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[[red underlined]] be met as much hated and calumniated after a few years as Roosevelt and Wilson were, perhaps more. [[/red underlined]] At meeting every director present. Sales October are about [[red underlined]] $90,000 [[/red underlined]] or over 
200,000 lbs of material. This puts our sales thus far to about [[red underlined]] $710,000. [[/red underlined]] with every probability that annual sales will exceed [[red underlined]] $800,000 [[/red underlined]] 
Unfortunately there is the probability of a patent fight with [[red underlined]] Condensite [[/red underlined]] Submitted letter which I intend to answer to [[red underlined]] Kirk Brown's impudent letter - [[/red underlined]] My letter was unanimously supported. After meeting short visit of [[red underlined]] Hudson Maxim [[/red underlined]] at our office who came to inquire whether I could testify in patent suit of
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[[red underlined]] [[Shuphaus?]] vs. Dupont Co. [[/red underlined]] Then after short lunch I drove to [[red underlined]] Brooklyn experimental plant. [[/red underlined]] Glad to see much progress. [[red underlined]] Formate drum [[/red underlined]] works well. [[red underlined]] Oxalate roaster [[/red underlined]] also seems a success but for some troubles with hydrogen catching fire. (See my report to Porter). Good spirit [[red underlined]] very different from what it was when Sutherland and Heydenheimer were intriguing. [[/red underlined]] Everybody at their work and hopeful of success. Went in detail over whole situation and made my recommendations accordingly. 
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Evening went to University Club and invited Day to take supper with me at Mouquin's. When I returned home [[red underlined]] election seemed more in doubt than [[/red underlined]]