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Oct 31. Rain has ceased. Fried the fish of yesterday for lunch. Then to factory. Told Laurence to [[red underlined]] try to reclaim formaldehyde [[/red underlined]] by adding an excess of phenol so as to convert everything in Novolak.
Then to New York. 4 P.M. meeting of Administrative Board of [[red underlined]] Institute of International [[/red underlined]] education. N.[[red underlined]] M. Butler [[/red underlined]] presiding. others there: Mrs Alice Duell Miller, Dr. James, Ex Ambassador [[red underlined]] Morgantau Outerbridge. Dr. Munroe. [[/red underlined]] Dr. James suggested Mathieson to serve on [[strikethrough]] board [[/strikethrough]] Advisory Board on account of his acquaintance [[red underline]] with chemical education! [[/red underline]] I protested and prevented this. Suggested [[red underline]] Pupin and Mali [[/red underline]] both were accepted. Evening went to stay at University Club. Met Dr. Henry
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[[red underline]] Washington [[/red underline]] there who has just returned from Italy. Very mild weather.
Nov 1. 1919 Another mild day. Since a few days I have been taking in consideration of [[red underline]] schooner rigging the Ion. [[/red underline]] The main objective is the [[red underline]] insufficiency of keel [[/red underline]] and difficulty and encumbrance of a centerboard. Consulted [[red underline]] Rossi [[/red underline]] on this subject he agrees with me. It is better to put auxiliary power on a sailing vessel [[red underline]] than to spoil a good motor boat and to make a poor sailing ship out of it. [[/red underline]]
Nov 2. (Sunday) Breezy but clear day. Westerly then North Easterly. Left at 9:30 A.M. Good strong breeze against us. Cold but not too cold. Engine behaved very well.

Transcription Notes:
An Alice Duer Miller served on the Administrative Board on the Institute with Baekeland. The Alice Duell Miller seems to be a misspelling of the name.