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[[red underline]] Cresol [[/red underline]] of such quantity that there is [[red underline]] little doubt [[/red underline]] that they are going to try to make their own requirements of [[red underline]] Bakelite and try to jump my patents. [[/red underline]] Can we retaliate by going in the direct manufacture of ^[[laminated]][[red underline]] composite cardboard? [[/red underline]] 
Intermittent snow yesterday and today makes contrast with last week's experience in Florida.
Very busy day till evening when drove to [[red underline]] Columbia [[/red underline]] where was accepted and initiated by [[red underline]] Sigma Xi [[/red underline]] Fraternity together with [[red underline]] Prof. McKee. [[/red underline]]
Afterwards banquet of [[red underline]] Sigma Xi at Faculty [[/red underline]] club, was asked to make an address.
Then to reception of [[red underline]] President Butler at East Hall. [[/red underline]]  
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thence to [[strikethrough]] station [[/strikethrough]] Penn Station for [[red underline]] Washington. [[/red underline]] 
April 13. Cold and snowy. Interview with Prof. [[red underline]] Bedell [[/red underline]] and his assistant [[red underline]] Richtmyer of Cornell [[/red underline]] about necessity of devising means to [[strikethrough]] replace [[/strikethrough]] face depletion of ranks of [[red underline]] instructors at our universities [[/red underline]] Advised that many men now in [[red underline]] Washington [[/red underline]] can well be spared and are of little use there. [[red underline]] Shatton agrees with me, so does McPherson. [[/red underline]] 
At 9 AM meeting of Naval Consulting Board. [[red underline]] Cooper Hewitt on request of Daniels has resigned. [[/red underline]]
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Sperry reports good progress to me.
Evening met Dr. Thompson, president of Ohio State at Cosmos Club. Had long talk with him.
Latest [[red underline]] news [[/red underline]] from Western front [[red underline]] seems critical. [[/red underline]] British slowly  

Transcription Notes:
Floyd K. Richtmyer (1881?1939) was a physicist and professor at Cornell.