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Action at Once On Refurnishing Our Offices
Trades Council.

The AFL looked over the SMEU office situation and acted quick ly. They took over the SMEU lease and lease on the end of fices of the piro Bldg, and threw the two offices together into 6 suite of rooms where Union busi- ness can be carried on fully with out interruptions. The Sub has its office, and there is a private office available for conferences, while the old SMEU place of busi- ness is to be used as a meeting room for stewards of the different locals. Three Union projects can now go on without interfering with each other. A phone extension is being installed in the private off, flee and the Union rooms are fur nished with prewar office equip ment, which provides adequate fil- ing space for Union records.
 The SMEU emeshed in long drawn out contractual dispute cases which required an equipped and staffed office personel for months previous to this date had found themselves stimied With records of the Union, spread about in the personal homes of its off, ficers, and the organization unco- ordinated with no proper confer ence rooms in which to confer with national labor officials or ar- bitrators, still, the SMEU strived valiently to overcome these ob- stacles and at the same time keep up with the exorbitant expense of dispute litigation. The office suf- fered naturally, and the SMEU did it's best to carry on in it's un- coordinated fashion.
 Rowland Bishop, clerk of the Unic-l was advised two months ago to renovate and properly fur nish the office, but because of the expense of the project, along with the strike situation, closely followed by the vote for affilia- tion this was held in obeyance un- til all representatives and steer ing committee men were paid for their meetings extraordinary"
 The AFL took quick action and remedied this grave situation i'm mediately. This is another demon stration of the strength of Unity and National power and prestige
The sub., 1944-10-05

it be in the National office or through the Local Union be assessed. This no-assessment clause guarantees to the members of this organiza = tion immunity against invol- untary taxation. After all is said and done this is your or ganization and you can make it strong at B. B. and have all it's facilities at your dis posal if you so desire.
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Truck Drivers Begin
 Membership Drive

All Electric Boat workers who are truck drivers, ware housemen and stock men, chauffeurs, etc., will have the chance to sign up with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers.
 MT Edward Rice who is the Bus mess Agent of the New London Lo- cal Number 403 will be on hand at the Union office to assist in the for- nation of The American Fedora tion of Labor Union at the Elec- tric Boat Company.
 MT. Rice's plan is to get all the applications and then to hold gen. eral meetings at which all mem bers may elect their leaders here at the Boat Company.
 Members of the A. F. of l.. need have no fear of any layoffs because Local 493 will be able to immediately place any truck driv- CT or helper who holds an A. F. of L. card in another job. This full protection against unemployment is made possible through the fact that all local members will be part i'm the strong Teamsters local of New London.
 If you would have a part in this great organization and be able to enjoy the many benefits member has in the American Federation of Labor you are urged to sign up ] now.
The sub., 1944-10-05

The following organization com mittee has been named to assist MT. Bradt: Joseph T. Harrington
 (Machine Shop, Main YarO Peter F. O'Malley
 Maintenance Dept, Main Yard) Foster (Cappy) Marsters
 (Main Office) James McKenna
 (Shipyard Office. Main Yard) Dorothy Irons
 (Stenographers, Main Office) Joseph Menghi
 Maintenance Office. Main YarO Horace Kel Patch
 Machine Shop Office, V-YarO
 Another group which will be granted a Federal Charter is the
The sub., 1944-10-05

Watch Force. This includes Guards, Watchmen and Fire Mar shals. Organization of this group will also be Under the supervision of Mir. Al Bradt. Representatives of this department should contact MT. Bradt at the union office.
The sub., 1944-10-05

MT. Al Bradt of Stamford Conn.,, has been assigned the job of organizing this group Mr. Bradt we'll quail
 flied for the b having had twenty years experience in the field labor relations For the past fourteen he has been in the field organizer. He is man who has worked his way from the ranks and is familiar with the problems of every worker in the clerical category
 Mr. Brad is at the Union Office daily for the purpose clarifying any questions that arise He stated today that his job merely organize and assist in the setting up of the organization After this has been done he will step out and the elected officers will carry their affairs
 the benefit of those who unable to to the Union office has furnished the SUB with the following information which will be of interest to all clerical workers
 Initiation fee will be two dollars, dollar of which goes to National Headquarters and stays in the local treasury Dues (which incidentally won't be collected until the charter set up which should be about November frs will be one dollar Of this thryfve and onehaf cents goes headquarters sxyfour and oneha cents to the local treasury.
 In return for the monies forwarded to the National Headquarters the is entitled to the helpful the disposal of this office Among these sentaton the National War Labor Board National Labor Relations Board Ships Stabzation Committee, etc. New England Regional offices conveniently located in Boston
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Federal Charter For
 All White Collar Workers

