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TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY 1971

Shrove Tuesday Mardi Gras (Ala., Fla., La.) 54th day - 311 days to come

Wrote to Edward Pomerantz (see 2/11).
Wrote to Conrad Schwarz (see 2/18).
Wrote to Pompadour Dominion sending $1 for a GAMEWAYS catalog.
Wrote to Al Richter, about his game CRETE and giving him Felicia's address and telephone number.

Thought of the idea of embossing the towers in [drawing of rectangle, 2 rectangles, 3 rectangles, 4 rectangles] MANHATTAN MADNESS with markings as shown and similar ones on the ends. This could be done in the molding and would not re- quire additional handling. The number of recesses would correspond with the scoring in the game.

Jean, Bob Hallowell's new secretary called and had me call Bob in a Manhattan Restaurant. He'll call me Thursday morning and we'll arrange for me to bring him the model of MANHATTAN MADNESS at Bob Reiss' showroom.

Just after BB finished typing my letter to her, Mary Hilt called. She was concerned about the contracts for AIRLINE and TRANSFORMATION. Told her that I hadn't rcd. the latter and she remembered that she sent it to Tom Atwater. We discussed the poor performance last year and she said that they would have a much fuller line this year and the sales force would push harder. We agreed that there would be no point in their staying in business unless they could do better. I told her about the things I didn't like about the new contract in comparison to the old one. She asked me if I would sign if the contract was changed and I said yes. I told her that I had been trying to contact Tom. She will keep after him & iron out the contract with him.
One point in the contract - she believes that the intention of the new Saxon management is to pay royalties monthly.
We made a date for her to visit on Sunday March 7. Probably I'll drive down to the International Toy Show and drive her here. She'll call when she gets in the day before.

(cont. from 2/24) [2/25]

ECLIPSE was returned by X; they said it was simply a matter of trial and error.
We talked about Gini Scott and the games based on "women's lib." Urban systems has one called WOMEN'S LIB. PSYCHOLOGY TODAY will be coming out with one called MAN AND WOMAN. Felicia wants to know about my meeting with Gini and I'll call tomorrow morning.
Felicia gave me a small Urban Systems folder with sheets for their kits and games, including ECOLOGY.
I asked about IMPACT and GO SEE. It's still very much alive. I told Felicia about my ideas for the Coca Cola GAME, cards

(cont. on 1/30)