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the mem.  of packing for your cases called for 7 cases and you had turned over only 5 to Mr. Perry. Upon looking at the different items on the mem. I discovered that the two collecting chests of small aluminum topped bottles were missing. I did not remember your saying anything to me about them, but you may have and in the general excitement it may have slipped my memory. However there was nothing to do but to get two ready. All of the corrugated partitions had been used for Kellers so we got more of the board from Knowles and had it cut at the carpenter shop. Then Washington informed me that there were no more rubber discs for the tops. I put in an emergency requisition for them and heard nothing from it for three days - then the "Red Tape" began, and I was in a hurry so as to have the cases ready in time for shipment. It finally leaked out through Mr. Denmark that Mr. Ravenel seemed to feel that the