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5/3 [first entry in Book 5, a Tuesday (Dad changed from Roman numerals to Arabic numbers for the books at this point)] Lil called Dr. Holzman last night as Eugene's temp. rose to 101°. The doctor asked for a specimen of his urine. Lil brought it over this morning. Eugene's temp was normal at noon. Sylvia played about but her nose was stuffed and she still had an occasional loose cough. Rent director Tighe Woods announced landlords will be guaranteed profits of 25-30% on their gross operating income. The Chinese People's Army cut the last rail escape route from Shanghai. "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller won the Pulitzer prize for the best play of 1949.

5/4 Dr. Holzman found Eugene's urine negative. He decided Eugene had had a sinus attack which had been relieved by argyrol packs (He hadn't seen him). Sylvia went back to school today. After school we all went to St. James where I played a little tennis. Eugene scoured the park for popsicle covers which have movie stars pictures on them. Hangchou fell to the Chinese Communists. Israel celebrated its first birthday. Chaim Weizmann here addressed several rallies including a giant Madison Square rally with Mayor O'Dwyer. A fourth F.B.I. agent who had joined the C.P. testified at the trial - T. A. Younglove.                               The House passed the Wood Bill which is supposed to repeal the Taft Hartley Bill but actually retains most of its important features 217-203. Southern Democrats joined with Republicans to scuttle Truman's repeal bill introduced by Rep Lesinski. A substitute bill restoring some of the TH features was beaten 211-183.

Dad left a large space there, possibly to add something later; don't know what. 

5/5 Both kids are in school. Eugene gave his report on the railroads first before information came from the N. Y. Central by way of the Book of Kn. Eugene had to refer to his paper only a couple of times and then on account of the statistics. UN delegates Malick of Russia and Jessup of the U.S. agreed that the Berlin blockade would be lifted after May 12. The counter blockade will be lifted and the Council of Foreign Ministers will meet May 23. The first quads born in the Bronx were born to Mrs. Ethel Collins. Greek Communists offered to hold peace talks with the gov't because the lifting of the Berlin blockade made peace possible everywhere. Last night Lillian saw "Yellow Sky" with Gregory Peck, Ann Baxter and Richard Widmark at the Valentine. Also "Unfaithfully Yours".

5/6 62,000 Ford workers struck against speed-up and over disagreement about rates of pay. Wallace testified against the Atlantic Pact before the Senate Foreign Relations Comm. He placed the onus of 'cold war' guilt on the shoulders of the U.S. 50,000 staged an anti-Hague demonstration in J.C. The unprecedented heat wave reached 92.3 for a May record.

5/7 Sylvia went on a 'tour' - to the Fordham Library where the children heard stories. Then Eugene went to LaGuardia Airport where he visited a hangar and saw airplanes take off and land. He and Jerome Elkind made some recordings which they played over and over again when they got here. Eugene took his 50¢ allowance plus a nickel and spent it all. Jerome's record was very good but the volume failed on Eugene's after the first few sentences. The US asked the UN to allow Franco's Spain to join certain specialized agencies of the UN.

I remember that LGA trip, and making the record, very well. I'd forgotten about the failure of my recording, but I still remember the booth where we did the recording.