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114 [[red underline]] and his son at Vanderbilt Hotel. He told me the story of all the bickerings and maneuvers of [[red underline]] Sprague to make sure to be elected on the ^[[Naval]] advisory board. [[/red underline]] I have no doubt that there have been many heart burnings of others to be elected on this board I am specially glad that [[red underline]] the honor was conferred upon me entirely unsought [[/red underline]] and undesired and that I was elected without my knowledge and without the slightest attempt or desire on my part to get the help of my friends. [[symbol "x" refers to annotation in left margin]] [[annotation in left margin]] Whitney & myself were the only members who had been elected by 2 different societies namely, Am. Chem. Society and Am. Electrochemical Soc. [[/annotation]] [[red underline]] Weston [[/red underline]] tells me of some trouble they have had of late with our [[red underline]] molding mixtures [[/red underline]] and that they had to reject some of their moldings. this worries me considerably [[end page]] [[start page]] 115 altho' this communication was made in the most friendly spirit. I shall talk to [[red underline]] Rossi [[/red underline]] about it. Then I went to the [[red underline]] Chemical Industries Exhibition [[/red underline]] at the [[red underline]] Grand Central Palace the first of the kind ever held [[/red underline]]- [[symbol "x" refers to annotation in left margin]] [[annotation in left margin]] in U.S [[/annotation]] This was due to the initiative and optimism of two modest young men, [[red underline]] Adriaan Nagelvoort and Charles Roth [[/red underline]] who had the courage to undertake the whole thing when others dissuaded them from doing it. [[strikethrough]] Furt [[/strikethrough]] The room was not overcrowded but there was a good attendance and some of the exhibits were quite interesting. Mostly chemical machinery. The [[red underline]] Bakelite exhibit [[/red underline]] arranged by May, [[red underline]] Gordon and Swan was excellent [[/red underline]] and attracted much attention. In fact it was one of the most popular