All office workers of the Electric Boat Company eligible for bersp American Federation Labor under the federal charter whc granted this group which will include main and hpyard office time clerks department and chief clerks tool crib and soreho clerks and all others classified as clerical workers.
 Under this plan the white collar will elect it's own officers who will have representatives the governing body known the M Council
The sub., 1944-10-05
Isaac Moon, V. Y. Welder,.
 Injured

Isaac Moon popular weder the Victory Yard and aggressive representative the SMEU who worked hard and sincerely that his Independent organization affiliated with the AFI fell from unashd ladder Monday Sept 25th, 1914, and seriously injured.
 This regrettabe accident Mr. Moon not only points out the aggressive leadership safety hazards at the Electric Boat Company but also is high recommends on for the Boermakers protection On Saturday. September 23rd Mr. Moons membership card in the AFL had been signed Before the ink dry his application he had of the best insurance projections in the world
 At this writing happy report that Mr. Moon is out of danger but he and his family know what it to have complete protection through Labor Union in the world.
The sub., 1944-10-05

AL IIllS COIlVeIII1OIl JOSGpu A. Franklyn, International President, was retired after serving h is organization faithfully over 38 years. His good judgment and business management has seen this or ganization grow from about 15,000 members when he took office to we'll over one-half million when he retired. The Iron Ship Builders however were very fortunate in hav- ing a man such as Charles J. MacCowan of Chicago to suc- ceed MT. Franklyn in this high office. MT. McCowan has a very broad knowledge of the trade, having worked in all branches of it, and is one of the outstanding officers of The American Federation of Labor. He is thoroughly fa- miliar with all their proceed ures, having been a delegate to all of it's conventions for the past 28 years. The broth erhood was also exception ally fortunate to have man such as William J. Buckley elected to the office of Vice President. MT. Buckley has been chairman of the Allan tic coast organization com . mittee for many years. He is a practical shipbuilder by trade and served his appren- ticeship with Pete Newall who is now the president of the Bath Iron Works and through his key knowledge and practical experience of iron shipbuilding he has been most successful in ne- gotiating the best contracts . in the country including the Kaiser contracts. He Is very firm in his negotiations and after securing a contract he is just as firm that his men live up to the letter of the contract as we'll as the Man agement.
 There is much more which could be said of the accom- plishments of this Brother hood if space would permit, but we wish to say further for those of our readers who are interested in following the iron shipbuilding indus. try, that now is your oppor- tunity to fill in your appli- cations and become affiliated with The American Fedora. tion of Labor. A real bona. fide national labor organiza. tion which is responsible fol all of -Labor's advancement an organization in whick your Union Card may be transferable to any part o1 the craft which you may fol. low under the A. F. of L. banner.
 NO ASSESSMENTS
 This organization too has a no assessment clause in h e IT constitution. This means that under no circum- stances can anyone whether
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Die tpieoerbo1ten Drobuneen Der in
Die @nge eetriebenen Na5ier0Ben, Ste
