September 14th, 1922.
My dear Miss Addams,
Yesterday Miss Cheever wrote you a long letter which she sent to Chicago instead of to Maine. She is so anxious for the work of the Committee for the Support of the Geneva Office to go forward that she asked me to write you again the gist of her letter. The original will probably reach you a day or so after this.
Miss Cheever said that she has decided to join Miss Balch, health permitting. Health depends upon doing just as little as possible, however, if she is to be strong enough to cross in November. Therefore she is withdrawing from all of the League work, and begs you to accept her resignation as Chairman of the committee to which you appointed her. Just as soon as she knows who her successor is to be she will forward all material. In her letter she mentions a possible successr, -- Mrs. Mildred Scott [Olmsted] of Philadelphia. Miss Balch wrote that she was much interested in the Geneva work and had been with her this summer.
Miss Cheever also wrote you of the action taken at the meeting held in April in Washington, the names of her Committee and so forth. Miss Balch has made a number of helpful suggestions which will be of value, and altogether we can collect quite a bit of material for the new chairman to work over.
I need not tell you how much the members of the Mass. Branch regret Miss Cheever’s enforced [withdrawal]. The “Executive Secretary” feels as if the hub were about to be severed from the wheel!
Very sincerely yours,
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