May 4, 1926.
Dear Miss Addams:
You suggested, when I saw you at the Housing Conference, that you would be glad to have me talk about our housing research at Hull House some day. I should be very glad to do this, if it is agreeable to you. I could come almost any evening except Thursday or I could come on Sunday ↑but not next Sunday↓. My thought is simply to speak to a small group of those living at Hull House, who might have a special interest in this subject.
There is another aspect of the work of the Institute to which I would wish to allude, if I could speak to your residents. One of the things I have principally in mind in the work of the Institute is the economic foundations of international peace. It is important to devise some way of distributing equitably food and raw materials among the nations of the earth, in order to lessen the danger of war. As you know, anxiety and dread about food and raw materials have been prime causes of war in the past. Whatever else we advocate for international peace, it seems to me that research along [page 2] these lines should be encouraged in every way possible.
Sincerely yours,
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