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I pressed a few clothes this morning before leaving for work.
Carol never did give me information for her time card. She did a couple of hand-written memos which had priority before she went to a meeting of her new unit. She gave me my Friday projections for my time card.
I had trouble with the roller of my typewriter. No one in the office could help with it, so I had to call the IBM repairman and move to the MagCard typewriter. Since I am unfamiliar with it, I had difficulty making corrections. I finished the two memos just before lunch.
A film was shown during the lunch hour showing the extraordinary artistic works unearthed from a tomb of a highborn lady in China some two thousand years ago. The work had been done by Chinese Communist archaeologists, and the commentary on the film emphasized that the objects demonstrated the skill and labor of the common people.
The Temple message last night indicated that those going on the Hawaii trip should either have the required $300 by Friday night or be able to tell the secretary what financial arrangements they will make. I decided to go to the bank and get a loan which I should be able to start paying on immediately. I got in touch with the Bank of America and saw one of the officials. He had me make an application for a Bankamericard loan. I had hoped to get a lower rate of interest, since I have an account there, but this will be at eighteen percent.
In the afternoon I assembled material to send to the attorney in Anchorage handling the RCA-Hartford litigation.
After work I packed, ate some dinner, dressed. I was late, as I had been unable to do my packing last night.
I picked up Magnolia, who had a large amount of baked goods to take for the concession stand. She was again regretful because we were so late, and I told her I wished that I would be questioned by the Council about my tardiness. What was it which I should have left undone? I had to pick up Mary too and drop both her and Magnolia in front of the church, drive around and park on Geary. Mary showed bad temper when I suggested we should not sit together on the bus, as it was hot and I would have to have the window open. She said she would sit by “family,” meaning her relatives.
I got into the service at 9.30. Magnolia borrowed my car keys to get something she had forgotten. Wesley Johnson was just finishing the allotment of rides. Polla Matteras sang.
Jim came on the podium. He took an offering. He said that in the last few days the Temple had gone through a crisis. He had been scheduled to go to the promised land but had been led not to go. An old enemy threatened the very life of this body. “In a few days details will be told to you.”
Joe Johnson, deputy mayor, talked. Jim, behind him, gesticulated ironically. After Johnson had left, he referred to people who talk out of both aides of their mouths. Some are religious prostitutes. There ain’t no point in fighting religious whores. The double-minded, hypocrites I’ll spit out of my mouth.
Jim conducted a question period. On a question concerning the struggle in Portugal, Jim said the revolution was being led by the military, strange to say, who are trying to institute a limited socialism. Their opponents are old-guard liberals, probably sponsored by the CIA.
Valor asked a question on Ford’s trip to Helsinki: can we trust Russia? Jim did not answer her directly. He said: the end will not come that way. Mr. Ford is a catastrophe. His remark in a concentration camp was hardly appropriate.
A question was asked about the trip to Africa of Reverend McIntyre, reactionary leader of a church group. Jim: The Africans picked him up and put him on the plane for home. It did my heart good.
Mabel Johnson asked about Kissinger’s offering Turkey $50,000,000 in exchange for giving us back the military bases. Jim said he didn’t know about the matter, he had been in the belly of hell. Norman Ijames explained what had happened.
Magnolia had not brought my keys back. She had to go to work at 10.00. I asked the guards at the doors, and she had not given the keys to any of them. I was worried, thought I would not be able to go to Los Angeles, as I wouldn’t have any way to get in my apartment on Monday morning to get ready for work. I planned to call Magnolia at work and sleep in the church all night, as I couldn’t wake the landlady at a late hour. I went to ask Joyce Rozynko if anyone was staying back at the Temple and could give me a place to sleep. At that point one of the security guards gave me my keys which Magnolia had left with him.
Larry Schacht has been admitted Into the School of Medicine, University of California at Irvine. He ranked second among three hundred applicants. Father had told him a phrase to use which secured him his high ranking.
After healings, Jim had the congregation come to the altar. I had no money to give. I was coming down from the podium when the apostolic guardian indicated Jim wanted me back. He took my hand and there was a peculiar look in his eyes. I thought he was aware of the hard time I had had all day.
The service was out about 12.00.
I waited at my car. Bus No. 3 usually loads nearby on Geary. I also expected someone to come to get Mary’s luggage. I finally decided to look for the bus elsewhere and found it near the Temple. I had a hard time finding a seat. Someone came from bus No. 12 to get Mary’s belongings. I decided to speak to her about keeping me waiting, as well as her crossness earlier when I told her we should not sit together on the bus.
Bus fare was taken on the bus and names were taken. I went to sleep before the buses left, which must have been about 1.30.
We had a rest stop at 3.30.