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8/29 Sunday Eugene was out. The favorite game of the kids is Lone Ranger and Tonto against the James brothers. The kids at breakfast have bagels with cream cheese and jelly with their cereal. O'Dwyer will fire all city A.L.P. appointees. A new decree allows building and ownership of private homes. Herman Steiner won the U.S. Chess Championship over Kashdan by half a point.

8/30 The kids went to the bungalow for games but Sylvia stayed behind. Charles E. Hughes died at 86. The heat wave ended with five days of over 90° heat.

8/31 Tito tightened his control over Yugoslavia by promoting C.P. leaders to greater power. Wallace was egged and booed in his Southern tour, however drawing large crowds. Renegade Communists did their acts again naming J. Peters the mastermind of Comm. intrigue in America. Witnesses included Tim Holmes, Andy Smith, M. Malkin.The C.I.O. voted 35-12 to support Truman. Smith McKenzie and Palazzi were expelled from the N.M.U. at a N.Y. membership meeting by 1462-523 for "misusing funds and disruption".

9/1 Today we returned to N.Y. by bus. We had a pretty nice summer. Among the kids at the farm were Cheryll, Susan (2), Glenn, Arthur, Michael, Martha, Laura, Bobby, Dicky, Steven, Norman, Ernest, Evelyn, Anita, Ruthie, Sarah, Isabel and our kids. Bigger boys were Bernie & Eddie. Sylvia's boy friend was Bobby at first. Later Steven chose her over Isabel for marriage. At night, Sylvia usually became weepy as she was a little scared of sleeping in the room even with Eugene. The women in the house were Rosie, Bessie, Sarah, Goldie, Dinah, Evelyn, Hannah, Nettie, Florie, Evelyn and Lillian. The Sugel family included Charlotte, Coleman, Herbie plus Grandma and Grandpa Sugel. The Jacobs' proprietors were very nice. It was the unanimous opinion that our kids were the nicest of the children and Lillian the nicest among the women. Robert Schumann returned to the Premiership of France after Marie resigned his post. Zhdanov died at 52. 

9/2 Sylvia is a great lover of corn on the cob. Eugene is quite hoarse. Played some ball with the kids in the park. After lunch we went to the Kingsbridge to see the leading award winner "The Best Years of Our Lives" with Fred March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Hoagy Carmichael, Cathy O'Donnell. A German De-Nazification Appeal Court freed Schacht. His pro-Nazi speeches were declared necessary to hold his job. 10,000 teamsters struck for higher wages and a welfare fund. The N.L.R.B. ruled scabs, but not strikers whom they replace, can vote in N.L.R.B. elections. The Progressive Party was ruled off the Illinois ballot. Charles A. Beard dead at 73.

9/3 We met Lilly at Woodlawn Station near the golf links and Lil and the kids saw Peggy for the first time. She was voted adorable. Ten Americans who helped Czechs send arms to Israel were arrested by our State Dept. The A.L.P. filed 100,000 names on a petition to restore the 5¢ fare. Carey and Fitzgerald testified before the House Labor Subcomm. on Communism in the U.E. 30,000 maritime workers struck on the West Coast.

9/4 Beat Benjamin and Grey. We all lost weight after the country stay except Eugene. Sylvia is full of enthusiasm, bubbling over with questions and new knowledge. We went over to Woodlawn today for the irst time this summer having supper there. Eugene played Cy Grey and made a good showing. Benes is dead at 64. Steiner won the U.S. Chess title. Kashdan 2nd.