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118 canvass cover on [[underline]] ION. [[\underline]] Dec 5. All day in New York. Afternoon 4 P.M. Mtg [[underline]] Institute International Education. [[\underline]] Rain Dec 6. Early to New York. Afternoon 3 P.M meeting of [[underline]] Directors of American Chemical Society at Chemists Club. Parsons, [[;Teeple]], Bancroft, Talbot [[\underline]] and [[underline]] myself [[\underline]] Took [[underline]] Bancroft, Parsons [[\underline]] and his son in law for [[underline]] supper at University Club. [[\underline]] Dec 7 (Sunday) All day home busy with tax returns and calculating plan for [[underline]] bonus [[\underline]] for employees of [[underline]] Bakelite Corporation [[\underline]] Dec. 8. Herman Scheidler a tax examiner from Washington examining my reports of 1920-1921. Damned nuisance. Seems to be a young man rather stuck up on himself [[end page]] [[start page]] 119 [[underline]] Rossi [[\underline]] here discussing with him ways for more method in different departments. He promises to make his headquarters at office. A very strenuous day. Dec 10. Another very busy day discussing further subjects about B. Co with [[underline]] George Baekeland George Roll [[\underline]] and [[underline]] George Brown [[\underline]] [[arrow indicating Dec. 10 entry should go after Dec. 9 entry]] Dec. 9. More of Herman Schneidler. He says he has finished and will write me a letter officially. Has not found any important discrepancies. I see the necessity of keeping somewhat more orderly reports. Spent all morning discussing [[underline]] bonus [[\underline]] and [[underline]] salaries for B. Co [[\underline]] employees with [[underline]] George Baekeland [[\underline]] Dec 11. Early to office. Long conference with [[underline]] Sanford Brown [[\underline]] in regard to organisation of molding concerns. [[underline]] George B. present [[\underline]]