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62 Bernard Shaw. "Fanny's first Play". Very good. Jan 23. Remained home all day Finished reading an excellent book of [[underline]] Wells [[/underline]] called Marriage Jan 24. Here all day. Evening went for supper at University Club then Chemists Club. [[underline]] Perkin Medal Evening [[/underline]] for Gailey. He looked as dry as usually. Met [[underline]] Dr. Westson. [[/underline]] Met also [[underline]] [[Svenarten?]] [[/underline]] who tells me [[underline]] Ewing [[/underline]] is a pigheaded man who would give much trouble if appointed as Commissioner of patents. He thinks Moore should remain and asks me to explain matters to [[underline]] Inventors Guild [[/underline]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 63 [[strikethrough]] Jan [[/strikethrough]] Hasslacher and Dubois have met [[underline]] Dyer [[/underline]] and [[underline]] Kirk Brown [[/underline]] and came to a deadlock on question of royalty. They want to pay royalty only on active material, not on filler. New meeting arranged for tomorrow. Jan 25. I went to New York early. Went to see [[underline]] [[Svenarten?]] and arranged with him to write (he) to [[underline]] Commissioner Moore [[/underline]] to appoint [[intervention?]] for me and talk matters over in Washington. Then had preliminary discussion of content with [[underline]] Hasslacher [[/underline]] and [[underline]] Dubois. [[/underline]] We all agree to [[strikethrough]] let [[/strikethrough]] let royalty be counted on active material