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could meet me. Meeting arranged for to morrow  Afterwards went to see Mr. McNair chief of Bureau of Disbursements and accounts of Dept. of Foreign affairs. to try to [[red underline]] send money to my sister in Ghent. [[/red underline]] Am told politely but firmly that sending funds to persons who are no citizens of United States has been [[red underline]] forbidden [[/red underline]] on account of former protests from belligerents to the Department. tried to get there thru Treasury department. But this too is impossible
Mr. Patten and Buchenstein suggest both to try to reach my sister thru Baldwin who is now attaché to the American Embassy in London.
Nov. 20. 1914 Spent morning with Townsend also afternoon talking over patent situation. But first
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[[black underline]] 1 h. [[/black underline]] also conferred about Hooker Co.
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had interview with both the [[red underline]] Stevensons, [[/red underline]] McKay [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]], then lawyer Mitchell and Townsend  Repeated to them our good will and how we could not afford to let them make [[red underline]] composite cardboard [[/red underline]] without going back on our word with [[red underline]] Westinghouse. [[/red underline]] Some discussion on wording of contract etc. Then Townsend took me aside and said that their own counsel, Mitchell, agreed that the contract meant only "molding mixtures and nothing else". We left in friendly feelings.
Townsend spent several hours with me talking over pending patent situation.
Evening I entertained [[red underline]] Stevenson [[/red underline]] brothers at [[red underline]] Cosmos Club. [[/red underline]]
[[black underline]] Nov 21 [[/black underline]] Up early took long walk then at noon at lunch met Prof. [[red underline]] Schoenfeld [[/red underline]] and a certain [[red underline]] Dr. Schwartz, [[/red underline]] teacher of languages