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this year for my expenses and for expenses incurred for Bakelite Corporation by my assistants Geo Roll and George Baekeland and which I ordered them to charge to me 
That I either propose them to pay an extra 5% dividend which will give me $60000 and them each $30000, but at least will not record us as having received any compensation 
Then Karpen proposed that in order to meet my arguments the Corporation pay to each Geo. Roll and Geo. Baekeland a total equal to the total (salary + bonus) which Berlitzheimer gets this year. Schleussner agrees immediately and I accept stipulating that as far as George Baekeland is concerned his fixed salary 
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will be only $5500 same as George Rolls, the bonus being made high enough in each case to match the total Berlitzheimer gets. I told them that independently of this I shall have to present bill of expenses incurred for Bakelite Corporation. [[strikethrough]] but Ind [[/strikethrough]] any additional compensation I want to pay to Geo Roll or Geo. Baekeland beyond what they get from the Corporation is to be paid by me privately. This settles the whole matter satisfactorily. Afterwards Karpen brought up the Carter & Cox patents for methanol, hexa, phenol resin etc. and told Schleussner he was desirous of finding an equitable arrangement which would suit all parties interested. That however