July 21st, 1918.
My dear Mr. Kellogg:
Mr. Cross, the Secretary, as you know, of the Conference of Social Work, wrote to me for my manuscript to be published in the Proceedings. I sent him the one I had used in Kansas City, although, of course, in speaking I made various modifications.
Mr. Cross wrote me afterwards for permission to publish this in a separate pamphlet, and I at once declined, saying that I wished to work the matter over, that I was using the material in addresses and that I wished to rewrite it as an article. I was much surprised therefore to find in my mail on Saturday two copies of the speech, one of which I am sending to you.
Mr. Cross is out of town but a telephone communication from the office assures me that a mistake was made and that they will hold the edition of five hundred until they hear from me again. I can, of course, buy up the edition but in the meantime they have advertised it in the Bulletin and I see all sorts of difficulties ahead. I had already begun to work on it and can send you later, if you like, a copy of the finished product.
The pamphlet is so similar to the quotations you had in the Survey that I am sure you will not want it, but I am sending it on with an explanation and an apology for the [occurrence] which really was not my fault.
Faithfully yours,
Jane Addams [signed]
P.S. I am assuming that you would only use this for comment and am sending it also to Mr. Croly for use in the same way, if he cares to do so.
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