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28 November 1944 Mr. Gayer G. Dominick 14 Wall S t r e e t New Y o r k , N.Y. Dear Gayer: I was delighted to have your nice letter of November 21. I have only been in New York once In the last fifteen months and that was for the purpose of making a brief address to the American Russian Institute. I did get to see Jake Stone, Bob Stott, and John Colemen as well as Emil Schram. I only had one day, however, and did not have a chance to make any calls* If I had had more time, you can rest assured I would have called on you. Life has been very pleasant for me since I last saw you, and I am now a proud possessor of a baby girl nearly six months old* She looks a little like me, but fortunately, the doctor says she wi11 outgrow it in time and look more life my wife. It seems hard to realise that nearly four years have passed since I last saw you. In the interim I have slept in most of the hollows and valleys of North and South Carolina. I had an Interesting trip around the world via the South Atlantic, Moscow, Siberia, Alaska, and down and spend a good deal of tine sitting in a swivel chair and fretting about the conduct of the war and other things • My spirits are still good, however, and while I realise that many changes are taking place, I, nevertheless, continue optimistic. There is a moral degeneracy about many of the things we are doing and the way we are doing them which can only result in physical and spiritual bankruptcy. But is is when things get to the bottom that we have a new birth. Pardon my philosophizing. I am delighted to hear how well things are going at the Exchange and think Providence must have had a hand in selecting our friend Emil to carry on. He has turned out to be the ideal mm for the job, and I hope he will continue in office for a long time to come. I will certainly look forward to a visit with you one of these days but have no prospects of getting away in the near future. I want you to meet my wife so you will understand fully what a happy and contented man I am today. If only we could end this horrible war and got things -2- 28November1944 straightened so we could build things up instead of tearing them down, life would be much smoother. I saw Varick Stout in a taxi cab several months ago* He was back from England, and X understand he has been doing a fine job. I am hopeful that Charlie Saltzman and John Haskell will both be made Generals before long. They have both earned it and Charlie in particular has done a great job with General Clark in Italy. 0a the whole, I think our community has done very well in the war. With kindest regards to Mrs* Dominick and yourself, I look forward to taking advantage of your luncheon invitation sometime in the future. Faithfully yours, Lt. Colonel, Infantry, A.U.S.
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