A grayish day.

In the morning, took Sze Pao 【蔣居仁] out to buy some small Chinese pens.
Had a game of shuttlecock.
Listened to the radio from Hawaii, the Voice of America.
Then a game of chess.

Lunch with H. C. Zen 【任鴻雋]: two men from Ta Kung Pao 【大公報], and two members of his staff.
His wife 【陳衡哲] has become more fussy than ever.
Although an intellectual, she fusses about everything, so that nobody can talk three sentences without some interruption from her.
She was much worried about the Soviet menace.

At 3, went to call on Kizer, had 1 ¾ hours talk:
he disavowed any idea of review or screening of my actions, wished to have a partnership with me, agreed to large scale public works relief, etc.
Told him about feature in Organic Statute of CNRRA 【行政院善後救濟總署], about attitude of various branches of government towards CNRRA.

When I came back, I found my cousin and my brother-in-law waiting for me.
Then, half an hour later, a Mr. Hsu 許 of Bank of China came.
He talked about prices, about war in Europe, etc.

After he left, suddenly my daughter came back from school in Chengdu.
Then Li Chi 【李濟] and Liang Sze-cheng 【梁思成] came; Liang telephoned for his son to join the company.
For a time, my parlor had hardly space enough to accommodate the company.
We chatted about TVA 【田納西河谷管理局]; about Soviet Union.

After the company left, my wife wanted to know where to put the children for the night, for the rest of the vacation, and for next year.
I simply said, let them take care of themselves.

阴沉沉的一天。

早上带施居仁出去买了些中国小钢笔。
打了会儿羽毛球。
听了美国之音从夏威夷发来的广播。
然后下了一盘棋。

和任鸿雋共进午餐：还有《大公报》的两位同事和他手下的两位工作人员。
他的妻子陈衡哲比以往更加挑剔。
虽然她也是个知识分子，但她对什么事都爱管闲事，以至于别人说三句话都会被她打断。
她非常担心苏联的威胁。

下午三点去拜访基泽，谈了一个多小时：
他否认了任何审查或审查我行动的想法，希望与我合作，同意进行大规模的公共工程救济等等。
我向他介绍了《行政院善后救濟总署组织章程》中的一些内容，以及各级政府部门对《行政院善后救濟总署组织章程》的态度。

我回来的时候，发现表弟和妹夫在等我。
半小时后，中国银行的许先生来了。
他谈了谈物价、欧洲战事等等。

他走后，女儿突然从成都的学校回来了。
接着李濟和梁思成也来了；梁思成打电话叫他儿子来聚会。
一时间，我家客厅都快挤满了人。
我们聊了田纳西河谷管理局，聊了苏联。

他们走后，我妻子问我孩子们晚上、假期剩下的时间以及明年都住哪儿。
我只是简单地说，让他们自己照顾自己吧。