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[[start page]] from him Boonton claims are very reasonable. He has been to Bridgeport with Williams & [[underline]]Benjamin.[[/underline]] tells me[[underline]]Benjamin played bluff game on him. and ran down my patents etc. and gave me other information showing [[underline in red]]Benjamin's duplicity[[/underline]] This confirms my bad opinion of [[underlines in red]]Benjamin[[/underline]] I conclude that I shall not want [[underline]]Benjamin[[/underline]] at all in General Bakelite Co even if he wants to join the other stockholders of Protal Co with cash, which is informable. +I am more and more led to believe [[underline in red]]that Benjamin is a "beat[[/underline]] and an [[underline in red]]unscrupulous person.[[underline]] He has grafted $15000 of Protal Co. for [[strikethrough]]taking out worthless patents[[/strikethrough]] taking out some [[margin]] [[red]]Benjamin[[/red]] Benjamin was living on his wits and money advanced to him by his daughter who had married the son of Rogers the Standard Oil magnate[[/side note]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 21 worthless patents for them. I shall expose him. to Peters and Williams. Talked until late with Seabury, feel very nervous. Poor sleep, spent most of the night restless reading and writing these notes. Am [[underline]]disgusted [[/underline]]with [[underline]]Benjamin[[/underline]]. Any generous action is lost or misenterpretid by such fellows. [[underline]]I shall be on my guard [[strikethrough]] [[with?]] [[/strikethrough]] against him and not trust him.[[/underline]] [[margin] All this was borne out later by his further actions years afterward[[margin]] Sept. 16. Called [[underline]]Williams[[/underline]] at phone notified him about what I had heard from Seabury and warned him against [[underline]]Benjamin[[/underline]] He says he has told Brock beforehand he [[underline]]was not responsible as to any statement made by Benjamin[[/underline]] Seems to know his man! Called up [[underline]]Wiedmann[[/underline]] and explained him my misgivings and told him not to be influenced by [[end of page]]