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militarism.  Skinner took me aside and said: "I'm taking you here on forbidden ground" and pointed below an assortment of [[red underline]] big shells [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] for the super [[/strikethrough]] the size of those used on the [[red underline]] Superdreadnought Queen Elizabeth. 
In bakelite [[mccarthur?]] [[/red underline]] department everybody busy and [[red underline]] everything seems smiling. [[/red underline]] None of the former troubles saw [[red underline]] splendid tubes of [[/red underline]] which the walls were from ¾" to 1". thick without a flaw; some with an inside bore of scarcely ¼" others like big black polished drums with an inside opening of [[red underline]] about 30". [[/red underline]] In the paper coating department two [[red underline]] machines coating continuously [[/red underline]] day and night. No wonder they use so much 
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varnish. Then their ^[[bakelite]] [[red underline]] molding [[/red underline]] department which has been organized since my last visit, is now a [[red underline]] busy place with many [[/red underline]] rows of hydraulic presses. [[red underline]] Sanborn [[/red underline]] who returned to their service is now at the head and greets me with a friendly smile. Called his attention to approaching damp season and possibility of powder exposed too long to the air absorbing moisture. They are making now excellent [[red underline]] gears [[/red underline]] of bakelite by means of [[red underline]] cotton canvass [[/red underline]] impregnated with canvass. Claim them [[red underline]] much better than raw hide and seem confident [[/red underline]] of big market.
Skinner shows me blue prints of [[red underline]] big research laboratory [[/red underline]] they are about to build. In the meantime was brought in an enclosure improvised in