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166 piece of work which has taken about [[red underline]] 9 years to be worked [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] to its practical finish. [[left margin in red]] Roy Howard [[/left margin]] Caught the midnight train with [[red underline]] Roy Howard; [[/red underline]] whom I met in South America and who is now at the head of the [[red underline]] Scripps-Howard [[/red underline]] papers and who was one of Eastman's guests. Mr [[red underline]] Ochs [[/red underline]] owner of the [[red underline]] N.Y Times [[/red underline]] was there also. Cool night. [[underline]] July 31 [[/underline]] Left rain at Harmon thence drove Yonkers where lunched then to office. Cool pleasant day [[underline]] Aug 1. [[/underline]] Again rain and sultry [[underline]] Aug 2. [[/underline]] This morning [[red underline]] Schleussner phoned wanted to see me; [[/red underline]] that his associates were in session. and [[red underline]] wanted take decision on sale of offered stock [[/red underline]] Shortly afterwards he arrived at this office and told me they were [[end page]] [[start page]] 167 [[left margin in red]] R&H offer their Bakelite stock at 400 [[/left margin]] [[red underline]] willing to sell the whole block and nothing less at 400$ [[/red underline]] a share [[strikethrough]] but [[/strikthrough]] After asking him whether Company could buy it partly or totally or if I could buy jointly with Karpen or others he said that the offer was [[red underline]] made to me personally [[/red underline]] and R&H wanted to deal with me. [[red underline]] That if I accepted the whole transaction could be finished right now while [[/red underline]] the directors were available. I answered him that I saw no reason why after once I had the stock I could not be able to sell or distribute as I saw fit and therefore [[red underline]] they should have no objection of stipulating this in the sales agreement, [[/red underline]] and word it so that [[red underline]] altho I assume the full responsibility of the purchase it should be stated clearly that I had the right to resell [[strikethrough]] to otl [[/strikethrough]] to others. [[/red underline]] He said he thought this could be arranged but would submit