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but that I would answer him at the next occasion. 
He became less insisting and we agreed that the matter should be left to further discussion between our company and his. Nor do I see he has any claim after we have cut out 1916, an excellent year and put in 1921 a poor year for us, all at his own sollicitation. 
He saying 1921 was a good normal year for them. Nor do I see how he can claim anything for he has not helped us in our expenses nor otherwise in our suit. On the contrary I suspect he has been infringing our composite cardboard patent and
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he had [[underlined]] on the quiet [[/underlined]] been infringing our laminated patents by furnishing Taylor the raw material for it. A subject on which we intended to sue him. He had furthermore violated his contract with us, which limited his license on our patents to specified products [[/vertical annotation]]
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I [[strikethrough]] shoul [[/strikethrough]] begin to wonder whether he has sold his material to Westinghouse for their composite cardboard. [[line to top]] ^[[he sold it to Taylor]] [[/line to top]] I disliked his [[strikethrough]] alth [[/strikethrough]] attitude so much the more at the eleventh hour because this may be a symptom of [[strikethrough]] his [[/strikethrough]] tendencies which may impair considerably his usefulness as a business man on any enterprise in X 
[[vertical annotation in left margin]] X This proved to be the case after we put him on the head of B.C. {See pages 31 & 32 etc [[erased words illegible]] 
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which he acts as one of our partners. Papers will be drawn up monday 
Tired I went to Century Club for lunch, then to University Club, then to annual dinner of Phi Lambda Upsilon at Hotel Marseilles 
Bogert toastmaster. Speeches by Dr. Mathews [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] President of Crucible Steel, Whitaker and Morecroft. Home