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Joly Diary lit ~l.o '~blto l!ouao Mat•c aro t Doaoo J'-,yuveather

Aftor a little brina-l nc IQ> t o dato o.'bout hM t, aacnol1aa aod ebnry 'tloloo .. l n ~

'blooz oarl y - --- •.11 . and 1 a ro i OlDC t.o li hrMro' l11lion d inner tonicht . 1 bavo Jut

ullod S.lon Philip. So far, YO\I.IIC v..,-. looa bao COM tbro"&ll that horror on Iwo llaa

oli!o , - a a of t blo 14th. • April 4th - 101opol uoJ I'll ban to vrih it all up a! t or-

varda l Prlaono ro of War ~:ro\Q) boro t hla IOOrniJIC, mo otl,y airllon, I to Sg t , 17*-'ll&'••t+qJ

"'obat 11y 'ooy l ollo 110 o! tho belilh cltleo - • S~t . ~lmly ;;loatinc, .!.l.lol.zl Tou obod'

Boo Borllnl 0 So lc tho ono who I n opoakiQC to Koxt of ~ln o! prloooaro CfOupl eallod bll

to.lk ,

tho l r

"( Day ln H:xlW <leno&D,Y . • 4 gand lot Lt , with l doao told • t boy hdd dolt& too in

eup, ancl there was a maJority agre•• • n t lM:k on the~ of t ba iT ?.o! w. • xs>•r1encef\i

April 5t'", , en rou t • to Cbarlo~ t elvill• , •Bat t1y tra in . iut I v l l l at 11'"1t try. !'h.,u-aday

morn t·o.~; , J'.D.ll . arrived !or b ru.k!aot , lookinc t orriily th i n o.nd vorn and cr-.rr ond t blo

r oaonanco of hi s voico £T•o.t lf a!! octod ~Y tbio arc rava t od olnua trou'blo a.j ~• well a a

01- t•• ~h . ~bleb were alvA$• ~ad, alop l nc i~vard• like eo ~ Delano t ee th ~nd with £8P••

Al l thl o Ia wo>oo now. Tho :oct painful t hlnc t o watch l oa ~~&rko d tro~o r o! tho banda. I ,

an d 1 ho.c two lone ~ t alko o.bout nio phfelcal 6o nd1t 1on. Sho oayo a looa of auocular con-

trol I a notlcoa~lo . Rt no lone-r~ to drive b la M:l own car a t !17<1• Park, - leta

h~~ dr ive , wh ich ~e neve r did ie!ore, and le ta t er mi x cocktaila if Col . Boe t t icar 1a

no t prt'ae.at. She .f ee:, t hat, while tl..a lon~; year a of a:n.oki ~ have eome tbint t o do with i t ,

H. 11 only a \o"'n4ar that 1 ' baa not coite aoocer , •••1n.c bo·v 1mpoaa1\ la i t iG !or h.imt in th•

• dr ivo of of:ficla l du t ios, t o k•<P biG icd,y ~n obapo , Sbo aaid almpl:r, 'I thi nic bo f a cod

t ho t a.c t , flvo yoar a &&<>, t hat 1: ho bad to co on In office, to a ceocpl lah hio work, it .... ~ua t ahorton n l o lito , ana 'ho' aado that ~lot. I! bo can acco~~pll•h what ho oot out t o

do , ~nJ t bo n d i .. , It wHl havo ilon 'o'Orth 1t. 1 ga-ru : · ;th hill" . Ilia heart a nd iloo<lo-

pri&aure £..re a.uc~ 'tette r tba.n l.at /t-""'-"::' - .. old ng CM·.1.nc \u-o eo cut 4ovn. le t&kea no

i nete reat i n 4i ti :!'cod. But I c. .. :s.lai;le d to her hc.v ainua~G final ly 1-ob you ot all Genae ot

don' t ta o to riQ.t. • llut I ~old i:or I couldn't toll coot cof!u !rom la4 etc,' ' OIU~ 'o'lll

the i r taa t o 1o dul led, loao i:ltor .. t . lllo alo r tnoao 11 11ontal o.nd hio C¥ir tt unwoar114.

