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182 George Baekeland, and Gordon Brown [[underlined red]] because Rossi [[/underlined red]] and specially [[underlined in red]] Lowe [[/underlined in red]] are conversant with manufacturing and the sales situation. See my report in long letter on this subject addressed to Redman who is now on a [[strikethrough]] trav [[/strikethrough]] lecturing tour Next comes meeting [[strikethrough]] for des [[/strikethrough]] with [[underlined red]] Sanford Brown & Weith [[/underlined red]] to discuss [[underlined red]] Halowax research Budget. [[/underlined red]] [[underlined]] May 14 [[/underlined]] Saturday Busy morning dictating those letters and reports to Redman and attending to endless other matters. All the others not in the office - [[strikethrough]] El [[/strikethrough]] Afternoon started packing [[underlined]] May 15 Sunday. [[/underlined]] Up early and all day continued writing [[underlined red]] report of Research Budget [[/underlined red]] meetings for ^[[Redman]] A beautiful warm spring day with flowers of which I saw little as I was busy till late [[left margin in red]] [[underlined in red]] Sanford Brown [[/underlined in red]] [[/left margin in red]] May 16 1932 Meeting with [[underlined red]] Weith, Sanford Brown Rossi and Lowe [[/underlined in red]] on Research Budget of Halowax and other financial matters [[strikethrough]] Saw [[/strikethrough]] also discussing introduction of [[underlined red]] 5 day week [[/underlined red]] for Bloomfield with corresponding reduction in pay. All agree except [[underlined red]] Sanford Brown who wants again to make an exception for the Halowax [[/underlined red]] men, until I lost my patience and told him that he seems to consider Halowax as a sacro-sanctorum and a proposition by itself and I reproached him he took the same attitude at the end of 1931 when after agreeing to reduce the pay of the heads to $15000 a year he [[end page]] [[start page]] 183 [[left margin in red]] [[underlined in red]] Sanford Brown [[/underlined in red]] [[/left margin in red]] [[strikethrough]] wh [[/strikethrough]] week after everything was settled by everybody came to claim [[underlined red]] that his services were worth more [[/underlined red]] than those of the others A very tiring day and when I returned to Yonkers felt all played out and went to bed immediately [[underlined]] May 17 [[/underlined]] Had a refreshing sleep and ready for another busy day. Made out my check for June 15 [[strikethrough]] tax [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined red]] income tax = 6622.00 [[/underlined red]] which I left with Celine Also sent another check of [[underlined red]] $2000 [[underlined red]] to Harris - Upham & Co to brace up the account of [[underlined red]] Nina. [[/underlined red]] [[left margin in red]] Irrevocable trusts [[/left margin in red]] [[strikethrough]] Signed [[/strikethrough]] Arranged final details for creating [[underlined red]] irrevocable trusts for George and Nina [[/underlined red]] Baekeland, and - the [[underlined red]] necessary transfers of Bakelite Pfd relating [[/underlined in red]] these to on the books of Bakelite Corporation Home for supper early. All the grand'children there to take supper with us, also Nina and George Roll. Cornelia in hospital her tonsils taken out. - Nina had same operation last week and still has trouble in swallowing. Tomorrow little Peter goes to the hospital to undergo the same operation. - The [[underlined red]] little folks had a great reunion, romping and running about with their [[/underlined red]] [[strikethrough]] little [[/strikethrough]] usual little squabbles [[underlined red]] Pleasant thoughts [[/underlined red]] for Celine and myself to have such a [[underlined red]] nice little group of grand'children. [[/underlined red]] All left shortly before 8. George B was at the hospital visiting his wife [[underlined red]] George Roll has a trial position [[/underlined red]] with a financial firm, as statistician
