Vilma Glücklich to Jane Addams, May 27, 1925

Dear Miss Addams,

I had just posted my letter to you yesterday, when the copy of your letter to Miss Surles re membership fees of Chicago A.M.s arrived. I was awfully sorry to see that you had not heard or forgotten that I had asked at Washington, when it has been decided to collect the membership dues of American members from the Washington office:  what have I to do if dues will still arrive at Geneva? The answer was -- I think Mrs. Ramondt gave it -- that I should keep them and report to the Washington office. This had always been done, but of course it was thoughtless of us not to call your attention to the receipt of dues from a whole branch; thoughtless indeed, because I did not even think of this explanation when the first reduced amount arrived from Chicago.

As soon as Mme. Tunas arrives, I shall ask her to make out the account of the dues directly received; it will be easy, because we keep a slip of their membership card. Since January 1925, we mark the amount only on those who have paid directly; it might be more difficult for 1924, but I hope it will be possible. Then I propose to put right the account by reducing our check of each month until December 1925 by an equal amount, so that at the end of the year there may be no difference left. Besides, we shall report directly to you as well as to the Washington office if some individual members would still pay directly to us. It is unfortunate that I have so little sense for business, and that I have nobody here to consult for such matters. I am awfully sorry to have given you trouble again.

You will perhaps be interested in the work of Miss Rathbone, our representative at the Advisory Committee, sub-commission for Child Welfare, of the League of Nations. She has brought forward our suggestion for an education in the spirit of Peace, and succeeded in bringing something of it into the future Agenda of the Committee. We had a very nice reception for her, Miss Abbott and the other [page 2] women delegates to the Advisory Committee; we arranged it in [cooperation] with the Suffrage Alliance and the Y.W.C.A. This evening, Miss Abbott and Miss Webster are coming to take supper with us, and I was bold enough to invite Mr. Burton at the same time, expressing him our gratitude for having brought up the case of poison gases at the Conference on Traffic in Arms, although there is almost no hope at all that his suggestions will be accepted. Mrs. Zueblin will be at our supper too.

I am sending a copy of this letter to Miss Balch, as I think she will be excited about the new proof of my [inefficiency] in money matters. I had a telegram from her two days ago saying that her mail is to be forwarded to Belgrade, so that it seems that she has given up to go to [Romania].

I was very glad to hear from Miss Abbott that you are well and that you have done splendid work in Mexico. I wish the American governments would consult you with regard to their [behavior] toward each other; I am sure they would come to a mutual understanding much sooner.