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20/ employes. [[red underlined]] He also wants to buy some for his family. [[/red underlined]] Wrote to him and to George why I am not enthusiastic for this recommendation. Better keep the stock in reserve and [[red underlined]] this spare $50000 yearly of our income for other purposes [[/red underlined]] and more particularly [[red underlined]] for improving salaries to those of our men who should be paid more than they get now. [[/red underlined]] Hays is leaving on a vacation to Bermuda. [[left margin in red]] ION [[/left margin in red]] Went out on a trial run with the [[red underlined]] ION, [[/red underlined]] preparatory to next Washington Birthday meeting. [[red underlined]] Engine and boat all in excellent shape. [[/red underlined]] Celine went to luncheon party of [[red underlined]] Mrs. Malcolm Matheson. [[/red underlined]] Still more news of extremely severe winter North. [[red underlined]] Rivers and harbors frozen. [[/red underlined]] Heavy snowfall, traffic in [[cities?]] difficult or impossible. Had visit of [[red underlined]] Dr. Jeffrey [[/red underlined]] whom I had not seen since last year. Talk about wine-making & fermentation. [[end page]] [[start page]] 21/ Another good rainfall this evening then long continued thunder & lightning during the night. [[left margin in red]] Tiles [[/left margin in red]] The air being more humid, [[red underlined]] all the turned-up asphalt tiles, [[/red underlined]] are flat again and nobody would suspect the trouble they gave us. Am writing about this to [[red underlined]] Johns Mandeville, [[/red underlined]] [[strikethrough]] guarmin [[/strikethrough]] warning them against such tile-setters as [[red underlined]] that Lothspeich concern [[/red underlined]] in Miami which made such a bad job of it. [[underlined]] Feb 15. [[/underlined]] News from North & South states of [[red underlined]] intense floods and blocked harbors. [[/red underlined]] [[left margin in red]] Judge Ritter [[/left margin in red]] Short visit of Judge Ritter. Excellent evening concert on Radio. [[underlined]] Feb 16 [[/underlined]] (Sunday) [[red underlined]] Wrote long letter [[/red underlined]] to congressman [[red underlined]] Wilcox [[/red underlined]] denouncing [[strikethrough]] ^[[Green]] Green [[/strikethrough]] Congressman Green who wants to get the job of [[red underlined]] Judge Halstead Ritter [[/red underlined]] and uses the [[red underlined]] most disgusting calumnies [[/red underlined]] & lies to have him impeached. When the [[red underlined]] judiciary becomes the football [[/red underlined]] of [[strikethrough]] hume [[/strikethrough]] greedy tricky politicians a [[red underlined]] nation will rapidly decline. [[/red underlined]] [[strikethrough]] Wrote also [[/strikethrough]] Wrote letter congratulating [[red underlined]] Prof. Lewis [[/red underlined]] of M.I.T also to [[red underlined]] Dr. Gilbert Lewis [[/red underlined]] U. California congratulating him on the Chandler [[strikethrough]] award [[/strikethrough]] Medal award to his pupil Prof. Giauque.