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108 X Feb 10. Went to Perth Amboy with [[underlined in red]] George Roll. [[/underlined in red]] Rossi away for a few days on a well earned vacation Shannon ill at home. Transparent department practically at a stand still. [[underlined in red]] No orders in molding department but some [[strikethrough]] good [[/strikethrough]] orders in varnish department Yard overstocked with empty and full drums, [[/underlined in red]] phenol, cresol. Ready varnish etc. a glut in stock [[underlined in red]] Formaldehyde [[/underlined in red]] reclaiming machinery being erected. [[underlined in red]] Whole plant looks dead. [[/underlined in red]] Made some emphatic remarks to [[underlined in red]] MacDonald about disorderly condition of wooden storage shed [[/underlined in red]] and danger of fire. See my letter to him. [[underlined in red]] Shrimpe [[/underlined in red]] showed me his [[end page]] [[start page]] 109 molded samples of bakelite [[underlined in red]] molding mixture compressing [[underlined in red]] roisin solubilzed with H2SO4 [[/underlined in red]] told him to [[underlined in red]] extend his research [[/underlined in red]] work to other resins, and determine minimum amount of solubilized resin for obtaining desired effect [[underlined in red]] MacDonald showed [[/underlined in red]] unexpected results of incorporation of small amounts of [[strikethrough]] rubber [[/strikethrough]] bakelite into [[underlined in red]] rubber; [[/underlined in red]] [[strikethrough]] inst [[/underlined in red]] also of fastening [[underlined in red]] rubber to bakelite. [[/underlined in red]] impregnated [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] canvass, applying the rubber [[strikethrough]] while the [[/strikethrough]] before the bakelite had been hardened. What is specially unexpected is that under such conditions the [[underlined in red]] sheet remains flexible. [[/underlined in red]] Went with George Roll to examine plant and samples of [[underlined in red]] Embed Art Co. [[/underlined in red]] Told Lawrence the whole matter of further development had to be submitted formally to