9laiierten nit elmer furdtbaren Get
beimmaffe 5u berni9ten, miro in $50
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I'M bic Siegesausii9ten 16le9t be-
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rifaniide Sberlt George g. g6oD, Ser
Setter oes SorIduneslabor in
Nberoeen, Mo., erflGrte: 0ie Deut=
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gnti6loiienbeit bringen. Die ber1die-
oenen bereits bon ben 4uiierten I'M
terlu6ten &afeten iin6 Elm i6tper 5u
fontrollierenoer @rfab, Ser ouf I'M iere
Bomber feinen @inorud mo9en fonn.
Sn ibrer gerlegenbeit brau9ten oie
Na5i na6 6en Observation-Disclosures
gen oeuti6er Stabte uno Ser 8ernib=
tung ibrer &iiitunesinouItrie idnen
ettpas, uno ftellten ii9 Dor, oab cine
&afete bic Srage l0ien tuiiroe. Mber
es ift cine @rfabrunestatfade, 6aB ie-
De Geuerunesfraft, bic nidt tontrol-
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iemono Die Siibner iugte. &idtig: elm
GROCER Sabn lief, mas er laufen fonn=
te, oobon uno Elm Neger binter ibm
Der. Ser Sabn idrie un6 lief, ober
Der Neger iiberbolte i'm un0 griff
i'm beim 5Aman5 uno oa mar @ollano
in Scot. Ser 0eger padte i'm unter
oen arm. trus i'm no6 Souie uno
balo borte ib Die &rt fauen. @s tpar
Inn i'm geideben. Ser drme @odell
8or langen Sabren, als Ser olte
Sannes 5darfgen nod i'm Mltenbeim
5u Ioiiton mar, mo er aud enolid
ltorb, ididte ct mir Na6ribt: i6
m0dte i'm NAL beiu6en. glls alter
uno iebr gutter Sreuno felt 1881 ging
id fin un0 bielt midi eine 3eitlang
BEL ibm ouf. Darauf ging id) gum al
ten Sreun0 8ater Srib 2obmann un0
blieb BEL ibm iiber No6t. Boter 2ob=
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Belt, ipro6 germ uno er5ablte aller=
lei 8iBe aus bergangenen Tagen iiber
1einen leltgen Setter &eb. Sran3 2ob=
mann bon Damiensbile, Geb. Mugu1t
9leinefe uno 8on5el uip. gr ipra6 am
lieblten Blatt uno tpeil i6 oas ber-
1tano uno fpreden fonnte, bIieb er 0a<
bel.
@nolid itano er auf un6 tpolte in
oen Sinterbof seben, id CLAUDE, gum
8aiier trinfen. Sd ging nit linn uno
rie ct bic Sintertiir nod 6rauBen off
nete, 6a faB Elm GROCER alter @odet
auf Der nieoeren Ereppe. Ser Sobn
iprang auf uno Der 8ater Iogte:
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$50, no, fief es, ntien' Eodel; fttt
Der ael Dor Be 9irI Sa, bu iouIt in
ben Stal gobn!"
Ser Eodel aber i6ritt an ieiner
Seite nit ibm 5um 8runnen uno So
ter unterbielt it9 nit linn.
9u bilt gan5 ullene; ia, id tpet
mol, felt @liiabetb' Dir 6etne Senne
genommen un6 in 6en Bott geitedt
bot. 9u balt mol ieien, mo ct bineing
uno ooriim legit 6u bier beriimme.
Sett bdngit 6u sic an mir; id ion
Die belpen. 8en, EodeG, id 6enf' 81,
biit balo alt genug un6 tpenn Ddnfs>
gibtng fommt, Damn gebit 6u of nit
2tsbetb in De &ote."
Sd la6te mid fait i6ief 6enn bei6e
moren alt uno erau un6 batten lire
beiten Sage geieben. Ser Sabn NOR
i6per uno feit un6 ma6te getpiB CUTE
Suppe ooer ~diden pot pte", Elm biB-
den 8odpulber 6o5u ma9te oas
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Gedanken und
Erinnerunsen
Bon Steo. 5. Guertges
(Gortfebung)

60 tparen aqe 8eiibungen etnge-
ddunt, oa5u nod "&eiter" auf ieoer
5eite, tpeI6e bic Stangen 5uiommen.
bielten gegen Gturm uno @ino.
,,Belde arbeit'', neinten Die @l'
tern. .,Nn oos tpertbolle 8eiBei9en'
bola 5u 5erreiBen fir 3ounitaneen." !"
9amals foitete es idon biel. Do9
aur Seit, als bieies gelpalten tpuroe,
bate oos &ola feinen 8ert o6er MIR
tpenis. &Ies rrpalo, tpas man nidt
brau9te, berbrannte man. 9o9 6o.
mails (188D nur6e oos Sol5 ge'
Sudt fir bic 8riiden, 8abnen, Sduier,
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Sic ligen, 6ak bic 8alfem biegen!

