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but agrees fully as to the absolute necessity of one central patent court in Washington.  Strange to say he emphatically states that this should be a court of jurists, not of technologists or scientists.  I induced him to send paper on the subject before American Chemical Society next winter.
Dinner at Ten Eyck.  Much hilarity, but poor speeches.  the whole matter was run in a rather go-as-you-please manner.
After dinner Potter Baskerville and myself, assembled in the room of the latter.  [[underlined in red]]Potter spoke about Bakelite and
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seems to be carried away with its possibilities.  Warns me not to bind myself to General Electric and told me how each of these companies have made relentless war by fair and foul means on poor inventors.
May 2  Baskerville, Potter and myself took trolley car to Troy.  Went to Polytechnic where we met Prof. Mason.  Meeting was in session but we remained in Mason's laboratory.  Afterwards went with him to the Club and there with a few other guests assembled for lunch.  An unusual cheerful gathering it was.  Lowry had to leave on a run to catch
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