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[[left margin]] George Baekeland! [[/left margin]]
accompanied by [[underlined]] a long pencil written letter of George giving me the details of all the transactions, [[/underlined]] discussions and negotiations [[underlined]] before Sachs agreed. I felt happy and proud about this letter and the dignified striking arguments George used. [[/underlined]] He [[strikethrough]] also [[/strikethrough]] winds up his letter by announcing me that the [[underlined]] Trinidad company has [[strikethrough]] made [[/strikethrough]] ^[[put]] him on the executive board, with his former boss ^[[Col]] Warfield as president. [[/underlined]] their other [[strikethrough]] directors [[/strikethrough]] fellow directors are [[underlined]] Percy Rockefeller, Huntington Jackson, and Henry Thompson (Presͭ of the Globe and Fidelity Insurance Co.). [[/underlined]] This is a [[underlined]] great compliment to the qualifications of my boy at his age of about 32. [[/underlined]]
[[underlined]] Nov. 22. Cabled to George congratulating him [[/underlined]] and reporting sale and condition of Moldensite.
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[[left margin]] Rain as usual! [[/left margin]]
Drew $500 on letter credit. Then went to meet [[underlined]] Kingsbury, Potter and Bishop. [[/underlined]] Read them text of German agreement and discussed general lines of appraisal and amalgamation of interests. [[underlined]] Moldensite [[/underlined]] purchase and German contract make considerable impression for good. Now waiting for P&J. [[strkethrough]] will only May not have [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Promised]] their contract for today, now say [[underlined]] tomorrow [[/underlined]] Am beginning to feel [[underlined]] irritated [[/underlined]] at this unnecessary [[underlined]] delay [[/underlined]] in a small matter. [[strikethrough]] If [[/strikethrough]] Is this is a sample of the delays we are going to have with them in the new company? Afterwards they telephone: contract will be ready [[underlined]] to morrow afternoon [[/underlined]] I conclude not to lose more time and in meantime visit [[underlined]] Damard plant [[/underlined]] to morrow at [[underlined]] Birmingham [[/underlined]] so as to have a bird's eye view of manufacturing conditions and adaptabilities for the future.
Nov 23. Left at 9 AM for Birmingham