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Feb 26. Had to leave early for Director's meeting of [[red underline]] General Bakelite Co. [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] Purchase of [[/strikethrough]] Payment of balance of cresol recently received in great succession and marry [[red underline]] income to a payment  - compels to borrow money ($150000) [[strikethrough]] f [[/strikethrough]] on our reserve fund Liberty Bonds. [[/red underline]] Lory interview with [[red underline]] May. [[/red underline]] in various matters. [[red underline]] The older he grows the less [[strikethrough]] gen [[/strikethrough]] cheerful he is. I wonder in how far his [[strikethrough]] rather [[/strikethrough]] ways of treating a subject or a conversation have to do with our squabbles and troubles with Wright, and others? [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] Neither he nor Swan [[/strikethrough]] Afternoon went with him to meet [[red underline]] Bearn [[/red underline]] to talk our situation of our patent suits Bearn promises Skinner or others of [[red underline]] Westinghouse will [[/red underline]] testify for 
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us. He thinks well of pushing [[red underline]] Wopperer-Formica [[/red underline]] suit ahead of Trisulate suit  Afterwards visited [[red underline]] De Muth [[/red underline]]. short meeting, talked over late troubles and [[strikethrough]] susperd [[/strikethrough]] told him that the [[red underline]] trouble will not recur. Very pleasant interview. [[/red underline]] Afterwards met [[red underline]] Major Woodruff [[/red underline]] at Century Club. to examine him as to possible qualifications for taking up work for [[red underline]] Royal Baking Powder [[/red underline]] Co. Told him in general way the subject of the work. He will write me a letter giving his qualifications before I take it up with Royal Baking Powder Co
Feb 27  [[red underline]] Albert [[/red underline]] has left this morning for Florida to prepare the boat I feel wrong. [[red underline]] The sooner I get away from here the better. Everything bothers or irritates me, and my enthusiasm in [[/red underline]]