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Nov 5 Sunday The kids went to Sunday School in the morning as usual. Sylvia's class is making stocking dolls to send to the children in Europe and Israel. Later Eugene and I went to the schoolyard where we played our usual ball games. A kid half our size, Jackie, picked us up and joined our games. He asked us if we come there every weekend. Afterwards while Eugene and I were downtown, Milton Shirley and Seth dropped in for a surprise visit. When we got home we brought ties, cookies, a wallet for Lil, horn for Sylvia and comic book for Eugene. Grover Alexander is dead at 63.

Nov 6 Lil got a tweed storm coat at Alexander's. It was a good buy at $19. MacArthur charged that alien Communists are fighting in Korea as Chinese "Reds" bolstered the North Koreans. The terror in Puerto Rico which found 1000 opponents of Gov. Marin in jail kept many voters at home.

Nov 7 Election Day We voted for Paul Ross for Mayor and other A.L.P. candidates for Gov. Sen. etc. An emergency session of the UN was called because of Chinese entry into Korea.  

Nov 8 Lillian went to Sylvia's class today as it is "Open School Week". She got a lovely report from Mrs Motelson. Sylvia is a good scholar popular with the children and dependable. Election results: Mayor Vincent Impelliteri - Independent Dem. - 1,156,587. Pecora - Dem & Lib 937,060. Corsi Rep. 382,785, Ross A.L.P. 149,182. Governor - Dewey by about 400,000 over Dem. Lynch. Marcantonio was beaten by a three party coalition for Donovan 50,000 to 35,000. Lehman ran well above his ticket to win by 300,000. Labor's nemesis, Taft came through by 50,000 votes. It was a GOP sweep as Administration stalwarts like Lucas FDR Jr. James Roosevelt, Helen G. Douglas, Bowles and Tydings were defeated. Oscar of the Waldorf is dead at 84. 

Nov 9 The Chinese Communists received their first invitation to the UN to discuss the presence of Chinese Reds in Korea. Mexican and Cuban delegates to the World Peace Conference in Sheffield England were freed after being arrested in Cuba. Cuban delegates are still being held. England has barred the entry of 200 prominent delgates to the "Congress". 
 
Nov 10 Lillian went to see Eugene's class in action and got another lovely report just as she did about Sylvia. Eugene, like Sylvia was called dependable among other things. In the evening Lil went to the Cub Scout Den meeting. There are only half a dozen boys but they were noisy and irrepressible - Eugene included. The U.S. asked the UN to discuss the Korean situation before Red China answered its invitation to appear before the UN. 33000 telephone equipment workers struck throughout the country for higher wages. The recent teachers trials were called illegal by the A.C.L.U. Sam Jethroe and Walt Dropo won the N.L. and A.L. rooked of the year award respectively.

Nov 11 Lil and the kids went downstairs to the Synagogue to see Richard Monka's Bar Mitzvah. Eugene left early. Lil Sarah & Madeline chipped in for a nice gift. Later Lil went to Montefiore to see Mrs. Lamphear. Six countries asked China to get out of Korea. The Chinese Reds continued to withdraw in Korea. Faulkner & Bertrand Russell won the 1949 & 1950 Nobel prizes in literature.

Richard Monka was a downstairs neighbor. Sarah (Rosenberg) and Madeline (Gallins) were other neighbors and friends. Mrs. Lamphear was the wife of the building superintendent.