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Had Xray photo made of my thorax.
[[underlined]] Dec 20. [[/underlined]] See below
[[underlined]] Dec 21. [[/underlined]] Went to Life Institute to have a cardiograph taken
[[underlined]] Dec. 22. [[/underlined]] Very busy at office as usual preparing for new methods for checking disbursements also bye-laws changes and annual meeting of Autopoint
[[underlined]] Dec. 20. [[/underlined]] [[strikethrough]] Carter of [[/strikethrough]] Conference with Horn & Holmgren on same subjects. Then afternoon [[underlined]] Carter. [[/underlined]] [[red underline]] Income tax [[/red underlined]] examiner here. He settled on 1931 return after making some [[strikethrough]] needed [[/strikethrough]] justified corrections, and I signed his report. - There will be over 1000$ more to pay. Whole interview very pleasant as usually 
Afternoon met at 4 P.M after Institute. [[underlined red]] International Education at Carnegie foundation [[/red underlined]] headquarters. Dr. [[underlined red]] Pritchett [[/underlined red]] presiding [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Judge]] John [[red underline]] Bassett Moore [[/red underline]] excused on account of cold.
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Morgenthau, Duggan & myself
decided to rent office quarters ^[[for Institute]] at New Rockefeller Center bdgs. Very favorable terms offered to us by John D. Rockefeller Jr.
[[underlined]] Dec. 23. [[/underlined]] 
[[note in left margin]] This afternoon meeting with George B [[underlined red]] and Whitaker [[/underlined red]] concerning us entering [[underlined red]] urea field [[/underlined red]] [[/note in left margin]]
Wrote letter to [[underlined red]] Leo Karpen [[/underlined red]] telling our intention of [[underlined red]] appointing Hays President of Autopoint [[/underlined red]] Holmgren vice president & treasurer, [[underlined red]] Jacobs Vice President, Horn treasurer [[/underlined red]] and leave it to the minority stockholders to decide whether they want Leo Karpen or Deli as the fifth director Discussed all this with George and Hays. [[underlined red]] Rossi is ill at home [[/underlined red]] Sanford Brown left yesterday for Detroit. (What for?) altho' there is a meeting of the Finance Committee which was arranged several days ago and where the men of [[underlined red]] Young and Ottley [[/underlined red]] wanted to discuss investments of company. Present beside myself Hays & George B. from [[underlined red]] Young & [[/underlined red]]

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Dec 20 written in two places Company name is Autopoint (see wiki page on Autopoint) Bakelite gained controlling interest of Autopoint in 1925) John Bassett Moore was the first American judge to serve on the Permanent Court of International Justice (the "World Court").