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[[underlined]] Nov 3. [[/underlined]] Violent rain all day.
[[underlined]] Nov 4 [[/underlined]] Had long talk with [[underlined]] Rossi and Swan [[/underlined]] ^[[about Layman]] none of them have any use for him Say he "plays poker" and in anything he does he looks out for [[underlined]] Layman [[/underlined] first
[[underlined]] Nov 5 [[/underlined]] Left office at noon and luncheon at Yonkers. Evening drove to first monthly dinner at [[underlined]] Century Club. [[/underlined]] Had a few [[underlined]] bottles of my wine with it. [[/underlined]] Dinner very well attended. Cordial spirit at our table was [[underlined]] Dr. Lambert [[/underlined]] formerly head of [[underlined]] College [[/underlined]] of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr Brooks, m.d. and Prof Franzen, Sprague etc  Jolly table. Drove home with Brooks
[[underlined]] Nov 6 [[/underlined]] (Sunday) Very busy day at home. belated work.
[[underlined]] Nov 7. [[/underlined]] At office all morning spent afternoon Columbia
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Long conference with Prof. [[underlined]] Turner [[/underlined]] on subject of his bakelite research Went over subject in detail had further interview with Armenian student who is making combinations of the 3 substances Turner has isolated one of which is undoubdelty [[underlined]] Pardoxydiphenylmethane. [[/underlined]] This confirming again [[underlined]] my former observations and those of Bender. [[/underlined]]
Laid out further program for him. 1/ Determine whether in Novolak the production of these crystalline, volatile in [[strikethrough]] vaccuo [[/strikethrough]] vacuo substances increased or decreased reordering to whether alkaline or acid condensing agents are used
2/ Devise a method ^[[method]] whereby thru production is increased so as to be able to produce them economically
3/ [[strikethrough]] Let one of our me [[/strikethrough]] Study [[underlined]] either himself [[/underlined]] or thru one of our men in what [[underlined]] meth [[/underlined]] way