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their 5% [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] as a contribution to the bonus of the other salaried employees of our corporation.  That these [[underline]] "silent or sleeping partners who give me no credit [[/underline]] for [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] ^[[my]] unpaid for work would be the first to recriminate if for some reason or another our company ceased to be as successful financially as it is now.  But [[underline]] what disgusted me was that Rossi and Redman should have complained or discussed our so called [[/underline]] salaries in [[underline]] presence of Swan. [[/underline]]  What disgusted me further is that none of them had the wit or perspicacity to grasp that [[underline]] my so-called "salary" was much worse for me as a [[/underline]]
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stockholder than if I simply [[strikethrough]] left [[/strikethrough]] were allowed to leave that 5% in the reserve fund where it would be making at least 4 1/2% for me there invested in Government securities without compelling me to pay [[strikethrough]] surtax [[/strikethrough]] Federal and State Income ^[[and]] Surtax on it as soon as a check of $60000 was handed to me.  That it was merely moving $60000, my property in the reserve fund, from one of my pockets to another and make me pay about 42% tax on it.
What I want however is to discuss the whole matter openly and in detail [[underline]] before the whole board of Directors, [[/underline]] so that when they vote on it they should not be under the impression that something is rushed thru which has been hatched out by