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ERRATUM
Through an oversight, acknowledgement of the U. S. Department of the Int e r i o r , Office of Saline Water, under Grant No. 14-01-001-1640 for support of
the work reported by J. Gebauer and R. W. Coughlin: Preparation, Properties
& Corrosion Resistance of Composites of Cement Mortar and Organic Polymers,
which appeared in Vol. I , No. 2, page 187, was omitted.