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[[red underline]] rate peace with the Central Powers. [[/red underline]] This makes conditions for the [[red underline]] Allies worse than ever before. [[/red underline]] 
Evening went to Century Club to meet Warren and [[red underline]] Brown [[/red underline]] The latter submits new [[red underline]] method for bombing from air planes.[[/red underline]] 
Feb 13 Mild weather and thaw 
Away to New York this morning. Went to meet [[red underline]] Hamman & Frankel [[/red underline]] ^[[of R & H]] to confer about accounts. ^[[Slept at Chemists Club.]]
Feb 14. Meeting at office of Gen. [[red underline]] Bakelite [[/red underline]] Co. with May [[red underline]] Wright of Continental Fibre, and Benn and Terry of Westinghouse Co. in relation to license for laminated cardboard.[[/red underline]] 
Told them how risky it is to make contract for exclusive license at a time when there is every probability 
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of [[red underline]] being commandeered [[/red underline]] as to our output and deliveries. 
Told them that nevertheless they should not construe this as an attempt [[strikethrough]] as [[/strikethrough]] to side-step the question. We are ready [[red underline]] to sign the contract provided the amendments proposed by myself and May are acceptable. [[/red underline]] Very satisfactory meeting left in pleasant mood. Afterwards [[red underline]] Kingsbury of London [[/red underline]] Dammard Co. stepped in to deliver me copy of his book on the [[red underline]] telephone.[[/red underline]]
At 3:30 P.M. [[strikethrough]] met [[/strikethrough]] left for [[red underline]]  Washington. [[/red underline]] 
On train was [[red underline]] Cooper Hewitt [[/red underline]] who kept by himself. Also Dr. Miller Reese [[red underline]] Huchinson and Sperry, Saunders, Robins, Thayer [[/red underline]] and myself had drawing room to [[red underline]] ourselves [[/red underline]] and this allows us to discuss affairs of [[red underline]] Naval Consulting Board. [[/red underline]] More particularly [[strikethrough]] finishing n [[/strikethrough]] discussion of method