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123/ I do not feel too much fatigued. At the Belgian Exhibit a young man, Baron T.L. Peers de Nieuwburgh (Constitution Mall; World's Fair New York) accosted me to express his desire to enable me to receive any information etc. at the exhibit. He is the general secretary of the Belgian Pavillon [[underlined]] July 15 [[/underlined]] Saturday. Beautiful weather. Went shopping to Yonkers for making a weather vane. [[strikethrough]] Sunday J [[/strikethrough]] Wrote letter to Dr. Fairchild urging him not to join that contemplated cruise in a Diesel Motored-Chinese sail junk with Mrs. Fairchild [[strikethrough]] and Men arranged [[/strikethrough]] in the Far East during these troubled times. Mrs. [[blank space]] daughter of one of the millionaire oil Magnates wants to have such a boat built for cruising purposes. At Snug Rock. Celine at George's home until tomorrow. Feel in excellent condition [[underlined]] July 16. Sunday. [[/underlined]] At Snug Rock. [[underlined]] July 17 [[/underlined]] Went to office conference with George, Holmgren, Rossi and Horn concerning Cyanamid. Offers of Cyanamid and Union Carbide about the same except that Carbide's estimate is [[underlined]] $1000000. higher than Cyanamid [[/underlined]] [[left margin]] We are all in favor of Cyanamid [[/left margin]] Celine left for the camp [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] by [[strikethrough]] tru [[/strikethrough]] train and Dick went with our station wagon to take large [[end page]] [[start page]] 124/ black Newfoundland dog along. Brooksie telegraphed George that he is coming here in relation to offer of Cyanamide who wants to give him a job in India. Feel very happy about this news. Brooksie also in his telegram apologises to his father for his abrupt departure from Harvard. I believe Brooksie has in him the making of a distinguished man. [[underlined]] July 18. [[/underlined]] Fairchild has left for Nova Scotia. Wrote him another letter c/o National Geographic Society, Washington [[underlined]] July 19. [[/underlined]] Conference with Holmgren in relation to price I paid Roessler Hasslacher for purchasing their Bakelite stock. See my note-book. I paid them at the rate of 4500$ for every share of Bakelite Corporation. Went to Century Club for luncheon and got acquainted with Dr. Archibald Malloch, M.D. and working with [[strikethrough]] Car [[/strikethrough]] Rockefeller Institute pleasant well educated man. [[strikethrough]] July 20 [[/strikethrough]] Professor Hixson and [[blank space]] came to Snug Rock to discuss about merits of several men suggested for the next Chandler Medal. After studying the record of several men proposed, we [[strikethrough]] agg [[/strikethrough]] agreed that Dr. Chilton [[strikethrough]] now [[/strikethrough]] a former graduate of Columbia and now with Dupont