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[[underlined]] Schweitzer [[/underlined]] offered him in London one million for his process.  [[underlined]] Hugo Lieber [[/underlined]] seems to be one of the backers of Schweitzer!
[[margin]] June 11 [[/margin]] [[strike through]] Spent [[/strike through]] Conference with Meffert from 10 AM until 7:30 PM.  revision of european patents  [[underlined]] Meffert says Bakelite patents would drive him crazy if it lasted much longer! [[/underlined]] I too begin to feel empty headed.  Coming back in hotel found many letters, telegrams etc all relative [[underlined]] Bakelite [[/underlined]] also cable from [[underlined]] Wiechman [[/underlined]] New York [[red vertical line in margin to end of page]] [[underlined]] inquiry whether could deliver 5 - 10 tons weekly during coming year?  I guess this is some bluff or too much [[/underlined]]
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[[underlined]] enthusiasm! [[/underlined]]  Kept busy writing letters until 9 PM. [[underlined]] Kohler [[/underlined]] has been to see me and seems disappointed that I was not in.  Got a bite at Weihen - Stephan  Place very much filled like usually  stout fat beer drinking germans.  [[strike through]] Bies [[/strike through]]  Bierschweine - Meffert calls them.  They make undoubtedly a happy, satisfied, easy going beer drinking lot.  but no intemperance [[strike through]] to [[/strike through]] except eating too much and too often
Took walk home
[[margin]] June 13 [[/margin]] [[insertion]] X See June 12 [[/insertion]] (Sunday) [[strike through]] Sperry arrived here and woke me early by telephone. [[/strike through]] At 10:30 Dr. [[underlined]] von Vielinghoff [[/underlined]] came spent all morning in my room talking about several matters