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164 was [[red underline]] chairman, [[/red underline]] to report on budget for a research Laboratory. The other members were [[red underline]] Whitney, Woodward, Coffin and myself. [[/red underline]] So we left them at their coffee and we went out in another room to deliberate. [[red underline]] Whitney [[/red underline]] had already submitted his formal report to Daniels I had refrained of doing so until I saw Whitney. Hutchinson read the report of [[red underline]] Edison [[/red underline]] he wants [[red underline]] 5 to six millions and about 2 to 3 million yearly. [[/red underline]] [[exclamation mark in red in left margin]] Wants to employ about [[red underline]] 2000 men [[/red underline]]. have an immense installation where every kind of experiments can be performed etc. See [[inserted?]] clipping. This all took [[red underline]] our breath away [[/red underline]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 165 [[red underline]] Whitney, Woodward [[/red underline]] and myself are much more modest We only wanted about $100.000 for a laboratory. I told them however that [[red underline]] Edison [[/red underline]] is [[strikethrough]] entiled [[strikethrough]] entitled to his own views if he can carry them out but that first question which comes up we should consult the officers of the Navy before proceeding further. [[red underline]] So I asked them to participate in our [[/red underline]] deliberations. When they arrived I explained the situation to them and asked whether they had any objections to a laboratory of this magnitude. They smiled, said they had no objections -- would be glad but all doubted whether such subsidy would ever be granted by Congress. The only man who seemed optimistic was [[red underline]] McGowan [[/red underline]]