Sic liigem, oak bic 8alfem biegen!
8or fur5em tpuroe in Bbilooapbia
ooS $4,000 Eonnen-&riegsi6iff 8is-
coniin bonn 9tapel eelaiien. Drei Sage
ipater bertiin6ete Der Sotioer &uno.
fl1nf oem iopaniiden 8olt, Der ame"
ritoniid)e 9fieienoampfer 8isconitn
lei bon iapanifden u-8ooten BEL Netp
Guinea berienft tporoen. (@ine uner~
borte OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES bon Bbi~
looelpbia nad oem Sernen Often in
brei EagenD
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5ablen, man babe ibnen porgei6mefelt,
oie oeutl6en 8ombengei6pqoer bitten
fait ale gr0beren StGote Ser Ser.
Staaten in Sriimmer gelegt.
9as iiberbietet Den beriibnten 8is-
coniiner 2iigenflub INN oas Milionen-
fa6e!
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Ser britiide &unofrnt berbreitete
Dor fur5em cine Stodbolmer Mel-
oung, oaB in Der bereangenen @o9e
III Berlin 1000 Herionen an Snflu-
en5a 1tarben uno oie Eo6es fGGle in
folge Der @pioemie III gan5 9euti6-
lano itanoig tpeiteriteigen. Ser Weel-
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slmt in Berlin tpegen Ser Mitteilung
geidloiien, baB I'M bereaneenen Sab
re Der Gerluit an &rbeitsaeit INF folee
@rfranfungen i'm &eide I'M "a 8ro.
gent geitiegen lit.
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Bergnerte; Die SGgemiiblen 1ouIten
ben gon3en Sag lang. O6iengeIpanne
Biz 3u 3ebn Odien tamen NIT groBen
6ol3pagen idmer belaoen beranges
idleppt: longe StGmme, 59neuen,
Baubol3, Dampffeiiel uno Maihinen.
Die Odien lieBen nidts i'm Dred lit-
gen; oieie niitliden Siere baben 6o.
mails bic meiiten Nrbeiten geton ouf
Dem 2an6e, ouf Dem @ege uno in
Den 8Gloern. 9ie O6ientreiber fonnte
man oft meilenpeit i6reien boren.
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Der Ne9er nnb iein !Siibuden
Beld Elm @eidrei, balo it's borbei,
9as Siibnben lit gefangeu.
Gem &alten es entiprang
@s folgte ieinem 9rang
Sn Qng1t unb 8an9en.
Ser Neger tpintt Der Srou
Die fannie gan5 genou
9as Siibn6en 5u bereiten.
Sic padt es bel Dem S6opf
Serunter lit Der &opf
Borbei oas 2eioen.
Das Siibnden lit balo 5erlegt,
8rdt ioftie ouf Dem Serb
SSsn beiBer Bfanne.
Der seeger freut iid idon
&uf feline Bortion,
au6 aus Der Same (8ier).
Dos par elm lederer S6maus
SIR aipei i'm Negerbaus
Bie fie iid's tpiinidten.
Nd, bdtten fie nod einsl
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Iierbar iIt, &pertlos ift.

