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facing the industry. 0X5 motors seemed to be at a ridiculously high figure. Sam had made a success of Waco 9's by knowing how to buy and use his money. There was a fine balance between cash on hand and materials on hand, making sure each dovetailed with the other and by all means "material-rich" not exceeding its proportion to "cash on hand." This sense of proportion was one art in itself. Therefore, the same fundamental rules of buying would apply to motors, as well as steel tubing. The fusilages, incidentally , were all steel tubing now. Sam and Hattie and one or two others used to go to the factory after working hours and  paint by hand with brushes, these [[?]] fusilages because it took twenty-four hours for this protective coat of paint to dry. Sam was painting all of the ships himself with a Waco-blue which he himself mixed until it was to just the right shade. The standard color for Waco 9's [[?]] was blue for the fusilages and a silver pigmented dope for the wings. [[?]] In march in 1926 Sam went to Detroit to see Horace Dodge and convince him that he really ought to sell the Advance Aircraft Company all of these 0X5 motors he had decided not to use in motor boats. Sam received no encouragement on the success of this venture. He came home two days later with a corner on the market of 0X5's. It was a master stroke. Personality plus evidently created the receptive audience and good clear thinking consummated the deal. Within the next two days Sam was down in bed with was thought to be the flu. About ten days later, against medical and personal advice, Sam got up to go to the factory. He was very weak and Herb Junkin, who had gone over to get Sam and drive him to work, thereby saving his heart, took one look at Sam and finally convinced Sam to go back to bed. For a few week Sam was persuaded to give his dictation from bed and finally, as it became necessary to admit he was seriously ill, this was given up. Clayt had been handling all of the business up to date as Sam wished to be freed [[?]] to set into motion the business for the 1926, By cutting the price from $2500 to $2000 at least he hoped by spring to find Wacos could sell for $1500. Sam said some day [[strikethrough]] that a [[/strikethrough]] very few people would own the aviation industry and be as strong and as stunting to initiative in aviation as General Motors [[?]] in the automotive world. He hoped by mass production of[[crossed out]] the