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126 [[symbol in top left margin]] # [[/symbol]] holders. Stated that I deemed to present the case on its merits. He [[underlined in red]] promises [[/underlined in red]] he will do [[underlined in red]] what he can to correct erroneous impression but cannot assure me he will succeed and even then may ask garantees. [[/underlined in red]] [[strikethrough]] Wen [[/strikethrough]] I invited Townsend, Jasper Rowland and Cogeshall for lunch, then later spent one hour with Townsend on Bakelite and then followed [[underlined in red]] progress of research work on chlorination [[/underlined in red]] in his laboratory. Advised them to try to [[strikethrough]] chl [[/strikethrough]] electrolyze mixtures of HCl solutions in which benzol or naphthalene is suspended instead of using NaCl as formerly practiced because it may be that [[HClO4?]] formed may have a direct action. Charge 2 hours [[symbol and annotation in left margin]] # 2 hs. [[/symbol and annotation]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 127 Spent evening at Cosmos Club and took night train for New York. [[underlined in black]] Nov 25. [[/underlined in black]] Met Pay-Master General of the Navy [[underlined in red]] MacGowan [[/underlined in red]] and we drove together to our clubs Then I had meeting of [[underlined in red]] Nitrate Committee in morning. A. A. Noyes, Whitney, Elihu Thompson [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] Prof Lewis, and Gano Dunn present. [[/underlined in red]] Took [[underlined in red]] Whitney and Elihu Thompson for [[/underlined in red]] lunch at University Club. pleasant chat with [[underlined in red]] Prof Thompson [[/underlined in red]] who stayed with me till late afternoon. He is a most pleasant man to meet besides his high intelligence. [[underlined in red]] Told me the story of his early life. [[/underlined in red]] This afternoon is the [[underlined in red]] Army and Navy foot ball game. [[/underlined in red]] - the great athletic event. [[strikethrough]] I h [[/strikethrough]] Got tickets from Secretary [[underlined in red]] Daniels [[/underlined in red]] as member of Naval Board but let Celine and
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Pay Master General is probably Samuel Gowan