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to Court of [[underlined in red]] Judge Chatfield [[/underlined in red]] in Brooklyn for infringement suit against [[underlined in red]] Insulate Co and Redmanol. Lee [[/underlined in red]] there to plead ^[[for]] further postponements, [[underlined in red]] lying [[/underlined in red]] and prevaricating and using the most contemptible distortions for [[underlined in red]] obtaining a postponement [[/underlined in red]] till Fall. [[underlined in red]] Neave [[/underlined in red]] at my request tries to avoid any possible postponement and says we are ready. [[underlined in red]] Chatfield [[/underlined in red]] seems undecided what to do but seem to see attempt of blocking the suit so finally grants extension [[strikethrough]] May 8. [[/strikethrough]] till June 8.
Some [[underlined in red]] better news from the West front. [[/underlined in red]] Germans are kept back and driven back 
At 8 P.M meeting at [[underlined in red]] Saunders [[/underlined in red]] apartment
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8 W. 40 street committee of [[underlined in red]] laboratory. Saunders, Thayer, Whitney, Brandon and Robins [[/underlined in red]] also there. Godsun Borglum a sculptor is behaving like a howling Dervish in trying to besmirch the reputation of [[underlined in red]] Coffin [[/underlined in red]] and [[underlined in red]] Deeds [[/underlined in red]] and other men of the Aircraft Board. All men who on the contrary are a horror to this country and the [[underlined in red]] New York Times [[/underlined in red]] is publishing sensational and intemperate editorials and articles. The fact is that [[underlined in red]] General Squires [[/underlined in red]] and his group of the [[underlined in red]] Signal Corps have proved to be [[/underlined in red]] utterly too small to cope with an immense manufacturing problem like this and by their indecision and want of organization have impeded progress right and left and have succeeded in thus up-

Transcription Notes:
Godsun Borglum probably 'Gutzon' Borglum artist and sculptor