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150 of [[red underline]] full blooded indians [[/red underline]] with braided hair, in ordinary store-clothes, who reminded me of the heterogeneous inhabitants of our Republic and the many internal questions which confront our government. In the street met [[red underline]] Frank Washburn [[/red underline]] and we talked about the [[red underline]] nitrogen question. [[/red underline]] Evening met [[red underline]] Whitney and Parsons [[/red underline]] at Cosmos Club. Spent most of afternoon correcting report of my address before Senate Committee. March 25. Met Prof. [[red underline]] Pupin [[/red underline]] at Cosmos Club, talked about conditions in Europe. Went to Brickenstein, (Townsend away) to consult about contentives of Condensite Company. Then [[end page]] [[start page]] 151 [[symbol in top left margin]] # [[/symbol]] visited laboratory in reference to Hooker Electrochemical Co work, [[red underline]] outlined how to investigate action of Cl on weak alcoholic solutions. [[/red underline]] [[symbol and annotation in left margin]] # 1 h [[/symbol and annotation]] Evening went as guest to [[red underline]] dinner of Society of Naval Engineers at Army and Navy Club. [[red underline]] Secretary [[red underline]] Daniels [[/red underline]] there, also Congressman Padget, chairman of Com. on Naval Affairs, also Senator Phelan of San Francisco, and representative Roberts of Massachusetts and several other Congressmen and senators and many naval officers. I was placed ^[[very]] close to [[red underline]] Daniels and Padget [[/red underline]] in front of Dr. [[red underline]] Woodward [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] so that I could easily carry on conversation with any of them. [[red underline]] Daniels [[/red underline]] in his speech lauding the work of the [[red underline]] Naval Board [[/red underline]] referring to the unity of action