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of [[red underline]] June ^[[29]] 1930. [[/red underline]] - Expressed my disgust to Operating Committee, [[strikethrough]] who personally [[/strikethrough]] and particularly [[red underline]] George [[/red underline]] for their [[red underline]] sending off without any necessity a "contract" under the form of [[/red underline]] a letter without giving me a chance to approve or reject it. - I [[red underline]] feel intensely discouraged [[/red underline]] when thinking of this and other capital blunders. There is but one [[red underline]] thing to do: To ignore France by passive resistance and not [[/red underline]] to take out any patents any more in France or Belgium
[[underline]] Sept 29. [[/underline]] At office all day.
[[underline]] Sept 30. [[/underline]] Went to fetch $75000 + 7000 N.Y. City Tax exempt bounds at band and put them in my box.
[[red underline]] Temporary stoppage of gold payments [[/red underline]] in Britain still further increase perplexed financial condition and still [[red underline]] further drop in stocks and bonds. [[/red underline]] Nobody can do anything but guess at what is coming next
[[underline]] Oct 1. [[/underline]] Met representatives of [[red underline]] Rogers [[/red underline]] Paper [[strikethrough]] comm [[/strikethrough]] co in presence of George B & Redman. Told them
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frankly the reasons why cooperation as they suggest involves so many questions which may bring about disappointments on one or another side and clash of interest. but that we both earnestly desired to find a means for cooperating.
[[underline]] Oct 2. [[/underline]] Went to dentist for cleaning my teeth. Then to office to meet [[red underline]] Arsen [[/red underline]] formerly of G.E. he came to borrow $2000 from me. Told him why I had to refuse. - Told to operating committee how [[red underline]] absurd [[/red underline]] it was to give out [[red underline]] long form employment contracts where short form would be much more appropriate [[/red underline]] as for instance in case of Bloomfield Librarian and many others where we are not tied 4 months to them if we desire to discharge them
[[underline]] Oct 3. [[/underline]] Stayed in Yonkers. writing and studying. Yesterday [[red underline]] Union Carbide dropped to 31. [[/red underline]] ! many others like U.S. Steel & Dupont