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[[underline]] Exposition [[/underline]] at Roosevelt hotel. Noisy and some tables [[strikethrough]] had [[/strikethrough]] showed [[underline]] evidence of  forbidden drinks. [[/underline]] This was a rather mixed dinner with [[underline]] Chemical [[/underline]] salesmen who showed [[underline]] their lower fiber by behaving as "drummers" [[/underline]] are want to do. [[underline]] The tables of chemists were conspicuous by a totally better attitude. [[/underline]] I left before everything was over at 10:15 PM
[[underline]] Oct 2. [[/underline]] Visit of [[strikethrough]] Cho [[/strikethrough]] Dr. [[underline]] Charles [[/underline]] L. [[underline]] Parsons, then Howe and Mrs. Howe.
Then meeting with [[underline]] Kasanobu [[/underline]] in presence of George. Explained him nature of contract with [[underline]] Sankyo [[/underline]] we were willing to enter into. [[strikethrough]] He seems [[/strikethrough]] Showed him it was equitable and fair to both sides. He also thinks so. He will cable
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the contract to [[underline]] Tokio [[/underline]] Then a long session with [[underline]] Graesser [[/underline]] who tells me he is one of the largest stockholders in [[underline]] Damard [[/underline]] Co in England. Told him of our plans in England as accepted by Executive committee and that we want to carry out our [[strikethrough]] formerly [[/strikethrough]] good intentions towards [[underline]] Damard [[/underline]] as formerly expressed but [[underline]] could not be handicapped by any awkward entanglements [[/underline]] they may have either [[underline]] with Germany [[/underline]] or with any of their agents. That we [[underline]] would be disposed to let them come in into our company [[/underline]] on a 50 - 50 base. We do not desire control [[underline]] but want it to be a British Company under British Management and majority of stock British owned. [[/underline]] On the other hand