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44 and Swan 1/ - no loan 2/ and write to Trist the Co will be formed by Oct 1 /3 and to [[red underline]]Swan[[\red underline]] engage a [[red underline]]competent man[[\red underline]] to take charge of the [[red underline]]little Pantone plant[[\red underline]] and put an ad in the newspaper to [[red underline]]that effect. At present there is no head[[\red underline]] and the occasional visits of Swan and distance action are insufficient. - Told also to concentrate action on the simpler [[red underline]]Metal plate pantone plate[[\red underline]] and introduce this first while in the meantime improving the chrome-plated pantone. - I asked to both [[red underline]]Swan & Geroge who urged so much to sign that Pantone contract [[strikethrough]]last year[[\strikethrough]] exactly one year ago,[[\red underline]] whether they would sign it today and they answered: [[red underline]]No.!![[\red underline]] Present depression I hope will teach them [[strikethrough]]more[[\strikethrough]] and all the others in greater caution [[end page]] [[start page]] 45 in engaging the [[strikethrough]]capital[[\strikethrough]] ressources[[sic]] of the company in [[red underline]]half tried schemes,[[\red underline]] or unnecessary expenditures. [[underline]]Aug 22.[[\underline]] Stayed at Snug Rock. Visit of [[red underline]]Prof. James Kendall[[\red underline]] (Edinburgh) here for [[red underline]]luncheon and supper.[[\red underline]] J. in [[strikethrough]]pleasant[[\strikethrough]] good health and very happy about his [[red underline]]work in Edinburgh.[[\red underline]] His wife and children are at our camp. He brought me this weeks number of "Literary Digest" of which front cover is illustrated by an oil [[red underline]]sketch of[[\red underline]] a [[red underline]]bridge in Bruges[[\red underline]] which they selected from the sketches of [[red underline]]Celine. - Celine[[\red underline]] will be in the [[red underline]]"Seventh Heaven"[[\red underline]] today when she sees it. [[underline]]Aug 23. Sunday.[[\underline]] All day here [[underline]]Aug 24.[[\underline]] Busy day at office. Swan still away. Rossi Back. Wrote to [[red underline]]A. Karpen[[\red underline]] proposing to [[red underline]]amend Bye laws to ten Directors[[\red underline]] instead of eight. [[underline]]Aug 25.[[\underline]] All day at office