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The [[underline]] three were evidently instructed by R&H. to try to obtain cash for R&H. [[/underline]] When I asked to [[underline]] Hays whether [[/underline]] he knew of a single case of a bona fide manufacturing concern like ours had ever had any threat or action from the Tax Commissioner, he unhesitatingly said he knew of none. The whole discussion finally settled down in [[underline]] declaring the regular dividend of 2% + 8% [[/underline]] extra [[strikethrough]] making in all [[/strikethrough]] While I was willing to go much further [[strikethrough]] Afterwards [[/strikethrough]] Afterwards I held conference with [[underline]] Townsend and George Baekeland to hear why Townsend had omitted to file patents in foreign coun,[[/underline]]
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tries, when he ordered to pay last payment for U.S patent on wet fibre process. [[underline]] He says the patent as it is now is  worthless and nobody will learn anything by it but left the real question unanswered "Why take out a patent of the kind [[/underline]] and teach others our slant of present action, specially if the patent is worthless?" While I was trying to get informed on this. [[underline]] Karpen [[/underline]] who had joined our meeting [[underline]] uninvited started discussing the General Electric License [[/underline]] contract for C25 [[underline]] with Townsend [[/underline]] and as the latter had another appointment at 5 P.M., to [[underline]] my disgust this important meeting was [[practically?]] broken up by the abrupt arrival of Karpen. [[/underline]] He evidently did