NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SETTLEMENTS
Feb. 8, 1924.
My dear Miss Addams:
I have your letter of the 4th. You will perhaps remember that John Elliott accepted the chairmanship of the Committee on Interracial Relationships for the interim while you should be out of the country. He was very positive about this and called the matter to my attention several times during the year. In making a report at Washington he also dwelt on the fact that he was acting for the time being in your stead. I quite understand, however, the way you feel about the matter. I am, therefore, writing to Dr. Elliott about the work of the committee and I feel sure that he will report to you what he was able to do and what he regarded as the outcome of the questionnaire sent out last winter.
Your suggestion about Mr. Lasker is a very good one. I have an appointment to talk with him when I go to New York. I have been very anxious to know what results the work so far carried on might have for our group.
I have just had a letter from Dr. Hamilton, enclosing a letter with respect to the possibility of starting a new settlement. Mr. Woods tells me that he had made recommendations to the Rockefellers which were not accepted on the basis of needs of medical work in China. He feels that the new situation might make possible a fresh appeal to the Rockefeller Fund.
You will be interested to know that the Lowell House in New Haven has sent in $379.50 contributed by board members to Mrs. Omori's work. This was a direct result of her letter to you duplicated in the November bulletin.
I am very sorry that you should have been made unhappy about the committee on [interracial] relationships, and I will straighten out the matter as quickly as possible.
Faithfully yours,
Albert Kennedy [signed]
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