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while dived, but we kept following closely wherever it went or turned. Other chasers communicated with us and got same location. Exciting chase. Finally sub came to surface close to point of location. [[underlined in red]] What we want now is more boats of about 200 feet, less difficult to handle or stop than destroyers and not so small as 110 foot [[/underlined in red]] boats. When will [[underlined in red]] Benson and Taylor fall in with this idea or are they to keep stubbornly opposing this class [[/underlined in red]] of boats in favor of submarines or destroyers which cannot be built so quickly? Arrived back in New York about 9 P.M. 
A very busy but very
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interesting day
Expenses.
Yesterday 3.04 to New London
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            75 Pullman
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          4.50 Hotel, etc.
          3.00 Meals
May 21. A very very busy day here.
May 22. Afternoon went to office of [[underlined in red]] Gifford, [[/underlined in red]] counsel for 
R & H with Creevey and Hamman to explain my views on situation of [[underlined in red]] R & H [[/underlined in red]] contract ^. 
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^insulation to voting trust [[/vertical annotation]]
then went to [[underlined in red]] Hooker to meet Porter, A. H. Hooker & Rowland [[/underlined in red]] 
Explained to latter the technical situation. Then  [[underlined in red]] E. H. Hooker [[/underlined in red]] who was in one of his long interminable sessions with Knowlton and Perrin etc. [[underlined in red]] still trying to make [[/underlined in red]] "propositions" for [[underlined in red]] manufacturing [[/underlined in red]] [[strikethrough]] nitric aci [[strikethrough]] [[underlined in red]] picric acid [[/underlined in red]] for the Government and [[underlined in red]] boring every- [[/underlined in red]]