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with him to see play = Potash and Pulmutter
March 21. At 1 P.M met [[red underline]] Kirk Brown [[/red underline]] by appointment at Drug Club. Told him about our interference with [[red underline]] Goldsmith [[/red underline]] and [[red underline]] Redman [[/red underline]] and that [[vertical red line in left margin]] Novolak can be made by heating together 1 part hexa and 10 parts phenol: He wanted to know whether letter [[/vertical red line in left margin]] 
of Townsend in regard of their broad claims in their cement patent is our ultimatum; told him the whole matter is informal and open for further friendly discussion. This seemed to please him.
Got telegram from [[red underline]] Westinghouse [[/red underline]] that they had had serious [[red underline]] explosion in [[/red underline]] their molding department Very disquieting. Sent off
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Rossi at once
Evening went to [[red underline]] Chemists Club [[/red underline]] for supper.  Nominating committee Parker, Duggan and Arthur Elliott in session. [[red underline]]Love against McKenna. [[/red underline]]  Hesse for Hendrich all seem to band together against Grosvenor and myself. [[red underline]] Whitaker for McKenna. [[/red underline]]
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Nov 22. [[/black underline]] Got bad news from [[red underline]] mother who is again seriously ill. [[/red underline]] Wired immediately should have courage and not spare any efforts to insure [[strikethrough]] comfort [[/strikethrough]] comfort etc
Evening 7 P.M meeting of legislative committee [[red underline]] Inventors Guild [[/red underline]] at Chemists Club.  Leonard, [[red underline]] Doherty,[[/red underline]] Robbins, Arnold, Mershon present. [[red underline]] Argued [[/red underline]] on about eight reforms. [[red underline]] This is quite unusual! Had [[/red underline]] to drop many other namely also. opposition proceedings.
Nov. 23. - 1913.  Spent most of afternoon
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