Lower FallsJanuary 1st My dearest Rosie, We were so very pleased with your presents and the good wishes from your Grandpop. Please give ours to your family for a happy and safe New Year. I say safe because Frank is getting real uptight. He’s been seeing bogeymen in the woodpile ever since Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech at Fulton, Missouri. He sees East Europe falling under the Communists and Truman’s Government getting real upset about it. Thinks they’ll have bad dreams about the Reds sweeping over here too. Already that goddamn busybody, Gallagher, in Local Administration, is getting busy sharpening his knife, asking questions about Art, our friend in planning. Do you remember him? Had some kind of a soft spot for those revolutionaries in Russia in the thirties. He’s got a wife and kids now. Doesn’t think of politics any more but this LA is really sniffing. Does he think that there are Reds under every bed or something crazy like that? Even came round to the newspaper offices asking how long Frank had known him.
