Assisted Col. Bavaro in writing the operational part of the answer to Friday’s msg from CONARC. Found that he had copied part of my 22L-0083!
Received FM 101-31 Chg 1 forwarded from CONARC, and started to go over it.
Went to PTA at H.S. A Dr. Gordon Thayer spoke on “60 Days in Russia.” He is an educator and made two thought-provoking points: 1) Education is a political tool in Russia, and 2) Communism will be with us for a long time.
Took vacuum cleaner motor to Electrolux Office in 25 Belmont Street in Cambridge; technician put in two new brushes and cleaned the commutator with paint thinner. This removed much of the arcing. I smoothed the turning commutator with a curved oak block, and it further reduced the arcing.