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Dec. 11 Sunday Brought ties to Max Weinbrown. Mom and pop, Abe & Blume and Rochel stopped here after visiting Tante Rose and had supper. Pop won a chess game from Eugene. The Australian Lavor Gov't was ousted following New Zealand's similar defeat. A 500 man police force was voted by the UN to enforce its rule of Jerusalem. An anti-Communist labor body was formed to rival the W.F.T.U.

Dec. 12 Two E.C.A. aides were freed by Korean leftists after 81 [days] as prisoners. The West German press accused the Allies of war crimes! N.Y.U. vetoed the fraternity bias Law voted by the students. The kids took their first piano lessons from Lillian Nadler. She gives them 3/4 hour each for $4.50.  

Dec. 13 U.S. accused Bulgaria of false charges and restrictions against our embassy officials. The Supreme Court upheld the validity of the 1949 Federal Rent Control Act. Ex State Dept. officials testified in favor of Hiss' loyalty at his trial. At the Judith Coplon trial the Judge barred evidence gained by wiretapping.  

Dec. 14 Lil went with Mama to Fordham where Mom bought us artificial flowers for out Anniversary and an umbrella for Sylvia and gun for Eugene for Chanukah. Israel transferred its capital to Jerusalem in protest against its internationalization. 

Dec. 15 The kids practise [sic] a half hour each day. Kostov was sentenced to hang. 10 Co-defendants were sentenced to prison terms. A second judge within six weeks declared the Feinberg ("anti Subversion") Law unconstitutional. Stool pigeon Manning Johnson identified Bridges as a Communist. Big League trades saw a major deal where Willard Marshall, Kerr, Sid Gordon and Webb go from the Giants to the Braves in exchange for Eddy Stanky & Alvin Dark. In the evening we went to Max Guzman's 60th birthday Lotka party bringing a muffler. Mom came but Pop could not make it. Lil & Harry, the Bardes', Horowitz family and daughter Anita & her husband Joe also came. Sandra & Edeen made lotkas. Ida is improved. Two more couples were present including one from Israel. 

Dec. 16 The City had its first voluntary water holiday today. People were requested not to bathe or shave and use only essential water. Hitler banker Abs is here with State Dept. approval. 27 Peekskill riot victims sued for $2000,000 against 16 veterans org. and county and state officials. 3 hours O.T. 

Dec. 17 Eugene went bowling with his Cub Scout Pack at the Kingsbridge Alleys downstairs. Judge Hutchinson presiding at the re-trial of the "Trenton Six" barred Rogge, Patterson and Block from representing the unfortunate Negroes on the grounds they were N.Y. lawyers. The lawyers appeal to the Supreme Court had saved three of the victims after Hutchinson had sentenced them to the "chair" in the first time [sic]. Kostov died on the gallows. Holes were ripped in Chambers' story of his relationship with Hiss at the trial. Mao Tse-Tung arrived in Moscow for the first time as a Chinese gov't leader and received a great reception. Friday's water holiday was called a success. Miss Quinn got off again with a slight reprimand after her Anti Negro remarks. 8 hours. All O.T. Lil took the kids to the Windsor to see three pictures including a Western also a cartoon.