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repaired. [[underlined]] Thick [[/underlined]] deposit of lime incrustation since hard water was used. ^[[C. P.]] [[underlined in red]] Townsend and wife [[/underlined in red]] and his youngest son bob (7) arrived here [[underlined in red]] from Nassau. [[/underlined in red]] Told to C. P. all [[underlined in red]] about [[strikethrough]] int [[/strikethrough]] arrival of Schleussner & Karpen and about situation. He says he is 100% with me. [[/underlined in red]] 
[[underlined]] March 10 [[/underlined]] Drove early to [[strikethrough]] M [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined in red]] Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. Hays, Schleussner, Geo. Baekeland and Sanford Brown arrived. Karpen sent word would only arrive next day. [[/underlined in red]] After preliminaries let each state his case, which is a [[underlined in red]] repetition of statements contained in letters of Geo B. and Schleussner. Business is bad [[/underlined in red]] expenses must be curtailed [[underlined]] immediately [[/underlined]] and [[underlined in red]] stock ought to be put publicly on the [[/underlined in red]]
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market so as [[underlined in red]] to allow R. & H and Karpen to sell out part of their holdings. I  refused to discuss the financial part until Karpen was present [[/underlined in red]] so I interrogated them on all pending questions and all department.  They [[underlined in red]] all criticise Redman, [[/underlined in red]] he is good natured and able but [[underlined in red]] his department is ill organized and he spends too much money [[/underlined in red]] and the results of his department are not commensurate to the money spent etc. I told them [[underlined in red]] none of them knew anything about research nor how to conduct it and I would not [[strikethrough]] answer their questions [[/strikethrough]] consider their complaints until Redman had his say, [[/underlined in red]] nor would I advocate any reduction until I had consulted Redman.
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