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198 interview Linde about Cl. [[Bernthsen?]] took me for lunch in the works restaurant, was very attentive. At 5 P.M drove me for Mannheim in his Limousine, thru Heidelberg - how I would have liked to spend a few hours here - then to his little country house, prettily situated on the Neckar among green hills and woods. Poor fellow is all alone, his wife has nervous ailments and is away for treatment, his eldest son died some time ago. - It rained hard I did not stay long was driven back to Heidelberg station and arrived at 10 in Frankfurt where had to change cars for sleeper. Was eating a hurried Frankfurter wurst - when the last minute [[underlined]] Sperry [[/underlined]] popped up to our great amusement and we got aboard in time. Sperry told me his troubles in Mannheim to get his valve without receipt! July 6. Arrived Berlin at 8 for breakfast in Hotel Several important letters waiting. One of Lebach enclosing his M.SS Devored it hastily. Also letter of Knoll claiming priority. Went to [[underlined]] Meffert [[/underlined]] discussing claims of [[underlined]] patents for bases [[/underlined]] = 10% maximum as compared to 1/5 molecular weight. Meffert wants to let matters as they stand stayed there until 12.M then went to Hecht. Says Blank went to Siemen & Halske without asking permission and has raised so many issues that the latter seem to be affected by all this and want to be independent as purchases. Matters do not look so smooth as before. I believe shall have to make concessions as to time for option and payment of initial cash in installments. Lunched at 2:30 and took much needed nap. Wrote letters until late evening and spent time calculating proportions relative to my claims for Base - patent. Letter of Joyce [[end page]] [[start page]] 199 arrives bothering me with [[underlined]] Rosanoff [[/underlined]] claim relative as to his paper which came too late for publication. Have referred everything to [[underlined]] Loeb [[/underlined]]. At 9 PM went to Supper to [[Pschoor's?]]. Not much time for amusements! Am very much disappointed as [[underlined]] inaction of Thurlow [[/underlined]] and not a single letter from him since I left Yonkers! Have to think over many many delicate points. I shall know how to act and when to get away. [[underlined]] July 7 [[/underlined]] Got up early 6:00 AM after fine sleep. Wrote some letters and at 11AM hurried back to [[underlined]] Meffert [[/underlined]]. He prefers not to change claims to 1/5 Mks but to add some explanations to the text. Then went to [[underlined]] Hecht [[/underlined]] for conference: Segall, [[Clemson?]] & Hecht there. Blank telephones wants to see me but I do not want to see him. We have [[underlined]] concluded to drop Blank and Siemens. Segall came well prepared and makes good impression by his directness and treats matter broadly. No small potatoes like Blank. Says they can have all the money wanted. Proposes changes which are quite acceptable; see his type written document. In order to get around uncertainty as to [[strikethrough]] issue of [[/strikethrough]] date of issue of different patents proposes to assign to each patent a relative value expressed in percentages. Very little time lost, resolution drawn up for further study and at 1:45 P.M. all three and I hurried to hotel where I have appointment with [[underlined]] Henrick Ryberg [[/underlined]] a young swede who arrived expressly from Hamburg. Has been employed there until last week by Dr. [[underlined]] Braun [[/underlined]], who purchased Claypoole patent for his rubber works. Ryberg wants position. Has worked Luft patent when his employer Swinburne [[end page]]
