Folders 611-620: 12 September 1945-15 September 1945,

Containers:

7, 2

Scope and content:

Uses pink paper one day, finding it to be the only thing on hand; the Navy finally recommends to sailors that they buy things at service prices and send them home, which is what sailors have been doing all along; remarks that the old camp soda fountain has been replaced by a sort of jewelry store. Hears a rumor about the replacement for Lt. Kennedy. Does not get anything out of the camp religious services. Finds out the public library is now closed in the evening to give the librarians a break; hears about how the personnel chief is disappointed about the test scores, on the General Classification Test, of the men staying in the Navy after the war ends. Lt. Kennedy finishes By the Waters of Babylon, and shares his views on it. A librarian puts up a sign that says “Jim Crow” with an “X” through it, and a “burly Southerner” causes a ruckus about it. Hears that the Secretary of the Navy is to appear before Congress to discuss demobilization; hears of many men and women having affairs with people all over the camp, including in Recht’s department; talks about living in the same house as Esther’s family.

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