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Aug 6 Sunday Split with Eugene. At night several couples went to the Sugar bowl in cars. We had franks sodas and sundaes. At the Ben Ann bungalows our soft ball team defeated the Gibbers [?] in a Frank Merriwell finish 7-6 in seven innings after being outplayed the entire game. We entered the last inning down 6-2 and won the game with none out. We then lost to Ben Ann's 14-3. I played both games.

Aug 7 Returned to the city. We launched our biggest attack of the Korean war. Freedom House asked for outlawing of the C.P. Judge Harris cancelled Harry Bridges' bail and sent him to jail as a menace to the security of the country. He is under sentence for a perjury conviction. At a congressional hearing Georgia Senator Lanham called C.R.C. rep. William L Patterson a "black son of a bitch" and advanced toward him threateningly when the lie was passed between them.

The last phrase is worded strangely; the actual situation was that each called the other a liar.

Aug 8 G.I.'s gained 10 miles on their first offensive toward Chinju. On other fronts NoKoreans continued to gain. Trygve Lie have his backing to a world armament race at a time such as this.

Aug 9 Thousands of NoKoreans crossed the Naktong River. Malik flayed U.S. bombings of NoKorean villages at the UN. The US and its allies are seeking ways to halt Malik's "filibuster". Truman asked more rigid spy and alien laws but cautioned against hysterical measures. Henry Wallace & Corliss Lamont left the Progressive Party on the Korean issue. Peace delegations visited Washington.

Aug 10 In our best say of the war, we smashed at Chinju victoriously. The Senate passed provisions bills providing for 30 years to death for peace time spying, exclusion of any aliens, and authority to summarily fire any employees in sensitive agencies.

Aug 11 NoKoreans smashed into the the [sic] vital base of Pohang. G.I.s drove steadily toward Chinju and trapped a thousand NoKoreans there. After a futile pre-session meeting on Malik's 'filibuster' at the UN the West has decided to fight him with victory. Two auto workers who had been beaten while gathering signatures for peace petitions have been charged with criminal syndication and held in $50,000 bail after they had placed assault charges against their assailants. The latter have been released on $1000 bail. Sugar Ray Robinson defended his welterweight title on Wednesday by defeating Charlie Fusari decisively in 15 rounds.

Aug 12 Left for Meyeroff's with mom & pop in their new Ford. We took along Lou Aronoff and dropped him off in Phillipsport. Mom & pop had lunch with us then went on to Ann's at White Lake. They will then go to Niagara Falls and return to a hotel in the mountains. At night we went to Ben-Ann's for coffee and cake. We also saw some entertainment in the casino. G.I.'s continued to attack the North Koreans at Pohang. Western and Soviet speakers denounced each other at the UN on the Korean issue. Lee Pressman resigned from the A.L.P. as too 'Red'!

Dad pasted in a box score here (below), without comment, but the reason is obvious.