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[[red underline]] contracts [[/red underline]] for building and engineering wired him he should use his own judgement in as far as Rossi is gone and nobody there to help him - and this regardless to Karpen accepted method of giving separate contracts for building and engineering. - Wired him also that [[red underline]] Rossi [[/red underline]] should [[red underline]] keep in touch with office, during Berlin Bakelite meeting. Mr. Braviet [[/red underline]] Director of Plant division of Porto Rico came to visit me. Last time met him in Porto Rico 25 years ago. He looks well Full of information about tropical vegetation. He came here for a vacation but was astounded to hear [[red underline]] Fruit Fly [[/red underline]] had been discovered He says this is a [[red underline]] nasty problem [[/red underline]] and very serious. He knows
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about it by experience and former endeavors. This will spoil his vacation plans as he is a much needed man here.
[[underline]] April 26. [[/underline]] [[red underline]] Catlow [[/red underline]] has been instructing Andrew [[red underline]] Murray [[/red underline]] during the last weeks in all matters pertaining the Anchorage, vegetation, trees, fruit, boats etc. [[strikethrough]] H Went [[/strikethrough]] Some [[red underline]] excellent enlargements of a group of Celine and Dickie, [[/red underline]] tinted. Ordered 6 more of them.
[[strikethrough]] Afterward went to vis [[/strikethrough]]
[[underline]] April 27 [[/underline]] This evening [[red underline]] Catlow left for New York to enter the service of Bakelite Corporation [[/red underline]] I lose an excellent help in him and a [[red underline]] a man full of information on everything pertaining to Florida. [[/red underline]] But I cannot by pure selfishness let him go on in his present position when I