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restful day all alone with my thoughts.
[[underlined]] July 5. [[/underlined]] At office. Hot again.
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[[underlined]] July 6. [[/underlined]] Very hot. Got [[red underlined]] letter from Celine dated Paris [[/red underlined]] where she was with Rachel, Germaine, Gabrielle, the latter's friend and daughter of Fairchild. Says Paris is not the "gai Paris" of former years. Life is very expensive, taxes high, people poorer and dissatisfied.  
[[left margin]] Union Carbide [[\left margin]]
George came to tell me that [[red underlined]] Dr. Davidson [[/red underlined]] had visited him to offer [[red underlined]] renew negotiations between Bakelite Corporation and Union Carbide is we were willing. [[/red underlined]] George wrote me a short abstract of their conversation. - This [[red underlined]] again revives the same problem which edges into our plants. [[/red underlined]] Told George to sleep over it and [[red underlined]] consider all angles and phases and we would [[/red underlined]] talk it over after more reflexion.  Drove [[red underlined]] General Rivers [[/red underlined]] and [[strikethrough]] Frank [[\strikethrough]] [[red underlined]] Chambers [[/red underlined]] to Snug Rock for supper and had a pleasant evening together. Dick drove them back to their domiciles and five bottles of my wine to each.
[[underlined]] July 7. [[/underlined]] Very hot again.  Remained at Snug Rock all day. George came this morning, we discussed subject of [[red underlined]] Union Carbide further [[/red underlined]] examining all its points but none of us came to any conclusion for taking up the matter further. After George was gone [[red underlined]] it occurred to me that [[/red underlined]]
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[[left margin]] [[red underlined]] Union Carbide [[/red underlined]] [[\left margin]]
[[red underlined]] further discussion should depend on what conditions U. Carbide [[/red underlined]] is willing to offer. - There are so many pro's and con's in this situation that the whole matter depends on our moods. [[red underlined]] For me it would make life simpler [[/red underlined]] but there are many other considerations, not only [[red underlined]] George's future [[/red underlined]] but [[red underlined]] also that of the excellent men [[/red underlined]] now employed by B.C. and whose future might be influenced disadvantageously. Also our [[red underlined]] relations with our british friends and their future. [[/red underlined]] The whole [[red underlined]] situation [[/red underlined]] is [[red underlined]] very perplexing [[/red underlined]] and I regret that it came up, but it is my duty to give it due attention.  
[[left margin]] Brooksie, Dicky & Freddie [[\left margin]]
George's children came to spend afternoon here. All three looks well and happy. [[red underlined]] Brooksie [[/red underlined]]
is now slightly taller than his sister who is well developed for her years and [[red underlined]] sun browned on face, legs and arms. [[/red underlined]] She wore a simple comfortable blue cotton sport dress, with short trousers and bare armed upper body very practical in this hot weather. [[red underlined]] She and her brother show decided intelligence in everything and quick wit [[/red underlined]] and make an excellent impression, seem happy and interested. Yet I was glad that their childish nature is still apparent and together with their brother [[red underlined]] little Freddie, [[/red underlined]] were [[red underlined]] eager to romp about the garden, [[/red underlined]] picking and eating raspberries, and cherries and full of healthy appetite. Little [[red underlined]] Freddie [[/red underlined]] also seems much stronger and entirely recovered