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then [[red underline]] offer after two years advertising it and now try to back out. [[/red underline]] Parsons and Horne want to expose the president of the U.D.& Chem. Co. Even [[red underline]] want to go as far as to publish the whole story in our journal [[/red underline]] and print it on a page with a black mourning border. I try to moderate them, urging tact and dignity etc.
All the others except Parsons and Horne are with us and voted to accept report as [[strikethrough]] read [[/strikethrough]] presented relying on good judgement of that special committee.
Thru at 2 P.M. 
At 2:30, Council meeting in small ball room of hotel.- Numerous councilors representing our 62 sections.
Room entirely full. Fifteen
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years ago I made up my mind never to go to any meetings of the Council. At that time meetings began in the morning, were resumed in afternoon and continued till late after midnight - much confused talk and little accomplished. Every green member of every green section felt it his duty to make himself heard on some trifling subject or another.
I feared a stormy long meeting [[red underline]] specially on account of the United Dye & Chemical Co. Chemical Prize [[/red underline]] situation: There was short well directed discussion on several items which were presented in succession, others were rapidly adopted. There was considerable discussion on the project defended by Hoskins of Chicago of introducing two classes of member-