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several other boats all due to [[red underline]] business depression. [[/red underline]] What a difference with last year at this time!
Feel tired and do not have the courage to go ashore
Went to bed [[strikethrough]] earl [[/strikethrough]] at 8 AM
June 7. Refreshing sleep; feel much better. Went to factory at 8:00 A [[red underline]] McDonald [[/red underline]] arrived at 8:30. Fuller at 9:20 A.M. Very little going on. Long talk with Fuller & Rossi [[red underline]] about present situation. Mr. Scribner, [[/red underline]] Seabury's brother in law came in office with their superintendent. Took them with McDonald and Rossi & Fuller to lunch to New Jersey Club.
June 8. Conferences with [[red underline]] Shannon, Shrimpe, MacDonald [[/red underline]] etc. Discussed subjects indicated
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for [[red underline]] prize-rewards for useful suggestions. [[/red underline]] Rossi in New York. Went sailing in afternoon. Trouble with clutch.
June 9. Spent all day in office. Conferences with Rossi, Fuller, Lawrence, Byck. Latter says he is entirely satisfied to have whole matter of [[red underline]] Embed Art [[/red underline]] postponed for a while. Told to Rossi about my troubles with acetaldehyde situation and [[red underline]] Kirk Brown
[[strikethrough]] June 10. [[/strikethrough]]
This is the first day since [[red underline]] a long time [[/red underline]] that I feel so interested in the affairs of the G. B. Co and [[red underline]] I feel happier [[/red underline]] about it, altho' business is very slack.
June 10. Beautiful weather. Light winds. Went out to adjust the clutch then sailed with stay-sail & mizzen. [[red underline]] She obeys the sails [[/red underline]] but was unable to heave-to with mizzen alone. Either mizzen is too small or