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126 of which the birth had been confirmed [[strikethrough]] lib [[/strikethrough]] entirely, [[strikethrough]] but [[/strikethrough]] He seems to be inclined to follow our advice. Yesterday near Public Library listened to some of the [[red underline]] speeches of enlisted men in the Army calling for volunteers [[/red underline]] The whole thing [[red underline]] looks stupidly pathetic. [[/red underline]] The men who spoke made poor impression. [[red underline]] Look more like street bums in appearance and speech reinforces this impression. [[/red underline]] They cannot speak [[strikethrough]] even [[/strikethrough]] even [[red underline]] polite english [[/red underline]] and their arguments are [[red underline]] trivial or absurd. Am more and more convinced of compulsory service instead of this cheap and degraded volunteering. [[/red underline]] May 17. Gave order to [[red underline]] Rossi [[/red underline]] to go ahead with all reasonable speed in [[red underline]] building additional factory for [[strikethrough]] Gener [[/strikethrough]] Bakelite [[/red underline]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 127 Estimated cost [[red underline]] $125,000. [[/red underline]] Labor and materials are scarce and expensive. May 18. Went to meet [[red underline]] Seabury [[/red underline]] at Chemists Club. He says he will obtain evidence [[red underline]] against Redmanol. [[/red underline]] Then met Skinner of Westinghouse told him confidentially of [[red underline]] our contract with Condensite. [[/red underline]] Evening meeting of [[red underline]] Chemists Club Trustees, offered to become life member. [[/red underline]] May 19. Was greatly pleased to hear [[red underline]] George's [[/red underline]] voice who is here on a short visit. He tells me he is devoting his [[red underline]] afternoons entirely to drilling [[/red underline]] there are 13 men left at his fraternity doing same thing while studying in the morning. He evidently is restless to enlist but I am advising him to wait and get thru with his studies until end of term which is only a few weeks off. I have written for advice to Howard E. Coffin of