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132 stockholder's meeting I candidly explained my views and my absurd position as to my insufficient representation on the board. [[underline]] Townsend offered me to withdraw [[/underline]] and to let me elect one director more. but the offer was not made in such a way that I could accept it without the feeling that if I accepted [[underline]] he would be bitterly disappointed. [[/underline]] Hamman said that nobody of the board would take advantage of the situation [[underline]] I asked him who could guarantee me that either [[/underline]] he or anybody on this board would be able to serve until the end of the year. At least I [[underline]] have shown [[/underline]] them [[underline]] my magnanimity [[/underline]] and that strictly speaking [[end page]] [[start page]] 133 [[underline]] R & H, [[/underline]] altho' they assume an undue importance are only [[underline]] entitled to 2 directors [[/underline]] on the board, while I am entitled to 4. I explained the whole situation politely but firmly and said I did not kick but expected to be treated fairly in accordance with my own liberality Then stockholder's meeting The only [[strikethrough]] outsid [[/strikethrough]] extra stockholders present were [[underline]] Alan Brown, Sanford Brown and Kirk Brown. [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] The two Brown boys [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] Kirk Brown [[/underline]] as usually came around [[underline]] to find fault [[/underline]] and prostested that he could not vote unless he could see the minutes of the board. The [[strikethrough]] minutes [[/strikethrough]] minute books were offered for his inspection but he did not avail himself of our