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173/ Chimie in Paris. [[underlined]] Sept. 14. [[/underlined]] Colder and rainy. Went to office. Evening at 7:30 went to [[red underlined]] Hackett [[/red underlined]] school to meet [[overwritten]] men [[/overwritten]] young men and women of various countries of Europe who come here as exchange students under our [[red underlined]] Institute of International [[/red underlined]] Education and who are having their first days meetings and lecture at Hacketts School in Riverdale. A fine set of young men and women. Hackett made a good address then [[red underlined]] Murrow, [[/red underlined]] Sec'y to Duggan then [[red underlined]] Stephen Duggan [[/red underlined]] who terminated in requesting me to talk to them. - [[underlined]] Sept 15. [[/underlined]] Colder and rain. - [[left margin]] 350$ [[/left margin]] The new [[red underlined]] furnace for the greenhouses [[/red underlined]] has arrived. It was a wonder that the old furnace merely a piece of rust has stood so long. Wrote out my answer concerning details of amortisation of laboratory and the "Crags" for my 1932 Income tax returns as requested by agent. [[underlined]] Sept 16. Sunday [[/underlined]]. Cooler and [[end page]] [[start page]] 174/ raining. [[left margin in red] Brooksie & Dicky [[/left margin in red]] [[red underlined]] Brooksie and Dicky [[/red underlined]] here for luncheon. Both of them [[red underlined]] have grown [[/red underlined]] much and are entering each boarding school in higher grade and seem well prepared [[underlined]] Sept 17. [[/underlined]] [[left margin in red]] Rene Sand [[/left margin in red]] [[red underlined]] Dr Rene Sand [[/red underlined]] technical adviser to the [[strikethrough]] Red [[/strikethrough]] International Red Cross, came to visit me in the office, and is on his way to [[red underlined]] China [[/red underlined]] over [[red underlined]] California and thence back over India [[/red underlined]] to Paris where he has an office. Had a pleasant chat and reminiscences. He [[red underlined]] seems in excellent health [[/red underlined]] and spirit much interested in his work 2 P.M. [[red underlined]] Dr. Whitaker [[/red underlined]] met me and George by his request. He is just [[red underlined]] back from Europe and told [[/red underlined]] his experiences in [[red underlined]] Germany where nobody seemed to know anything [[/red underlined]] and only guessed at the recent [[red underlined]] killings. [[/red underlined]] It was only when arriving in Switzerland that he began to have some news. Says that there is a [[red underlined]] strong undercurrent of unrest in France and that everybody seems to think further political scandals [[/red underlined] will be vented before long in connection with the [[red underlined]] Saviski affair. [[left margin in red]] Germany in turmoil [[/left margin in red]] Hotels [[/red underlined]] everywhere on the continent, especially in Paris and in Germany are [[red underlined]] empty. - The steamers are overcrowded [[/red underlined]] with returning [[red underlined]] Americans who flee Europe [[/red underlined]] on account of extraordinary