Folders 171-180: 13 May 1944-20 May 1944,

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2, 8

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Is told that his chances at making officer would be better if he were a 2nd or 1st class petty officer; asks for gossip from back home. Any promotion is stalled for three weeks because the officer he talked to has left for California. Puts in a request for leave in mid-June, but leaves are still frozen; reading “Release from Nervous Tension,” by Dr. D.H. Fink. Does not think it sensible for Esther to move down to Williamsburg. His superior gets transferred out, and replaced with a new boss. New boss holds a conference with Recht, telling him that both he and his old boss, Wilson, know that he is working under his capabilities, and they will try to transfer him someplace with a better chance for advancement; his new boss is friends with the procurement officer, the one in charge of rerating and taking application for promotions; talks about how some enlisted men were punished for sunning themselves while on duty. One of the members of Recht’s office gets rerated ahead of him; proposes to reorganize the entire system of filing memoranda. Would consider Navy work in Europe as a yeoman; talks about the trial of some seditionists. Is told by his new boss that Esther come down every month, and he will be given time off. Sees the movie “Gaslight” with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer; talks about a contest for Postwar Economic Programs.

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