lierbar lit, tDertlos lit.
~Sn Der Sauptfade itelft cine Na@
fete oaber nur cine @riaspaffe oor,
uno au6 Ser @run6 6afiir, 6oB Sic
0eutiden iiber 2angftrefenrafeten re-
ben, 1iegt einfa6 Oartn, oaB iie feiner-
lei i6tpere 8omber baben, Inn Cont
6on 5u bombar6ieren. Se6e Sorte bon
2aneitredenrafeten piiroe i6redlt6
ungenau 1ein uno tdnn ibr 8tel unter\
umlt6noen INN 60 Mei1en berfeblen."
Sum- uno &afetenfIofs T? .,Gu9 1te
iino nur elm @riab fir Sliegerabtpebr.
gefdiite, iagt Oberit @bop, 1petl ite
biuiger rno f9neller bergeitellt tper.
Sen tonnen. &ber au6 fie itno infolse
ibrer eeringen @efdutnoiefeit uno Der
oobon berriibrenoen Nottpenoigfeit,
ben SduB orf 6as ia in 8etpegung
befin6li9e 3ielobieH eerabe5l1 Weilen
borlegen gu miiiien, 1tngenau."
l1n6 tpie 1tebt's nit per &a6to TOM
trouierten &ofeten? SberIt @6bps
Neeinrng lit, 6oB fte iebr einfo9 gu Be-
tGmpfen fir1o. Gin Slug5eug, 6as 6er-
artige Nofeten fontrolLiert urro 6iri-
giert, nuB einen &urs berfoIgen tpie
Elm Bomber un6 lit 6aber Elm leidtes
3tel fir ie0es Sagoflug5eug. l1no sic
tper6en beretts bemerft baben, fiigte
Der Oberit bin5u, oaB uniere Soeo-
f1ieger iebt iiber oas &ei6 fliegen."
Ser Oberf tpol1te oobei teinestpegs
Die Sabigfeiten Der Deuti6en fletnnos
6en. u5ie Itno an ltd3 quite uno ges
ididte Sonoperfer, ite beriteben et=
tpas bon ibrer Grbeit, uno iie baben
gutes Weaterial. 9ie 6euti6en @affen
itno BEN itaIieniiben uno iaponti1en
bel tpeitem itberlegen", iaete er. ,Mber
an @an6 erbeuteter oeutider @affen
fIbrte er oonn ben 8etpeis fir feline
Nnii6t, 6oB ,,beut5utage bic Del,tiden
our9 einen Mangel an tpi9ttgen &obe
ltoffen, ferner an 3eit fir ben be1o=
ttgten Hro0uftionspro5eB un6 ou9 an
|erfabrenen &rbeitstrG ften itart i'm
Sanoicop itno."
Sinfidtli9 Der Sapaner fagte ser
SberIt, oaB iie ,,ouf Der te9niiden
|5eite iiber 0os Sta6ium 6es &opie,
renS nod nidt binaus itno. 8enn iie
cine iiberlegene 8affe baben 1ollten,
boben ite ite ieoenfaus nod nt6t auf
Dem 56lu6tfelo ge3eigt'', erfldrte er.
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S1eil9 oud tpei6 uno eBbar. Sd be-
merfte:
Sen fonnen sic >ober ni9t 5er>
beiBen."
"O", meinte er, bic 2isbetb ion i'm
idon tpei9 friegen."
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Dbio 8aiisEfrcnnS

9u, Sambo, ia bu tpeiBt. =.
@s miro Dir gIiidenl +.
4. Nopember 1912. Sr. Suertges.
X X X
9anfiasnngstas, rs. Nobember 1912
@eute, mo- Iobiele SrutbGbne, Sitb=
ner uip. ibr 2eben loiien utiiilen, fou1-
men mir einige grlebniiie in Crime
rung, 6ie i6 nieoerI6reiben min.
gls i9 fiir5lid nod in ct. MorD's
Soipital, 8. ct. 2ouis, tranf un6
eleno mar, fudte i'd oft nad Ger
itreuung, oenn ouein un6 nit gei6lois
ienen Augen 6riidt bas truntmbeinige
@leno Inn 10 barter. Sd iaB beim
Seniter, tpo sic marine Come mir
ibr freunoli9es un6 beiteres @eitdt
5eigte un6 mein 3intmer nit ibren
lidten Strablen erbellte. Da bob td
midi ettpas un6 ihaute berab in Die
Muee, mo- oie geeger 1pobnen. Da e1t-
iton6 Elm groBes @eidrei, tpie tpenn
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Tomorrow is a Lovely Word

