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June 29 Sunday Price controls were saved as Senate-House conferees agreed to extend price and wage controls another ten months. We received a card from Mary Weitman asking us to come for an ":open house" so mom and pop drove us out to Lynbrook and it turned out to be Mary and Moe's 25th anniversary. Mom and Pop first stayed to be introduced then drove home. We had a lovely time in the back lawn sitting at tables and eating and drinking with Morty and Rae. They then took us over to the Indep. Subway at Jamaica.

June 30 We picnicked at St James today and I beat Dimitri D. Eugene played chess and nok hockey with George D. Sylvia also played nok-hockey.

July 1 Lil and the kids went over to Molly and Sam seeing Milton Shirley and Seth. Coming home they found Mike who slept over on the Castro. I split with Freddy Katz today while Sylvia played nok-hockey and Eugene played punch ball with some kids. Jacques Duclos was freed by a special French court. Radio writers started a strike against the major networks. Eugene had his basal done.

July 2 The Senate ratified the peace treaty with Germany and the military treaty linking the German Army to the European defense system.

July 3 Lillian went over to Dr. Holzman's about Eugene's basal metabolism which showed a mild hyper thyroid condition. He is not to be overactive in games  and is to have a carbohydrate diet. Lillian got iodized salt and some pills. Lattimore was again called a "red" instrument by McCarran. 

There will be more about my thyroid condition soon. 

July 4 Over to Woodlawn for the first time where Sam Molly and pop joined us. There was some chess, checkers, then rain. Pop took us all home where we watched television.   

July 5 Eugene has been playing punchball in the playground almost every morning. After lunch we traveled to Al & Ediths where we saw cute little Deborah Ann for the first time. She is very good, stretches her neck backward when held. Al took the usual chess game from me while Eugene waited in vain for the long game to end early enough for him to play. A captive Assembly in SoKorea voted for Rhee's measure to allow presidential elections by popular vote. Wimbledon:
Sedgman d. Drobny 4-6,6-3,6-3,6-2
Maureen Connolly d. Louise Brough 7-5,6-3.
Sedgman & D Hart d. Thelma Long & E. Morea 4-6,6-3,6-4
Sedgman & McGregor d. Seixas & Sturgess 6-3,7-5,6-4.