Sept 21" 1916
HULL'S COVE
MAINE
My dear Mr Huebsch
The reports of Mde Schwimmer's role in the Ford enterprise have been so contradictory from people whose [judgment] I respect, that I do not feel qualified to give the opinion you ask.
Personally I have a great liking for Mde Schwimmer, a genuine admiration for her capacity and of course I have had no reason to doubt her integrity. [page 2] That however does not qualify me to give "the disinterested credential" you have in mind.
One can only use such conscience as one [possesses] in these troublous times which will certainly be made no better by new injustices, however small. I am sure you realize that I decline your request with genuine regret.
Faithfully yours
Jane Addams.
To Mr B. W. Huebsch
New York
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