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190/ or disturbance during these formalities. The will was bound and sealed with a red ribbon and sealing wax. - [[underline]] Oct. 26. [[/underline]] All day at Snug Rock, ^[[reading]] studying and writing. [[red underline]] Jubilee number [[/red underline]] ^[[of Bakelite Review]] [[underline]] Oct. 27 [[/underline]] (Sunday) Reading & writing all day. Wrote letter of thanks to Prof. [[red underline]] Dayton Clarence Miller [[/red underline]] of Case School of Applied Science [[strikethrough]] who is his re unt [[/strikethrough]] Cleveland Ohio, who in his recent book on Anecdotal History of Science of Sound, had been kind enough to mention how he met me at Dr [[red underline]] Alexander Graham Bells [[/red underline]] house in Washington where he saw and heard first of [[red underline]] Bakelite [[/red underline]] (This was the evening of April 23-1913) [[vertical note in red in left margin]] Redman [[/vertical note in left margin]] Oct 28 - Whitaker here to futher talk [[underline]] Oct 29. [[/underline]] [[red underline]] Redman [[/red underline]] arrived from Canada. - Looks stout and ruddy and much better. Had long conversation with him telling him to husband his health by taking it easily. Not going to dinner or meetings specially in evening. Told him how Townsend's sickness began and how he disobied orders until too late. Told R & troubles we had with Dr. [[red underline]] Harrison [[/red underline]] etc in Halowax Dept of lab. on account of divided authority and [[red underline]] Wieth [[/red underline]] not daring do anything without orders from [[red underline]] Redman. [[/red underline]] [[vertical note in left margin in red]] Dr. Harrison [[/vertical note in left margin]] Therefore we concluded making [[red underline]] Wieth Director of Research with exclusive authority [[/red underline]] on the whole lab. That [[red underline]] Redman [[/red underline]] would remain a vice president at [[red underline]] same salary as heretofore [[/red underline]] but that he could render himself more useful by giving suggestions concerning the work carried out in Bloom- [[end page]] [[start page]] 191/ but such suggestions should pass thru hands of [[red underline]] Wieth [[/red underline]] for approval So as to prevent a glut of work impeding other more important work. [[vertical note in left margin in red]] Wieth [[/vertical note in left margin]] That his word would not keep him to regular hours, nor compel him to come to meetings if he did not feel fit or if tired. - This would give him full latitude to avoid undue strain. He [[strikethrough]] will come [[/strikethrough]] could do this work in Canada or here as he found but. - He was in very happy humor. - Shall have further interview with him next week. George B. tells me he came to the conclusion that we should not accept a license from [[red underline]] Catalin [[/red underline]] even if we got it free. [[vertical note in left margin in red]] Catalin [[/vertical note in left margin]] because [[red underline]] the case may be considered as punishable [[/red underline]] by the [[red underline]] Clayton act [[/red underline]] and restraint of trade, and might be more dangerous against us, because we are in [[strikethrough]] pos [[/strikethrough]] believe the patent to be invalid and have better knowledge of the situation than the others who got a license. Talked this matter over with [[red underline]] Rossi [[/red underline]] & George together. and Rossi came to a [[red underline]] similar conclusion [[/red underline]] [[underline]] Oct. 28 [[/underline]]. Wrote letter to Dr. Schampelaers Rain-Rain [[underline]] Oct 30. [[/underline]] Rain all day. congestion of motor cars [[underline]] Oct 31 [[/underline]] [[vertical note in left margin in red]] Dentures [[/vertical note in left margin]] In reading patent application of Dr [[red underline]] Schmidt [[/red underline]] for [[red underline]] dentures [[/red underline]] I find that claims as ready to be submitted are badly worded and obscure and told so to [[red underline]] Nielsen [[/red underline]] who wrote them. This puts us in a dangerous position. I believe however that his patent does not infringe the Catalin patents. On the other hand the [[red underline]] details [[/red underline]] of manufacture are [[red underline]] so minutely described and [[/red underline]] proof of
