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[[underlined in red]] (See my personal handwritten letter which I wrote later to Redman on this subject and which describes the whole meeting and the discussions. At noon luncheon at the Biltmore [[/underlined in red]] which is far from being crowded. Prices for room with bath are now 8$ per day instead of 25$ of 2 years ago. [[underlined in red]] Sanford Brown ordered cocktails [[/underlined in red]] and they were served [[underlined in red]] publicly at our table [[/underlined in red]] by the head waiter as [[underlined in red]] if Volstead Act had never existed. [[/underlined in red]] After luncheon, discussion resumed. Rossi was accused of being a [[underlined in red]] Manana man [[/underlined in red]] etc. (See my letter to Redman) After I had collected all the information on pending matters and knew by my own information that the
[[left margin vertically in red]] Tricks of R & H & Karpen [[/left margin]]
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[[underlined in red]] business to day is much better than I dared to expect 2 years ago, I concluded not to [[/underlined in red]] contradict them and let [[strikethrough]] Par [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined in red]] Schleussner [[/underlined in red]] ^[[talk]] who [[underlined in red]] for R & H, wants to [[strikethrough]] pas sell stock [[/strikethrough]] make things as black as possible and yet at the same time sell his stock [[in red]] !!! [[/in red]] [[/underlined in red]] 
To morrow I shall confront them with their own statements [[underlined in red]] and offer them to buy them out. A very streneous day. [[/underlined in red]] I drove back home [[strikethrough]] and let the others by themselves. Then they [[/strikethrough]] 
^[[they]] visited here. [[strikethrough]] Swim [[/strikethrough]] All swimming in the tank except Schleussner, then they went back to hotel for supper. [[underlined in red]] George Baekeland is still nervous and absentminded and is more inclined their ways of thinking than mine and altho' he looks well physically seems tired and ^[[only]] half interested except [[/underlined in red]] 

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Baekeland always spells 'strenuous' incorrectly as transcribed