Letter from Bill to Katherine Fite

Dear Katherine: Sept15,1946. I'n not taking time for a real letter, but am venturing to send back by Roy Stinebower copies of two carbons of letters to my father. After a rather leisuely start, the conference has got well under way with a hurry, and everybody is kespirg busy. Lionel and Bert and I all have lots to do. He is specializing more or less on Trieste, whil Bert and I cover pretty much everything else. Have been thinking of all of youpeople in LE, and want to be remembered to my friends. Will try to write a real letter before long. The Conference seems much busier now than it was a couple of weeks ago: commissions. after doing In for so long a time, they are getting down to work in the several meetings going on nothing the regularly scheduled commissions, ther are also some after the addition of the to Drafting Powers, in an effort to avoid long delays (especially four of the Paris Conference itself). While I've been pretty busy, there has still completion been occasional time I co 1d get off for one thing or another. Last night as it is called here. Although none of the singers were particularly particularly well-known, well several of us went to l'Opera to hear the Flying Dutchman, or Vaisseau Phantome, at least with to the me, one the boat performance on the stage was good. in the I thought foreground the and stage the setting other shown on a the screen house was by shadow; filled, but not with the same sort of audience as had attended the in honor done, the ghost ship made its proper disappearance, etc. in silhouette. ballet of of the conference last July. the On opening several occasions last week I ha d lunch at the Luxembourg The between neals m served etings, in and a then was to walk back in the latter part of the afternoon. interesting special Bert and I atethere with M. Shaganon, the secretary of for he is one restaurant able for the delegates are good, and there is sometimes rather the Legal and company. Drafting OnThurday Commission, and found it a good opportunity to practice French, of around who does not insist on speaking Engliah. the Friday few morning there was scheduled a meeting of a subcom $sion to draft small the grants exact to description France. Thursday evenin Bert and I went over the desdription with Otto Guthe,our in of the Frenth-Italian frontier in places where Italy makes geographer, mountain county. Then on Friday the meeting was not held, after all, so we and back on a servies of mpps at abaut 3 inches to a mile, rather interesting walked from the Luxembourg. As it had turned off a sunny morning, we detoured somewhat, church of church of St .Severin on the left bank, and then the little visit St. Julien ed the le old Pauvre, just across the river from Notre Dame and used by the students We -looke and the University Church back in the tw lfth to sixteenth centuries. and also faculties in Notre as Dame a while, getting good light on he stained glass windows, windows the around the Sainte Chapelle. All of the thirteenth century staind glass (removed, on of revisited south side are now back in, and they are replacing those on the north side in pe arance course, as with all the glass in, the windows are beautifulwith their blues and purple for safety at the start of the war). Altho it is not yet a magnificent ap- and Fri red. day was Jack Reinstein's birthday, and a large number of the delegation cele- but the brated it with a cocktail party. I don't know about the quality of the drinks, Several of sandwiches and nuts prepared by some from the PX supplies went very well. afterwards, us in the way of sandwiches so that we did not want a regular dinner It had therefore enough finished off at the PX Sugarbowl with America milkshakes and sundaes. the PX and is rather interesting how one gets to depend on the various rmy facilities milk products like for its weekly supplies and the Sugarbowl as almost the only source of (the French "glaces" being very obwiously water ices rather than icecreame). The weather has been better the last few days, though it usually rains at least on On Thursdyy morning we had a 9 A.M. meeting at the Luxembourg, and EV Tyone with going hazi a day. in the car spoke of how it seemed like the start of school in the fall, a over type of sunshine, and temperatures around 60. Today is partly clear, will and I hope until about 2. I have gone over 6or one meeting thismorni g and found it Indian I may summer be able to get out somewhere after the meeting which begins at cancelled. 11 and r Best wishes, Bill APCHIVES "INATIONAL ADMIN." RECORDS AND e s GOVER