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Altho' Commissioner was very quick and bright [[red underline]] seemed not to be prepared for questions I put him. [[/red underline]] Quite a number of people there, all with one exception less [[red underline]] than $5000 income but very painstaking about [[/red underline]] their returns and corresponding loss of time. [[red underline]] Finished my tax report and got it sworn in before notary public. - Tomorrow commences my holiday! [[/red underline]] Fell very tired and nervous
March 5. Last night after I awakened I realized I had made an error in [[red underline]] computing my income tax bill so I rewrote some of the calculations [[/red underline]] I was too tired the day before to do it right Several telephone calls varied by hectic dicta-
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ting of several letters which had to be written at the last moment. Called up [[red underline]] Hamman [[/red underline]] to remind him that if any more [[red underline]] loans had to be made I should sign the notes [[/red underline]] to day. Promised me he would send note for another [[red underline]] $60000 [[/red underline]] to Chemists Club. When I got there no message. Lunched there [[strikethrough]] call [[/strikethrough]] no messages. Said "would' be there in ten minutes" finally left just in time to get to station.
[[red underline]] Wilson's [[/red underline]] speech yesterday about [[red underline]] League of Nations is published. A refreshing fact was to hear that he and Taft his political opponent walked in arm and arm at the Metropolitan Opera House. [[/red underline]]