Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, February 9, 1917

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RECEIVED AT JACKSON BOULEVARD AND LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO. 1917 FEB 10 AM 2 15

NEW YORK NY 9

MISS JANE ADDAMS
116 SO MICHIGAN AVE CHICAGO ILLS

EMERGENCY PEACE FEDERATION DELIGHTED TO HAVE CHICAGO BRANCH FORMED ARE ARRANGING DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON FOR LINCOLNS BIRTHDAY LEAVING NY SUNDAY NIGHT. HOPE PRESIDENT WILL RECEIVE SOME MEMBERS OF PARTY. ALSO ARRANGING MASS MEETING AND IF POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL HEARING. HEADQUARTERS HOTEL RALEIGH. REBECCA SHELLY NOW THERE. FRIENDS ARE COMING FROM NEBRASKA MICHIGAN AND NEARER PLACES. EVERYONE WELCOME BUT ESPECIALLY DESIRE REPRESENTATIVES OF GRANGES LABOR BODIES [page 2] AND SO FORTH, BESIDES PACIFISTS. CAN YOU NOT COME AND COMBINE THIS WITH A PEACE PARTY MEETING IN WASHINGTON. IF NOT CAN YOU SEND MRS KARSTEN OR OTHER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE. MRS CRAM INVITES ANYONE SENT AS YOUR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PAYING EXPENSES OF TRIP

EMILY G BALCH.