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to go to Phenol plant and act as liaison between Hought and Rossi and stay there until the plant runs well and regularly. Rossi hesitated at first then agreed Rossi intention was to go there and spent another week himself. - I do not like this in view of fact that Rossi cannot attend at present to all his belated work.
Nov. 18 (Sunday) Here all day. In packing my evening suit for to morrow got thoroughly disgusted to find out that Celine had simply given away my only good dress suit case which I used a week ago in Chicago! This is the fourth of any of my dress suit cases which has gone the same way. I resent this meddling and interference with my personal belongings beyond expression. Some time it may
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drive me to seek modest quarters elsewhere where I am not interfered with - not encroached upon as has happened in many other circumstances each one by itself apparently trifling but exasperating collectively. I do not want a big house with all these servants and fuss. all what I want is one room which I can call my own and where I can find things as I left them. With all my present wealth and so called success I have nothing but bother and worry on account exactly of those for whom I am working.
Nov. 19. All day in New York Evening at annual dinner of Naval Consulting Board. at University Pennsylvania Club. Gave a short account of my trip to N. Africa and compared ^[[great difference of]] Arabs with Japanese. My talk was well received and I was complemented by several. - Pleasant meeting