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June 9. At 11 A.M general meeting at Library of Navy of the [[underlined]] Naval Consulting Board [[/underlined]] and executive committee of [[red underlined]] Natural Research Council.  Marconi [[/red underlined]] who at present is here in regard to some political mission as he told us himself. [[red underlined]] Looks more like an englishman [[/red underlined]] than an Italian and [[/red underlined]] speaks perfect English. [[/red underlined]] His glass eye, and jerkey speech make him look rather nervous. [[strikethrough]] Then [[/strikethrough]] George E. [[red underlined]] Hale, Millikan Mendenhall, [[/red underlined]] J. J. [[red underlined]] ([[Cauthy]]) [[/red underlined]] in [[/red underlined]] major's uniform [[/red underlined]] and [[red underlined]] Ralph Mershon, [[/red underlined]] ditto were present then entered the [[red underlined]] French and British Scientific

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Commission. [[red underlined]] Tabry, Abrahams, DuPorrey, Duc de Guiche, [[/red underlined]] Sir Ernest [[red underlined]] Rutherford, [[/red underlined]] and Commander [[red underlined]] Bridge. [[/red underlined]] of the [[red underlined]] British Navy. [[/red underlined]] I was asked by Saunders to make a speech in [[red underlined]] french [[/red underlined]] and I utilized the opportunity for introducing the members of the [[red underlined]] Naval Consulting Board to the foreign visitors, giving of each a short description of his career.
Bridge [[/red underlined]] told about the [[red underlined]] submarine [[/red underlined]] problem.  How [[red underlined]] at first [[/red underlined]] it had been entirely [[red underlined]] under rated [[/red underlined]] in the [[red underlined]] British Navy. [[/red underlined]] How then they had learned to take care of it as long as submarines only operated in restricted zone.  How now [[red underlined]] suddenly it had become a problem for which they were caught unprepared. [[/red underlined]] and how now they were trying to cope with the situation by different means. [[red underlined]] Rutherford [[/red underlined]]