11/10-11/16/46

11/10 Sunday After lunch we dressed in hiking clothes and walked for two hours in the Van Cortlandt woods. Eugene broke his gun in the downstairs door. Sylvia wore the new belt and holster but lost the latter on the way. We stopped at the boat house for hot dogs for us and pop corn for the kids. We visited the Van Cortlandt Mansion on the way seeing colonial rooms. Played some chess at night. Truman ended all price controls except on sugar and rice and controls on wages.

I guess that solved the gun problem I mentioned in the last entry. 

11/11 When Sylvia missed her holster during the hike she said "Where's my gun station?" Took the kids out with racquets and balls to the schoolyard wall but rain interrupted us in about ten minutes. Richard M. came up and I played parachute and marbles with all three kids. Eugene is running wild and is irrepressible. French elections to the National Assembly saw the C.P. lead with 2,800,000 the MRP second with 2,270,000 S.P. 1,700,000 Rep. Party of Liberty 1,500,000 - all incomplete. Complete results C.P. 5,430000  MRP 4,990,000 S.P. 3,430,000 PRL 3,220,000. Although giving the Philippines their freedom we have retained industrial control through the Bell Act which continues quotas on their exports and gives us equal rights in the Philippines. Swedish C.P. gained in elections as the S.D. lost. At night we visited Lil & Harry, Mom and Pop being there.

The "Complete results" sentence was squeezed in at the bottom of the page, presumably at a later date.

11/12 Bobbie R came up to ask Sylvia to play with him in the yard. She almost burst into tears on refusing him. However later she promised to go the next day. Novikoff at the UN trusteeship council asked that Palestine be freed or be placed under the UN trusteeship. Truman offered to cooperate with the Republicans. Scottoriggio anti-Marcantonio worker died of injuries in an Election Day beating. Transport workers won $6000,000 in back pay. We are returning the seized Danube boats to their owners.

11/13 Italian elections saw the CP-SP unity make big gains. A new reign of terror has hit Spain. A U.S. Embassy employee in Poland got 5 years prison for complicity in a murder of a Peasant Party leader. Rogge charged Att'y Gen'l Clark is shielding fascists here. Romped with Sylvia on the floor. She cried "uncle" when I gave her the "scissors". An election in Korea, rigged by us & Korean conservatives to return reactionaries to office, succeeded.

11/14 A new landmark was reached in Sylvia's life when Betty Ann and Joycie came up to ask her down to the yard to play and she agreed. Later after lunch she went with Eugene to invite Betty Ann to the house to play. Smuts followed U.S. precedent in threatening to annex S.W. Africa over the General Assembly's possible rejection. Belgian Communists quit the Cabinet over the failure to get one vice-presidency. 60 Labor M.P.'s asked for a change to Britain's foreign policy. Transit workers voted against a strike.

11/15 Lillian saw Eugene's class in session this morning as part of open school week. She was quite satisfied with Eugene's showing. He is wardrobe monitor. China peace talks are off again. Chou-En-Lai blamed U.S. aid to Chiang as mainly responsible claiming the fact prevented U.S. from being a satisfactory mediator. Dr. Howard Shapley before the Rankin Committee had papers snatched from his hand in closed session. He was cited for contempt for standing on his rights. The Big 4 Foreign Ministers continued to discuss Trieste at the Waldorf. May Sinclair is dead. Cousin Anne had her appendix out this evening. De Falla is dead. Our denazification program in Germany is a failure says Gen. Clay.

11/16 Mom came over and had lunch. She didn't bring Barbara as her aunt will take care of her. C.I.O. Exec board tightened control of local councils.