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are going to do.

Am I going to carry on at Norths & take an interest
in local politics & see where it leads to _ & if I become
anything of a public figure, is Peter going to sack me, or
will he be reconciled? I must say that that seems
to me a rather too slow & steady way of trying to be
of some use. And so, the alternative is to break
right away & get a job in what is now known as
reconstruction & you use the word too. I do not
like the word at all because it has no exact meaning
& it is also used by the big business gentlemen who
only want to rebuild big business once again & for their
own profits; & by the ruling class who only want
to go on ruling. My idea of reconstruction is, frankly,
a bloodless revolution & the building up of a Socialist
state. And that is going to be a tremendous job _ but I
consider it to be a vital necessity in our country &
every where else, if we really are going to have a
good world in which to live happy & secure lives.
Have you noticed darling, during the last few months,
the apparent development in my opinions. And I am
quite sure that it is not a continuous move on
my part farther to the Left, because I am not
being influenced in that direction by anybody. But
I am beginning to think for the first time
what were my ideas when I left England? I was,
roughtly, & in no particular way, but in my own
opinion, a Socialist. And by that, I thought of
myself carrying on at Norths, & becoming a director
& one day, perhaps, Chairman; & I would work
hard & look after my work people, & do all in my