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the hopeless dirty appearance of the boat. That Leslie has undoubdetly slept most of the time or sat yawning instead of doing anything. I paid him and the waitress their month in full in order to get rid of them sooner.
July 27 (Sunday) Aboard all day Went with Evinrude to fetch Mr. [[underlined in red]] Swan [[/underlined in red]] who came aboard and took lunch. I made him a mint julep and we had a very pleasant stay together. Talked about [[underlined in red]] General Bakelite [[/underlined in red]] Co [[strikethrough]] future [[/strikethrough]] plans, problems etc. He tells me Rossi and May and himself have all agreed that we should try [[underlined in red]] rods, razor - [[/underlined in red]] and [[underlined in red]] knife handles [[/underlined in red]] and matter will soon be 
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submitted to my approval. I [[underlined in red]] told him am entirely in [[/underlined in red]] favor of it and our whole policy ought to be [[underlined in red]] to develop bakelite in its end-products [[/underlined in red]] because time would soon arrive when we would have [[underlined in red]] to compete with many pirates [[/underlined in red]] and the purchasers of raw material in the molding trade [[underlined in red]] were enemies of bakelite [[/underlined in red]] which they had been compelled to accept and drop [[underlined in red]] their own inferior preparations. [[/underlined in red]]
July 28. Ordered [[underlined in red]] Albert aboard [[/underlined in red]] went for gasoline and oil and tried engine and reverse The latter still gives considerable trouble on account of overheating due to improper alignment [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] Tied [[underlined in red]] Ion [[/underlined in red]] on the wharf of one of the Palisade Parks