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their views would be contrary to those of Townsend.
[[strikethrough]] April 24 [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] I feel very sorry to see how my duties as President of the B. Corp. compel me to stand firm even at the risk of perturbing my friends. 
April 24 [[/underline]] At office all day. The [[underline]] illness of Rossi and Karpen and absence of Schleussner compels me to go ahead with urgent work [[strikethrough]] by [[/strikethrough]] after [[/underline]] consulting those most accessible, Geo B., [[underlined]] Redman, Hays, Swan, Sanford Brown, Berliss, [[/underlined]] instead of holding formal executive meetings. Furthermore [[underlined]] Schleussner by his long absence and thru [[strikethrough]] his work at [[/strikethrough]] his duties at R&H, hardly is able to have anything but a sketchy idea of daily developments [[/underlined]]
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of our company which require quick decisions and quick action
[[underlined]] April 25 [[/underlined]] (Sunday) At home all day. Much work
[[underlined]] April 26 [[/underlined]] Most of day at office Afternoon 4-6 - lecture at [[double underlined]] Columbia [[/double underlined]] = Subject. The [[underline]] special fields of Chemists and Chemical Engineers.
April 27. Potter of Damard [[/underlined]] Company (England) arrives here. 
In the morning long meeting Redman, Geo B. Schleussner, ^[[Berliss]] and myself as to  [[underlined]] plan of [[strikethrough]] purchase [[/strikethrough]] consolidation with Damard [[/underlined]]. Typewritten copy [[underlined]] [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] prepared by me [[strikethrough]] a Kar [[/strikethrough]] endorsed by all including Karpen. [[/underlined]] Not submitted to [[underlined]] Rossi [[/underlined]] who should be [[underlined]] left quiet [[/underlined]] until full recovery. 

Transcription Notes:
I use past tense 'underlined' with a 'd' because that is my understanding from the instructions. It seems a waste of time to edit just to remove the 'd' in 'underlined'. If I review and the transcriber just uses 'underline' I do not add the 'd'