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166 wants me to give him a short statement about our [[red underline]] Cresol [[/red underline]] imports and for what purpose. Then went to see Dr. [[red underline]] Penniman [[/red underline]] who has charge of permits for [[red underline]] Cresol imports. [[/red underline]] Warm reception there. Did not know Cresol was so essential. [[strikethrough]] Then went to see Dr. Leith [[/strikethrough]] Met also Dr. Leith and [[red underline]] Stephen Mather [[/red underline]] Commissioner of Federal Parks and many others all [[red underline]] glad to see me [[/red underline]] and to be of service a very busy day. Evening the [[red underline]] Belgians, De Man, Manaut, De Jace, Stiets and Van Hecke [[/red underline]] at Cosmos Club Went with them all to a Chinese Restaurant to eat Shop Suey. A very busy day with much variety. [[strikethrough]] April [[/strikethrough]] May 11. At Cosmos Club. Early morning meeting with [[end page]] [[start page]] 167 Dr. [[red underline]] Sichrist [[/red underline]] who came to discuss use of [[red underline]] Bakelite [[/red underline]] forms for [[red underline]] honeycombs for bees. [[/red underline]] Then meeting [[red underline]] Naval Consulting Board Admiral Winterhalter [[/red underline]] present Discussion about relative merits of [[red underline]] destroyers and submarine chasers [[/red underline]] for attacking submarines. [[strikethrough]] Sprague [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Frank Sprague's opinion of more than 16 months ago is gaining ground in [[/red underline]] practice. Meeting much disturbed by that [[red underline]] tactless egocentric and rather onesided professor, Webster [[/red underline]] who brings a lot of copies of the Springfield Republican in which there is one of his [[red underline]] characteristic blundering [[/red underline]] letters. Tries to do the right thing by defending [[strikethrough]] Squ [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline] General Squires and Coffin [[/red underline]] but manages to queer their cause in the