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[[underline]] died, [[/underline]] his letters and reports to [[Clessun?]], criticizing Bakelite management under Segal, Weger and Moser, were found and [[underline]] Gerlach got fired by Segal. [[/underline]] Tells me Segal had [[strikethrough]] [[underline]] Nov 11 [[/underline]] Met Gerlach again [[/strikethrough]] very little stock in Rutgerswerke
Was paid salary as managing director but [[underline]] [[Clessun's?]] family owned most of stock. [[Clessun?]] died and his widow [[/underline]] who had made bad investments in German Government securities is almost ruined.
[[underline]] Weger never believed in the future of Bakelite [[/underline]] and spent his time in writing reports [[underline]] why it was no good. [[/underline]] His intense desire was to become again chemist or [[underline]] technical director of Rutgers where the technology was merely routine and knowledge well within his reach. Sachs [[/underline]] was appointed after [[underline]] Gerlach [[/underline]] got
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fired and knows nothing of the technical side of the business [[strikethrough]] Mollers was appointed [[/strikethrough]] The bank of Rutgers and Bakelite is [[underline]] Deutche Bank. [[/underline]] The present head director of [[double underline]] Rutgers, [[/double underline]] Dr. Schauss? has no technical knowledge.
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[[underline]] Strauss? [[/underline]] 
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[[underline]] During the war profits amounted to over a million marks yearly; [[/underline]] have diminished since. [[underline]] Whenever allotment was made for my part [[/underline]] of the profits [[strikethrough]] Rut [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] Segal [[/underline]] told Gerlach to make [[underline]] considerable deductions for amortization [[/underline]] etc which Gerlach says were not fair. Says [[underline]] Hecht never did anything for me nor was he of any use. Says Dr. v. Vietinghoff was the fairest towards me. [[/underline]] Gerlach suggest I should entrust him with [[strikethrough]] my interes [[/strikethrough]] watching my interests
told him Sachs was at present in New York trying to bring about reconciliation and that I had told him I hoped he would succeed.