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with other phases. Then some examiners and employes of Patent Office came around and expressed their views. Among them [[red underline]] Dr. Keenan Newton [[/red underline]] also spoke and besides some platitudes and generalities said he was heartily in favor of work to be undertaken by this committee. I spoke also and gave the possible scope of the whole program. At noon recess, I met Professor [[red underline]] Pegram [[/red underline]] and explained situation of [[red underline]] Columbia [[/red underline]] to him. 
About 4 P.M went to greet [[red underline]] Parsons [[/red underline]] and handed him a letter [[red underline]] whereby I withdraw from nomination for President of American Chemical Society [[/red underline]]
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in favor of [[red underline]] Nichols. [[/red underline]]  
Evening the [[red underline]] Marquis de Courtivron [[/red underline]] came to the Club to repeat verbally his invitation for lunch Friday noon.
Spent evening discussing [[red underline]] war problems with Sprague, Little [[/red underline]] Horta and [[red underline]] Lindsay, [[/red underline]] the latter is buyer for [[red underline]] Canadin Government [[/red underline]]
Dec 21. Went to Townsend to explain [[red underline]] Royal Baking Powder project [[/red underline]]  
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He tells me Summers refuses to sanction any contract for [[red underline]] picric acid [[/red underline]] to anybody who cannot furnish his own nitric or sulphuric acid, so this cuts [[red underline]] Hooker out.[[/red underline]] 
Took young [[red underline]] Paolo de Vecchi who wants enter [[/red underline]] into some useful military occupation where his experience may be of use --
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