Jane Addams to Ruth Churchyard Williams and Crystal Eastman, February 1, 1918

COPY OF TELEGRAM SENT TO MRS. WILLIAMS AND MISS EASTMAN.

February 1, 1918

To Mrs. Williams and also to Miss Eastman

AS I RECALL DISCUSSION IN BOARD AFTER PRESENTATION OF NEW YORK SITUATION BOTH AT ANNUAL MEETING WASHINGTON NINETEEN SIXTEEN AND AGAIN PHILADELPHIA NINETEEN SEVENTEEN BOARD FELT IT HAD NO JURISDICTION IN STATE MATTERS BEYOND APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN FOR FIRST YEAR. HOPE VERY MUCH YOU WILL UNITE IN CONVENTION ALTHOUGH TWO STATES AS DIVERSE AS NEW JERSEY AND CALIFORNIA HAD SEPARATE CHAIRMAN FOR NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS OF STATE WHILE BOARD HAS NO AUTHORITY BOTH NATIONAL CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY APPROVED CALLING CONVENTION BELIEVING UNDERSTANDING HAD BEEN REACHED BY STATE AND CITY CHAIRMAN. LETTER FOLLOWS

JANE ADDAMS