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on our present business situation. I [[red underline]] want to have all our head men a more detailed acquaintance with the problems we are up against [[/red underline]] 
[[underline]] June 30. [[/underline]] Busy day at office [[red underline]] studying further the details of different departments and Horne's books [[/red underline]] 
Evg. was invited by [[red underline]] Hobart Porter [[/red underline]] to the dinner at University club in honor of Mr. [[strikethrough]] Sweazy where it w [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Ambrose Sweazy [[/red underline]] where it was announced he had [[red underline]] given $250000 [[/red underline]] sum to the [[red underline]] Engineering Foundation [[/red underline]] About [[red underline]] 20 [[/red underline]] in all diners. Met several of my old friends. [[red underline]] Gano Dunn, Dwight; sat next to Jowett and Gherardi Bancroft. [[/red underline]] Very dignified and pleasant occasion.
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[[left margin in red]] To avoid unscrupulous users of Bakelite Trade Mark [[/left margin]]
[[underline]] July 1 1931. [[/underline]] Long talk with [[red underline]] Holmgren about new trade-mark [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] and new company for selling our cheaper resins under special name so as not to cast discredit on the name Bakelite thru the tricks of unscrupulous customers [[/red underline]] in the varnish trade
Another very hot day and very sultry. George back at office.
[[underline]] July 2. [[/underline]] Long talk with George and Horne and others
[[underline]] July 3. [[/underline]] George tells me [[red underline]] Redman [[/red underline]] before leaving had hinted to him [[strikethrough]] whether [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] that he would enjoy his vacation better if he could draw half his bonus at the beginning of the second half of the year [[/red underline]] which puts me in a perplexing condition in [[strikethrough]] view [[/strikethrough]] view of