obo told 110 one ~> 1~ t ho Pool , ! hat obo baci t o •U• wl.o .• people opob of bow ~lrocl. bo

auat ~·. •1 aa a l l read¥ to band over to oth• r• nov, ill all t.Lat 1 .:... , tt oh• aa l~, 11'-'.::.d .. o

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Diary .prll 19~J - 2-

rm• to Uvo l.n re tl.l·oaaat; 'tu~ l'r &lllr;llli aaid to • • lao t i Wid&r, IYc,.·,, ltno• :ol.tanor,

I I v• w• au r.o mucb now of tl» )l .. r A..:t and I t.. iau~ • _ni all of t-he", v:.l' ... w, £--ot thrw .......

. u o, I 'Oellno I'd 111to to 1,0 o.nd llvo tbaro, l :fool quito "" eqert. I ltoliovo I could

h•lJ. to ot r &lcht• n out tho llear ll111t , 1 ' Can't ; o':l thilli: of &nTthinc ~r ~J dot' I •l<od.

' ioll, yea, 1 ba ano"or~J. quito oerlo\lol;r. 'It' • &v l.n& t • lte &v:l'ull)l "-rd to otr&ic»u

••·tt Alia, vbat v1til India &44 Cb.in.a an4 'l'b.t.iland ad Indo-China, I' d lil<o to t;o t lato

that,' Dooa ~ilat oound 1 tire d ' t o . ... u , Mar;:arot J l!A all rea ey· to sit \tack , !!.!.! still

- --- lloll , to C" t \tack to ltroald:aot 0 .1 Tbure4l1, - I b.od

f6und amon~ C, S,7, ' • ondlooo pa pero a lottor of llotaan ~AOmao' oatod 19)Z, a t tho t1ao

Charlie vas tr1ing to cet Norman to COM up and ... t 'Fr&llllliA &Ad vork with hio, - (Mill<

him "aut went on to ,1v• hie Opillioo. that Booae ..,..lt \li' .... i.\ an awfully nice .:' •llow, or eo•...,

t hin;: lil<o th4t, - • vholo paragraph, So I 1orou,;ht H to :tr&Dklin, and ho W&8 7 do lichtod,

~ ap~ont ly l a t er did goot h1o, lil<od ~~d adQirod lloraan, &nd (ao I had r~pod) thin

• llH tho opot, H.. d i d eo IIIUCh !or Cl>arlio tha t I lll<o to ltr1n, hi m tbo little inlto"'\"to

• which tel p t o o;lde\ a t r a iu . I t 1a all a fr:~ can ~o . ~e talke d of our Ch inese c~atnuta, •'

·out moatl;· wo •allo:od of the Cr.U.oa. l!o tole :oo of t ho trooa that had MIA plo.n t <d 07 tho

Rua aian a ris>ocra to oy tho pala co a , tbo YouoouFoff and ~at other royal ono, ( waa it L17a­

di af ) - i ncl uding a rov of ooquoiao, wnich had eurvived Goraan de struction. And he told

of tno bi<looua de=olitiou of iovaotopol. :But •oet b.o vanto d to talk of what a atronc

and r omarlcaol o cl>aractor lltn Saud of Aralt1a io. 0 Tbo J ovo don't ot&Ad a Chanco in Palostino'!

