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Nov 9 Sunday We stayed in all day. Eugene told us he had given in his name for the High School of Science. Sylvia played with her paper dolls. Chaim Weizmann is dead at 77.

Nov 10 Sylvia returned to school today. Many were killed and injured in riots in South Africa protesting segregation. Philip Murray is dead at 66.

Nov 11 Sadie, Bernie and kids popped in from Syracuse in a surprise visit. They were on their way home. The four kids paired off in checkers' games with Robert bouncing around from room to room. Afterwards we went to Kleins where Lillian got a red coat ($35). Then we ate at Horn & Hordart's bought some cake and carp and came home. Vishinsky at the U.N. Announced [sic] a no compromise policy in the repatriation of POWs. Trygve Lie resigned his Sec'y Gen'lship of the UN "to save the peace". He had been boycotted by Russia.

Nov 12 Lillian went to Sylvia's class this morning on Open School week and to Eugene's teachers in the evening. Sylvia's work and conduct is satisfactory. The report on Eugene was very good. A Negro in N. Car. was convicted of leering at a white girl and give a 6 month suspended sentence and 5 year probation. The A.C.L.U. disclosed that much Soviet mail is being destroyed by the P.O. rather than delivered here.

Nov 13 Lillian went to Eugene's classes this morning and to Sylvia's teachers this evening. Of Eugene, the only criticism was lack of initiative. Abe Burrows reneged on his "Communist" past before the investigation.

Nov 14 Sylvia is a little reserved and somewhat slow in subtraction according to her teacher Miss Dunn. In a shocking disclosure, Abe Feller, chief UN counsel was revealed to have committed suicide by plunging to his death from the 12th story of his ap't eluding his wife's cluches [sic]. He had had a nervous breakdown and was despondent over Stevenson's defeat and Lie's resignation. He had been working hard on answering the smears against UN employees. The highest court in South Africa ruled Malan's court, set up by him to legalize his racist legislation, was illegal. The State Crime Commission heard Tammany leaders, Alfred Toplitz and Sidney Moses testify to their friendship with underworld figures such as Costello, Erickson, Adonis, Luchese, (Three-Finger [sic] Brown, Coppola, Rao and Schultz. The F.B.I. also started an investigation of Ass't US Attorney Armand Chankalian's friendship with Luchese.

Nov 15 We went to the Kingsbridge to see the great Western film "High Noon" with Gary Cooper, Otto Kruger, Lon Chaney Jr, Thomas Mitchell and "The Ring" a story of discrimination against Mexicans in California. Three Finger Brown testified before the Crime Commission that he knew a score of public officials. Other testimony disclosed that Frank Costello was know as "The Boss" around Tammany Hall.

I remember seeing High Noon, but not the other film. And I remember that we came into the movie in the middle (as was common back then), so I didn't fully follow the plot until we saw the beginning, later.