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[[left margin]] Amongst other considered I proposed Stieglitz Midgley Lund Browne and Aleel [[/left margin]]
various writing and studying subjects Also list of Foreign patents which should be dropped.
[[underline]] Dec. 6 [[/underline]] (Sunday) All day at home. Finished corrections of Johns Hopkins lecture and various other matters Bright - cool - crisp weather.
[[underline]] Dec. 7 [[/underline]] At 11 AM. met [[red underline]] Dr. Mckee & Thomas [[/red underline]] for committee to select Chandler meadllist for 1932. GN. Lewis of U. of California has written he can come to New York during the period indicated for the lecture. After some discussion we selected [[red underline]] Conant of Harvard University because [[/red underline]] his [[strikethrough]] work [[/strikethrough]] important work in physical Chemistry which is still insufficiently known We elected him in favor of others who have had recent or cumulative distinctions. Wire [[red underline]] Butttner [[/red underline]] to end this lingering [[red underline]] Jacobi [[/red underline]] Estate by sending me here their unsalable securities so that I may wind up before end of year and deduct my losses from my income tax Next year I may not have sufficient income to make deductions
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the way everything is going and worse prospects in view Met [[red underline]] Allison Armour at the Club [[/red underline]] and had a chat in Bridge's room His yacht [[red underline]] Utowana [[/red underline]] is leaving for Jacksonville to be overhauled for scientific cruising expedition
[[underline]] Dec. 8. [[/underline]] [[red underline]] George still away [[/red underline]] so is [[red underline]] Rossi [[/red underline]] who went to Candadian Bakelite etc Discussed with Sanford Brown Swan & Redman pending matters and particularly letter on the subject of [[red underline]] European patents which we intend to drop. [[/red underline]] Shall wait before sending the letter until I have submitted it to Rossi
[[red underline]] Swan [[/red underline]] tells me he has a ^[[simple]] way obviating the complicated and unreliable methods as described by Trist in his patents. and in which he simply uses two layers these which he etches into the copper surface, and obviates the intaglio effect by filling the thus caused dept by shellac thus rendering the plate fit for [[?]] without encountering the objectionable intaglio affect.
Intends to start marketing this method as the easiest way to being selling operations.
This evening [[red underline]] Pupin [[/red underline]] at our table at the University Club served some of my new wine. Had not seen [[red underline]] Pupin [[/red underline]] since a year. His brain and general health is good except [[red underline]] his legs which makes it most difficult to walk even [[/red underline]] when aided. - What a pity!
[[underline]] Dec 10 [[/underline]] A very busy day again [[red underline]] George [[/red underline]] not yet returned. [[red underline]] Got card from [[/red underline]] him Cornelia is returning North in a small sloop yacht. Am