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[Imprint: H. L. A. BATES
277 PINE STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ]

June 7th 1923
Thursday 1030 AM

My dear old Sned:

We received your wire yesterday, and
were delighted to know that your hard work
and devotion to your duties had enabled you
to pass all your examinations. We wired you
love & congratulations last night. Your message
said "am now SOW senior". We suppose this
means "LOW" senior. We note that
you have had a hot wave and hope that it will
soon pass. Here we have hardly seen the sun
for a week or more. High fogs are the order of
the day, and so cold that we have the furnace
going at home every evening.

I got a letter from Les yesterday acknowleging
receipt of my photograph and expressing his
views favourably regarding it. He wants Mother
and me to take a couple of weeks off and
come down, but we cannot do it for various
reasons. Jack Fritschi has left
the St Paul office. He was let out May 31st.
Goodwin the manager assisted by MacKay, are
trying to freeze him out of his partnership in the
automobile Gen agency of which Jack/owns 1/4th.

Ella is worried and so are Mother and I, as
it is very hard to get a good paying job in the
insurance business, particularly for an official of
a company as Jack was. John is going
with a party of 50 boys to the Yosemite Saturday
for two or three weeks.

Jos is working very hard with long hours. He
catches the 630 AM boat from Alameda and gets
home about 715 PM. Today is Martha's
birthday as Jos and Martha are coming to our