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140 [[underlined in red]] Benjamin's Franklin [[/underlined]] machine vs. modern development of electricity bridged by pure scientific research. Story of [[underlined in red]] Pupin's [[/underlined]] threatened dismissal of Columbia University 27 years ago for advocating use of alternating current. Other speakers [[underlined in red]] Secretary of War, (Baker) [[/underlined]] an associated judge of Supreme Court, a journalist and a rabbi. Took sleeping car to New York. Dec 6. Meeting of Directors General Bakelite Co. [[underlined in red]] Hasslacher and Williams [[/underlined]] not there. Told them without going in details my work in Washington at [[underlined in red]] Ambassy [[/underlined]] trying to remove embargo on our cresol Convinced them of [[underlined in red]] early necessity of removal to [[strikethrough]] new offices [[/strikethrough]] new office and radical separation of R & H. [[/underlined]] Peters suggested postponed adjournement to [[end page]] [[start page]] 141 call of President. Our sales are [[underlined in red]] $93000 [[/underlined]] or over 200.000 lbs for November.[[underlined in red]] Largest amount in Dollars on record. [[/underlined]] Hurried talk with [[underlined in red]] May on Britton proposition with Mac Donald. [[/underlined]] then to lunch at Machinery Club where [[underlined in red]] Spencer Miller [[/underlined]] presided special meeting of Subcommittee on [[underlined in red]] Fuels of Naval Counsellary Board Commander Halloran there of Annapolis to furnish data [[/underlined] and request our help in sustaining Navy in their fight against [[underlined in red]] Senator Phelan and [[/underlined]] others who are trying to rush thru legislation a bill which takes away from Navy the Government [[underlined in red]] oil lands now [[/underlined]] held in reserve and which are needed for national defense. It is very significant that the men of our Navy should think [[underlined in red]] that [[strikethrough]] our [[/strikethrough]] ^[[attitude of]] our Board will make [[/underlined]] more impression on Congress.