ile eaid, ' " " lone aa I tn Saud livoo , ., .S. told mo abou t Iltn Saud'• d.olicht i n tho wheel

chai r bo «&vo him. (!• i s cr ippled O/ nino old ltat tlo woun~a) Ev1dontly,1rankl1n do-

lichto in tbo contacta wi t•. tho loacl.o >;a ot all otripeo, .S. t old n eanor tb.ot a t Yal ta

tho pul.l-toce tbor ea a l.nfinitu; h ttor than a t 'l'ob.oran. (Ac t uAl vordo to Jloanor, vbon oho

aal<o d aoout this wero , awroxiaato l y, ' At Yaltll , ve o taJ,·ted •ilu aba&d of vboro we l oft

off ll t 'l'oboran,•) At 'l'oboran , bo oaid , Stalin wao ~:ran~ aueplciouo of ltotl:: Chmlclj.-

111 and F.D~~ta, t ho Buaai an vould oppooo ••=•thin&, clif!or, F.D,R. a a chairman would

aay "lfoi l , l o t 1o oloep OJ> 6tr Thoi' would a dJourn, llut <Ja.y, Stalin would 'Doa;i n rtcbt awa.v , ••oout oo ana ao , 1 •cr•• to tho Prooide nt 1o plan,• and that wae that, Eo eooaod to baTe

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t a itb ! . tbt Aloerlc:&n poUlt of 'tioV and In J raultl1A. i}o~or told 1t INC'> llo ttor than th1o ,

I• q .lt o thrlll• d • •· I t oo• mo oo tunt ... utal. ODe dal, I oal d to 1.1 • . 1Vb&t aro you ~~IDe

to do whb V1Aoh a Ctor t he Var ?1 ' I don 1 ~ know I, oho auaverod. 11t 1• Dl t vbat 1 o ....,tod

for a ttorvar4o, and I think ba knave It,• l K&thor that bo and oho ha•• bad oo•o oot-too.

Thoro ~aa oven a n occae!o n whon oho quote d oomo t'>ID& be bad oald ~ontha oarl!or, and ho l

ct~ly donlod 1~ Proeont wo r o two poopl o , Britiah, - .&t~no /orono, - vho had hoar~

lll10 oa.,· It, S~ called tb.om to wltnuo, t!loy llacn d. bor up , bo rooontod it! 1 viah I could

~•call what bo l:acl oa1d, - aomot h !nc tboroucl>ly r eactionary.

To ~t llack to 1 . D. " .. ohe oa)'o llh atnuo11 aro oo web wor10 1A "••llll>cton • tbat

• • aoon ao to ~h llack thoro , he pl.,.,, to co aouvbtro oloo. lttb prooont co~r:.=lcat1ons

aDt tho ota/~ bo hao, ho can oanac o aftairo • • v•ll !roc ono apot a a &aotber.•

XX~DUOl~IXDUOO~Xl~DC~~IYfltiJX[jlltlf XIIIIf~~lXJII A l a t er • n t ry, af t er J'ranklin 1a doatb , lil'ltt on on •;· VA)' homo troD "·T· to l ow Lebanon

t!DXIJX.lt!IU.P: :-! ~;h t attor • tho funoral .

• I wi ll now !111 In all that I ca n ro~N~nllor of dotall of our .... aokfaat convoroation on

'!'1\ur ooa,y , Harcb 21th . 1 cannot pro t ond to cot it In or~or • .Po t o llh !tnoy had w:-ltton Jay

aiout hla"{:al'<lona• , ollr coM t arlli In J'ranco a nd Bolcluo, of whi ch be baa charco. llo vao

anx louo t t a t th• bo~a 1 bodioo abould no t llo due up a od oro~t boco. lo wan t od people hore

o ~ueat o d to f ool t boy w•ro llo tto r I n t bo lloauty o! t ho coe• t t r !oo In Jrenco. I ohove4 tho

• xcorpt to :ill oanor 11od. Sb.t taU 1'hl~ to J':'aokl!n ~llout It, 1 So I dlt., ll~talrt'ut ve a r N d)o

1 ~ t ho Yo ot !all , Ro vao vbool oa I a, - eomlnc fro= !Tdo Pork '117 n!~~t train, - occozponiod

