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thereof. [[underlined in red ]] She does not yet seem to grasp my purpose [[/underlined in red]] of [[underlined in red]] preventing that [[strikethrough]] thru [[/strikethrough]] if she[[underlined in red]] became misled into leaving George Roll into the management, he might become a much greater source of annoyance to everybody and do untold harm to the company by acting as the troublemaker and taking an unwarranted importance over all the fine men who have helped me to build up this corporation and whose morale and asset [[strikethrough]] would it [[/strikethrough]] is our greatest asset. Not to speak of George Baekeland who would feel so much handicapped that he would soon withdraw entirely. Her very attitude, coupled with the arrogant attitude of George Roll, justifies entirely the provisions of my will in [[\underlined in red]]
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[[underlined in red]] respect to Bakelite. If George Roll behaves at present towards me the way he did what can you expect him to do if I were dead and would have to face George Baekeland for whom he has shown scant enthusiasm and to whom he has begrudged his [[strikethrough]] better [[/strikethrough]] much better qualifications. [[\underlined in red]]
Spent day packing. At noon time Nina came here, with her two little daughters. We discussed the present situation. I told her exactly what has happened and how unexpected was the [[underlined in red]] new outburst of Geo Roll [[\underlined in red]] after he had behaved properly since his letter of the beginning of the year when he [[underlined in red]] promised to [[\underlined in red]] be [[underlined in red]] "a good soldier". [[\underlined in red]] - Told her I had no ill feeling towards George R. and how the latter had announced me he [[strikethrough]] was to res [[/strikethrough]] resigned, and how I had