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142 [[vertical annotation in left margin]] Wired to arsons that [[red underline]] I decline nomination for President of American Chemical Society because [[/red underline]] am to busy with [[red underline]] Naval Board. This will [[/red underline]] mean election of Stieglitz. [[/vertical annotation]] Then [[red underline]] Sprague, Robins, Addicks and Whitney [[/red underline]] discussed till late in afternoon site for [[red underline]] proposed laboratory. I could not convince any but Whitney that Annapolis is not so good as Washington. [[/red underline]] Whitney in order to settle matters agrees on Annapolis. I promise that I would vote for Annapolis because I believe Annapolis good enough and decidedly better than any other place [[red underline]] except Washington [[/red underline]] Albert came to take me home at University Club. Dec. 7. Dictating all morning At 2 P.M meeting of Neave, Townsend, Brickerstein and myself so as to deliberate how to act [[red underline]] in Condensite suit. [[/red underline]] Mr. [[red underline]] Fisk [[/red underline]] came in for a few moments to participate in our discussion. While discussion [[end page]] [[start page]] 143 is going on, some remarks of Townsend, flashed to me a danger signal in present situation which escaped Townsend. Called his attention to subject in leaving. Hurried to chemists Club to make hurried change of Clothes for [[red underline]] Japan Society [[/red underline]] Dinner. There met man [[Walter?]] Kuykendall [[strikethrough]] who [[/strikethrough]] or something similar, who seems drunk and hands me a letter from [[red underline]] Senator of Colorado, [[/red underline]] and wants to interest me in mine [[red underline]] of "dye," [[/red underline]] which as far as I can make out is merely black [[red underline]] pigment. [[/red underline]] Man was very unpleasant and insistent, seemed to think I am on Naval Board to take care of private interests etc. Dismissed him with curt refusal after his irritating attitude. Dinner of [[red underline]] Japanese Society at Astor Hotel, [[/red underline]] again a very brilliant but frigid affair [[red underline]] No life, no enthusiasm. All [[/red underline]]
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Dr. Baekeland may be referring to A. H. Fiske of Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, R.I.