Alfred Emanuel Smith to Jane Addams, January 20, 1927

POSTAL TELEGRAPH [-- COMMERCIAL] CABLES

ALBANY NY JAN 20 1927

MAY I BE PERMITTED TO SHARE IN THE TRIBUTE TO JANE [ADDAMS] FOR SHE BELONGS NOT ONLY TO CHICAGO BUT TO THE NATION AND THE WORLD. NO AMERICAN HAS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO AWAKEN OUR SOCIAL CONSCIENCE. SHE HAS BEEN A STATESMAN OF SOCIETY COOPERATING WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO MAKE GOVERNMENT AN INSTRUMENT TO SERVE HUMANITY. IN HER INSPIRING LIFE IN HER WRITINGS AND IN THE MOVEMENTS SHE HAS LED JANE [ADDAMS] HAS TYPIFIED THE SPIRIT OF TRUE DEMOCRACY WHICH RECOGNIZES THE POTENTIAL WORTH OF EVERY HUMAN SOUL WITHOUT REGARD TO HIS RACE CREED OR ORIGIN. IN HONORING JANE [ADDAMS] WE HONOR THE IDEALISM OF AMERICAN WOMANHOOD.