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116 [[red underline]] Remington [[/red underline]] and others who have taken war contracts for rifles [[red underline]] have all broken down and lost much money by it. [[/red underline]] Says [[red underline]] Westinghouse [[/red underline]] is financially ruined but for temporary [[red underline]] financial adjustments. Matters look rather dark for Allies again [[/red underline]] -- [[note in left margin]] Russia [[/note in left margin]] separate peace in [[red underline]] Russia [[/red underline]] is quite probable says [[red underline]] Pupin [[/red underline]] in view of fact that [[red underline]] socialists and extremists try to dominate the present situation and are [[/red underline]] thus willingly or unknowingly the best tools of Germany. [[underlined]] Sunday 6. May, [[/underlined]] This afternoon Mr. [[red underline]] Maurice Coster and his [[/red underline]] wife here. May 7. Busy here all day. May 8. Spoke in [[red underline]] Wilmington Del [[/red underline]] evening [[red underline]] before the Chemists of the Experimental Laboratory [[end page]] [[start page]] 117 and Research Laboratory of Dupont de Nemours Co. at the Hotel Depont. [[/red underline]] There was a [[red underline]] dinner in my honor. [[/red underline]] A fine set of young men and some of my older friends [[red underline]] Reese and Conway then afterwards a reception, [[/red underline]] Listened attentively dwelt specially upon [[red underline]] Germany's half-preparedness and our chemical situation. [[/red underline]] This is a splendid well organized hotel. May 9. Mr. [[red underline]] Woodbridge [[/red underline]] chief of Experiment station drove me there with Reese. Charmingly situated in a wooded ravine along the Brandywine Creek. [[red underline]] Laboratories and test rooms near old [[/red underline]] stone powder mills. near dam. Everything [[red underline]] spick and span and clean and well conducted. [[/red underline]] there are now about [[red underline]] 700 chemists employed [[/red underline]] by the Dupont company. Reese