but fortunately a better girl got
him. A sweet. plump, sdoring little
girl who viii make him a good
wife. didn't expect I'd like her.
but I did. II was such a. surprise"
"A good wife Is 10 be priced
above ruhies," he observed
Beth thought, You should have
good wife"
Beth. have something / want
TO tell you. It's long story. not an
easy one 10 tell-even though II is
easier to tell you things thSn any
one I've known"
Ever"
Ever. my dear. It's about Bea-
trice. my wife. and me"
The cigaret in Beth's hand way-
cred. She put 1t down and folded
her hands in her lap, fixing her eyes
attentively on his face.
I'VE were married a long time
ago. We liked each other. We stu
do, although We haven't often seen
eye to eye. l was %, Beatrice lit
tie older. I think I've told you
something of my background, about
old John Higganum."
YES" Beth said. HE was Bea
Mrs. Archer's father"
Dennis nodded. "a great old boy.
A father to me. He did as much for
me as IL Id been his own son.
When he died. II was his wish that
I carry on the mills and take care
OF Beatrice Beatrice thought il
was a good idea, as I did. for us
to marry" He didn't tell Beth that
Beatrice wanted to marry him
when she found she couldn't marry
the man she wanted. And so we did.
Things went badly at the mills un-
I'll reorganized. I've told you how
we changed the name OF the mills.
But doing that didn't change the
fact that Beatrice always had the
controlling interest in them"
He paused and lighted a cigaret
before going on.
Our ways parted few years
after we were married. They've
been parted ever since. ] don't like
to say this, but want you to know
the whole story. wanted divorce.
wanted to marry again and have
children. Beatrice preferred to re-
main as we were. A divorce, three
years ago"-Beth calculated that
was the time when Andrea had
come into his life-''was out Of the
question. Beatrlce's terms were to
sell the business. I couldn't throw
my men out OF work, rs they would
have been at that time. Now the
picture is different. I have bought
out Beatrice. She has found some-
one else she wants to marry. She's
in Reno now. Does that mean any
thing to you, BETH"
Beth couldn't be sure what II
meant, but she nodded, and smiled
wanly. 1T means you have a
chance for real happiness now"
Does it," he asked, looking
straight into her eyes.
j ITO Be Continued)
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unsuited, for such limitations. his
time has come, as II has for many
another, TO devote a reminiscent
leisure to~rhe philosophic equietude
Of fishing in the glorious ponds and
lakes OF our land. He IL through.
Senator BarSley has done his
country an infinite service In coupl-
ing with Mr.. Roosevelt that fan
tastic celestial nomad". the Hal.
ley's comet OF the Republican par
~. Wendell Willkie. There was
perhaps an astromical error In the
Senator's reference TO the comet.
for II seems 10 know where II is GO
ing TO. where as the gentleman OF
as many parties as Joseph's coat,
seems TO change his direction with
nothing TO guide him but the fall.
BILE pol Us OF mathematical samplers
OF twisted questions. The slate
might be wiped clean Of all glamour
politicians who have themselves
photographed grinning when all the
world weeps. Let us get on with
the business OF the nation.
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CHAPTER FoRrY.rHREE

BETH WAS in the linen closet,
pen in hand, checking laundry,
when one Of the girls came upstairs
and hailed her.
There's a man downstairs to see
you, Miss Kinnan."
TO see me ?" Beth looked at her
watch. II was almost IL. Did he
say who he is?"
mo, but il I were you, I'd put a
little lipstick on. He's quite hand
some and he has bunch Of flowers
in hand"
AT this hour? There must be
mistake" Beth said. Nevertheless,
she stopped to put on powder and
lipstick before she went into the
living room.
She didn't know him at first. He
looked older, better dressed, more
important than she remembered
him.
She put out both her hands.
"Vernon Blake"
Hello. Beth. This Is no hour to
come calling, but my train didn't
get in until ten. would have writ
ten, but but wanted to sur
prise you"
".You have, and very pleasantly.
Let me look at you" She stood of
and regarded him appraisingly.
"You look very Washingtonian."
Maybe it's because I have hat
and gloves" He grinned.
mo, it's something else. A year
has made a great difference, my
friend. Not that I didn't like you
before" She remembered that last
night she had seen him. When he
told her he was going back to
California. and that he would wait
for her. He would always be wait
ing for her.
1--WE been doing pretty we'll out
at the plant. Promotions move fast.
I'm here on company business"
"And to see me-" she asked with
rare coyness.
Perhaps it was that coyness that
put him off balance for a moment
He cleared his throat. There have
been a lot Of changes, haven't
there? ?"
Lots" she said. Lots since our
correspondence dropped off. sup
pose Marion wrote you that Andrea
has an adorable daughter"
Vernon said Marion had written
him all the news. He said her house
was great. He was delighted she'c
turned into such a successful bust
ness woman. He said she looked
great. He said Washington wa;
great.
Now tell me your news, Yer
nom"
you know most OF It," he said
looking uncomfortable.
Save the rest Of it for a mo
ment. / want to put my flowers II
water. II was sweet OF you L
bring them" A year before jim
had brought great yellow chrysan
themums.