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[[red underline]] for reasons of their own or for private interests might take attitudes detrimental to Bakelite Corporation (See my letter to Redman). Then I began saying [[/red underline]] I was impressed by all they had said how bad the present and prospect of Bakelite Corporations are, [[red underline]] but I was willing to head a syndicate to buy up all stock offered by R&H or others.
Suddenly the "bears" all become roaring "bulls" and Karpen forgetting all what he and others had
said began to describe in glowing terms the prospects of the business. All which made me conclude that they had been [[strikethrough]] tak [[/strikethrough]] trying to take advantage of my row with George Roll [[/red underline]]
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[[strikethrough]] the def [[/strikethrough]] and the mental depression of [[red underline]] Geo. Baekeland [[/red underline]] and the hope that I might be disposed to retire on this account and lead a life of leisure here in Florida, and thus succeed in either [[red underline]] inducing me to sell out, or change the bye-laws - with no further restrictions as to sale [[/red underline]] of stock or right of veto. Then [[red underline]] with a bare majority [[/red underline]] of votes of the stockholder they [[strikethrough]] would [[/strikethrough]] might succeed in making [[/red underline]] me, the largest stockholder [[strikethrough]] unpotent [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] impotent [[/red underline]] to anything they did, notwithstanding my ownership of 34% of the stock. [[red underline]] Karpen, Schleussner and the others might make  a voting trust and swallow up most of the profits before they declared dividends Just as R&H is doing now. [[/red underline]]