Jane Addams to William Howard Taft, November 27, 1924

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1104 CONN. AVE, MAIN

CHICAGO ILLS 27 NOV 1924

CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT

2215 WYOMING AVE WASHN DC

MAY WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER AN INVITATION FROM THE CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION AND OTHER LEADING CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO DELIVER A DINNER ADDRESS DECEMBER THIRTIETH OR THIRTY FIRST AT THE TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE JUVENILE COURT OF CHICAGO WHICH WAS THE FIRST COURT OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD WE CELEBRATE AT THE SAME TIME FOUNDING IN CHICAGO TEN YEARS LATER OF THE FIRST [PSYCHOPATHIC] CLINIC FOR THE STUDY OF DELINQUENT CHILDREN. OUR ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD CONSENT TO [page 2] [ENSURE] THE SUCCESS WHAT SEEMS TO US A VERY SIGNIFICANT OCCASION RESULTING WE HOPE IN IMPROVED METHODS JUVENILE PROBATION DETENTION [THROUGHOUT] THE COUNTRY. IF YOU CAN CONSIDER SUCH AN INVITATION WILL YOU KINDLY REPLY COLLECT TO ME AT HULL HOUSE

JANE ADDAMS

CHAIRMAN CITIZENS ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE

1144A

NOV 28 1924