Tomcat error HTTP Status 500 -(JSP page error (Unable to compile class for JSP )

Hi All,
I am developing a web application using JavaBeans (MailBean.java) inside a JSP Page with Apache Tomcat/4.1.18-LE-jdk14 and J2sdk1.4 and i keep on having the error "Unable to compile class for JSP" see full error msg below.
Meanwhile My catalina_home directory is d:\Tomcat and it has no \lib subdirectory rather there is a \common\lib directory
However, My JSP code and JavaBean file (MailBean.java) are all stored in my subdirectory called \kenTest which is in the directory d:\Tomcat\webapps\ROOT directory, and I am using the ROOT context

HTTP Status 500 -
type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP
An error occurred at line: 6 in the jsp file: /kenTest/feedback.jsp
Generated servlet error:
[javac] Compiling 1 source file
D:\Tomcat\work\Standalone\localhost\_\kenTest\feedback_jsp.java:46: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class MailBean
location: class org.apache.jsp.feedback_jsp
MailBean mail = null;
^
An error occurred at line: 6 in the jsp file: /kenTest/feedback.jsp
Generated servlet error:
D:\Tomcat\work\Standalone\localhost\_\kenTest\feedback_jsp.java:48: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class MailBean
location: class org.apache.jsp.feedback_jsp
mail = (MailBean) pageContext.getAttribute("mail", PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE);
^
An error occurred at line: 6 in the jsp file: /kenTest/feedback.jsp
Generated servlet error:
D:\Tomcat\work\Standalone\localhost\_\kenTest\feedback_jsp.java:51: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class MailBean
location: class org.apache.jsp.feedback_jsp
mail = (MailBean) java.beans.Beans.instantiate(this.getClass().getClassLoader(), "MailBean");
^
3 errors

PLEASE GUYS, HELP OUT ASAP.
Merci,

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Bill