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[[underline]] Peterson and Charlie placing [[/underline]] tank and piping. Back home for lunch.
[[underline]] Oct 12, 1925 [[/underline]] Hectic work all day on [[underline]] Ion, [[/underline]] all four placing box on tank
[[underline]] Oct 13 Wrote out the details on Japanese agreement [[/underline]] so that George can discuss them [[underline]] with Kasanobu. [[/underline]] Frequent interruptions
[[underline]] Oct 14 [[/underline]] Paid $101000 for 100000 Liberty Bonds. Frank Seaman visited our office. Got $300 cash at bank
[[strikethrough]] Oct 15 [[/strikethrough]] Went to lunch at [[underline]] Cruising Club. [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] Telegraphed [[/strikethrough]]
[[underline]] Oct 15. [[/underline]] Decided to utilize fine weather and [[underline]] start my cruise South to day. [[/underline]] Hurried preparations Got away about noon [[underline]] See log book [[/underline]]
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Let Dick behind; Crew [[underline]] Peterson and Charlie. [[/underline]] Arrived Perth Amboy about 4 P.M.
Oct 16. Inspected [[underline]] the plant. [[/underline]] was amazed to find that [[underline]] 1000000 lbs. of molding mixture #420 had accumulated since cheaper molding [[/underline]] mixture, which sells cheaper but is not cheaper to make than #420 is being preferred I find our capacity is about [[strikethrough]] 1000 - [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] 1 million pounds [[/underline]] a month and we are turning out less than out less than [[underline]] 300.000 [[/underline]] which accumulates. [[underline]] Called up George Baekeland at the phone [[/underline]] to make him acquainted with the situation and cease this [[underline]] absurdity of putting the bulk of our production in our poorly run [[/underline]]