Folders 621-630: 15 September 1945-19 September 1945,

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7, 3

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Folders 621-630: 15 September 1945-19 September 1945

Goes to the dentist. Researches getting insurance for a business. Has a Jewish service in the “Chapel of All Faiths,” which has a cross above the door. Esther gets some interesting ideas from the pink paper Herman sent her a letter upon; is about to get in 13 men to replace the 13 that are being shipped out from his department. Hears that Camp Peary is to become a general Navy boot camp; hears about yeomen being frozen. Hears about a group of men, who are not married and whose work is below average, being sent out to sea; goes to Richmond to a synagogue and hears a “hell-raising” sermon; sees the movie “The Southerner,” and thinks highly of it. Wonders about another trip by Esther down to Williamsburg. Reflects on having to live on less money than he is used to; has had some discussions with Young, his successor at his old job at the Camp, “about Negroes,” who says that they are not as smart as Whites. Finishes the novel The Folded Leaf.

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