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supper alone at University Club.  Later in meeting at Chemist Club for awarding [[underlined]] Perkins Medal. [[/underlined]] Present Max Toch.  Chairman Schweitzer.  Sec'y Coblentz - Moore, W. H. Nichols, Satdler, Townsend, Rocker, Baskerville, McMurtrie, Parker, McKenna, Richardson, Joyce, Dudley (Penn. R.R. Co) Walker (Boston) and myself.  Schweitzer showed himself very aggressive and tactless telling that electochemists were less eligible because there was a subordinate speciality that they were over recognized and all that sort of thing. speaking of great merits
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[[margin]] Dr. Behr was of Corn products of which Nichols is president Schweitzer wants to ingratiate himself to Nichols & Behr is a German Jew [[margin]]

of Dr. Behr in the creation and development of corn products etc.  Nichols said something similar.  I got up and took exception to statement of Schweitzer saying that I cannot see any difference whether a chemical reaction takes place at high temperatures or at low temperatures or dry or in water and establishing merit of [[underlined]] Acheson. [[/underlined]]  Nichols developed afterwards same idea.  Then Richardson said Behr was older man. 60 years to which Baskerville answered Acheson was 54.  Townsend afterwards repeated latter statement and denied statement that Acheson was
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