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Board, Edison, Emmett Spencer Miller absent. Considerable discussion on [[red underline]] 200 foot [[/red underline]] patrol boats which can be [[red underline]] constructed rapidly independently of present program. [[/red underline]] Also the [[red underline]] cellular unsinkable boat of Donnelly 
Coffin [[/red underline]] gave us account up to date of our [[red underline]] aviation [[/red underline]] program. 18 months ago there were in all in army and Navy [[red underline]] 330 men [[/red underline]] counting aviators, mechanics etc. Now there are over [[red underline]] 100000 [[/red underline]] soon will have over [[red underline]] 200000. [[/red underline]] 
There are [[red underline]] 5000 [[/red underline]] fliers who have their pilots certificate; [[red underline]] 4000 [[/red underline]] more are in training and [[red underline]] 9000 more are ready to [[/red underline]] begin.
Feb 17. (Sunday) A man called Dr. Paul [[red underline]] Schlicht, [[/red underline]] who says he is of [[red underline]] czech origin [[/red underline]] but who
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talks german like a prussian and english like an american tells me a voluble tale of a [[red underline]] revolutionary system for saving coal by inserting a pipe in outlet of smoke [[strikethrough]] staks [[/strikethrough]] stacks [[/red underline]] Do not know whether he is simply extraordinarily verbous and self assertive or whether he has some mental defect, or whether he is some kind of a [[red underline]] spy. [[/red underline]] A young hollander called [[red underline]] Fishbein [[/red underline]] who says [[has?]] his secretary accompanies him - Left by midnight train
Feb 18. Introduced Captain [[red underline]] Jacques Rouvier, [[/red underline]] french army, to Bridges. He wants to publish an article in [[red underline]] Scribners. [[/red underline]] Home to night.
Feb 19. Busy day straightening out belated correspondence. This evening [[red underline]] Van Lunhoff [[/red underline]] his wife and daughter [[red underline]] here for supper. Hudson river open again. [[/red underline]]
Feb 20. At home all day. Mild