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[[underline]] Aug 23. [[/underline]] All day at office Lunch with Celine & Redman and George ^[[B]] [[strikethrough]] Roll [[/strikethrough]] at Belmont Hotel
Redman says yesterday's meeting at Condensite Co everybody all right but Kirk Brown. The latters ravings and lamentations that [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] our company is going to the dogs etc.
After a talk with Sanford Brown and Swan and all concerned we concluded according to Sanford Brown's suggestion to call the latter Director Engineering development of Bakelite Corporation to work [[strikethrough]] pay [[/strikethrough]] alongside [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] and in harmony with Swan the latter being Sales Manager and Advertising Manager
Everything cheerfully agreed upon. Everybody in this company cooperates cheerfully
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the only friction is that impossible man Kirk Brown.
Told to Redman no to hesitate spending $4000 on a small experimental paper machine so as to study wet bakelite cardboard process in Canada.
Photo of ION under sail by Rosenberg arrived Evening 6 P.M left on the "Chapin" for New Bedford Pleasant little boat
Aug 24 Arrive New Bedford and [[strikehrough]] dro [[/strikethrough]] took taxi to the ION. Nice pleasant weather but Lewis reports that on Tuesday night a gale caused dragging of anchor and gave him much trouble in rain and wind. Caused $10 damage to a fishing boat nearby
While he is putting ION in shape