Dorothy Detzer to Jane Addams, July 2, 1925

July 2, 1925

My dear Miss Addams:

Thank you for your letter of June 29th with the [enclosures]. We are very glad to have the international list to correct our files.

All the money which comes in for the international I deposit here, but, of course, receipts are made separate for the international as well as an accurate account of the money which comes in for it. It occurred to me that the amount could be sent to you each month by check from Mrs. Taussig. Since I have had charge of the money since June 1st, the time Miss Surles went away, we have received for the international four hundred and eleven dollars ($411.00). I just took it for granted that Mrs. Taussig would automatically sent the check for the monthly amount to you [at] the end of each month.

I am sure you will be interested to know that the National Section has taken in one thousand four hundred and thirty-six dollars and seventy cents ($1,436.70) during the month of June. I think this is a splendid record inasmuch as it is more than we have taken in any month during the winter with the two exceptions of November and April when special appeals were made and inasmuch as during all of last summer we took in only a little more than seven hundred dollars. Of course, we can't expect to do anything like this in July or August, but it is much more than we had dared to hope for in a summer month. [page 2]

The last few days I have been having an orgy of house cleaning and have been going [through] a great many things which I had just not had an opportunity to do since I came to the W.I.L. Among other things I found quite a pile of old international letterheads which are perfectly good and clean but the executive committee and board, etc., are not up to date on them. I wonder if you want them or whether this office should keep them and use them for odd things?

There is a great deal of international material connected with international congresses, reports, etc., which apparently was left here by Miss Balch. I began by trying to sort it for filing but realized that I did not know enough about it to know what to destroy and what to keep so I am packing these files all together and keeping them until Miss Balch returns. I think that together we probably could dispose of them very quickly. I think most of this material was left here by her. 

I am waiting with such eagerness for the cable which Mrs. Hull asked her to send us in answer to her letter asking if she would be in Washington next winter. I am really quite excited at the prospect of working with her. It could mean such a tremendous amount to me and the more I think of it the more I realize what an unusual advantage it will be. 

The Executive Committee tell me that they will plan my work so that I may be part of the time in the field, and I am sure I shall enjoy that. After my experience here this spring, Washington still is a little distasteful to me. 

Affectionately yours,