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his stock and that an advantageous merger was pending
After Warren Whitney drove me and Mali and Paris to N.Y. University where bust of Mercier is unveiled in library. Sculptor Paolo looks very much like [[strikethrough]] Trost [[/strikethrough]] Trotski. Ambassador deCartier Guthrie, president of Am. Bar Association and Francis Egan former Ambassador to Danemark made speeches.
Mr. Cattier, one of the delegates of Belgium at the Washington disarmament conference came to me exclaiming: "I know you, know all about you, my friend De Bruyne who with me was a prisoner in Germany during the war told me all about you."
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[[annotation in top margin in red]] Louvain Library [[/annotation]]
Warren studio, Park Ave. A very imposing place artiscally arranged with antique furniture 
Found there Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler [[red underline]] Darwin Kingsley [[/red underline]] Pres. N.Y Life Insurance Co., Munsey proprietor of the N.Y. Herald. [[red underline]] de Cartier, [[/red underline]] Mali etc. An excellent dinner then afterwards lantern slides of project of New Library Building for Louvain as conceived by Warren 
New line of action for raising money ($1000,000) was discussed, finally agreed upon to raise it in small individual sums by each State of the Union, the names and coat of arms of each state to be represented on the facade.
Dec. 18. [[underline]] Sunday [[/underline]] Home all day. Told to George Roll merger is progressing.
Dec. 19. Saw Townsend in his office. Gave him copy of contract of merger