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82 [[letter "B" in top left margin]] encountered is a totally [[red underlined]] inadequate coal supply, on account of insufficient labor at the mines. [[/red underlined]] What makes matter worse is that at principal mining districts most of [[red underlined]] laborers are Austrians and germans, [[/red underlined]] who might obey some conspirators to cripple everything. Intend to write this to [[red underlined]] Howard E. Coffin. [[/red underlined]] Frank L. [[red underlined]] Dyer, Kirk Brown and Frank Presby [[/red underlined]] were waiting for me at Drug and Chemical Club, where I was their guest at lunch. We reread the contracts and compared them, [[red underlined]] then I signed. All seemed cheerful [[/red underlined]] and satisfied. [[letter "B" and annotation "10 hs." in left margin]] Afterward went to Neave to discuss plans and evidence of [[red underlined]] Redmanol suit, [[/red underlined]], Townsend was delayed, and arrived one hour late, remained there till 6 P.M It develops that we cannot use [[end page]] [[start page]] 83 [[symbol "#" in top left margin]] the evidence we have because the [[red underlined]] small sample [[/red underlined]] of raw material furnished to us might be the base of an [[red underlined]] indictment of petty larceny for our witness! - Such is the law!! [[/red underlined]] Invited Townsend to lunch at University Club there at 8 P.M were joined by [[red underlined]] Knowlton [[/red underlined]] who came to discuss program of [[red underlined]] Soy Beans for Hooker Co [[/red underlined]] then [[strikethrough]] Hooker [[/strikethrough]] Henry Hooker to inquire about [[strikethrough]] ver [[/strikethrough]] disposal of Dichlorbenzol [[symbol "#" and annotation "3 hs" in left margin]] Left with 11:40 train. The [[red underlined]] newspapers full of formal declaration of a ^[[state of]] war ^[[existing]] as declared by vote of Congress only a few members dissenting. [[/red underlined]] April. 7. Spent all morning dictating reports of my committees on Naval Board. [[red underlined]] Citizens in Yonkers drilling for home guard. George restless. Wants to volunteer [[/red underlined]] but has not yet made up his mind what branch of the service Intended to join the Navy in