford Local 600 poll. A large group led by Rabbi Wise testified on a resolution by Councilman Connolly that Columbia U's bias against Jews, Negroes and Italians should be met by a withdrawal of its tax exemptions. Eberhard Faber is dead.

Not sure if "A.C.O.U." is correct, couldn't find a reference.