Jane Addams to Crystal Eastman, January 2, 1918

January 2nd, 1918.

AM SENDING YOU A COPY OF LETTER I HAVE WRITTEN MRS. [WILLIAMS] EXPLAINING POSITION AS FOLLOWS: THE BOARD WISHED MRS. WILLIAMS TO CALL STATE CONVENTION AT ALBANY WHERE STATE CHAIRMAN SHOULD BE ELECTED EARLY IN JANUARY. I HAD HOPED THAT OTHER BRANCHES IN THE STATE MIGHT BE ORGANIZED BEFORE THEN IN ORDER THAT THE VOTERS AT STATE CONVENTION WOULD NOT BE TOO PREPONDERATELY FROM NEW YORK CITY. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WOULD APPOINT COMMITTEE OR SEND ORGANIZER THROUGHOUT THE STATE UNTIL AFTER THE STATE CONVENTION WAS HELD. DIFFICULTY [ILLEGIBLE ] [SERIOUS]. HOPE IT CAN BE ADJUSTED.

JANE ADDAMS