Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Papers

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Papers

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Hyers sends Johnson materials on preparedness.

Thomas responds for Addams to Valentine, Posedano, and Valentine encouraging them to form a peace party in Costa Rica.

Franklin asks Addams for information on the peace movement.

Karsten sends Franklin materials from the Woman's Peace Party.

Jordan tells Addams he is not going to the People's Council meeting in Minneapolis because he does not agree with their tactics.

Karsten sends Norton peace literature and discusses news coverage.

Karsten tells Richardson that Addams will be working for Hoover's Food Administration Department over the winter.

Norton asks Addams for suggestions of wartime activities suitable for pacifists.

Karsten sends the Board a revised statement for approval and a statement of the Union of Democratic Control.

Addams approves of the Woman's Peace Party statement.

Breckinridge sends Addams the Auditor's statement (not found) for the Woman's Peace Party.

Landsberg drafted a note to send Nye information on military training in schools.

Warbasse tells Addams that she cannot attend the Woman's Peace Party annual meeting, but supports keeping the organization focused on pacifism and internationalism.

Minthorn asks Addams if the conscription law excludes Quakers and suggests a plan to bring about peace.

Karsten sends Menzel information on joining the Woman's Peace Party.

Eastman asks Addams to support her efforts to hold a New York State peace convention in Janauary.

Karsten sends Minthorn information on the conscription law and the Woman's Peace Party.

Addams discusses appointing Ruth Williams to the Woman's Peace Party Board and agrees to meet with the board in New York in January.

Addams tells Lane that she cannot appear at a peace meeting for the New York Branch of the Woman's Peace Party.

Gorham sends Addams a news clipping and wishes her good health.

Mead arranges plans to meet with Addams and offers holiday greetings in a world embroiled in war.

Karsten sends Eickmeyer materials on the Woman's Peace Party.

Mead complains about a New York Times article that she believes misrepresents the Woman's Peace Party.

Root resigns from the Woman's Peace Party if Addams wants her resignation, and tells of her medical problems.

Karsten thanks Leach for her letter to Addams and invites her to an upcoming board meeting.

Karsten thanks Gorham for the clipping she sent Addams and asks her to also send copies of Mead's list of recommended books.

Karsten wishes Burch better health and invites her to attend an upcoming Executive Board meeting before she decides to resign.

Karsten shares Addams's excitement that Winslow is planning to attend the upcoming Woman's Peace Party Board meeting and sends her a member list and copies of the Resolutions.

Addams asks Post about timing for a Woman's Peace Party board meeting and her opinion on whether the Party should hold an annual meeting this year. A similar letter was sent to all the board members.

Taussig emphasizes the need to raise more funds for the Women's peace organization and to increase publicity to keep all world wide branches informed.

Marple wants to leave part of her fortune to a peace organization that is unfaltering in its ideals and asks Addams if the Woman's Peace Party fits that description.

Addams expresses her belief that the Women's Peace Party could be the organization Marple is looking for and hopes she will contribute her fortune to the International Congress.

Balch tells Addams about the Interenational Socialist Conference in Lucerne and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's plans.

Balch provides Harwood with a sense of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's mission and immediate goals.

The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom argues for the benefits of membership.

Grünfeld sends a request for food relief for Germany and Austria.

The Swiss Red Cross reports on the deaths of children in the City Children's Asylum and White Cross Hospitals in Budapest.

Balch updates Addams on the status of the Summer School and the upcoming meeting of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Executive Committee.

Karsten tells Addams that she is leaving her position as the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States Section executive secretary and will not attend the upcoming meeting.

Kittredge tells Addams about the efforts to send Women's International League for Peace and Freedom files from New York to the new offices in Washington.

Spencer discusses future actions of the Woman's Peace Party.

Addams tells Balch that she has not yet received material that was sent by Wossner.

Addams tells Woods that she told Miss Christensen to write her directly.

Addams asks Woods to send publicity regarding The Hague conference to American journals and notes that donations thus far are small.

Addams tells Karsten that she received a check for the Fresh Air Fund.

Woods tells Addams about plans to hold the next International Congress of Women in the United States.

Dulles asks Addams to reach out to Manley Hudson and Ferdinanc Schevill to join the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States Section National Council.

Woods asks Addams about whether the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States Section should use revenues from pamphlet sales to fund the printing of more pamphlets.

Addams sends Woods an article by David Starr Jordan on the Japanese immigration question.

Addams tells Balch that she thinks the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States Section should use funding for publishing the Summer School proceedings.