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We must by all means avoid that this whole thing should degenerate in a General Chemical-[[Elberfeld?]]-commercialized affair.
[[strikethrough]] Yesterday I won the pool on the run of the ship.  (Takamine started it) to day I won it again.
Spent morning writing up conditions for european licenses.  Submitted to Toch who thinks prices too low and advised me to add 50% which I did.
May 17  I won the [[strikethrough]] poof [[/strikethrough]] pool for the second time.  Wiley yells "robber" whenever he sees me.  Elliot calls me "brigand".  Jolly roasting going on all the time
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Some pitching - several seasick.
May 19 Weather same.  Good bracing air. quite some pitching.  Baskerville won pool.  I finished outline of my paper on Townsend Cell.
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Clayton an english chemist, tells me the trouble with english chemical mfrs is that the owners who are mostly sons of rich fathers are no chemists, and that all high salaried positions are accepted by sons of rich fathers who are incompetent and indolent  Says that in Manchester he is the only director of a [[?]] who frequents the meetings.  He says that the reason why they all clamor for
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