\ y Laura Delano (and nor eo ttor l ) Mar~rot (Dai oy) Suckloy, lorothy Yr lcbt, a maoooua o and

a .• d aaaiah nt t o hla oocr a tary, Gra ce 'rully , and dogo, - inelud!n,; I think, h llo. Jloanor

wavod mt to tho aoat a t ~ln'o l oft , oayinc oamotb l nt t o tho o!foa t that bo would ••• ~

th• othoro acoin ( co lnc t o Var~ iprinco with hi~) llu t not ao, So , ~ end I juct talked,

Eloanor, a t t ho vo o t ond of tho talll o , eh1•• 4 in. ~ root .. otly 41tn 1 t . Said franklin, -

1 VbHnt )'f Oh, yeo , (a a I pn data ) t h.o Anoalll pan. loll, ho'o ript. H 1 o a awful

to dl« thn up, Do you r o .. a llo r how t orrllllo H voo laot t !ae? Thoro' • llo only an am ancl

! d ontlf~catlon iaa ltract l ot, all 10U coul~ find of tho aan, llur! od wlth f ull bonoro O'tlr

thor o. Droadtul to eli" lt up and cart 1\ boao Ltld do u all O'tlr acalnl And tbo• lolA Iter

lio thors l Bow tbty 'lWlrrolod whe n t h.o y Otl>t tboa o'tlrl l!acl W..l no10 to llllko oo auch Cuot

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~\4ut \441ea!• (Of couroo tbio it aot oltogetbor h ie oxact worf•• \ut tte " Doe of tboa ) I oot; , "Too, ·out I W.d aJl • xpe r h oc• a'bout c roo:at1oo vbo D ou.r CoGtor d1o4 • I bad oup-

poa•i t.:.a t that. wa.,-l!.!! :uaa . \ ut t. t. "'&I such aore. • Kl.eanor La .. bad a aimllar 1.8pr. aaioD

&lid cU ltod ln wi th.J!!.~dlollluoion. 1 told hlllii<Un o! tbt !lor14 ovt rtda GOra tod St41ark'o­

l n - Vonico- gono-mad ~auoolou~ a t Troy Croaator i ua, an<! AAdrtw Sohlllinctr aaktnc ao

t o a6mlre tho °Froea1co", Ho accuood ao o! aal<hoo; l t up. Tbtn ono of )llo illploh croatho im-

S~/··~J.-pulooa •a-soft blm, oo obaratorlotlc of Franklin. oosotlmoo " oat plsno !or aankind e~~lnc

ao inaplra tioo, Lond-Loaao , or snotbor , o~etimeo lroaki oh Jeotlnc GODcept lono liko tbo

!ollov 1nc . I ~·11 1t t . o ov hov catural te -· · ""' bow a \oolut• l7 Wlllaw>to d 1ly ""7

thou~ht or p~••~tizont of blo i~~po ndlnc death any o! uo we r o , - includ iDC h1noel!l

1 You know, Margarot, 0 bt ea ld ouddonl7 , • rou could aako a lot o! aooo1 out of daatbl

(Y• had monatio~o d tho pro\lom o! d1 opo e1~g of t ho creaatad aohoo.) Tou could 'b~ a \lock

Gogevher e on Seven t b A••. near t h• h nne)"lvan1a Statio.a., l. ~" 'tu1lc1 a 4C-tt.orey 7J.il diZl.!; .

auC t. iera ol sor t. o! aaf • ,tepo a lt boxet 11 - 11Roma n ColwalJariu= u -t.-(.1at•: 11 1 1nte rpoaed.

