Albert Joseph Kennedy to Jane Addams, December 4, 1924

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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SETTLEMENTS

Office of the Secretary
20 Union Park, Boston, Mass.

Dec. 4, 1924.

Miss Jane Addams,
800 South Halsted St.,
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Miss Addams:

Both Mr. Woods and I feel that if the International Conference of Social Work is postponed until 1926 it would be wise to delay the [International] Conference of Settlements also. Before writing to Captain Ellis, however, we should, I think, consult with Miss Coolidge. The conference in 1922 practically pledged itself to meet if possible in 1925. There has just been an international committee meeting in Paris, called at considerable expense which affirmed the 1925 meeting and started machinery for calling the conference. This committee also agreed not to meet at the same time as the International Conference of Social Work.

Would you be able to attend the settlement conference if it was held in 1925? If you were not able to be present but could manage to attend in 1926, we should, I think, do everything possible to secure a change of date. You were not present at the last meeting and it is most necessary that the conference have advantage of your help at its next meeting. Miss Coolidge is planning to sail in time to be at home Christmas. If you feel that 1926 will be the most satisfactory date for the international settlement conference, I should like to cable to Miss Coolidge at once and also to Captain Ellis, so as to halt committee work at the earliest possible moment.

I shall send you something about the Barnett Fellowship within a day or two.

Sincerely yours,

Albert Kennedy [signed]