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that in the mean time he would have time to suggest how his services in other capacity could best be used, or that our executive committee may be able to make suggestions to that effect after it had found time to discuss and formulate plans. May made some remarks of "being put out" etc. I told him that if that was the construction he wanted to put to it, I should remind him that if we had wanted to put him out nothing was easier than to notify him formally a few months ago that we did not desire to renew his contract. But that all the directors were convinced that he did not possess sufficient qualification to conduct the selling or introduction
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department, none of them had any but friendly feelings for him and wanted to spare him anything which could be avoided and which might make the subject more unpleasant or offensive, hence the reason we left him in full control of the contract and also our suggestion that he himself should ask for a vacation so as to let the present office matters fall naturally in the hands of Mr. Swan who could then work with Rossi & Kirk Brown.
Afterwards I called in Swan, Gordon, and Hall in presence of May. Told them Karpen had bought out Condensite and on the strength of this had asked for a  friendly settlement of our patent suit. That such a friendly settlement had been reached