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evidently is [[underlined]] still in a very unsatisfactory nervous condition due to his illness. [[/underlined]]
Also announcement of [[underlined]] Diamond [[strikethrough]] Fibre [[/strikethrough]] Company will make their own resin for laminated and other pending infringements. [[/underlined]] Answered him [[underlined]] we must face infringement suits so as to maintain respect for our laminated patent [[/underlined]] If we lose it we [[underlined]] are not worse of and then can start competing with the [[strikethrough]] other [[/strikethrough]] infringers, either alone or with Formica and others. [[/underlined]]
Went to [[underlined]] Bishop. [[/underlined]] Talked further about salaries and engagements. He [[underlined]] is not willing to split his time [[/underlined]] between Bakelite and his other business because he is going to give up his English firm which now controls the Canadian firm and start in partnership with his fellow director Clarke a business of their own in Canada.  Clarke 
[[vertical annotation in left margin]] Women young and old in England seem to smoke all and everywhere. [[strikethrough]] Short [[/strikethrough]] Bobbed or shingled hair seems more general than in New York. Skirts of many are still shorter and some come above the knees. In order to confront wet streets many are wearing leather top boots. (Russian boots [[/left margin]]
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made this arrangement with him in Paris and is here now I asked him to let me talk matters over with Karpen, Redman etc. as soon as I return and then we would do the right thing with him some way or another, whether he stayed with us or not. He is evidently [[underlined]] entitled to some compensation [[/underlined]] for all the work he did for Redmanol. 
Afterwards went to [[underlined]] Damard: [[underlined]] P&J ^[[Pinchon & Johnson]] [[underlined]] have signed their contract with Damard, the way we proposed. We are now ready to go further with Damard. Kingsbury [[/underlined]] in my presence went over ^[[our license]] agreement and [[underlined]] finds is O.K same about memorandum of amalgamation and contract of general agreement [[/underlined]] between all parties.  Is now looking over articles or bye-laws. Made [[underlined]] excellent progress to day. [[/underlined]] During the evening [[underlined]] Bishop [[/underlined]] came 
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Russian boots (top leather boots) much worn by women, office girls etc. to protect their much exposed legs against mud & rain [[/left margin]]