"T'ea t ' • HI "h• ch,·~,<J.o d, "'1111 , -poopl o would Juet l o .. it. Solvo the whole problo:n,

11.nt you 1d itak• a fortune . " 11W• ll, you can carry out your t e rr1\le id•a. I f 70U. lUta, t1 I

•~ld. • 1 think it 1 e tTiaaly. 3\lrial to much aizplot .• "Do ;ou ~~ow , • ho o& ld , coc~~

' bla b.a 4 a t =•· "vh• r• I want t o \e \ urledt ~~•r• a a $pOl 1

vorda_J h&v• •·• ~ \ ur1e d on• old •ul• , t wo bore as~~ a 4o&e n or ao ot the f amily Goca. ant

An~ t horo, l • a•' t han t bre o Vltkl l ater, oo Sunday, jprLl 15th, bl a vorn \ody vas \uriod, 11

wbllo hie opirit ... oa t !roo to do , at the i a n 7raocLoco CoO:or aaco , l n ~"-1• lation, t~l:fUJdloUt

and 1\ tho Yorld, t or al l Limo, t ho work \ o;un in t he crippl ed , \ roko n oody. which ho

novor ~lloVId t o domlna to it. 7ro: t bLo, t t io cloar to me, bow truly bt ! olt the cast­

of! \od; ioloftGod wi th oll Aua t, - t bo mule, an~ the doc. ~· ua ed i t , ~orfoct aa it ..ax

in tho u .. t ho So•h t1 had -ole of tbo Crimea ao • roe t sud -play area ef.diotxl!tfUih

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/or the .., ... r y 'ttorlcen. l!e c!u cri ... d 'ttbat U.a luxury or t he Cnl ht Rlviua palacea ba4

~ een . ~d how the l!olshh 1ki h.a<l 110 ~ dut:-o;recl, but td&pted , "- t~ the p t opleU ua•

lore~. t o al l tb. t tl:ley could u achJ ihJ Youaoupoff l':ld Li vadla pa l a c .. bad Htn GeT!lliin

'~ · ~· a nd t~•e ;; eomeho'tt didn't ~:o• t t o clu~roylng thou. 1 a akt t' r . a'aout ~!alta a nd he ana..,tr e d

"Well , l' d s~•c t ha t ~efors, eo that vaan ' t a a 1nt• r • attn: to •• a c the Bl a ck Sea and the

CrU.ca. I' d al'ttays want e d to a .. that. "

jo\lrney s ili descrioed 11.r . .! add causally, "'!'hen yo·<1 cao;e uut tr.t' t"-.a ~ r.rain country,

~ :'ld nol'li{ore fore s ts, -" (She waa soma aort of a couuin or re l a · ivt, I t '- 1nk). She aatd,

tra ve l thrOUc'" that r ·a&io"l anC: the l!lack Sea IUld t::te Cauca~ua . You know, Eleanor, " ' could

t~• t "tto cars and a tra i l er, and Gue and Miaay, - (roc • • • tt w~ ~ lon~ a ·o, 'tth~n Gus Gen-

.. uito . J.t tha~, t he r e vaa a bowl from yoWJ.r: i'ranlclill and J ohll , w!lo ba~ juat been recogni u d

..... d had some o"d OJ<Yerience a in Spain t!tt &UlllJlH o• fo:-e, "You, inco~ito ! With yo~,;X face

knO 'ttll i.:. e ver:: corner llf il:-?peJ" etc, ot c . The Fre sid~•lt a1che d. "Wtll , l au1>po~• we

could:1 1t exa ctly b e 1nco.;n1to. But 'tto could travel a s pr! vPtC 1ntlv1cl:<lala." How tl:lat th.rea<l

TWIU through ~11 m:r .. c:e::1oriee o! h im in the l a st eif;h~ ye,.!'el He lor • .o<d to le a "pl'tvatt

indi vidual", '- lona;e r "= inat.!).\l't \on•, ( !hat v•s the phraae '.o~ uad a bout t rytu;: t o <!o

~' Lo1.ot !'ood coupons k t ilydf Fa rr. tha t t1~J) '"!ut he -• ne ver a "&1::1 t o 'oeeo11e a "pri-

M£l':· Marv1r. ,;ave • • a n r:r aov inc account of ilia

ilw ikl a~ B,yde Park . •